A few days later, the Gunners Arsenal were welcomed at the Etihad Stadium. Arsenal has also introduced many players in the transfer market this season, but it is definitely difficult to find a replacement for Van Persie, so they did not play well in the first two games of the season, and were tied by Sunderland and Stoke City one after another.

As September enters, Arsenal's form improves, with three consecutive victories in the league and the Europa League.

No matter how popular they are, they can't stand a Manchester City. They just captured the Bernabeu in the Champions League, and Arsenal still has a day off than Manchester City. Many media believe that the strong Manchester City is undoubtedly more capable of winning.

Wensheng still used the 442 tactic in this game, while Wenger, who was using 433 on Arsenal.

Arsenal has also changed its style over the years. For example, in terms of control, Wenger began to slowly emphasize that in the past, Arsenal's route was to quickly attack. After getting the ball in the midfield, he would not drag on the ball and directly launched a pass to the opponent's halftime. However, now as various teams tend to counterattack defensively, Wenger has to change his mind.

There is no way, there are more and more teams playing defensive counterattack. When you encounter a strong team, you will first set up a bus. If you still have the same attack mode as before, it will only allow your opponent to get more counterattack opportunities and bring more threats to your defense. There are many ways for strong teams, but Barcelona-style control is a very good way out.

Anyway, they will shrink in the half if you control the ball or not, so why should you let your opponent get so many counterattack opportunities in vain? It is better to control the ball and reduce the opponent's threat.

Use ball control to press the opponent step by step, let the opponent retract the tentacles back to his own half, and then use small-scale cooperation to create opportunities.

Of course, every team cannot play like Barcelona-style. Even if Premier League teams like Arsenal are controlled, they will have a limit. They will definitely have to make a quick break by getting the chance.

Therefore, Arsenal, which changed a little style, decided to compete with Manchester City for the ball. Wenger predicted that whoever has better organizational skills will create better opportunities.

If it weren't for this game, Wenger wouldn't have seen the mystery of Wensheng's 442. Only by fighting Manchester City would he know Wensheng's tactical vision.

When attacking, Manchester City will transform into 2242 and hoard manpower in the frontcourt. They either rely on Silva and De Bruyne's organizational ability to directly assist in the penalty area, or cross from the full-back. They have Dzeko in the frontcourt, have enough high points, and have strong ground cooperation. Manchester City has been constantly attacking Arsenal's position at the beginning.

Wenger thought Wensheng would compete with the organization, but who knew that the guy on the opposite side made his team play even more like Arsenal than Arsenal.

In fact, Wen Sheng is not as free and easy as this game this season when playing against weak teams or strong teams. If you want to speed up the pace and create more threats, you must speed up the pace, but at the same time it will also put a lot of pressure on your defense. Wen Sheng is very confident in his midfield and backcourt, so he dares to play such a set.

Wenger likes this when he is playing with a big sword in front of Guan Gong. He has this style. Since Wensheng chose this model, he is even more eager to do it, but he will finish it soon.

Less than 15 minutes into the first half, Manchester City captured Arsenal's goal. Manchester City's entire fast break was quite clear. Arsenal midfielders did not take the position in time. De Bruyne dribbled the ball and passed the ball, and Aguero scored in the far corner in the penalty area.

This ball seems to be quite complete, but Aguero's shooting timing was well mastered, and his fake moves were very realistic, so he easily deceived Koscheerney who intercepted him.

Wensheng has planned to compete with Arsenal in defense from the beginning of this game. Whoever has better defense and fewer mistakes will be easier to win the game. Arsenal's defense, Wensheng does not think they are strong. As expected, with continuous impact, a disconnection in the midfield and backcourt brought Arsenal a big trouble.

At the end of the first half, Silva assisted, De Bruyne dribbled into the penalty area and shot low, and then scored another goal. Wenger only saw the way. Wensheng was not trying to compete with him for who has a stronger control ability, but for who has a stronger defense.

Arsenal also got a lot of opportunities to attack forward, but it was terrible. Manchester City's defense was really good and the interception was done well. Arsenal did not create several threatening balls.

Wenger is 100% sure that he has been fooled. The team that Wensheng in the second half will definitely not attack like this crazy. It will be difficult for his team to get better offensive opportunities than the first half.

The professor is quite wise. Sure enough, Wen Sheng used the health football technique without any suspense in the second half. Wen Ge was angry and anxious, but helpless. There was no problem with Arsenal getting the ball rights to control it. As long as he did not enter the 40-yard area, Manchester City basically did it. Entering the 40-meter area, Manchester City began to strangle the midfield.

When Manchester City defended, they contracted the middle and let go of the wings. This clearly looked down on Arsenal not to play as high center Giroud. Podolsky's ability to grab points was still much weaker after all.

In short, in such a frustration, Arsenal had no suspense to get a loss at the Etihad Stadium.

Just one game gave Wenger a lot of insights.

The first insight is of course that Manchester City is very powerful! Can it not be strong?! Other teams are playing single-cylinders, Wensheng, Manchester City is playing with a twin-cylinder engine, Silva and De Bruyne join forces, and there is no better front-middle combination in the Premier League than them. Looking at the world, it is one of the best.

As the game deepens, these two people will burst out with greater power.

The second insight is that Wenger regrets his use of people and tactics. He originally wanted to play ball control when using Podolsky, but he actually lost his plan and rhythm against Manchester City. He played against Manchester City, which gave the opponent a lot of offensive opportunities. Under the three-dimensional attack, Arsenal failed to hold on.

Wenger felt that since he was on Podolski, he should firmly up his tactics. Even if there is no results in offense, at least he would not be able to give Manchester City so many opportunities.

The third insight has no answer, that is, how to deal with Manchester City's health football. Wenger feels that he can only press with high positions! He should actually feel lucky because in this game, Joe Hart returned to the starting lineup, and it was at home, so it was impossible to maintain his health for a long time. After all, it would be ugly when the fans spit on their faces.

Wen Sheng was forced to use Hart. He refused to start for two consecutive games, and there would definitely be a story between the two.

Wensheng didn't want to do such a thing at such an instant, so he could only let Hart continue to start. Fortunately, Wenger actually didn't use high-pressure today, and did not cause much trouble for Manchester City's backcourt control.
Chapter completed!