Before the end of the first half, neither Arsenal nor Manchester City scored another goal, and the two teams returned to the locker room with a score of 1:1.

For Manchester City, who played away, the score of 1:1 was pretty good, but everyone played hard in the first half, so when they returned to the locker room, they were not happy or anything like that. They were all doing their own things silently, or resting in their seats, and even talking in a low voice, which made the atmosphere in the locker room a little depressing.

When Wan Sheng walked in, he saw this scene, so he waved high and shouted loudly in an active atmosphere, "What are you doing, guys! We tied, this is the Highbury Stadium! It must be said, 1:1, we did a good job in the first half!"

Many people followed suit and shouted out.

Seeing that the atmosphere became more active, Wan Sheng began to talk to everyone about the second half of the game.

In terms of tactics, there was no adjustment overall, and there was no lineup either. What I want to talk about is some problems that occurred in the first half and what needs special attention when fighting against the opponent, especially in terms of defense, Henry's forward line still needs to be paid attention to. If you are not careful and careless, you may be seized by your opponent to score a goal, which will directly determine the outcome of the game.

Wan Sheng gave this very seriously, and then he specifically pointed out Anelka, "You should be more calm! Pay attention to cooperation with others!" However, he took care of Anelka's face and didn't say much.

After that, after asking everyone to continue to work on their own affairs, Wan Sheng found Anelka alone, walked to the door of the locker room and started a careful conversation with him.

"You are a little too unique in the game. Many times your best choice is to pass the ball to your teammates. You should trust others!" Wan Sheng said seriously, "You have to play according to the tactics, otherwise I don't mind replacing you!"

The last sentence is a bit harsh.

Anelka is as old as Wan Sheng. He is the team's number one star. He still feels embarrassed by Wan Sheng's words, but he doesn't think it's weird. Because Wan Sheng is the head coach, he has been said more than once in the summer preparations. He doesn't think it's anything, but he is still a little dissatisfied because he feels that he has performed well.

‘I scored a goal, and the goal proved my performance!’

Anelka thought so.

So he didn't care about Wan Sheng's statement.

Every coach emphasizes tactics and other things. Keegan was the same before, but he still wanted players to perform on the court? He always followed Keegan's tactics to play, but he ended up losing again and again and again losing again and again.

Now he feels in good condition. This should allow himself to perform freely!

Tactics and other things are all for the purpose of scoring goals. Such complex tactics, such as cooperation with teammates, and running continuously, aren’t it just to create opportunities for scoring goals? So as long as you can score goals, nothing else is meaningless.

Anelka lowered his head, as if he was listening to Wansheng's words seriously, but the corner of his mouth turned disdainfully. He completely regarded these words as wind in his ears.

Wansheng didn't know Anelka's idea.

When he saw Anelka keeps shooting penalty, he thought what he said was effective, so he felt relieved and continued to give others some tactical guidance.

It's time to start the second half.

Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines at the beginning. He needed to watch the game carefully to see how the team performed after one half, and could also temporarily do some command.

He felt that he didn't need to do anything, but he soon raised his heart again - it was still Anelka.

Manchester City launched a wave of attacks.

Sinclair drove the ball and completed the pass on the wing. The football fell to Anelka's feet. Sinclair waved his hand and asked Anelka to pass it back. This was a simple two-pass and one cooperation to get rid of the defensive players.

This kind of small cooperation naturally needs to be passed back so that Sinclair can dribble deeper into the ball. Then he will complete the cross on the wing, and if there is no chance, he will also pass back and stabilize the rhythm and look for opportunities again.

This is Manchester City's tactic.

But the situation is different now. After the football reached Anelka's feet, he did not pass it to Sinclair, but dribbled the ball and made a shot. This action deceived the young player Fabregas who was retreating to defend. He dunked the ball in and wanted to dunk Fabregas.

Anelca obviously underestimated Fabregas, a young genius that the Spanish teenager is focused on training by the "French professor". He is a player who replaces Vieira as the Arsenal midfield engine. Whether it is offense and defense, or personal ability and reaction speed, Fabregas is very outstanding.

He reacted and quickly turned around and stood in front of Anelka again.

Anelka kept shaking his feet, trying to find another opportunity to pass Fabregas, but the latter was shaken once and was not fooled, so he just stopped him. As a result, Pire ran over and Fabregas was about to close the door front and back.

Seeing this scene, Wan Sheng immediately covered his face and cursed, "Idiot!"

As if responding to Wansheng's words, Anelka was forced to the point of being in a hurry by the two of them. After barely controlling the ball for two times, he was cut off directly. He was even tackled to the ground by Pire's intercepting ball. The embarrassing look really pitiful.

He fell to the ground and raised his hands, but unfortunately the referee turned a blind eye to him.

"This is not a foul, it's a normal interception. Anelka seems to have been knocked down by himself... He should have passed the ball early. He was a little too unique in this game, but his performance was pretty good. There was a goal in the first half. I hope he can find another opportunity..."

The commentator spoke for Anelka.

Wan Sheng, who was standing on the sidelines, cursed directly, "Idiot!"

...

Wan Sheng originally thought that this interception would give Anelka some reminders, but obviously he was very wrong.

Next, Anelka was still arbitrary, so that for a long time, Manchester City's offense did not improve. When the offense bypassed Anelka, it was slightly better, but as soon as the football reached Anelka's feet, he began to show his ball-control skills and then gave him a chance to the phone again and again.

