After retreating from Westphalia and facing the overwhelming praise from the media, I have to say that Wenger was a little distracted.
That's right, it's not Lei Yu who's floating, it's Wenger!
In the new round of away game against Blackburn Rovers, the professor once again used a "youth army" lineup.
As we all know, since the new stadium was built, the professor has been committed to discovering young players.
Therefore, Arsenal's investment in the transfer market every year is definitely not as much as the effort spent in various youth training camps.
Once a great "little demon" is produced somewhere, the professor will try his best to "capture" it.
Then use Arsenal's first team to conduct several rounds of trials and finally draw a conclusion.
In the past records, the professor has been pretty lucky.
Except for Cesc Fabregas and others, those players who passed by the professor are called "temperature draft picks".
And these "temperature difference picks" can form an all-star team!
No matter what, what makes Wenger happy is that Lei Yu is not on the list of "temperature difference sign"; but again, this is the result of his "casting a net to catch fish".
On September 17, Arsenal challenged Blackburn away.
Before the game, Blackburn had only 1 point with 1 draw and 3 losses, ranking last in the standings.
But Violence is not like Dortmund, who can join hands with you to "qualify".
Facing a midfielder and frontcourt full of new faces who have only joined Arsenal's first team this season, violence could have given them no face at all.
At the beginning, Arsenal could still show its "rich" advantage, control the situation in the away game, and fight against its opponents.
And in the 17th minute of the first half, they were still leading by one goal.
Lei Yu assisted Arshavin with a through ball. The Tsar caught up with the ball and easily pushed the ball into the net.
After being scored by the opponent, Violent Ben was not to be outdone and quickly tied the score.
Even so, the two sides entered the halftime break with a draw, and there was no clear winner from the first half.
However, at the beginning of the second half, Arsenal collapsed!
If the own goal in the 47th minute when the ball bounced off Koscielny's knee and into the net was due to bad luck, then in the 50th minute, Karl's substitution meant that Arsenal began to dig their own graves.
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As soon as he came on the field, Karl almost sprained himself when he was running back to defense in the 54th minute without any physical contact.
Three minutes later, he was easily broken through by Hoilett.
In anger, he had to stop the latter with a bad foul and received a yellow card.
One minute later, Karl gave his opponent a corner kick without anyone guarding him in front of the baseline.
It was by taking advantage of this corner kick opportunity that Yakub broke through Szczesny's ten fingers. In this failed corner kick defense, Karl seemed to be outside the game and did not mark any Blackburn players.
Does not appear in the opponent's passing lane to disrupt.
When Mertesacker and Koscielny's attention was attracted by Nzouz, the assister on the left side of the penalty area, all Karl did was watch Yakub shake off Van Persie in the small penalty area and easily score for Blackburn.
Overtaken the score.
Karl can be called Arsenal's biggest colander in this game, but several of his defensive teammates are not much better.
For the goal conceded in the 25th minute of the first half, Koscielny's serious miss and Mertesacker's slow turn were both responsible, and the left back Santos, who was delayed at the end, indirectly "assisted" the goal.
Jakub dancing on the offside line pierced Arsenal's defense.
As for the own goal, it came from a free kick won by Lowe when he broke through Ryo Miyaichi on the wing, and Santos, who plays the role of left back, failed to defend the ball in time.
Under such a defensive line, Lei Yu adhered to Arsenal's usual offensive style and continued to attack the opponent's half.
In the 67th and 72nd minutes, Lei Yu and Robin van Persie scored a goal respectively.
In other words, by the end of the game with 20 minutes left, Arsenal had already tied the score at 3-3.
It was originally a prosperous situation, but when the game was about to end with only 5 minutes left, Arsenal once again fell at the feet of its teammates!
In the 85th minute, Carl and Benayoun made successive attempts, but Olson easily broke through them all.
But Olsen's pass went right to Koscielny's feet.
At this time, Koscielny's eyes widened, and the main strikers of all major opponents were running through his mind.
In an instant, he was like a little pea from Manchester United, Didier Drogba from Chelsea, Aguero from Manchester City, and Suarez from Liverpool. He pointed at the ball with his back heel and knocked the ball lightly into the Arsenal net.
That’s right, another oolong!
Seeing this ending, Lei Yu, Robin van Persie and Arshavin who came off the bench all showed helpless expressions.
What nonsense is this?
In the first 5 rounds of the season, Arsenal scored 3 own goals!
I scored two in this game!
"What an embarrassing "self-inflicted injury" and what a terrible defense!"
This is the evaluation given to the Gunners by "Sky Sports" after the game.
Not only that, in the fan ratings after the game, Karl only had a pitiful 2.7 points.
Koscielny scored 3.4 points, and the two new players Per Mertesacker and Santos scored only 4.6 points and 4.8 points respectively.
Of course, Lei Yu, who contributed one pass and one shot, did not win the best of the game, but he still scored a high score of 7.5.
As for why it is not rated 8.0, according to fans' feedback, on the defensive end, Lei Yu is not even as motivated as forward Van Persie.
Of course, this is just some people's "nitpicking" behavior.
Think about it, when defending, Van Persie returned to his own penalty area to gain the upper hand. Is it possible that Lei Yu was watching from outside the penalty area?
After the game, Arsenal's defense problems and Wenger himself were once again brought to the forefront.
"The Guardian" commented: "Arsenal are helpless as if they were in last place last season."
The last time Arsenal only scored 4 points in the first 5 rounds was in the 1982-83 season!
Conceded 14 goals in 5 league rounds, with a goal difference of minus 2.
Is this a problem with Arsenal's defense? Or is it Wenger's hiring mistake?
Although Mertesacker is tall, he is obviously not adapted to the speed of the Premier League after just transferring from the Bundesliga; and Santos, who played for Fenerbahce last season, still remains at the Turkish Super League level in terms of physical condition and defensive awareness.
As for Koscielny, who scored a weird own goal, he is from France B!
Before the game, Koscielny said sincerely: "I was 17 years old when I decided to become a professional player. Football was just my hobby before. I was demoted from Ligue 2 to Ligue 3, and then played all the way to Ligue 1.
.If I didn’t have enough endurance, I might be a nine-to-five office worker now.”
If after all, Koscielny showed his potential in the just-concluded Champions League; then Karl, who has made big mistakes again and again, is really a giant who continues to destroy the hearts of Arsenal fans.
Depressed!
"How can such a defender deserve to wear Arsenal uniforms and compete in the Premier League?" This was the biggest question raised by fans after the game.
In the eyes of the fans, the fourth-level league that Carl participated in last season is a suitable platform for him to experience!
This time, Arsenal's shoddy defense has opened a new bloody wound in the devastated hearts of Gunners fans.