Mertesacker scored his first goal of the season. He originally decided to retire, but was later persuaded to come back by head coaches Emery and Luo Wu.
Now he is not only the core of Arsenal's defense, but also helps the team score goals.
One more goal, as long as one more goal is scored, Arsenal can equalize the score. Fulham paid the price for their conservatism.
These two goals were not scored by Luo Wu, nor was he assisted. He was just the instigator of the attack. If it were in the past, he would definitely be the first to score or assist, but not today.
"It's over now, only leading by one goal. The guy hasn't scored yet! It feels very dangerous..."
"It's definitely not possible to play like this. We can't defend it. It was as good as it was in the first half. We played defensive counterattack. Now we just defend with a bus. Alas..."
Fulham fans are now terrified. Even though the team is still one goal ahead, they are quite scared mentally. After all, Luo Wu standing on the court means that the most dangerous situation will always exist.
Even head coach Ranieri was walking around the sidelines, but he couldn't think of any way. In the first half, he was brave and formulated a defensive counterattack strategy, but in the second half, he felt that the three-goal advantage was enough.
, you can completely set up a bus to defend until the end of the game, but...
On the other hand, the morale of Arsenal players has completely improved now.
Mertesacker waved his fist and roared loudly.
"We can beat them!"
"come on!"
"come on!"
…
Beep——
The whistle sounded again, like a life-threatening horn.
The Fulham players have not yet received new tactical instructions from the head coach. After watching the ball, everyone squatted in the backcourt, and Luo Wu and the others once again pressed the whole court, forcing the Fulham players to once again have no choice but to kick the ball. Assen
There was no pressure in the backcourt. After Guendouzi easily got the ball, he passed the midfield without any obstruction. Then he and Torreira cooperated with each other and pushed forward to the edge of Fulham's penalty area.
, only Fulham forward Mikolovich came to stop him, but Mikolovich is a forward, how can he have any defensive ability? Torreira easily stepped on the ball, and Mikolovich was very reckless.
I jumped over and had no effect at all.
His pounce was of no use, and another teammate, Sessegnon, had to come over to cover up the defense, but as a result, Mkhitaryan on the right was left open. No one was marking him, and Torreira simply took it.
The ball passed through. Mkhitaryan glanced at the goal while stopping the ball, and calmly picked the ball to the back point!
Lacazette just happened to be cruising to that position and took off. He suppressed Christie and gave him a lion's head shake!
Duang!
The ball flew ruthlessly into the upper left corner of the goal!
"Oh, God!"
"The ball is in!"
"Lacazette!"
Lineker immediately raised his arms and shouted.
But then the referee's whistle sounded, indicating that the goal was invalid. Lacazette committed a pressing foul!
Slow-motion replay shows that Lacazette's left hand pressed on Christie's shoulder. There is indeed a suspicion of foul play...
"The goal is invalid..."
"Fulham dodged a bullet."
"But if they keep playing like this, Fulham won't even be able to secure a draw. Arsenal's offensive is so strong, can they last for fifteen minutes? I think it's unlikely..."
Ranieri yelled on the sidelines this time and was dissatisfied with the team's defense. On the contrary, Emery made no move and was so calm even after falling behind. He was just like an ordinary fan when he was sent to the stands...
Now the situation has turned to Arsenal, and Arsenal does not just rely on Luo Wu, which is scary.
After Fulham lost the ball again, Arsenal pounced on it like a wolf again. Veteran Lichtsteiner advanced all the way and hit the wall with Smith Rowe twice in a row, closing the ball near the baseline.
The ball swept near the penalty spot, Lacazette singled out two central defenders, and unexpectedly passed the ball back to Torreira, who passed it to Luo Wu on the right.
Facing Le Marchand, Luo Wu continuously pedaled his bicycle and spiked the ball in different directions, then accelerated and walked straight to the baseline. Le Marchand actually did not miss him! And near the baseline, while Luo Wu was smashing the ball,
He could also use his body to get in front of Luo Wu, preventing Luo Wu from passing the ball.
Of course, Luo Wu didn't want to pass the ball in the first place! He turned around and took the ball outside the penalty area instead! Le Marchand's body had lost its use, and he had no chance to keep up with Luo Wu.
