However, Crystal Palace was very focused at the start of the game. The goalkeeper struck out in time, and the central defender's small movements interfered with the ball. The equation was only a little bit away from the ball, and this excellent offensive opportunity was lost by a hair.

However, Professor Wenger in the stands could not help but nod slightly. This is the passing and controlling style that Arsenal should have. Everything is back!
The Arsenal players also knew that the old man had returned to London to watch the game, so everyone played the game with full energy.

In the 7th minute, Arsenal launched another attack.

Fang Fang took the ball on the left. He faced the defensive player slowly at first, then suddenly changed his rhythm and stepped on a lightning-fast bicycle.

At this moment, the opponent's full-back, who had no time to react, was knocked to the ground by the equation!

With the background noise of the audience boiling, Equation rushed into the penalty area like a thunderbolt.

He saw the far corner of the goal, and then saw someone on the other side nervously covering up. Without hesitation, he immediately kicked out!
The power of the whole body burst out!

The football drew an arc in the air, grazed the post and flew out of the baseline. Although there was no goal, Fang Fang's lightning-fast attack still shocked the Crystal Palace side into a cold sweat.

“Nice cycling move!”

"The equation knocked down Crystal Palace defender Ward!"

“Including the last kick, it’s pretty perfect!”

"If this goal can be scored, it will definitely be an artistic goal!"

Arsenal teammates couldn't help but give a thumbs up to this offensive breakthrough.

The Arsenal fans who came to the away game immediately applauded, including Professor Wenger who also applauded in the stands.

In the 10th minute of the game, Crystal Palace was suppressed by Arsenal and was unable to organize a pass. They directly found Zaha on the wing with a long pass from the backcourt.

Zaha took the ball on the left, saw the space in the penalty area, and accelerated forward to break through.

He drove all the way to the bottom line, and faced goalkeeper Leno's attack, he chose to hit the goal from the near corner.

The football hit the crossbar hard.

The Crystal Palace players held their heads in regret, feeling sorry for this opportunity to score.

This scene made Arteta feel bad on the sidelines, and he quickly signaled for the Arsenal defense to pay attention to Zaha.

There have been transfer rumors about Zaha and Arsenal before. The key is that in the last game against Manchester United, Zaha also scored a goal and successfully defeated Manchester United. It can be said that his offensive strength is no worse than that of any wealthy forward.

In the 28th minute, Arsenal was not affected by Crystal Palace's counterattack and continued to press hard, using aggressive running to force Crystal Palace to retreat all the way.
Equation received a pass from his teammate at the front of the penalty area.

It was as if there was a camera on the back of his head. He saw the defensive gap behind him.

Knocking the ball with his heel, he immediately passed the ball to Saka, who had formed a tacit understanding with him and rushed to the penalty area.

Facing the wonderful back-heel pass from Fangfang, Saka kept hitting the ball and hit the goal with a bang!
The football flies toward the goal.

However, goalkeeper Guaita reacted quickly. He fell down and saved the ball from the bottom line, rejecting Arsenal's perfect offensive cooperation!

"wtf?"

Fang Fang turned around and was stunned by the opponent's goalkeeper's amazing save.

This doesn't give them face at all. Not even giving such a beautiful goal!
He had a rare flash of inspiration and sent a wonderful heel pass.

"Damn it! In this case, don't blame me for being merciless."

Equation decided that he had to score a goal himself, which made Professor Wenger in the stands happy.

Arsenal continued to launch attacks through rapid passing and cutting, and the interspersed movement of multiple players quickly tore apart Crystal Palace's iron barrel formation. It doesn't matter if an attack fails, just start a counterattack on the spot and continue to stick to your own style of play. There will always be times when your opponent becomes distracted!
In the 30th minute, Equation once again came out of the penalty area and pulled away, taking away part of the defensive player's attention.

Fang Fang sent a pass to a small gap in the penalty area one step ahead. After Ronaldo rushed into the penalty area, he faced goalkeeper Guaita head-on.

However, because the opponent's defender Dane also followed up in time, Ronaldo had no extra space to hit the goal.

His shot from close range was successfully blocked by Guaita.

"Arsenal is on the offensive during this period!"

"We can see that Equation is not always fixed in the penalty area. He leaves the opponent's penalty area many times and comes out to receive passes!"

"This is a mature center playing style. Although his height of 1 meters does not have much advantage against tall center defenders, his flexible mind and skills are enough to make up for this gap!"

Sky Sports commentator Carragher said he was very appreciative of this.

In the 38th and 42nd minutes of the game, Crystal Palace also got opportunities to quickly counterattack.

However, just like the superb performance of Crystal Palace goalkeeper Guaita, Arsenal goalkeeper Leno was also unwilling to be lonely and contributed two wonderful saves.

At the end of the first half, the score is still 0-0!

At halftime, both sides were intensively arranging tactics for the second half in the locker room.

The second half just started,
Crystal Palace unexpectedly launched a fast break, hoping to catch Arsenal off guard.

They launched an exquisite cooperation from the left. The full-back came up, the winger pretended to dribble inside, and then sent a pass near the baseline.

The full-back ran near the baseline, kept the ball, and decisively sent a cross.

The football flies across the sky like a beautiful rainbow,

Accurately found Zaha at the back post.

With a face full of concentration, Zaha suddenly stretched out his foot and fired with one kick. The football he picked up in the air rushed towards the goal like a shell.

However, goalkeeper Leno once again stood in front of the goal, suddenly stretched out his foot and blocked Zaha's shot again.

The home fans of Crystal Palace were about to collapse at this moment.

Did such a beautiful shot fail to score a goal?
How long will this score be maintained?
In the 57th minute of the game, Arsenal regained control of the rhythm of the game.

Like a red lightning bolt, Fang Fang successfully countered offside and rushed into the penalty area. He was about to receive a pass from his teammate, but was pulled down to the penalty area line by the opponent's player Dane.

He fell to the ground and looked at the referee behind him.

But the referee firmly shook his head and refused to impose a penalty.

Fang Fang was stunned and looked at the referee in disbelief, as if to say: "Not even a free kick?"

But the next second, even though he was very dissatisfied, Equation could only stand up.

VAR didn't intervene either.
The game continues.

In the 61st minute, the two teams fought for the ball in the midfield, but Arsenal's foot skills were slightly better.
Thomas found the formula for a quick forward pass with a through ball.

When the football came to his feet, the equation had already advanced to the left corner of the penalty area.
Crystal Palace's defense has been disrupted by him alone. (End of chapter)

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