393. Emirates Stadium 4
"Control! Control!" Wenger on the sidelines had to remind his players.
It is a good thing for players to be shameless and brave, but impatient is not a good thing. It is blindly pursuing fast and passing error rates are high. It is not a wonderful thing to easily give Crystal Palace a chance to counterattack. If Crystal Palace catches it again and the score becomes 3:0, it will be even more embarrassing, and it will probably be difficult to save the defeat.
From the situation on the court, we can see that after continuous impact, Crystal Palace has deliberately begun to be conservative. What Arsenal needs to do most now is to remain patient.
Arteta and others have indeed had good control. The Crystal Palace side full-back has focused more attention on defense, and it is obvious that Arsenal can gradually play out a positional battle effect.
In the 34th minute, after Rosici got the ball, he passed the ball to the side. Benardon dodged Larson and made a cross. Van Persie ran to the front point and volleyed directly. At such a small angle, he could make a high-quality shot. His feeling in front of the goal was really great, and the ball flew directly to the upper corner.
Speroni reached out to block the ball, and the ball changed direction and hit the corner of the goal. Then he almost scored a goal when he touched Speroni.
In the 37th minute, Rosici shot from the outside, and the ball hit Benatia's change direction, which brought another test to Spelloni.
The overall performance of Crystal Palace players is great, but opposite Arsenal is Arsenal. Even if the overall strength of the opponent's players on the court is not as good as Crystal Palace, from an offensive perspective, they undoubtedly have the characteristics and ability to cause trouble for any team, including Crystal Palace.
Rosici was firmly suppressed for more than twenty minutes, but now his condition began to slowly recover. The organization and long-range shooting also brought certain threats to Crystal Palace.
Wensheng's response was quite shameless. He gradually reclaimed his formation and really set up a bus in front of his door.
Arsenal had no choice but to tear left and right back and forth.
The offensive modes of the two teams are also a bit similar. Mkhitaryan's role in the Crystal Palace is the passer and he will cut in from time to time.
Mertens often breaks into the penalty area and relies on his sensitive sense of smell to shoot.
The role of Arsenal Benardon plays similar to Mkhitaryan, but Gervinho is not like Mertens. Gervinho's biggest advantage is his speed. His speed is really fast and his dribbling ability is quite strong, but he likes to pull the wing too much. Compared with Mertens, his ability to grab points and run is not good.
This caused Van Persie to be alone in the penalty area and was always surrounded by Benatia and Van Dijk.
But no matter what, Arsenal's scene was not as terrible as in the first twenty minutes.
Arsenal fans believe that Crystal Palace has been suppressed, and everyone's hearts are ignited to equalize the score.
Only Wenger knew that it seemed more difficult to equalize the score. The shrinking Crystal Palace has always been a difficult bone!
At the end of forty-five minutes, Arsenal still scored zero goals!
"We play like shit!" Wenger murmured to his assistant coach Pat Rice.
"I don't know what strategy Wen will adopt after the halftime break, but he may make his team work again!" Pat Rice was worried. Before Wenger took over Arsenal, Pat Rice had been playing for Arsenal for many years and was once the captain of Arsenal. After Wenger came to the team, Pat Rice assisted Wenger all the way to this day.
But after this season, the loyal Arsenal minister and good son will retire, and what he most hopes before retirement is that Arsenal can get a UEFA Champions League place.
However, now it seems that Arsenal's four-game task is quite arduous. They have spent a lot of money on the summer window, but they are really not doing well enough. Moreover, since the new season, the inexplicable downturn of some players has also made Arsenal very uncomfortable.
Arshavin on the bench, Chamak was in a very bad state. Last season, Arshavin also performed god-level performances from time to time, but this season the Russian Tsar only contributed one goal and one assist, while the other striker Chamak had a highlight when he arrived at the team. He was in a dilemma this season and could not score a goal.
The most important reason why Wenger used Bernardon in this game is that Arshavin's condition is too bad, and Wenger and the coaching staff have completely lost trust in him.
"We should do something in the winter window!" Pat Rice did not continue the topic of this game with Wenger, but instead suggested to Wenger again.
"Let's take a look!" Wenger shook his head and smiled bitterly. It would be really difficult to get some supplements in the winter window.
Compared with the bleak clouds on Arsenal, the atmosphere at Crystal Palace is naturally much more lively.
The players discussed the first half with smiles in the locker room and bragged each other.
"Okay! OK! Guys!" Wensheng clapped his hands, "First of all, I have to say we did a great job! It's really great! Winning at Emirates Stadium is not an easy thing. I'm glad we played a perfect first half! Thanks to Ding Ding and Jamie for their goals! Thank you for your hard work and dedication!"
"But there are still 45 minutes left to end. I don't think we have won this victory! I hope you have the same attitude as mine!"
There is no need to be a heavy hammer for the drum. The Wensheng stops when the point is reached, and I don’t say anything more.
Wen Sheng did not intend to adjust his tactics in the second half. The team held two goals, so there was no need to spend more energy to play against the opponent. It would save some effort to play a bus.
On the 31st, Crystal Palace will also need to go to challenge Bolton away. If the second half is progressing smoothly, Wen Sheng will definitely let De Bruyne and other players go off the court to rest.
After Wen Sheng finished training, Lawrence and the others kicked the substitutes out to warm up. The weather was cold in winter, so the players must have sufficient warm-up to avoid injury.
After the fifteen-minute break, the players from both sides returned to the stadium.
Wenger actually doesn't have a good idea, because he has limited personnel and cannot adjust the defense line, which also affects his tactical arrangements in the frontcourt.
To be honest, with Gervinho, a fast player, Arsenal counterattacks on the spot. It would be very useful to make good use of Gervinho's extraordinary and speed. However, Wenger's team did not do a good job in counterattacks on the spot. This is not their style. They rely heavily on the performance of the midfielder.
Gervinho doesn't have many chances to get the ball in this game. Arsenal is involved in positional attacks. His crossing ability is not good, and his ability to cut in is not good. His ability to make breakthroughs is good, but he is perfect?! He will always be trapped in a siege and cannot bring greater threat to Crystal Palace.
The Crystal Palace was put on a bus and Arsenal continued to siege.
Wenger's hope is to create good opportunities for Van Persie, but this opportunity is not so easy to create.
General Van did not get a few good shots, but Benayon, Rosici, Arteta and others all shot, but it was Van Persie who relied on to pass the ball to them.
After kicking for 20 minutes without any pain, Arsenal completed 5 shots openly, but without exception, he did not threaten Spelloni.
"Maybe Chamak can be sent to the field and give it a try!" Wenger thought to himself.
Wen Sheng started to substitutions. In the 67th minute, he replaced Kante with Melo.
Kanter has played a lot of games this season. So far, he is far ahead in the team's playing time rankings. Wen Sheng is now recovering from injury, giving him the capital to give Kanter some rest.
Wensheng did not expect that this substitution would be an unlucky substitution, and it was also the worst decision he made in this game.
After Melo took the field, he replaced Matic, and Matic replaced Kante's position. This is not difficult for Matic. He used to debut as a front midfielder, not a midfielder.
In the 71st minute, Rosici and Arteta cooperated with each other and threw away Matic. Melo came out from the diagonally and gave Rosici a flying tackle. No one knew what was Melo's head in his head?! His foul was obvious!
Rosici was tackled to the ground by Merlot and covered his feet in pain. Oliver did not hesitate at all to show Melo a red card. In less than five minutes of playing, Merlot actually applied for a ruby card!
Chapter completed!