Phi-Fic Chapter 300 The Champion Contender
Chapter 300 The Champion Contender
Chapter 300 The Champion Contender
Wenger didn't show any special expressions or movements because of the goal. He put one hand in the pocket of his suit trousers and pointed at the players on the field with the other, still looking elegant.
On the field, the defeated Arsenal players also quickly adjusted and focused more closely on Shen Peng.
However, Shen Peng was in surprisingly good form in this game.
In the No. 301 minute, Shen Peng received a pass from his teammate again, passed Walcott with just a dunk, and then ran forward with a big kick.
After the lesson of the last ball, Arsenal did not dare to neglect Shen Peng. When Coquelin came to block Shen Peng, the right back Jenkinson also followed.
Facing the pincer attack of the two, Shen Peng pretended to break through, but knocked horizontally with his feet, and the ball came to the feet of Rashford, who was already in ambush in the middle.
Arsenal's defenders will naturally not miss Rashford.
Rashford's debut at Manchester United can be said to be very amazing. His first game on behalf of Manchester United was against Midtjylland in the Europa League, scoring two goals; and his first match in the Premier League was against Arsenal. In that game, he also scored two goals to help Manchester United win [-]-[-].
So even if Rashford is not the main player of Manchester United now, Arsenal will not underestimate him.
Elneny followed Rashford closely, while Koscielny was also in front to block Rashford's forward path and shot path.
In this way, Rashford naturally couldn't continue. His skills could not help him score goals under the defense of the two, so he didn't insist, and passed the ball directly, and the ball flew to the left again.
On this side, Shen Peng without the ball took the lead, and under the interference of Coquelin and Jenkinson, he came to the ball first.
Now all the teams know that he is fast, so when he touched the ball this time, Coquelin and Jenkinson came to the side of the ball under his "drag".
The referee Marit saw the behavior of Arsenal's defensive players, but he did not call a foul.
Because in many previous games, many teams would find fast players to defend in order to prevent Shen Peng's counterattack when attacking, and when the team did not have particularly fast players, they would rely on this method to defend.
This is an obvious foul move, but most of the time, although Shen Peng is fouled, he still controls the ball at his feet, so following the principle of "offensive advantage", generally the referee does not call fouls.
This time is no exception, Shen Peng will grab the ball first.
Glancing out of the corner of Shen Peng's eyes, he found that Rashford had been closely watched at this time, so it was impossible to pass back, and Coquelin and Jenkinson had been pestering him.
Therefore, he has no other choice. In this position, he kicks directly and the Thunder Beast shoots!
The ball flashed across half of the field like lightning, but Cech didn't catch it at all.
However, because the angle of Shen Peng's shot was not good, he pursued the angle too much in order to score a goal. As a result, even though Thunder Beast's shot had its own aim, it hit the post due to a very small error.
The ball bounced out and landed at the feet of Arsenal left-back Monreal. The latter reacted and quickly passed the ball to his teammate in front.
Seeing this, Mourinho immediately found the fourth official, saying that Arsenal defended Shen Peng's two defenders for fouling, and attempted to award another free kick.
The fourth official naturally wouldn't pay any attention to it.
Mourinho didn't bother too much, he just tried it at will, but he himself knew that it was impossible to succeed.
The game is still going on, Mourinho knows Wenger very well, so Arsenal's offense is basically blocked by Manchester United's players.
At the end of the first half, Sanchez had a good chance in front of the goal, but his shot was blocked by De Gea, who reacted very quickly, and Ramsey, who grabbed the second point, was blocked by Jones.
As a result, Arsenal got another corner kick.
Thinking of Shen Peng's quick counterattack before, the player who took the corner kick learned how to behave this time. Instead of kicking directly into the penalty area, he sent a tactical corner kick and passed it to the teammate closest to him.
Facing the tight crowd in the penalty area, this attack naturally failed to gain anything, so after they passed a few kicks, the first half was over.
In the second half, Wenger took the lead in changing the formation, replacing Elneny with high center forward Giroud. He played center forward, and the positions of other players were also adjusted accordingly.
The purpose of his doing this, almost everyone can see that he wants to strengthen his header.
In the first half, they had two corner kick opportunities, one of which was counterattacked by Shen Peng, and the other ended without a problem, so he had to strengthen the corner kick.
Although many people complained that Wenger always changed after seven or 10 minutes, but this time, he made adjustments in a timely manner.
However, after the start of the second half, before Arsenal got a corner kick, Manchester United seized an Arsenal defensive error and scored another goal.
Although Shen Peng did not directly participate in the goal this time, his running involved the opponent's two defenders and won space for other teammates' goals.
Two to zero.
Coupled with the solid defense of the current Manchester United players, in the eyes of many people, Arsenal's chances of winning are already very small.
In fact, this is indeed the case. In the No. 707 minute, Rashford's goal helped Manchester United seal the victory.
In the No.808 minute, Sanchez finally scored a face-saving goal for Arsenal, but this goal was irrelevant at this time. In the end, Manchester United defeated Arsenal [-]-[-] at home.
Mourinho, who won the game, was very happy and took the initiative to shake Wenger's hand. Naturally, it was a demonstration, and Wenger did not turn a blind eye to this old opponent. He walked directly into the passage and left here.
After this game, because Liverpool committed the old problem of robbing the rich and giving to the poor, they tied with Southampton, so they fell to third in the standings.
Chelsea and Manchester United took the opportunity to rank first or second.
At present, Manchester United has eight wins, three draws and one loss with 27 points, while Chelsea has achieved nine wins, one draw, two losses and 28 points due to this wave of six consecutive victories.
Due to United's performance against Arsenal, many are predicting that this year's Premier League title will be between Chelsea and Manchester United.
After all, in the Premier League, the most important thing is to look at the team's performance against many weak teams. Due to the existence of Shen Peng, Manchester United has a natural suppression effect on weak teams: opponents can't defend, let alone attack; Chelsea have almost overwhelmingly won against weak teams since the change of formation.
As for the other teams, Manchester City is now gradually unable to cope with weak teams, showing fatigue, and does not have the same suppressive force at the beginning of the season. It feels like it has been thoroughly studied;
After defeating Arsenal, Manchester United's main opponent in the first half of the season is only Tottenham.
Since the Premier League is now the main competition, Mourinho is also considering whether it is appropriate to give up some of the other FA Cups and League Cups.
(End of this chapter)