As the referee Atkinson blew the whistle to end the first half, the players left the field one after another, and the live broadcast camera returned to the LeTV live broadcast room.
Zhan Jun looked at the camera with a smile and said: "The score in the first half was 1-1, but the scene was quite exciting."
"In the first half, Arsenal equalized the score and repeatedly launched defensive counterattacks through pressing. For a while, they even controlled the rhythm of the game and made Manchester City pay a considerable price to hold on to the score, including Chu Zheng's return in the 38th minute.
That yellow card the defensive tackle got."
"Yes, Wenger's tactical strategy today is to abandon the progression, quickly pass through the midfield, and use high-speed, efficient, and high-quality offense to directly attack Manchester City's weak defense."
"Although the execution efficiency of this tactic is a bit unsatisfactory, the effect is quite good. Arsenal missed the goal twice in the first half."
"On Manchester City's side, Guardiola's offensive focus quickly shifted to Arsenal's left wing after the score was equalized. But unfortunately, Guardiola found the weak point of Arsenal's defense, but the Manchester City players did not help him completely break through it.
Door."
After Zhan Jun finished speaking, the passing route map of both sides in the first half appeared on the big screen in the live broadcast room.
Compared with Manchester City's dense and overlapping red and blue passing route map, Arsenal's passing route map is much sparser, mostly concentrated in the frontcourt, with the top area of the middle arc and the two rib areas being the most dense.
"We can see from this picture that in the last 20 minutes of the first half, although Arsenal was suppressed by Manchester City, there was still a passing organization in the center circle, especially the invasion of the top area of the middle arc and the two ribs.
, not much weaker than Manchester City."
"On Manchester City's side, after the score was equalized, through Chu Zheng, they still maintained sufficient transition and connection in the opponent's 30-meter area, especially in the middle circle. Manchester City controlled enough passing points.
Maintain a continuous flow of control.”
Fifteen minutes flew by during the discussion between Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu on their tactical review.
As soon as the live footage was connected to the live broadcast room, the fourth official was seen standing on the sidelines and holding up the electronic sign for substitutions.
"At halftime, Guardiola made a substitution directly!"
"No. 3 replaced No. 5, and Zabaleta was replaced by Sagna. This is a matchup substitution!"
Zhang Lu chuckled and said: "In the first half, Zabaleta was attacked badly by Iwobi and Ozil, and he did not perform very well on both offense and defense.
Substituting him at this time is either because Guardiola is dissatisfied with his performance or he has a physical problem. At the same time, this substitution can also be said to be nip in the bud and maintain the defensive intensity on the right side in the second half.
."
Soon, the second half of the game started.
After the game started, Arsenal did not see many tactical changes, but Manchester City's player positions showed obvious changes.
Guardiola's tactical adjustments were reflected in the frontcourt, Sterling moved to the right, and Sane's activity area became the left and center.
Chu Zheng plays as a free agent in the frontcourt, and Manchester City can be said to have completely changed into a striker-less formation.
In addition to changes in player positions, Manchester City's tactical strategies have also changed.
Compared with the first half, in the second half, Manchester City's high-position pressing intensity in the midfield and frontcourt obviously went up to a higher level.
The changes in new tactics and strategies are reflected in Chu Zheng and Yaya Toure.
After the start of the second half, Chu Zheng and Yaya Toure often moved in Arsenal's two rib areas to improve the efficiency of Manchester City's frontcourt ball control, interception and secondary attack.
In order to enhance the results of the high press, sometimes the late Fernandinho will even get involved.
Guardiola's tactical adjustment can almost be said to directly hit Arsenal's seven inches.
So in the next ten minutes, Arsenal were a completely different team than they were in the first half.
After stealing the ball in the backcourt again and again, Manchester City successfully counterattacked it in the blink of an eye, and then launched a second attack, causing turmoil inside and outside the penalty area.
In the 56th minute of the game, Yaya Toure held the ball in front of the right rib at the top of the arc.
But Coquelin, Xhaka, Coquelin, Iwobi and other Arsenal players blocked the rib area airtightly.
Seeing Sagna coming up from the right, Yaya Toure got rid of it on the spot and picked the ball towards the corner with his right foot.
Sagna caught the ball in front of the baseline. Seeing that Iwobi, who was following the inside line, did not come over, he raised his foot and passed the ball directly.
The landing point is near the penalty spot in the middle of the penalty area.
Before the ball started to fall, six Arsenal players surrounded the area and competed with Chu Zheng, Sane and De Bruyne who were also near the landing point.
