Balotelli's goal greatly boosted the morale of the Manchester City players, and fans cheered everywhere in the stadium.
The equalization has come, can the go-ahead be far behind?
In the remainder of the first half, Manchester City's offense came one after another.
The Blue Moon fans in the stands were shouting with excitement, and Balotelli's name echoed across the Etihad.
Fans are celebrating. What they take to the stage today is not "Problem Mario", but "Super Mario"!
As Balotelli assisted the attack in the frontcourt time and time again, the commentators were also amazed and let out sighs of emotion.
"Balotelli is such a phenomenal player!"
"He is absolutely world class from the neck down!"
"Compared to this alone, even Lei is inferior to him!"
"He always changes the game in a way you can't imagine."
"When Manchester City needed a goal, he flicked a shot past Szczesny's goal."
"Now, the whole Blue Moon has a great morale boost because of Balotelli's goal."
"It seems that it is only a matter of time before a lead is formed."
"After defeating Arsenal, no one can stop Manchester City from winning the championship!"
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Fortunately, the Gunners were brave enough. After receiving three consecutive yellow cards, the players dragged their exhausted bodies to end the first half, while also holding on to the 1-1 score.
Unlike the laughter of his opponents, Wenger's face was full of sadness.
Van Persie's condition is not optimistic and he has been taken to the hospital by ambulance.
But now, the professor actually doesn't have much time to consider Van Persie's physical condition. He still has half a game to deal with and think about.
"In the second half, Chamberlain and Walcott retreated further, leaving only Gervinho in front."
"The purpose of your retreat is not to defend, but to provide Lei with necessary assistance, do you understand?"
"I want to see your speed and successful breakthroughs. I don't need you to conserve your energy. Run as much as you can until you can't run anymore."
"Lei, whether I can score in the second half or not depends on you."
"Pass when it's time to pass, and shoot when it's time to shoot."
Wenger said something "ambiguous" at the end, but in Lei Yu's ears, it was the greatest encouragement to him.
It is also a huge responsibility!
The teammates looked at Lei Yu, with different feelings flashing in their eyes.
Last season, after learning that Fabregas had the intention to leave, the professor had always wanted to train Wilshere to be the captain of the Gunners; but when Wilshere was injured for a long time, Van Persie had to take over this important task.
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Now that Van Persie has left the field injured, the captaincy should be handed over to Ramsey.
But Van Persie gave it to Lei Yu.
At this time, Ramsey had the same reaction as the other team members, focusing on Lei Yu.
There is no envy, no jealousy, just expectation.
For more than ten years in the Premier League, you can hear the news about the boot scandal coming from the Manchester United dressing room, and Ferguson has a falling out with his disciple Beckham; but you rarely hear any dissatisfaction in the Arsenal dressing room.
Under Gerard's rule, the Gunners have always been united.
Arsenal have been away from the championship for a long time, and the young gunners have hardly tasted the championship.
Arsenal now desperately needs a capable gunner to lead them out of trouble and towards glory.
"Don't worry, boss, leave everything to me!" Lei Yu's eyes were bright and his voice was full of confidence.
No matter how well Lei Yu performs, this self-confidence alone already has the conditions to become a leader.
However, misfortunes never come singly.
Just 2 minutes into the second half, Zhu Lu was injured.
This guy was originally a substitute defender, but now he has been injured and is off the field, leaving the Gunners with no one available.
In desperation, Wenger had to replace Miquel.
Ignacy Miguel, like Lei Yu, is a product of Arsenal's youth training.
It's just that he was not loaned out last season, but directly joined the first team.
Now it seems that the loaned players are not defective, and they may also have high hopes from the club.
Miquel's performance was similar to that of Carl Jenkinson, who has been criticized by fans during this period. As soon as this young player, who was also born in 1992, came on the field, he made a mistake in clearing the ball and gave Manchester City a corner kick.
Later, when defending Silva, he tripped him in the right penalty area. Fortunately, the referee did not make a penalty and Arsenal escaped.
Seeing Miquel's poor performance, gun fans couldn't help but cover their faces.
What a shame!
Why does Wenger always use unreliable young people?
"There is no way. These past few years have been Arsenal's poorest times."
"The professor has no choice but to 'scratch the lottery' in the youth team."
Zhan Jun used a very appropriate adjective to interpret Arsenal's current situation for fans. It's a pity that not everyone is a special prize like Lei Yu.
Miquel's performance was not in line with the Premier League's strength, which made the fans lament and even began to miss Jenkinson.
But the facts are the facts.
When everyone wiped their eyes again, the young man in front of them was still the same young man who made the same mistakes as Jenkinson.
"Wenger is crazy!"
"Training troops for such an important competition?!"
"Go away Arsene, this is the league, not the League Cup!"
