The Premier League arsenal, the king of thermos cups

Chapter 156 Battle for the top spot!
On April 4th, the focus of the Premier League game, Arsenal sits at home and faces the 29th-ranked Sunderland.

The game will start at 6:45 that night.

The only make-up match was full of hot spots.

The hottest team Arsenal is still playing at home, and the task of relegation is still difficult. Sunderland is only 4 points away from the relegation zone!
Many live sports platforms believe that the probability of Arsenal winning is extremely high.

Manchester Foot News: With such a strong Arsenal, it should be easy to play in the relegation team!
London xx News: Arsenal play relegation team, there is no doubt, cut melons and vegetables!

Arsenal fans: Zhi Nima, dead milk.

Chelsea fans: Arsenal must win this game, you don't need to look to know, Arsenal bloodbathed Sunderland!

Real Madrid fans: It is more appropriate for Arsenal to play with all the main players. Listen to my analysis for you, blah blah blah!
At this moment, on the bench at the Emirates Stadium!
Zhou Yang sat on a chair with his arms crossed, his eyes fixed on the court.

Behind them, the home fans roared loudly, and the warm atmosphere close at hand made people uncontrollably excited.

The recent Emirates Stadium is indeed... in line with the word "Emirates". From the momentum to the majestic passion, it is more shocking than before, because it was not there before, but it is particularly exciting.

Playing Sunderland today, the starting lineup is striker Giroud, left Sanchez, midfielder Wilshere, right flank Walcott, midfielder Kirkland with Cazorla, defender Monreal, Gabriel, Mertesacker, and Bellerin.

Bellerin with Walcott on the right, midfielder Cazorla as an instigation, crosses from the right to the center or crosses from the bottom will play more.

What these two people on the right often do is to take turns to attack from the right and then pass.

Of course, Walcott still has a running position to hit the goal.

The overall strength is also very strong.

Thinking about it, Wenger attaches great importance to this game. Although he is a substitute, he is also in the squad. Wenger will make some arrangements for the Real Madrid game next month, but even so, he still does not make too many rotations.

The bench, besides himself, is Ramsey, Rosicky, Welbeck, Chambers, Gibbs, and goalkeeper Szczesny.

Koscielny suffered a knee contusion during training, and he and Chamberlain both returned home, which was more unexpected.

At the Emirates Stadium, there is a surge of power in the air, and the fiery atmosphere surrounds everyone, as if the dome is going to be lifted.

It also includes Sunderland, who is challenging from afar.

Sunderland also plays 4231, and the style of play also pays attention to frontcourt offense and retreat and defense.

"Do you think we can win today?" Welbeck asked in a low voice.

Playing for a relegation team feels almost like playing a derby.

Zhou Yang moved his head closer and said in a low voice: "It's hard to say."

There is great hope, but it is meaningless to say too much, it still depends on how Sunderland plays today.

From fighting spirit to player ability, worth, including home and away factors, Arsenal naturally have an advantage in playing Sunderland.

But the problem is now the end, the end of the season, and Sunderland is also fighting to avoid relegation.

It is true that it is a home game and an away game, but there is no guarantee that you will win.

Soon, with the whistle of the referee, the match between Arsenal and Sunderland in the Premier League began.

Sunderland forward single arrow Graham.

Midfielder, Defoe, Wickham, Johnson

DM Catmull, Larson
Guards, Van Aanholt, O'Shea, Coates, Jones.

When the opponent is attacking, it is 4231.

When defending, Defoe, Wickham, and Johnson will be merged into a 451 lineup to strictly guard against death.

Of course, for a while at the beginning, Sunderland was almost all 451 lineups, because they could only defend most of the time, and Arsenal almost had the ball in their hands.

When Sunderland attacks, the front four will be involved.

The two full-backs stepped in and took charge, driving the distance from the wing to the frontcourt, thus launching an attack.

After the opposite side retreated, a defensive posture was formed, close to the front of the penalty area, and the distance between the front and back of the defense was small, but the big frontcourt at the front of the penalty area had a lot of space for Arsenal.

Zhou Yang looked at it for a while. In addition to penetration, it is necessary to counterattack quickly. In addition, it is necessary to go in from among the five players in the midfield.

There is also a direct pass to Giroud.

In the 13th minute of the game, Cazorla sent the ball to Wilshere on the right side of the front of the penalty area, and the latter followed up and hit the goal and was blocked.

In the 21st minute, after Bellerin advanced from the right, he waded across the opposite winger Van Aanholt at an overspeed, and kicked a high ball with his right foot to Giroud. The latter failed to follow up and missed the header.

