Chapter 424 Those Who Didn't Know Thought Gundogan Was Dead!
Chapter 424 Those who didn’t know thought Gundogan died!
Author: Thief Cao
Chapter 424 Those who didn’t know thought Gundogan died!
On December 18, the 17th round of the Premier League came, and the Etihad Stadium ushered in another focus battle.
Manchester City will face Arsenal at home this round.
Although there were some financial difficulties at the beginning of the season, Arsenal's senior management still supported Wenger and squeezed out about 100 million euros in transfer funds so that the professor could strengthen the team's lineup in the transfer market.
After being rejected by Chu Zheng, Wenger spent all the transfer budget originally prepared for Chu Zheng soon after returning to England.
Xhaka was hired from Borussia Monchengladbach for 45 million euros, Lucas Perez from La Liga Depor for 20 million, Mustafi from Valencia for 40 million, Holding from Bolton for 2.5 million, and Asano from Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
Tuomo 4 million.
And after spending these 100 million euros, the results obtained are quite good.
Except for the 3-4 loss to Liverpool in the first round of this season and the 2-1 defeat by Everton in the 16th round of the Premier League a few days ago, Arsenal has achieved an outstanding record of 14 consecutive unbeaten games.
Gunners fans are also quite satisfied with this result.
This season Arsenal can be said to have the thickest lineup in recent seasons.
The performance of new players such as Xhaka, Perez and Mustafi is also remarkable.
Although Xhaka, who ranks first in yellow cards in the Premier League, is rough and rough on the defensive end, either taking cards or on the way to take them, he has also repeatedly scored wonderful long-range shots.
Now as the season progresses, the Swiss midfielder has also adapted to the rhythm of the Premier League and Arsenal, and his performance has improved. Xhaka, who is both offensive and defensive, can be said to be one of Arsenal's future core midfield reserves.
Although Lucas Perez has not scored a Premier League goal, he has scored goals in the League Cup and Champions League.
It's just that Giroud's recent extremely hot state has reduced Perez's playing time in the Premier League.
The central defender partnership of Mustafi and Koscielny is also considered stable, filling the void left by injuries to Mertesacker and others.
Arsenal is now the team that has conceded the third fewest goals in the Premier League. So far in the new season, they have kept clean sheets in 6 games.
At 23:45 BJ time on the 18th, the live signal was connected to the LeTV Sports live room.
As soon as the camera appeared, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu burst out laughing.
They were amused by Chu Zheng.
In the camera footage, the Manchester City players today are particularly unique. Everyone is wearing Gundogan's No. 8 jersey.
Moreover, they wore it backwards, with the number and name side on their chests, and the expressions on everyone's faces were quite solemn. The whole appearance ceremony was filled with a tragic atmosphere, making people subconsciously think that a famous Manchester City star had died.
After coming on stage, Chu Zheng stood in the middle of the queue, holding a little chubby caddy in his hand. He looked around and saw Yaya Toure, Sane, De Bruyne and others all bowing their heads. The corner of his mouth twitched and he also lowered his head.
Bowed in silence... bah... prayed.
But this scene happened to be captured by the camera.
After finally stopping his laughter, Zhan Jun held back his laughter and said: "Let me explain to everyone, this is not a moment of silence, but a pre-match prayer ceremony performed by Manchester City players for Gundogan."
"Although Manchester City won 2-0 against Watford in the last round, the price was quite heavy."
"In the 35th minute of the first half of the game against Watford, Gundogan fell to the ground after a minor collision with Amrabat and was subsequently replaced by Guardiola."
"According to official news from "Sports Bild" and Manchester City, Gundogan's injury was initially diagnosed as a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. He is expected to need to rest for 6 to 8 months, which means that he will miss Manchester City this season.
All remaining games."
"The season is canceled!" Zhang Lu shook her head with a look of regret.
Among all the new players in Manchester City this season, except for Chu Zheng, who is as stable as an old dog and has won the Premier League, Gundogan can be said to have paid off his transfer value and is worth every penny.
Since joining Manchester City, Gundogan has scored 5 goals and provided 3 assists, repaying Guardiola's kindness in excellent form.
Guardiola is also relying more and more on him, but it is a pity that Gundogan's glass body is really unsolvable.
The position where Gundogan was injured this time is the same position where he was injured at Dortmund in May this year.
