Extraordinary coach

"No trough. It's really surprising. Southampton didn't fall into a trough after losing the top battle. Instead, they won two consecutive victories."

"Perhaps Southampton is indeed not as strong as Manchester City. But these two victories prove that they have grown into a top Premier League team."

"I have to say that Sun's ability to train the team is really strong."

After winning Leicester City, a strong team, Sun and Southampton received unanimous praise from the outside world.

However, praise is praise. But no one thinks they can challenge Manchester City again.

Just when Southampton won Leicester City at home, Manchester City defeated Manchester United, their city rivals, at Old Trafford.

This allowed Manchester City to continue to maintain a five-point advantage over Southampton.

It's a pity that the points gap was not narrowed. However, Manchester City's victory over Manchester United is actually good for Southampton.

Southampton took the opportunity to widen the points gap with Manchester United.

Although they are temporarily unable to challenge Manchester City, they have secured the second place in the standings.

….

After a short three-day break, Sun Yi will take Southampton to the next round of games.

"Another real test for Southampton is here."

"Although Southampton has won consecutive victories since losing to Manchester City, the opponent's strength is not too outstanding."

"And next, their opponent is Arsenal, which is in the top four. This is a test!"

"Don't look at Southampton's overall performance. But when they face the BIG4 team, their record is very average."

"Let's not talk about the game against Manchester City. They only got a draw in the previous home game against Manchester United. Judging from these games, Southampton's strength should only be the strength of the second group."

"Next, they will face Arsenal, and I'm afraid the result will not be too ideal. The result of the game is likely to be a draw. Just like the game with Manchester United."

To face Arsenal. Judging from the comments from the outside world, Southampton is not too optimistic.

A draw at home. This result is not what Sun Yi wants.

In his opinion, this is a loss of points. It is a loss of hope to compete with Manchester City for the championship.

"Did you hear that? People are saying that we are no longer good."

"They say that we can't compete with Manchester City. They say that we are only worthy of fighting for a European qualification."

"Tell me, is this true?" During training, Sun Yi simply took the opportunity to motivate the players.

"No!"

"We can beat anyone!"

"European qualification is not our goal. Our goal is to win the championship!"

The players answered with great enthusiasm, which made Sun Yi very happy. "That's right. Our goal is to be the champion. And it can only be the champion!"

"Perform well in the game in a few days. Let everyone know that in our territory, tigers have to lie down and dragons have to lie down."

"Arsenal is coming, let's send them to fight for the fourth place!"

"The boss said it well. Arsenal should get back on track. Keep the points and then go back to fight for the fourth place."

"Haha. It's pitiful to say. Wenger works so hard, but he can only fight for the fourth place."

"..."

Sun Yi's motivation seems to be quite effective. At least, the Southampton team is full of the determination to defeat Arsenal.

And the Arsenal team is also very ambitious.

In the previous game, they won a hearty victory in the Europa League.

No, it was a brutal massacre!

They defeated their opponents 6:0 at home.

Such a super victory. The morale of the Arsenal team was so high.

"Is Southampton very strong? No! No!! In my opinion, they are not much stronger than the opponent we just defeated." Sanchez said confidently while shaking his finger in an interview before the game.

In addition to Sanchez's confidence, other people in the Arsenal team also showed confidence. People like Ozil and Wilshere have expressed their confidence in winning.

"A draw is our minimum requirement. What we want is victory."

"Although Southampton has improved a lot this season. But it is no different for us."

"Last season, we beat them twice. They had no power to fight back in front of us. Now that their strength has improved, it only increases the difficulty of our victory."

It seems that a 6-0 victory really boosted the morale of the Arsenal team.

Their head coach Wenger is more modest.

"Southampton has become very strong this season under Sun's coaching. We can no longer look at them with the same eyes as before. After all, the second place in the standings speaks volumes."

"Southampton is our strong enemy, just like their head coach Sun."

"However, our team is in very good shape now. The morale is also very high. We can definitely strive for a better result."

From the above words and deeds of Arsenal, they do not seem to be satisfied with the draw as evaluated by the outside world.

In response, Sun Yi did not say anything. He just said calmly in an interview before the game.

"Southampton fans are used to seeing victory. So, we will try our best to satisfy them."

Sun Yi's plain words hinted at a spirit of winning. It was just expressed in a more subtle way.

The Southampton players were not as subtle as Sun Yi.

"It's time to settle accounts for last season. It's time to get back what we lost." Prowse said.

Some people were even more ruthless.

"Our only goal is the championship! The teams competing for the top four should just compete for the top four!"

Killing people and hurting their hearts!

Fighting for the top four! This is the eternal pain in the hearts of Arsenal fans.

I don't know when it started, but Arsenal has been working hard to compete for the top four every season.

This has become the most uncomfortable thing for Arsenal fans. Being mentioned like this is like rubbing salt in the wound.

This immediately angered them.

"SHIT! We Arsenal still have the Europa League to play. What about you Southampton? When was the last time you played in a European game? What qualifications do you have to say such things?"

"We beat you twice last season, and this time we beat you three times. We will beat you four times later!"

"Every time we see you, we will beat you and humiliate you. Whether it's at home or away."

"People from the Southampton team, just clean your asses and wait for us to kick you!"

"..."

It was with such anger that when the match day came, Arsenal fans actually filled the entire stand for the visiting team's fans.

And they also pulled a banner: We are here, have you washed your asses?

