Arsenal's energy is focused on the Champions League. They have prepared very well to eliminate Villarreal. In the end, they also won and successfully entered the Champions League final, recording a new record for the team's history.

But at the same time, they are actually paying attention to the league.

The league is the fundamental, and the league ranking will determine whether they can appear in the Champions League next season. Their results of ranking fourth in the league are not stable, so although they cannot be newly invested in preparing for the league, head coach Wenger still needs to understand the opponents they are facing.

Manchester City doesn't have to analyze anything at all. They are the first in the league, and many media and professionals will "help" to analyze.

What Wenger noticed was Manchester City's recent games, especially when playing against Manchester United and Chelsea.

Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea both use a conservative style of control-oriented play, and the game effect is also very good, which makes Manchester City and Chelsea helpless. So Wenger believes that Manchester City will definitely adopt this kind of response strategy in the home game against Arsenal.

Anyone knows that "defense wins victory". Arsenal's playing style in the Champions League is also very conservative, and even sacrifices its offensive ability in the frontcourt.

Wenger believes that Arsenal has an advantage because this game can accept a draw, but Manchester City cannot accept it because they want to defeat Arsenal and win the league championship at their home court.

Then, Manchester City has to play conservatively, and Arsenal doesn't need to make adjustments. Just use the Champions League style to drag time with Manchester City.

Wenger led the team to participate in the game with this idea, so when the game really started and he saw Manchester City siege against Arsenal in the first half, he was stunned.

The French did not expect that Manchester City did not use conservative play, but instead let go of their hands and feet to attack!

This is unexpected.

But the game has begun, and it is too late to make any adjustments, not to mention that in the face of Manchester City's bombardment, the conservative style of play cannot be said to be wrong, but there may be a good opportunity.

After all, does the defense win?

Wenger thought so, and he sat in the coach's seat, his face calm, as if he had expected the current scene.

But his uneasiness is unknown.

Wan Sheng didn't know what Wenger was thinking. He was not interested in paying attention to this. Now he was standing on the sidelines and commanding the game seriously.

He kept shouting, reminding the players to play in that direction and reminding them how to attack.

This did not have much effect. After all, the game changed rapidly and it was not possible for temporary command to work. But Wan Sheng's voice could bring fighting spirit to the team. They knew that the head coach was watching the game seriously and looked forward to the effect of the offense, so everyone became more serious.

Manchester City completely suppressed Arsenal.

They had an absolute advantage in the field. Arsenal was beaten without any strength to fight back. They could only hide in the half and could not even attack the center line.

This situation is surprising, but it is not surprising that those who have watched Arsenal play against Villarreal. In that game, Villarreal also suppressed Arsenal and could not pass the half, and Henry completely became the decoration of the frontcourt. Henry did not perform at all, but in the end, did Arsenal delay until the final time and eliminate Villarreal?

Now the opponent has become Manchester City

Arsenal relies on defense that is different from the team's style and is well close to the Champions League and has become the only English team to stay in the finals, so this conservative style of play is definitely worthy.

Arsenal has been suppressed and Arsenal fans are also worried about this, but they are still a little confident.

It is the confidence that the Champions League results bring to them.

Some commentators are also talking about this topic, "Arsenal plays very passively, but their defense is very strict, and it is not easy for Manchester City to find opportunities. Arsenal made it through defense to enter the Champions League final. Although this style of play is not Arsenal's old profession, defense wins."

There were also TV guests who were dissatisfied with Arsenal's playing style and stood up to criticize the defensive Arsenal on the court. "They abandoned Arsenal's 100-year-old style of play and did everything to win. Even if they rely on means to win, it would be like failure!"

"If I didn't know it was Arsenal on the court, I would guess it was Chelsea, they were playing against Barcelona!"

This metaphor is somewhat appropriate.

This is how Chelsea and Barcelona play against each other. Chelsea have been defending, defending, and defending. Barcelona have been attacking, attacking, and attacking. What you see in Chelsea is not only conservative but also conservative. What you see in Barcelona is a gorgeous offensive and smooth cooperation.

But no one can tell the result of the match, because Chelsea's defense is also desirable. Although they lost to Barcelona this season, they won last season.

Perhaps for Manchester City, being compared to Barcelona is also an honor, but they don’t have time to consider whether this is an honor. Every player on the field is doing his best to attack.

They've been chasing goals!

This is a game that must be won, so goals are also a must.

Manchester City's offense is not attacking in all three lines, but it is still very targeted.

In three months, Ivan Krue has already established a firm position in the team. His performance on the right is better than Musampa. His tacit cooperation with Morris has made his main force more stable. So when Ivan Krue appears on the right, Manchester City will focus on the center and right.

The general direction of the offense is like this, but when it comes to the game, it depends on the players' personal performance.

The most eye-catching players are Morris and Anelka in front. When it comes to Manchester City stars, these two people are truly famous. Their performance on the court is indeed very outstanding.

Morris is in the midfield and is responsible for organizing the offense, but Anelka is very active in the frontcourt.

Anelka is the key target of Arsenal's defense, but it is almost impossible for Arsenal to completely limit Anelka when Manchester City launches a tough offensive.

After 15 minutes of the game, Anelka also had his own understanding of Arsenal's defense. In his opinion, his breakthrough should be the young defender who partnered with Toure.

That's Philip Sendroth.

Philippe Sendros signed for Arsenal in December 2002. He was only 17 and a half years old at the time, but he stayed at Selvette until the following summer, before Arsenal completed the acquisition for £2.5 million.

