Chapter two hundred and sixty seventh tied
Wenger's face looked ugly when she returned to the locker room. Arsenal did have an advantage in the first half, but it was not a big advantage. Moreover, Arsenal's offense in the first half could be said to be without any threat.
In contrast, Stoke City almost scored, and even scored at least three excellent opportunities in the first half. If Li Shou hadn't performed well, the score on the court would definitely not be 0:0.
So, except for Li Shou, other Arsenal players were unable to satisfy Wenger in the entire first half, so it was understandable that Wenger changed her face.
Chelsea finally lost a game, Arsenal must seize it, and Mourinho's team will not give such opportunities often.
Although his performance in the first half was not satisfactory, Wenger did not make adjustments during midfield time. Generally speaking, Wenger would not make adjustments during midfield time. Weirbeck was just an exception.
Stoke City did not make any adjustments. Judging from the situation in the first half, Stoke City had no problems. If it weren't for Li Shou, then the difficulties would be another situation now.
However, there is no better way for Li Shou to become a wall that Stoke is difficult to break, and facing such Li Shou, Mark Hughes obviously has no better way.
In terms of personal ability, Stoke City obviously cannot compare with Arsenal, so it is almost impossible to rely on the stars to play their own personal performance to break through the goal guarded by Li Shou. Moreover, the previous games have also proved that the stars may not necessarily break through the goal guarded by Li Shou.
Manchester City did not do it, Tottenham did not do it, Manchester United did not do it, and Dortmund did not do it either in the Champions League. One of the major problems facing the Premier League teams now is how to break Arsenal's goal.
The most difficult thing to break through Arsenal's goal is Li Shou. As for Arsenal's defense, not to mention that giants of the same level look down on them, even other teams in the Premier League can easily break through.
Mark Hughes obviously has no good idea. In the second half, he can only hope for luck and the performance of his players.
However, you, Mark Hughes, never dreamed that Arsenal in the second half did not give Stoke City the same chance as in the first half.
Wenger is still very prestigious about the current Arsenal team, but when the French are angry, Arsenal players can only fight desperately on the court.
Just one minute into the game, Arsenal completed the first attack in the second half. Bellerin made a cross from the side, Giroud rushed into the penalty area and headed the ball to the top and was lifted by Stowe. The goalkeeper flew out of the opening game.
Arsenal's chance to get a corner kick, Chambers hit the ball, but Chambers' header did not fly to Stoke City's goal. Under the interference of the defensive players, Chambers headed the ball to the stands.
Stoke City's first shot in the second half occurred in the 60th minute, and it was a relatively unthreatening long shot, and the ball was directly above the crossbar.
Five minutes later, Wenger made two substitutions, Podolsky replaced Giroud. Although the role of the French center bridgehead was very significant, it was not in good condition. However, this is understandable. After all, the Frenchman had only recovered from the injury for a short time and had been away from the stadium for more than two months.
The second substitution was the striker. Velbeck replaced Bellerin. After this substitution, Arsenal changed to 334. If Chelsea had lost the game, Arsenal must win this game.
Besides, since Chelsea has lost, the worst result of Arsenal in this game will maintain the score difference before this round, so Wenger decided to take a gamble.
Another reason Wenger just made such an adjustment is that Li Shou. Li Shou’s performance so far has made Wenger confident in him. Wenger believes that even if there is no one less player on the defense line, Li Shou will definitely be able to ensure that the goal is not lost.
"Maybe it was because of Lee's existence that he dared to let the professor make such substitutions and formation changes," said Paul Merson.
"I also think it was Lee's existence that allowed Wenger to make such a change," Andy Gray agreed.
Mark Hughes on the other side did not respond immediately to Wenger's change, which may be the gap between the head coaches.
This gap quickly reflected on the court. Arsenal's four-forward tactics put a lot of pressure on Stoke City's defense, and when faced with huge pressure, players will inevitably make mistakes.
In the 73rd minute, Arsenal broke into the Stoke City penalty area, and four sides advanced side by side. With four people rushing into the penalty area at the same time, the Stoke City penalty area was in panic and in chaos for a while.
And in this chaos, someone made a mistake. Diouf, the retreating Stoke midfielder fouled in the penalty area and tripped Griezmann. Then the referee's whistle sounded and pointed to the penalty spot.
"Oh oh~~~ Penalty~~ Wenger's adjustment was effective after seven minutes, and Arsenal ushered in the best chance to score." For a moment, boos sounded in the stands, but these boos didn't change anything, because Diouf did trip up Griezmann. Not only did the referee see this, but the camera also recorded this scene, which was not allowed to be denied by Stoke City people.
Arsenal's first penalty kicker is captain Arteta, but the veteran is currently recovering from injury. So far this season, Arteta is the player with the most injuries in Arsenal. He will basically be injured once in one or two games.
With the captain away, Griezmann chose to do it himself, and no one said anything about it. After all, the penalty kick was created by Griezmann.
Griezmann did not disappoint. Facing Begovic, the Frenchman pushed the ball to the lower left side. Begovic completely misjudged the defense line, and Arsenal broke the deadlock on the court.
This goal is like opening the faucet. Stoke City has eased before conceding the ball and Arsenal scored another goal.
A long shot from Cazorla outside the penalty area, Podolski failed to shoot at the first time after receiving the pass from Sanchez and missed the opportunity to shoot. In this case, the German chose to pass back.
At this time, Cazorla inserted from behind, and without any adjustment in the face of Podolsky's return pass, he immediately shot a long shot. The ball was like a shell and rushed straight to the Stoke City goal.
"God~~~~ Conceding two goals in five minutes is definitely a tragedy for Stoke City." But when the ball flew into Stoke City's goal, Stoke City people couldn't even react, just as Stoke City goalkeeper Begovic did not make a save.
But this is not over yet. Just three minutes after Cazorla scored, Arsenal rewritten the score again. Velbeck's close shot Begovic saved, and Arsenal got a corner kick.
Sanchez took a corner kick, and the ball passed in front of Ramsey at the crowd penalty point. The latter volleyed directly before the ball landed. Begovic watched the ball fly into the goal he held.
"Crazy~~~ This is really crazy. After Arsenal scored the first penalty, he scored two more goals in the next seven minutes and three goals in eight minutes." These three goals completely fooled Stoke City.
Chapter completed!