Arsenal's 451 formation is actually 4231.

Goalkeeper: Lehmann

Defenders: Eboue, Schillaci, Koscielny, Clichy

Midfielder: Diaby, Fabregas, Wilshere, Arshavin, Nasri

Forward: Robin van Persie

Arsenal's original starting goalkeeper was Almunia, but who knew he was injured during the warm-up just now, and the veteran German goalkeeper Lehmann temporarily took his place.

Wen Sheng had just learned about the news. He was not a superstitious person, but when he heard the news, he thought to himself that the Gunners were off to a bad start. Do we really want to win this game?!

Except for Lehmann as the substitute goalkeeper, Arsenal almost used their strongest team to face Crystal Palace. They only have the league anyway, so why are they doing inexplicable rotations at this time?! Wenger doesn’t understand this.

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Their players are much more famous than Crystal Palace. In terms of historical record, Arsenal has the advantage. However, there was no one-sided public opinion before the game. It is generally believed that this game is a direct battle for the top four teams.

Dialogue, and Crystal Palace has also shown good combat effectiveness. Their results against strong teams this season are there. Especially against the top six teams, they have only lost to Manchester City so far. They have not lost to other teams.

However, this fully shows that Wen Sheng's team is good at fighting tough battles.

They didn't know that players from strong teams had a relatively calm mentality in the past. Today's game was given so much importance that the Crystal Palace players were not very calm before the game.

Soon the pre-match ceremony ended. Crystal Palace, wearing the red and blue home jerseys, attacked from left to right, Arsenal, wearing the yellow away jerseys, attacked from right to left, and the game officially started.

Wen Sheng did not let his players hold on at the beginning. Instead, he tried to give the opponent a strong block in the midfield and try to control the ball.

The battle in the midfield immediately started. Crystal Palace has always been a relatively clean team. Among the 20 Premier League teams, they had the fewest fouls and yellow cards, but today they seemed not to be so clean.

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Arsenal entered a better state and could control the ball better in the midfield. In the 3rd minute, Cesc Fabregas made a long pass from the midfielder. Van Persie succeeded in countering offside. Van Persie volleyed, and Speroni made a hard save.

Desperate to save.

"Woo!" the fans at the scene exclaimed, and the Crystal Palace fans' hearts jumped.

Wen Sheng's heart was beating too, the ball was too high.

Arsenal's strength is very good, but their key mentality has never been very stable. When they played against Manchester United, they seemed to take the initiative on the field, but what's the use? In the end, Manchester United won the game.

This group of young players is talented. Fabregas' non-stop long passes and Robin van Persie's movement are both world-class.

The failure to score must be blamed on Van Persie himself.

He is just too confident in himself.

He was too confident in his shooting skills. Of course he shot very well, but Speroni moved fast enough.

If Van Persie stopped the ball, Wen Sheng believed that he would have a greater chance of scoring, but it was a pity that Van Persie was so confident.

There was a problem with the midfield defense. Fabregas failed to close up, and De Bruyne showed up defensively.

There were also problems on the defensive line. The offside attempt was not very successful. McCarthy was behind, but he had some concentration problems when defending.

"Focus!" Wen Sheng shouted loudly from the sidelines. The main problem was the defense. After all, Arsenal had a single arrow, so they should keep an eye on it anyway.

McCarthy secretly blamed himself. He knew that Wen Sheng had high hopes for him. His performance in the team during this period had indeed greatly improved the defense, but was he a little too carried away?!

Wenger is happy to see the results of Crystal Palace's opening tactics. He is afraid that Crystal Palace will shrink, which means that it will be difficult for his team to attack. The team has been in poor form recently and has fallen on the opponent's bus many times.

Wen Sheng still did not change his tactics and continued to ask the team to compete with them for control in the midfield.

The players were not in very good condition and made frequent personal mistakes.

In the 6th minute, De Bruyne controlled the ball, Diaby took action and stole the ball from De Bruyne's feet. Arsenal launched a fast break. Arshavin dribbled the ball inside and shot, completing Arsenal's second goal.

Wen Sheng was very dissatisfied with Lee Mason, and the Crystal Palace fans also collectively booed. It would be strange if Diaby did not foul this goal. Wen Sheng could see Diaby pushing and kicking from such a distance.

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"Damn it, this is a fucking foul!" Wen Sheng walked straight to the fourth official Mike Dean and cursed loudly.

"Wen, please calm down, man! Listen to the referee's decision!" Mike Dean comforted him, "You can't do this!"

"But that's a fucking foul! I will remember this time! This is the first time!" Wen Sheng said harshly.

Wenger had also complained before, because Derry tackled Arshavin, but Mason still didn't say anything that time. Wen Sheng now responded in kind.

In the 7th minute, Crystal Palace fouled outside the penalty area and Arsenal took a free kick. Koscielny beat McCarthy and completed another shot for Arsenal.

Ten minutes passed quickly, and Arsenal actually completed 4 shots. If they continued to play like this, they would not have completed 30 shots in the whole game. It would be strange not to score.

Wen Sheng was a little disappointed. He didn’t know if what he said before the game was heard by the players. In short, the current feeling is that the players entered the state too slowly and did not find any feeling. Coupled with tactical reasons, Crystal Palace was in the midfield

It exposed a gap for others, allowing Arsenal to easily find shooting space and passing space.

"Hurry up and recycle it! If this continues, the team will be beaten into pieces?!" Lawrence ran over to give Wen Sheng advice.

He immediately issued instructions to the players on the court, asking them to recycle and reduce the defensive space.

Arsenal immediately fell into a tough battle.

In the 17th minute, Van Persie received Nasri's cross in the penalty area and relied on McCarthy to complete the shot. The goal itself was not a big threat, but his shot hit Benatia's leg and changed the situation.

According to the path of the ball, Speroni missed and the ball refracted into the net.

Crystal Palace, which defended hard, still conceded the ball.

Robin van Persie ran towards the Arsenal fans with great joy.

The distance is so close, but there are no fans?!

Arsenal fans packed the away fan area to a full capacity, and some were even mixed in with Crystal Palace fans.

"Fake!" Wen Sheng spit on the ground fiercely. What could he say?!

The players have gradually begun to find some feeling, and this goal is a blow to the head.

This goal did greatly dampen the morale of Crystal Palace, but in the past five minutes, Arsenal scored another goal.

In the 23rd minute, Arsenal got a corner kick opportunity, but Crystal Palace made another mistake in defending the corner kick. Captain Derry accidentally scored an own goal.

0:2 behind!

Wen Sheng was extremely angry. It was clear that luck was not on his side in this game.

"Foul! This is a fucking foul!" he shouted again.

The reason is quite good. Robin van Persie clearly made a move towards Delhi.

Crystal Palace players also surrounded Mason to find an explanation, but Mason insisted that the goal was valid.

Crystal Palace fans were very dissatisfied with Mason's penalty and yelled.

"Shit!"

“It’s okay to have a son!”

"Tell me, how much did you charge?"

It was of no use, Mason was the biggest player on the pitch, and Crystal Palace fell behind 0:2.

Wen Sheng was worried that the team would collapse, but what he didn't expect was that, stimulated by this goal, the Crystal Palace players encouraged each other and cheered up. Their condition gradually improved on the court. Arsenal continued to attack for such a long time.

Time has also slowed down.

The game was at a stalemate. Wenger would also use ineffective possession of the ball, leading by two goals. At this time, there was no need to control when to use the ball. Arsenal undoubtedly had the upper hand in controlling the ball, but they still could not attract Crystal Palace to press the formation.
Chapter completed!