Luo Wu turned around calmly, made an arc with his left foot, and sent the ball to the back point!
This time Lichtsteiner appeared there! Still holding down Christie! Still heading the ball! But Christie still fell to the turf!
Boom!
This time he didn't hit the top left corner like Lacazette did, but hit a bouncing ball! The ball bounced quickly on the turf and then flew towards the goal.
At the critical moment, Odoi subconsciously stretched out his left leg to block, and the ball was knocked out of the baseline.
Just a corner kick!
"Lichtsteiner!"
"It's just a corner kick..."
"Fulham dodged another bullet."
"It is now the 78th minute, and there is not much time left for Arsenal. If luck is not on their side, they may really lose the game."
"It's not that whoever is stronger will win the game. Football is round." Danny Murphy said proudly. Nothing makes people happier than Arsenal losing this game. As long as Arsenal loses the game
, then Liverpool can overtake Manchester City and rank first in the league.
Perhaps, the whole world is looking forward to Arsenal losing, except the Arsenal people.
Fulham also did a very good job in defending corner kicks. Everyone returned to the penalty area and marked each other. The penalty area was almost airtight. The goalkeeper was also standing on the goal line and did not dare to stand forward at all because he was worried.
Luo Wu made a direct sneak shot.
The moment Luo Wu took a tactical corner kick, forward Migelovic rushed to him in an instant, giving Luo Wu no time to observe calmly.
But just like last time, Migelovic is a forward, not a defender, and his defense is too poor!
Luo Wu stepped forward with his left foot and suddenly guessed with the heel of his right foot. He shook off Migelovich like a civet cat and quickly jumped towards the penalty area with his right foot.
Teammate Sessegnon filled the position very promptly, and even braked suddenly when he rushed to Luo Wu. This kind of defensive awareness is quite good.
But Luo Wu did not intend to break into the penalty area, but continued to hit the ball in the middle, and he continued to break through horizontally!
"oh!"
"Luo Wu got rid of it again!"
"The Fulham player is too big to be guarded at all. His passing is too easy. Why not get to him in time? If there is physical contact, then he will simply..."
Murphy was talking! Xuerle really jumped out from the wing, his shoulders sank, and he stabbed Luo Wu diagonally. Luo Wu, who was in control of the ball, never expected that Xuerle would be so direct! His body instantly felt like a kite with broken strings.
He generally lost his balance and fell on the turf.
Just when everyone thought that the referee's whistle would sound, the referee signaled that the game should continue, which meant that he did not think that Schurrle's action was not a foul at all.
"Isn't this a violation?"
"Is this really not a violation?!"
"Is the referee blind? This is crazy. I feel a strong sense of home favoritism. If this goal is not a foul, it would be really troublesome. The last time Arsenal played Cardiff City away from home
, they have also encountered this, and now it seems to be happening again. Could it be that the referee came with a mission?"
Fortunately, Le Marchand on the left did not take the ball to launch an attack, otherwise the empty Arsenal backcourt might be hit...
When Luo Wu got up, Smith Luo had already gone to the referee to protest, and then received a yellow card ruthlessly.
Emery saw it and felt that Arsenal was going to be killed. He ran to the entrance of the tunnel angrily, stuck his head and shouted in the direction of the fourth official.
"Hi!"
"Protest! I protest!"
He was sent to the stands, but now he can't bear it. The team is being treated unfairly and is really angry.
The fourth official doesn't care about him. Who cares about the reaction of the fans in the stands?
Fortunately, Luo Wu was okay. He patted his butt and quickly returned to the center circle. Mertesacker regained the ball with great enthusiasm and kicked the ball to him.
"superior!"
With a big wave of his hand, Luowu took over the midfield again, playing the role of midfield commander. Before Mikolovich came up, he transferred the ball to Lichtsteiner on the left.
Lichtsteiner, who came on as a substitute, worked really hard, but Bellerin on the right was not active enough. Lichtsteiner once again played a wall-to-wall cooperation with Smith Rowe, and then made a cross!
The placement is pretty good!
But this time Lacazette was tightly clamped by two central defenders, unable to take off at all, and the ball was cleared.
Mkhitaryan competed with Schurrle for the second spot near the penalty area line, but because he still had no physical advantage, Schurrle stepped forward and Mkhitaryan was knocked down.