Sendros was not lucky. He injured his back before the season when he joined Arsenal. As a result, he failed to play for Arsenal in the first season. It was not until October 27, 2004 that he played for Arsenal in the League Cup, and that match between Arsenal was also Manchester City.

After that, Sendros became Campbell's substitute. Now that Campbell is injured and quits, he has a chance to play.

The outside world's evaluation of Sendros' performance is pretty good, because his partner with Toure helped Arsenal to enter the Champions League final, and his defensive performance was very calm. But Anelka felt that Sendros was the best breakthrough point because his defense was frizzy and his skills were rough, which was much easier to deal with than experienced Toure.

So when he was retreating to defend, Anelka said to Morris, "Be careful of that boy, I want to find a chance from him." When he said, he had a malicious smile on his face.

Morris nodded, "No problem. I'll tell others."

Morris is not the captain of the team, but on the court. Because of his performance and outstanding performance, he is more prestige than Distin and is the core of the team. When he told others to target Sendros, everyone understood.

In the next game, Manchester City consciously attacked Sendros's point.

They used the continuous interspersed running and frequent transposition runs to adjust the defense of Toure, Fabregas and others again and again. Even if it was a little chance, they would hand over the ball.

Football will be passed to Anelka or Andy Cole, both of them are good at breaking through, and it depends on them to directly hit Sendros.

Sendros suddenly felt the pressure doubled.

Before, he was a defensive partner with Toure, and all he needed to do was run or keep up with a certain frontcourt player. The focus was on defending the position, but now it has become a one-on-one defense with Manchester City forwards.

The key is that the opponent is still Anelka with outstanding skills or experienced veteran Andy Cole.

He was unprepared for this.

Through repeated breakthroughs, Sendros seemed so panicked that it completely affected his performance.

After all, he is only 21 years old, he is still very young, and has not had much time to hold the position, and has experienced very few major competitions. Now facing this attack against him, he seems to be more busy.

On weekdays, even when facing Henry's breakthrough, he dares to defend 1-on-1 head-on. But now, he can't even exert half of his abilities.

Facing Anelka, who has outstanding skills and equally outstanding physical fitness, his defense seems extremely clumsy, and when facing the experienced Andy Cole, he is deceived by a small move every time.

As a result, his pressure became more and more frigid.

Anyone could see that Sendros was a little embarrassed, and the coach Wenger on the coach's seat could also see that the Frenchman frowned slightly. He didn't expect Sendros to be targeted by the other party.

Sendros was brought to Arsenal by him. For now, Campbell was injured, and he could still bear a certain burden, but he was not the kind of central defender who could stand alone, and he still needed to rely on Toure to support him.

But now Wenger can only hope that Sendros can withstand it, because this is something that a young defender must go through to grow up.

If Sendros can pass this level, he will definitely have a great growth. It is possible to truly replace Campbell's main position in a short period of time. If he can't stand it, it will definitely have a great impact on his mentality in dealing with the game in the future. It is not easy to recover and adjust.

Mentality, that is, willpower, is very important for a professional player. Only with strong willpower can you perform better in the game. If you don’t have enough willpower, it will definitely affect your normal performance.

Now is the time to test Sendroth!

Sendros didn't know Wenger's expectations for him, he just felt that he could not stand it anymore.

Faced with the other party's targeted breakthroughs again and again, he became more and more anxious and his performance became worse and worse.

He can't hold on any longer.

Whenever the opponent dribbled over, Sendros couldn't help but look at Toure, looking for Toure's position, hoping that Toure could give him some support, but most of the time, there was no result because Toure had been transferred long ago.

Toure also saw Sendros' situation, and hesitated whether to go up and help.

But when he saw Andy Cole next to him, he still didn't go up. Anelka had Sendros on defense. If he ran over to help Sendros, then Andy Cole would be unprepared. It would definitely be his responsibility to conceal the ball at that time, because he did not defend his position.

The relationship between Sendros and him was not so good that he was worthy of making a mistake, but Toure immediately regretted it because Sendros was broken through!

This time, Sendros could not withstand it. He was deceived by Anelka's small moves and even almost plunged into the grass. Then Anelka easily dribbled the ball from his side and ran over, breaking through and entering the penalty area.

Danger!

All Arsenals' hearts were raised to their throats.

But Anelka would not consider Arsenal. He dribbled the ball into the penalty area and faced goalkeeper Leman.

There is no better chance than this!

Anelka tried his best to stabilize his excitement. Then he faced Lehman who was attacking and kicked the ball hard to the far corner.

"Shot!! Anelka"

Lehman tried to block the ball with his arm, but the football rushed forward. All he could do at that moment was to turn his head and watch the football fly into the goal.

“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!!!!!!”

"The ball is in!!!"

Berbart's crazy shouts rang out on the Manchester Stadium radio, "Anelka! Anelka! He broke through Sendros and scored the ball against goalkeeper Lehman!"

"1:0!1:0! Manchester City is leading!"

The moment the football flew into the goal, Anelka jumped hard on the spot, waved his arms hard, and the muscles on his face made him look very ferocious, but all Manchester City fans regarded this as the most beautiful picture.

They shouted for Anelka crazy!

Other Manchester City players also ran over happily to celebrate the goal together. They surrounded Anelka. Some hugged Anelka, while others went up to touch Anelka's head, rubbed his hair, and contaminated some luck.

Everyone's face was full of joy!

Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines and was excited to celebrate the goal with the others on the bench.

1:0!

The team is closer to the championship! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!