It must be admitted that Anelka's skills are indeed excellent. He is also in very good condition. Sometimes he can even restrain more than two defensive players from Arsenal and can shake off the defense and find passes and shooting opportunities. Unfortunately, he cannot do it most of the time.

He could only be cut off after showing his skills. The good result was only passed to his teammates, which made his previous performance meaningless.

Anelka seems to have no idea about this. He just keeps trying to perform. It's like the team's goal pressure is on him alone, and he has become the team's only goal hope.

At the same time, Wan Sheng could no longer bear it!

Anelka is in good shape and performs very well. He completed a hat-trick in the last game. He scored a goal in this game, but this is not a reason why he can perform at will on the court. He is just a player of the team, not the special one.

There is no one in the entire team who is special. If you want to say special, you can only be Wan Sheng himself, so Wan Sheng cannot tolerate such things.

...

In the 57th minute, Arsenal completed a goal, and centre-back Campbell's header helped them lead Manchester City 2:1.

This goal also made Wan Sheng choose to substitution without hesitation.

This happened after Arsenal scored a goal, which was less than fifteen minutes into the second half.

"Look! Manchester City is going to substitute!"

"The one who was replaced was No. 39! Anelka! That's right, it was Nikola Anelka! The one who replaced him was No. 12 young player Darren Bent!"

"Anelka is going to be replaced! It seems that Wan Sheng is not very satisfied with his performance, but Anelka scored a goal in the first half. The overall performance is still good..."

"He's just a little too alone..."

"Or it's just a tactical adjustment. Anelka doesn't have much threat to Arsenal goal on the court, and Darren Bent has a stronger ability to grab points in front of the goal."

"We should introduce the newly played young player Darren Bent. After joining Manchester City in the summer, he performed well and has scored 3 goals so far. For a striker, this goal is not many. But Darren Bent has only played 7 times, and there are 3 times in the bench. So far, his efficiency is still very good. It seems that Wan Sheng has made another real deal..."

“…”

No matter what the commentator said, Manchester City has already raised the substitution card.

This substitution stunned many people.

The first thing to be affected was Anelka who was replaced. He was unhappy about the team being suppressed by Arsenal. He never thought that this would be his own problem. Instead, he felt that the team was not good as a whole, but it was nothing. After all, it was the same in the previous two seasons, and he even played more passively in many cases. It is good to be able to play like this now.

At the same time, he also felt that he performed well.

He showed his skills in the game and scored in the first half. If the team could draw with Arsenal at Highbury Stadium or defeat Arsenal, he would definitely be the biggest contributor.

When he saw that he was replaced, he was completely stunned.

"How is it possible? Did you make a mistake? I was actually replaced?" He was stunned on the court for a moment, not knowing what he was thinking, but soon after he made sure, his face turned dark.

The other Manchester City players were also stunned.

Anelka should be the best team performing this season. When preparing for the summer training, Wan Sheng also took good care of Anelka. Many tactics on the frontcourt are used to create opportunities for him. Under such conditions, Anelka also performed very well. Just look at his current ranking as the top scorer list.

That's the top scorer list!

He scored more goals than Henry who played at the same time!

Such capable players will definitely be the treasure held by every coach in his hand. Everyone also sees Wan Sheng's emphasis on Anelka. He played the whole game and was even about to catch up with Morris. With such fierce competition on the front line, this playing time has already shown many problems.

But now, there is no reason, I just replaced it?

Aren't the coach afraid that Anelka will feel dissatisfied?

Many players looked at Wan Sheng, but saw him coaching Darren Bent, who was about to play, seemed to have no concern about Anelka being replaced. It was like treating ordinary players, which surprised many players.

They suddenly remembered some media reports about the young coach - he is a dictator and an unreasonable madman!

This... seems to make some sense!

Since joining the team, the young coach has not only shown an extremely tough attitude in the matter of Bischev, but he is still very kind on weekdays, but perhaps this is just an illusion, because he has not touched his bottom line.

Now that Anelka does not follow the tactics to "play freely", it seems to have touched his bottom line. Perhaps he will show his cruel side again.

Thinking of this, many players looked at Anelka with some sympathy.

...

Wansheng didn't care what others thought, and at this time he was giving Darren Bent the final advice.

"After you get on the court, be careful to be at the forefront, look for opportunities, and cooperate with others more, just like in daily training. Don't be afraid of anything just because your opponent is Arsenal. I have beaten them many times, and they are nothing great!"

Darren Bent nodded repeatedly.

"Go and try to show your strength as much as possible. I believe you can do it well!"

Wan Sheng patted Darren Bent's shoulder with encouragement, so he let him play. At the same time, Anelka also got out of the field. Without even hugging Darren Bent, he walked out of the field. When he arrived at the bench, he pushed away the water bottle handed over by Pierce and sat directly on the bench.

That would be like "I'm very dissatisfied" on my forehead.

But Wan Sheng only glanced at him and ignored him. Then he walked directly to the fourth official and roared to let Arsenal celebrate the end soon, "They are delaying the time! Our substitutions are over!"

The fourth official felt helpless about the young coach's anger on him for his backwardness, but he still had no choice but to signal the lineman to notify the referee.

The game started again soon.

At this time, the topic of scoring the goal has passed, and the commentators began to discuss Manchester City's substitutions again.
To be continued...