The referee's whistle still didn't sound.
"Fake!"
"Fake!"
Emery cursed in the stands.
If this was on the coaching bench, he would definitely rush to the fourth official and roar, but there is nothing he can do now!
The referee once again favored Fulham!
"Return to defense!"
"Hurry back to defense!"
"Concentrate!"
Mertesacker yelled in the backcourt. Although he was treated unfairly again, Mertesacker was quite experienced and his emotions were not affected and he focused on the game.
Mikolovich finally got the ball in the frontcourt, and then carried it forward. In fact, he was also very unhappy. The team played too conservatively and had been struggling for so long. The opportunity to counterattack now must not be left like this.
What a waste, even if you are alone in Longtan!
He bravely charged forward with the ball!
but!
There was a cool breeze blowing from the rear left, and in an instant he saw a yellow shadow!
He immediately wanted to take an extra step forward and protect the ball!
But the yellow shadow was so fast that it reached him in an instant and then stretched out his left foot to pick! He lost control of the ball!
Bellerin!
Bellerin finally performed!
He chased back all the way from the front court and then relieved the danger.
Mertesacker got the ball and pushed it directly to Mkhitaryan. Mkhitaryan was just about to protect the ball when he was pushed by his opponent.
The movement was so big that the referee's whistle finally sounded.
Arsenal won a set-piece opportunity in the frontcourt.
However, this position is too far away from the goal and seems to be unable to pose any threat to Fulham.
Luo Wu quickly served to Torreira, and Torreira knocked the ball back. Luo Wu was quickly attacked by two people. He tried to pass through the middle with a fried ball move, but the opponent directly closed the door to defend. Luo Wu could not pass at all.
Yes, my arms were pulled.
The referee still didn't call it!
Luo Wu fell!
"Shit! I really can't stand it anymore!"
"Aren't you going to blow this ball?"
"This partiality is really too exaggerated!"
Lineker was furious.
But at this moment, Luo Wu, who fell to the ground, did not let the ball roll away. He suddenly raised his right foot to the sky. The ball that was about to roll like Migelovic was intercepted by him and flew again.
Returned to Luo Wu.
And Luo Wu also got up suddenly.
Vietto and Seri, who had just closed the door to defend, were dumbfounded because they did not expect that Luo Wu would actually pick the ball back. When they reacted, Luo Wu felt wind on his feet, his body sank suddenly, and his right foot arched.
Accelerate and click! The center of gravity is so low that Vietto and Seri don't have any time to adjust.
Da~
He dribbled past them like lightning.
"Ah, damn!"
"Stop him!"
Fulham coach Ranieri roared and watched helplessly as Luo Wu passed Vieira and Serri like wooden stakes!
This is not over yet. Luo Wu's lightning hit the penalty area in an instant. Lacazette blocked Odoi, and Mkhitaryan also took away Le Marchand. No one could stop Luo Wu in time.
Wu, Luo Wu is like entering a place where there is no one.
He immediately dribbled the ball and rushed to the penalty spot.
Farke!
The Fulham goalkeeper had to rush out.
He could only face Luo Wu alone.
It's impossible not to be nervous.
No goalkeeper has ever succeeded in a one-on-one duel this season!
he?
It's also tragic.
Facing the goalkeeper, Luo Wu had no one to combine his fake moves, so he accelerated and rushed past from the right. The Fulham goalkeeper thought Luo Wu would do something fancy, but no!
Empty door!
"gooooal!"
"goooooooal!"
"goooooooooooal!"
"luoooooooooo!"
"3:3, Luo Wu still scored."
"The score is even."
"Passed the goalkeeper."
"In the 87th minute, a perfect goal!"
"It looks like the game is going to be a draw."
"With the help of the referee, Fulham should be able to get a draw, and both Liverpool and Manchester City should be very happy..."
"But I still have to say that the competition lacked the spirit of fair play."
Lineker felt unhappy for Arsenal. Murphy on the side said nothing. Although it was a draw, it was still the result he wanted to see.
On the court, Luo Wu rushed into the goal, took the ball out, and then ran back quickly without any celebration.
draw?
This is unacceptable!
As long as the game is not over, we must continue to attack and continue to find ways to score goals.