Zhan Jun laughed and said: "In previous interviews with the media, Gua Shuai said that he wanted to cry."
Zhang Lu chuckled and said: "Now the Premier League is about to usher in the devilish schedule of Christmas and New Year. Losing a general at this time is indeed very detrimental to Manchester City, who will be fighting on multiple fronts. If they are not careful, Manchester City will have
He may fall out of the championship group."
At this time, some Gunners fans at the Etihad Stadium also looked confused.
Didn’t it mean that Gundogan was just injured?
Judging from the posture of the Manchester City players, it seems that Gundogan has been buried.
Not long after, the starting lineups of both sides appeared on the camera.
Manchester City:(433)
Forwards: Sane, De Bruyne, Sterling
Midfielder: Chu Zheng, Fernandinho, Yaya Toure
Defenders: Clichy, Kolarov, Otamendi, Zabaleta
Goalkeeper: Bravo
"Compared with the last round of the Premier League, Manchester City's defense has not changed, but midfielder Fernandinho returns, Yaya Toure starts, and De Bruyne is placed at the center position again."
After Zhan Jun finished speaking, Zhang Lu answered with a smile: "Guardiola should be arranging a forward-less formation again."
"Actually, I think we can let Chu Zheng play center!" Zhan Jun adjusted his glasses and said with a smile.
Zhang Lu kept shaking her head and said: "No, no, no, if I were Guardiola, I would not let Chu Zheng play center. Fixing him on the front line is a huge waste of Chu Zheng's talent."
"Chu Zheng can connect the front, back, left and right in the midfield, and in most of the game, he will actively return to defense as long as he has physical fitness. With Chu Zheng's defensive ability, it is of great help to Manchester City's current weak defense line.
The reinforcement effect.”
"Yes!" Zhan Jun nodded, "Chu Zheng is now in Guardiola's offensive system. Although his active area is in the frontcourt most of the time, his personal interception and steal data are actually better than those in the Premier League.
Back waist difference."
"There have been 16 rounds of the Premier League this season. Chu Zheng has scored 11 goals and assisted 12 in the Premier League. Not only is he the assist leader in the Premier League and Manchester City, he is also among the top scorers. On the defensive end, Chu Zheng also averaged 2.6 per game.
successful tackles and 1.9 interceptions."
"Yes, Chu Zheng can not only run, he can also run. These data on his defensive end are achieved by actively running back to defend."
After Zhang Lu finished speaking, Arsenal's starting lineup appeared.
Arsenal:(4231)
Forward: Sanchez
Attacking midfielder: Iwobi, Ozil, Theo Walcott
Midfielder: Xhaka, Coquelin
Defenders: Monreal, Koscielny, Gabriel, Bellerin
Goalkeeper: Petr Cech
"Arsenal also has many injured players in this game. Ramsey, Welbeck, Mustafi, Per Mertesacker and Carrasso still need time to recover from their injuries."
"Although there were many injuries, Wenger still relied on his sophisticated tactics and strategies to help the team achieve good results."
"Currently, Chelsea still ranks first in the standings with 36 points."
"Manchester City, with 34 points, edged out Liverpool, who had the same points, and ranked second with a goal difference advantage."
"Since Arsenal were defeated by Everton 1-2 in the 16th round, although they currently have 34 points with Manchester City and Liverpool, they can only be ranked fourth due to their weak goal difference."
"Actually, if you look at the standings, Manchester City's defense is not too bad." After Zhan Jun finished speaking, Zhang Lu immediately spoke, and the topic turned to Manchester City.
"Look, Tottenham is the team that has conceded the fewest goals in the Premier League right now, conceding 13 goals in 16 rounds. The second is Southampton, with 14 goals, and the third is Arsenal, with 17."
"And Manchester City only has 19."
Zhan Jun was stunned for a moment, not knowing what Zhang Lu wanted to express, so he could only follow along and said: "Zhang Zhi's idea is quite strange, but if you think about it from another angle, it seems that Manchester City's defense is indeed not that bad."
"Hehe!" Zhang Lu laughed, "It's just that there are more low-level mistakes in Manchester City's defense. But personally, although Manchester City's defense is indeed unstable, it is not as unstable as the media said.
It sucks.”
At 16:00 pm London time and 0:00 BJ time, the game officially started with the referee Atkinson's whistle.
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