168 Manchester City was a bit bad today
The next day, the news that Sun Xiang and Puma signed a contract to become an endorsement player was released through Puma's official website, but the issue of the new series of sneakers was only passed.
As soon as the news came out, the ones who were most angry were Zhang Biao and the others. They would never have thought that Sun Xiang, who was determined to be dead, not only did not suffer any frustration, but instead took a big order for him. What is this?
The Football Association immediately issued a statement, which seemed to intend to viciously make Sun Xiang's approach vicious.
But fans don’t care about these things. Signing a contract with an endorsement deal will cause trouble for the Football Association. They talk about it all day long. So this matter is left unresolved.
On January 11, 2019, in the 21st round of the Premier League, Arsenal played against Stoke City at home. This was the first game after the holiday after the Christmas schedule. Faced with a week of plenty of rest, both players can show their best.
In the end, Arsenal swept his opponent 3-0 at home. Stoke City had the chance to score a goal, but Cech's condition was really outstanding and he resolved the danger in front of the goal many times. After the game, Stoke City coach Lambert said: "Since he appeared in the Premier League, he has always been an outstanding symbol. He is a phenomenal player and he is very outstanding." The Scottish coach praised this way, which shows that Cech was a god-like help in this game.
In the game that started for a while, Manchester City was tied by Everton away, and then lost the throne of the league first. It was surpassed by Chelsea, which followed closely behind, and Arsenal came to second place again.
In this game, Sun Xiang was also selected as the best player in the game with a score of one goal and one assist. This is also the fourth consecutive game that Sun Xiang won this honor.
"Seldom players can win the best of the game five times in a row, which is too difficult! Sun won't, because their schedule will never allow it!"
This was the second day, when the British media promoted Sun Xiang’s best and proud four games, some different voices came out.
Five consecutive games? Impossible?
People looked at the schedule and found that Arsenal's opponent in the next round was "Blue Moon" Manchester City. No wonder someone gave a different answer.
But then again, in the first encounter between the two sides this season, Sun Xiang was also the best player in the game. It was his two passes and one shot that helped the team reverse the score in the end.
As a visiting team this time, fans are still looking forward to Sun Xiang's performance.
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"The best curse for the five consecutive games? I don't care about this. These are just data. I still hope to pay attention to the field. This is what a player should do." Sun Xiang replied in response to a reporter's question before the game.
Before this game began, there was news that Arsenal would invest heavily in Dortmund's striker Aubameyang to strengthen Arsenal's lineup. However, facing the rush to buy from Real Madrid and other giants, I don't know if Arsenal will get the Gabon striker as he wished.
And there is another point. If Aubameyang comes, the starting position on the forward will change. At that time, Sun Xiang, Lacazette or Aubameyang will have the absolute strength to serve as the center. So if we can really do what we want, how Wenger will send troops will be the focus of fans.
However, their lineup has not changed in this game.
On the front line, Sun Xiang continued to serve as the starting striker. Lacazette retreated in the position, and five people in the midfield lined up, Bellerin, Zachar, Wilsher, Cazorla, Ozil. Defenders Monreal, Mustafi and Koscheerny.
As soon as the game started, Arsenal entered the game one step ahead, and they efficiently pressed Manchester City in the frontcourt.
"It feels like Manchester City hasn't come out of the failure yet. Look at their passes, it's a bit dangerous." Martin Taylor said.
In the 18th minute of the game, Arsenal almost scored.
Manchester City made a mistake in the backcourt pass. Zinchenko's forward pass in the last kick was a little weak, and was cut off by Bellerin, who had been snatched from behind Gundogan.
Otamendi flew forward to block it, Bellerin picked the ball forward, followed by himself and passed Otamendi.
Afterwards, he went all the way down the side and broke through to the near-bottom line, making a cross, targeting Sun Xiang in the penalty area.
Next to Sun Xiang is Manchester City's defense trust Laporte, who had just spent a huge amount of money to negotiate from Bilbao. This Frenchman on the junior Premier League stage was full of curiosity about Sun Xiang.
Before the game, my teammate reminded him to pay attention to this person, but so far it is not very useful.
"Bellein made a cross! There is only sun in the penalty area! Fish jump header!! The top was crooked~ What a pity..."
When Bellerin made a cross, Sun Xiang threw his body out and rushed towards the ball track. Martin Taylor seemed to be ready to celebrate.
The ball eventually failed to hit the goal of Morace's handle.
Sun Xiang stood up and signaled to the referee that it was a corner kick, saying that he had not touched the ball.
After a brief exchange with the linebacker, the referee chose to kick the ball. This caused dissatisfaction among Arsenal players.
"This is indeed a corner kick! It's the ball that Laporte encountered!" Through slow-motion replay, the clearest picture appeared in front of the fans in front of the TV, and in front of the two commentators on the scene.
In fact, Laporte and Sun Xiang both took the air to get enough of the ball, but one was using the head and the other was using the feet. Obviously, Laporte using the feet was more beneficial.
"Maybe it was because the positions of the two people overlapped, which made the lineman confused. If this were the case, it would be really not easy to observe."
"It seems that Laporte is very attentive to Sun's defense. You should know that Sun's ability to grab points is very outstanding. If you don't have a good reaction, you can easily be disconnected from half of your body. In football games, this half of your body can do a lot of things."
The goal was too crucial to celebrate with Laporte and Morace, who had successfully defended their defense.
"The wonderful defense also shows that they have shortcomings in defense. If you don't believe it, let's look at the reason for their defense this time. What they have done so far is not very good, and Guardiola will not be happy." After calming down, Alan Smith analyzed.
"They concede the ball too quickly, Guardiola's tactic is to control the ball, which is not good at the entire team," he continued. "De Bruyne was trapped in the midfield by Arsenal's five-midfielder position, and it was difficult for him to handle the ball effectively and calmly, which also made it impossible for Manchester City's attack to be launched."
"Yes, this can be compared to Sun's performance not long ago. After he was trapped in the crowd, he was also unable to create opportunities for the team. As Wenger said after the game, they seemed to be ten people playing. The role of the midfield is very important." Martin Taylor added from the side.
The loss of control of the midfield left Manchester City in a passive situation of being beaten. No matter how outstanding the defense is, it cannot maintain efficient concentration.
In the 22nd minute of the game, Arsenal's offense received a reward. This time it was a tacit cooperation between Sun Xiang and Monreal. He stopped the exquisite two-pass one in front of the penalty area of Oman City. Kyle Walker could not react as slowly as he could, and directly tripped Monreal who was planning to move forward. The referee decisively awarded a penalty kick.
Chapter completed!