After the game entered the 70th minute, seeing the team being suppressed by Liverpool's crazy attack, Emery began to make substitution adjustments.
His first substitution was to replace Aubameyang with Ramsey.
This substitution is really incomprehensible, because Aubameyang was Arsenal's most threatening attacker in the 70-plus minutes of the game.
"When Emery first came to Arsenal this summer, he made it clear to the media that the core of the team's future is Ramsey. His current substitution clearly shows that Arsenal's midfield has a serious imbalance in attack, weakness and defense.
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"Yes, the two defensive midfielders Torreira and Xhaka were very good on the defensive end today, but their performance on offense was much worse. Now that Liverpool and Mo Yang are starting to exert their strength, it will be even more involved.
Their energy, this is why Arsenal's offense suddenly disappeared during this period!" Zhang Lu happily continued to explain.
"So Emery replaced Ramsey in the hope of maintaining the current defensive intensity while strengthening the midfielder's ability to move the ball forward and provide support for the forwards."
"Ramsey is different from Ozil. He does not need to constantly get the ball. He has a large area of activity, creativity, defense, organization, offense, and shooting. He can be found almost everywhere in the game. Functionally, he has
His characteristics cannot be broken down into attacking midfielder or defensive midfielder, because he can do both!"
"The reason why Emery did not withdraw Ozil into the midfield is because the German's playing style requires more possession of the ball and more time on the ball, and the pace of the game he controls is also relatively slow. These characteristics are consistent with Emery's
The coaching and tactical philosophies are completely opposite!”
Five minutes later, Emery frowned as he stood in the coaching area. He found that the team's offensive performance after Ramsey came on did not meet his expectations.
So in the next five minutes, Emery used the remaining two substitutions and replaced two offensive players.
Inwobi replaced Mkhitaryan, and Welbeck replaced Kolasinac.
Gunners fans can understand that Mkhitaryan was replaced as a matchup substitution. After all, the team's forwards need to replenish their physical fitness and maintain a strong impact.
But Welbeck replaced Kolasinac, which left Gunners fans speechless.
Because Welbeck is a forward, it doesn't mean that he can't be replaced, but the question is who will be the team's left back after he is replaced?
If you rely on the defensive midfielder to play a guest role, it will inevitably lead to the midfielder becoming thin.
Liverpool is now in full swing, and having one less player in the midfield is simply courting death.
To sum up, Emery's three substitutions really confused Gunners fans. They were completely demolishing one wall to make up for the other.
Among these three substitutions, Aubameyang and Kolasinac were the best players on the field. They formed a tacit pass-cutting cooperation with Ozil on the left many times, causing extreme problems for Liverpool's defense.
A lot of pressure.
But this is Emery.
His substitutions are very decisive, often at halftime, but at the same time, his substitutions are also very confusing, and people cannot understand his real intention at all.
On Liverpool's side, Klopp also used up a substitution quota in the 80th minute. Yin Bu replaced Firmino, and the others remained unchanged for the time being.
On the field, the overall rhythm of the game was always controlled by Mo Yang. The attacks launched from his feet were like a continuous wave, which put great pressure on Arsenal's defense.
In the first half, Arsenal players were able to squeeze and cut the space for Liverpool's forwards by relying on the two central and back lines that were very close to each other.
But now, due to Emery's slutty moves and substitution adjustments, Xhaka has to fill in on the wing from time to time to make up for the gap when left wing-back Yin Woby cannot come back immediately. This has caused obvious problems in Arsenal's midfield.
weak points.
On Liverpool's side, Mo Yang personally acted as a transfer station. The attack was launched from the wing first. After attracting Xhaka, the ball would quickly move to the weak point of Arsenal's midfield, and Salah would carry out a targeted attack.
Emery saw the team's passive situation on the sidelines. He had a headache, but there was nothing he could do.
Although Wenger left all the main players behind and no personnel were lost, there were not many players on the bench who met his hiring philosophy.
He replaced Ramsey with three offensive players, but he was unwilling to lose at home.
In this situation, he cannot take into account both offense and defense, so he has to make a choice.
Soon, Emery received the consequences of his substitution adjustments.
In the 84th minute of the game, Liverpool got a sideline ball in Arsenal's left half.
Seeing three Arsenal players watching Salah on the sideline of the front right penalty area, he chose to throw back to the left to Henderson.
Henderson took the ball and passed it back to Gomez in the center. Then the ball was quickly transferred to Robertson on the left through Van Dijk in the center circle.
Arsenal also reacted very quickly, and the entire formation immediately tilted to the right of their side.
Robertson, who was facing the ball in the center circle, saw Yin Wobi approaching quickly. He immediately turned back and then suddenly made a long pass without warning.
The moment Robertson took off, Mane, who was continuously retreating in front of Bellerin and Mustafi and leaning towards the wing, suddenly turned around and started sprinting.
Bellerín's speed was not inferior to Mane's, or even slightly better, but this time he made a mistake.
Robertson's kick was not high and the flight path was very close to him, giving him the illusion that he could catch it. However, when he moved to the wing, he realized that he had misjudged and could only watch the ball land in front of him.
, and then continue flying forward.
The second landing point of the ball was outside the upper corner of the left penalty area. It was a side spin ball with a small arc and entered the Arsenal penalty area along the sideline of the penalty area.
In the penalty area, Mane caught up with the ball on the sideline. Seeing Mustafi approaching, he kicked the ball without stopping and seemed to pass and shoot.
The ball went straight to Lenno near the goal post.
Seeing that the ball was about to fly past him, Lenno ran towards the back. He subconsciously pounced to the left, but did not hold the ball in his arms. He actually let go.
After the ball was thrown, it rolled towards the top of the arc through the penalty spot.
On the penalty arc, Mo Yang saw the ball rolling toward him, and he immediately prepared to shoot.
On the left side of Mo Yang, Torreira was parallel to him and quickly moved towards Mo Yang.
In the middle of the small penalty area, Holding, who had overshot his head, looked back at the moon. When he saw Mo Yang's adjustment movement to shoot, he immediately turned around, preparing to block the shot.
On the right side of Holding, Salah is also in the small penalty area.
Salah, with his back to the goal, saw Xhaka in front of him rushing towards Mo Yang at the top of the arc. He immediately raised his right hand, hoping that Mo Yang would pass the ball.
But soon he gave up hope.
Because Mo Yang, who was taking a shooting stance, was almost surrounded by double-teams on the left and right.
The Gunners fans in the stands were collectively relieved when they saw Torreira and Xhaka flanking Mo Yang.
But what happened in the next second left them stunned.
At the top of the arc, on the end line of the penalty area, Torreira and Xhaka saw Mo Yang's shot with his right foot. They stretched out their feet to block it almost at the same time, but soon Arsenal's two major midfielders were in contact with the fans. Just as dumbfounded.
Because Mo Yang's right leg, which was thrown high, didn't touch the ball at all. What really touched the ball was Mo Yang's supporting left leg.
In full view of everyone, Mo Yang reproduced Henry's magical skills and faked the real shot.
The ball was pushed to the right goalpost by Mo Yang with the inside of his left foot at the moment he was swinging his leg.
Salah stood there blankly. Mo Yang's ball was too fast and extremely deceptive. Before he could make a move, the ball had already hit his right foot, then turned towards the goal and hit the post. Drilled in.
At this moment, time seemed to stand still, causing everyone at the Emirates Stadium to stare blankly at the field.