In the end, the ball hit the shoulder of De Bruyne, who was sandwiched between Walcott and Coquelin, and bounced directly to Chu Zheng one meter away.
At this time, Chu Zheng and Sane on his right were standing parallel to each other, standing on the left and right of the end line of the small penalty area, but there were people marking them behind them.
Seeing the ball flying towards him, Chu Zheng quickly leaned back and leaned on Koscielny behind him.
Immediately afterwards, Chu Zheng unloaded the ball with his chest, then forcibly twisted his body to the left, and at the same time used his left foot to kick back to the right.
Behind Chu Zheng, Koscielny was squeezed by Chu Zheng and had no power to resist.
In front of the goal line, Cech was also frightened by Chu Zheng's sudden turn and awkward shot.
But after all he is a world-class goalkeeper.
Although Cech was ill-prepared, his reflexes were very fast after a lot of fighting training and actual combat tests. He kicked the ground hard with his left foot in front of the goal line, flew to the right and pushed the ball to the top of the arc with both hands.
"fool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Suddenly, the Etihad Stadium was filled with screams of surprise!!!
"Chu Zheng!! Another very imaginative shot!!!" Zhan Jun exclaimed with regret on his face.
"It's a pity that the posture was too awkward and Chu Zheng didn't fully exert his strength!" Zhang Lu also said in a pityful tone.
At the landing point, Coquelin quickly seized the position, stuck Sane behind him, stopped the ball with his feet, and quickly took the ball away from the penalty area.
But as soon as he ran out of the top area of the arc, he was blocked from the front by Yaya Toure and was forced to run towards the right rib area.
With this change of line, Coquelin instantly fell into Manchester City's pressing trap in the frontcourt.
When Coquelin entered the rib area, he was locked in a triangle position by Yaya Toure, Clichy who came up from the rib area, and De Bruyne who retreated from the left rib area at the top of the key.
De Bruyne's three-man position was extremely good, completely blocking all Coquelin's passing routes.
In the blink of an eye, Coquelin was beaten by De Bruyne and Yaya Toure, and he lost the ball.
After De Bruyne got the ball, he immediately wanted to send the ball to Sane's feet in front of the end line of the penalty area in the left rib area at the top of the arc.
There was no one around Sane at this time.
As a result, Coquelin stood up quickly and blocked him directly.
De Bruyne was also decisive enough and quickly turned to the right with a feint, facing the front edge of the center arc.
It was this turn that allowed him to see Chu Zheng in front of the free throw arc on the left side of the center.
In the next second, without saying a word, De Bruyne kicked the ball with the instep of his right outside foot, narrowly avoiding Coquelin's overthrow.
Facing the incoming ball, Chu Zheng turned his back to catch the ball. He did not give Gabriel and Koscielny behind him a chance to grab him. He raised his left foot and moved to the right. The ball was sent to the empty top left corner of the arc.
In the rib area.
At this time, in the left rib area at the top of the arc, Sane and Yaya Toure are standing parallel inside and outside.
Seeing the ball rolling over, Yaya Toure made a move to catch the ball, which immediately attracted the attention of Gabriel, Coquelin and Bellerin who turned to chase.
But the next second, Yaya Toure made a small jump on the spot and directly missed the ball laterally.
From the upper right corner of the left corner of the penalty area, Sane took advantage of the situation and reached the goal in the blink of an eye.
Facing Cech's attack, Sane, although young, showed his killer nature as a shooter.
Faced with Cech, who was looking at him eagerly, Sane calmly fired into the far corner.
"The ball has been scored!!!!!!!!!!!!" The goal appeared, and Zhan Jun suddenly shouted!
"Manchester City's continuous counterattacks in the frontcourt finally paid off!"
"In the 57th minute of the game, Manchester City almost passed the ball into Arsenal's goal and took the lead!"
"This is also Chu Zheng's 14th Premier League assist this season! He leads the way and beats the Premier League stars who are famous for their assists."
"Although Chu Zheng didn't score a goal, he already scored twice in assists!"
"He is also the only player among all players in the Premier League so far to have assists in single digits! The efficiency is as terrifying as last season!"
Zhang Lu was also smiling and said: "The position chosen by Chu Zheng for Manchester City's second attack is so exquisite. It happens to form a 90-degree right-angle connection with De Bruyne, Sane and Yaya Toure. It's too
It’s fatal.”
Zhan Jun nodded and continued: "Yaya Toure also did a good job as a bait. He completely attracted the attention of Gabriel and others, and then cleverly passed it to Sane on his left. This was a perfect move.