The fans yelled and cursed, which even affected the players on the field.
Lei Yu looked at some gun fans who had begun to defect, with anger rising in his chest.
If it weren't for the professor, Arsenal would be just a second-tier team in London right now. How could you have the confidence to dismiss the professor?
Thinking of this, Lei Yu waved his hand to signal his teammates to speed up the game.
Since the defense line is full of loopholes, we might as well stop defending and go head-to-head with Manchester City!
Just like at Stamford Bridge!
If you enter one, I will enter another; if you enter another, I will give you another; if you cannot enter, I will enter another!
Starting from the 52nd minute, the Gunners' offensive rhythm suddenly accelerated.
As soon as the defense was successful here, three players from the other side immediately crossed the midfield and charged towards the opponent's half.
Seeing the Gunners hitting three or four fast breaks in a row, the fans in the stands who shouted for the professor to dismiss get out of class also shut their mouths and watched the fierce game in secret.
When it comes to attacking in the Premier League, Arsenal is second to none!
In the 58th minute, Lei Yu took the ball in the midfield, stopped and passed the defense, and dribbled the ball forward at high speed.
Running wildly all the way, he continuously got rid of Silva and Toure behind him, leaving them no chance to make up defense.
Facing Kompany's defense, Lei Yu once again used a fake bicycle to instantly shake the opponent's center of gravity and penetrate into the opponent's penalty area.
His unreasonable passing style made Kompany's scalp numb.
Fortunately, Joe Hart came to the rescue at the critical moment and blocked Lei Yu's attack.
Richards on the side saw this and hurriedly cleared the ball into the frontcourt. Balotelli headed the ball over and Aguero also launched an attack towards the Gunners penalty area after receiving the ball.
This time, Koscielny made a mistake. In the 3v3 situation, he used his running position to completely block Aguero's forward and passing routes.
In the end, when Akun was forced to almost no angle, he could only bite the bullet and shoot angrily, and was hugged by Szczesny.
As soon as the goalkeeper got the ball, the shouts from the other side immediately started.
Szczesny did not hesitate, holding the ball and taking a big kick.
Bang!
The ball flew across half-court and landed on Arteta's chest.
The Spanish midfielder has particularly delicate skills with his feet. After stopping the ball, he turned around, looked up and then transferred the ball to Chamberlain's feet.
After receiving the ball, the young English player immediately rushed forward and rushed along the sideline to the bottom line. Before Zabaleta finally came over to defend, he knocked the ball back to Lei Yu who ran over to meet him.
After Lei Yu got the ball in the upper left corner of the opponent's penalty area, he immediately dribbled the ball laterally along the middle. Facing Kompany's defense, Lei Yu gently pushed the ball into the penalty area.
The hot bird was in position to outflank him. While catching the ball, he tapped his heel lightly and the ball slipped away from behind him.
Lei Yu, who drove forward, met the ball and fired furiously, but it was a pity that Kolo Toure flew in and blocked the shot.
Then, Silva protected the ball with his back, intending to stabilize his center of gravity before passing the ball.
But at this moment, Lei Yu and Ramsey surrounded him from the left and right, forming a double-team in the frontcourt.
Silva tried his best to protect the ball and had no time to find Nasri's position.
Just like that, Lei Yu and Ramsey pulled and tugged, and the latter found the opportunity to stretch out his foot and poke gently, successfully stealing the ball from the frontcourt.
This time, Lei Yu chose to dribble the ball forward himself.
After a fried ball passed Kolo Toure, Lei Yu, who rushed to the penalty area, suddenly slowed down, causing Kompany to stumble, and then hurriedly came over to stretch his legs.
But when the opponent was slowing down at the same time, Lei Yu quickly moved his feet and got rid of the opponent in an instant with an extraordinary acceleration and deceleration.
At this time, Zabaleta did not expect that Lei Yu would get rid of Kompany so easily and rush into the penalty area.
In desperation, he rushed over and made a sliding shovel, but Lei Yu sidestepped and dodged it.
Seeing Lei Yu rushing into the penalty area as if he had passed five levels and defeated six generals, Joe Hart had no choice but to lean over and rush over with his arms stretched out.
Facing the attacking goalkeeper, Lei Yu decisively accelerated to the wing again and bypassed his opponent from the side.
After being one position ahead of Joe Hart, the system prompt of passing the goalkeeper also sounded in his mind.
Lei Yu pushed lightly with his left foot, and at almost zero angle, the ball rolled against the turf towards the empty goal.
chua!!!
The fallen Silva made a sliding tackle. As Manchester City's last hope, he was still one step too late.
Before he could reach the ball, the ball had already rolled diagonally across the goal line and into the net.
In an instant, cheers came from the away team stands again.