They even shouted in unison in the stands: "We are here, we are here to conquer you!"

It is really arrogant to shout such a slogan in the away game.

Although Southampton did lose to Arsenal at home last season, the arrival of Sun Yi this season has given Saints fans great confidence.

So they quickly counterattacked: "This is St. Mary's Stadium. Here, all demons and monsters will be purified."

"Welcome, Arsenal, who will always fight for the top four. We will help you confirm this belief."

"..."

It can be said that before the game started, the fans of both sides were in the stands.

The slogans of not giving in to each other also made the fans of the two sides nearby curse each other.

If the security on the scene had not been dispatched in time. Maybe there would be a group fight between fans before the game started.

The timely suppression of the security prevented the fan war from happening. But the fans of both sides continued to compete in slogans.

After the two teams began to enter the stadium, the fans of both sides began to cheer desperately.

"Arsenal, must win!"

"Southampton, must win!"

The slogan of must win began to resound throughout St. Mary's Stadium.

After all, Southampton has the advantage of home court, and the number of fans is more than Arsenal. This makes their momentum in shouting slogans still overshadow the Gunners fans.

After following the players into the stadium, listening to the fans' enthusiastic shouts, Sun Yi felt that his blood was boiling.

This home atmosphere made him very excited.

Even Sun Yi, the head coach, was like this, not to mention the players.

Sun Yi could see something called excitement on the faces of every player.

Sun Yi was very satisfied with this situation. This is the benefit of the home court. It can make his players excited.

The Arsenal team did not seem to be affected by the away atmosphere, and they also looked very confident.

"In the last game, we scored six goals against the opponent. In this game, we don't need more, just three."

Under this domineering slogan, the Arsenal team set up their formations and prepared to start the game.

"We don't need to say more, there is only one thing, that is, we must win! We must win! We must win!!"

After shouting "must win" three times, the Southampton team was also ready to welcome the start of the game.

Seeing that the players on both sides set up their formations and prepared to start.

Sun Yi sat on the bench with an extremely calm expression.

This game. We must win!

Sun Yi is still very confident about this game. At home, he has great confidence that he can beat Arsenal.

In terms of strength, Arsenal is still very good.

However, after Sun Yi used the system to observe, Arsenal's strength in the starting lineup is actually not much better than Southampton.

Arsenal's overall strength has reached the level of BIG4. Among them are A+ players such as Ozil and Lacazette.

However, according to what Sun Yi learned, Arsenal did not really bring these strengths into play.

This makes Arsenal's offense look okay on the surface, but the actual threat is not as big as imagined.

And Arsenal's defense line is its biggest weakness in Sun Yi's view.

As for Southampton, there is no obvious weakness. Although the offense is a bit mediocre. But compared with Arsenal's weak defense line, it is still much better.

Arsenal's strongest point is their offense. And Southampton's best defense is defense.

In Sun Yi's opinion, Southampton's defense can definitely withstand Arsenal's attack.

Whether Arsenal can withstand Southampton's attack is hard to say.

Sun Yi firmly believes that as long as they play normally, Southampton will have no problem winning Arsenal at home.

Sun Yi is so confident that I don't know if the system can't stand it.

It actually gave him a task when the whistle just blew.

"Confidence is so awesome"

It's good that the host is so confident.

But how can we live up to this confidence if we don't win more than three goals?

In order to show the strength of the host, please let the team win more than three goals.

If the task is successful, you can reward a player with technical ability.

If the task fails, just randomly eliminate an ability.

Damn, I almost forgot that there is such a pit system.

This sudden task must be malicious.

However, let's do the task.

Quan is here to give benefits.

With the task on hand, Sun Yi has to pay attention to more problems.

Originally, although Sun Yi was confident in the game, he was still very pragmatic. He only set the goal to win a small victory.

Now, Sun Yi has to change his goal.

However, in order not to disrupt the rhythm of his teammates on the field. Sun Yi has not expressed anything to the players for the time being.

The game on the field has begun. With the home advantage, Southampton has indeed played very impressively.

Arsenal, supported by the 6:0 victory in the last game, also played very actively and proactively.

They didn't look like they were playing away from home.

However, this is St. Mary's Stadium, the home of Southampton.

Although Arsenal wanted to play offensive football, they even focused on Pavard.

But their offense was nothing to Southampton, whose overall defense was very strong. Although there was some threat, it was still far from scoring.

"Is Arsenal's offense just like this? How did they win six goals against the opponent in the last game?"

"Is the opponent too weak?"

Seeing that the defense was not in much danger, Southampton's midfielders and forwards could launch their offensive to their heart's content.

At the beginning, Arsenal's defense could still deal with Southampton's forwards.

But after Southampton became familiar with Arsenal's defensive characteristics, their offense became more and more efficient and threatening.

After seeing Southampton's attack, Wenger, who realized the problem, was ready to let Arsenal adjust its tactics.

Unfortunately, Wenger was a step slower. Just when he was about to shout to the players. Southampton successfully played a wave of fast and large-scale transfers plus inverted triangle passes.

Finally, Prowse, who came in from the back row, blasted the Arsenal goal with a long shot.

The appearance of this goal made Arsenal fall behind in less than 20 minutes of the game.

This made Wenger's adjustment meaningless.

Originally, Wenger was going to let Arsenal be more cautious and retreat appropriately.

But now the situation has changed, and Wenger's words can only become: "Attack. Strengthen the attack!"