In 25 minutes, the opposite goalkeeper had a big foot. Cazorla was knocked down by Cattermole from behind when he was about to head the ball. The referee called Cattermole for a foul.

Not long after, Sunderland ushered in an attack. Jones dribbled the ball from the right and then played a cooperation. Midfielder Wilcom, the latter pushed the ball once. Graham turned around and hit the goal directly, making an extremely rare shot. high-altitude aircraft.

In 32 minutes, Sanchez held the ball, protected the ball and was difficult to break through. He returned to Kirkland, reorganized and then Cazorla drove in the middle, then sent Walcott to the right, and finally went to the bottom line and then returned to Bellerin in an inverted triangle.

Bellerin's long-range shot was saved, and Giroud missed the follow-up by a hair, and missed it!

In the end, the ball was destroyed by Bigfoot on the opposite side.

Kirkland stepped forward and kicked him, and the Sunderland goalkeeper fell to the ground and hugged him!

Three shots in a row, all failed to achieve results, either almost very good and did not grab the second point, or the third follow-up was too hasty, and Bellerin, who came down from the right after several attacks, delivered a good shot, but it was visible to the naked eye The cooperation with Giroud in the middle is not satisfactory.

Sky Sports Live.

"The attack is very urgent, and I really want to break the goal."

"Arsenal's ball possession rate is now close to 70%. After half an hour, the pressure on the offensive end is very strong."

"There's no rush. If we didn't win this game, it's really...the hope can be said to be low. Chelsea will definitely not let go of this opportunity. Let's see if Arsenal can score next."

"Sunderland is on the defensive end. When they retreat, they are 4 behind and 5 ahead, but they have a shortcoming. After the retreat, their defensive energy is very average. As you can imagine, they have scored 6 own goals so far. Ranking No.1 in the entire Premier League, he scored few goals for himself, but scored a lot for others, which can explain the problem."

Meanwhile, the Sunderland keeper prepares for kick-off.

Looking ahead, the goalkeeper put the ball in front of him, went up and kicked it out!

Drive directly to Arsenal's backcourt!

Gabriel went up for a header, but the landing was not very good. Wickham and Kirkland stepped forward together. The former followed the header and sent the ball behind Gabriel.

Mertesacker went up to grab the ball, but Graham quickly went up to get the ball. In the penalty area behind the arc, he took the ball and hit the goal!
Ospina reacted and reached out to the left to catch the ball.

It's a pity that the ball still went into the goal from under his arm!

"Shit!" Ospina cursed.

Zhou Yang pressed his right hand on his forehead and pulled out a handful of hair.

Welbeck didn't speak, he held his chin with his right hand and looked down at the stadium.

The other teammates have expressions.

Sky Sports Live.

"This... Sunderland scored a goal. To be honest, I didn't expect this goal."

"Don't say you didn't think a lot of people didn't think of it."

"Look at how the ball was lost. It's a high ball and it hits behind. It's Arsenal."

"Two touches from the back, then striker Graham followed up and hit the goal. Gabriel's first header didn't go well, and the second Mertesacker ground ball didn't follow up."

Arsenal conceded the first goal in the 33rd minute.

The Sunderland goalkeeper kicked it out. After Arsenal won the second point after Wickham, the ball fell next to Mertesacker, and Graham followed up and took the lead.

Zhou Yang watched the Sunderland game. Sunderland attacked, and the backcourt goalkeeper gave the ball mostly with big feet.

Once there is the ball in the frontcourt, he will play a few kicks to cooperate with the threat to the penalty area.

As for driving in from the backcourt, there are almost two guards on the left and right holding the ball, but sometimes if they can't push it up, they will go back to the goalkeeper and then to the big foot.

Indeed, high ball competition has not been Arsenal's strong point.

The game continues.

The two sides re-kick-off.

In the 38th minute, Cazorla scored Wilshere. The latter swung the left foot around the defense and kicked the ball to Sanchez on the other side. Sanchez took the ball and circled to protect it. , Unfortunately, Giroud did not receive it.

Slowly, the game time approached the end of the first half.

Sky Sports Live.

"It's been a while since we've seen Arsenal go down first."

"Recently Arsenal played really well. This performance is not bad. The offensive cooperation is very smooth. Statistics and shots are all crushed, but sometimes it is like this, just can't score the ball, and the relegation team is pressed. Instead, the relegation team scored one goal with two shots, too many strong teams like this."

"Arsenal didn't play offensively today, but lost the ball in defense. It must have something to do with Koscielny's injury and the others playing three games in seven days. Most of them played 90 minutes."

(End of this chapter)