Chapter 25: Chapter 227 The hesitant Wenger and the angry Ozil
"The Brazilian should be grateful to Lin Quan for his assist. Lin Quan passed the ball just right, allowing him to hit the goal comfortably."
"Wenger's Arsenal are in danger. Before the first half is over, they have already been reversed by Manchester City!"
In the Sky Sports commentary box, after seeing Fernandinho's goal, the two commentators were not very optimistic about Arsenal's prospects.
At Manchester City's home court, once behind, it will be difficult to come back.
Wenger obviously knew this very well, so after seeing Fernandinho score, Wenger reached out and covered his forehead, knowing that something was wrong.
"Would you like to change into Cazorla?"
Arsenal's assistant coach said, and everyone could see that Ozil was devastated.
He was originally afraid of physical confrontation, but now Manchester City discovered and took advantage of this weakness, catching him and beating him to death.
If Arsenal doesn't figure out a way to solve this problem quickly, goals conceded like this will probably continue to happen.
"Wait a minute!"
Wenger's old habit of being hesitant has returned. He still has expectations for Ozil, hoping that he can quickly adjust to his condition.
In the 42nd minute of the first half, after Manchester City's attack failed, Arsenal organized a counterattack.
Ramsey hesitated for a second after receiving the ball, wondering whether he should hand it to Ozil.
Ozil made a series of mistakes on the field before, which became Arsenal's breakthrough point, making them very uncomfortable for the players behind them.
Ramsey had had enough of wiping the opponent's butt, so this time he passed the ball to Wilshere.
Before Wilshere could catch the ball, he was double-teamed by Lin Quan and David Silva, and Ozil happened to have no one around him.
So Wilshere could only pass the ball to Ozil.
Ozil also knew that his performance today was very poor, so he worked hard to perform.
After receiving Wilshere's pass, he took advantage of the opportunity when no one was guarding him and looked up to observe.
Arsenal forward Giroud had not yet run out of the gap. His passing line was blocked by Manchester City players, and Ozil was unable to pass the ball to him.
Wilshere is in the double-team of the opponent. At this time, if the ball is passed back to the opponent, it will most likely be intercepted.
Then pass the ball to Walcott on the right!
Thinking of this, Ozil quickly completed the pass.
Ozil's foot skills are still very good, and the quality of this pass is extremely high.
After receiving the ball, Walcott quickly ran along the wing at high speed. However, Manchester City was already prepared for him. Nasri and Yaya Toure both blocked him and built a barrier. An impenetrable iron wall.
Walcott's one-on-one success rate is pretty good, but one-on-two, he has no confidence!
After all, not everyone has the abnormal extraordinary ability of Messi and Lin Quan!
So Walcott chose to pass the ball to Giroud. Giroud took the ball with his back, but was blocked by Kompany and could not turn around.
He passed the ball back to Ozil and turned around to wait for his teammate's through ball.
What a great opportunity!
Off the field, Wenger's eyes lit up.
As long as Ozil passes the ball to Giroud, Giroud will have a chance to complete the shot.
However, before Ozil could receive the ball, Manchester City players had already tackled him.
"Lin, why is he here?"
"Lin retreated so deep when he was defending that he was almost chasing back into his own penalty area!"
"This kind of tackle is very dangerous. After all, Lin is not a professional defensive player. His tackle may cause injuries to the opponent's players, and he himself may also get a card for it!"
Arsene Wenger was shocked when he saw that the player who made the shovel was Manchester City's No. 10 Lin Quan, while the TV commentators were very surprised and a little worried at the same time.
Ozil felt someone rushing over from the side, glanced subconsciously, and saw Lin Quan rushed to the ground and shoveled him.
He was so frightened that he didn't even dare to catch the ball. He subconsciously jumped up to avoid the opponent's tackle.
The opponent's movements are not standard at first glance. If he is tackled by the opponent, he may be seriously injured.
He is still young and has just entered the golden period of his career. There are endless possibilities in the future, so he does not want injuries to affect his career.
On the field, such a choice cannot be said to be wrong. After all, not everyone can do everything possible.
However, this is the Premier League!
Seeing Ozil give up the ball in order to protect himself, Manchester City fans at the Etihad Stadium laughed at him.
"Haha, Ozil is scared!"
"You eggless coward, go back to your mother's arms and drink milk!"
"I don't know how Wenger fell in love with this soft sissy and was willing to spend 50 million euros for him!"
Premier League fans like to watch the fierce physical confrontation and those brave and fearless tough guy players.
They hate players like Ozil who are weak, have no courage and even avoid physical confrontation.
Not to mention the Manchester City fans who sneered at Ozil, even the Arsenal fans couldn't help but shake their heads after seeing this goal.
"Can this guy really become the leader of the team?"
"Who knows? But I'm sure he won't be a leader like Vieira!"
"Oh, I really don't know what qualities the professor saw in him that made him willing to spend so much money to buy someone."
Before Ozil came, the most expensive signing in Arsenal's history was only 16 million euros, and Ozil's transfer fee was three times that record.
Considering that the opponent is Real Madrid's No. 10 player after all, and has proven his strength in La Liga and the Champions League, the price is not particularly outrageous, although Arsenal will definitely be ripped off by Real Madrid.
When they learned about this transfer, although Arsenal fans felt a little sad, they thought that they got what they paid for, but they generally had great expectations for Arsenal's all-time leader.
However, it now seems that Ozil's performance is completely unworthy of his worth and the high salary he received.
Many Arsenal fans began to feel that this was a failed transfer. Wenger may have never spent so much money on someone so expensive, so he was wrong!
In Wenger's style, he should continue to buy young monsters with unlimited potential. Not only are they cheap, but they can also be played and developed.
Just like the No. 10 opposite Manchester City, he meets Wenger's standards very well.
Very young, with great potential, and very strong in immediate combat.
The most important thing is that you don't need to pay a transfer fee to buy him. No matter how you look at it, he is very suitable for Arsenal!
How great it would be if they had bought each other's No. 10!
On the field, Lin Quan saw that Ozil was too scared to catch the ball, so he grabbed the ball unceremoniously.
Seeing Lin Quan retracting his feet and not shoveling the ball to the end, Ozil had already reacted.
The opponent just wanted to scare him. He is the core of Manchester City. How could he do such dirty work as tackling?
When he thought of this, he suddenly felt a little angry.
Looking at Lin Quan's back as he took the ball away, Ozil clenched his fists and a crazy idea flashed through his mind.
Lin Quan didn't know what Ozil was thinking. Taking advantage of Arsenal's transition from offense to defense, he quickly passed the ball to his teammates, hoping to take advantage of the opportunity to catch the opponent off guard.
After Arsenal's players saw that the ball was intercepted, they immediately chose to retreat across the board.
But people's movement speed is obviously not as fast as football.
The ball was transferred to David Silva's feet by Lin Quan. David Silva did not take the ball and immediately went to the team's forward Aguero.
Aguero's movement was very smart. He started quickly when Silva passed the ball, defused the opponent's offside trap, and got the ball.
This is a one-shot opportunity.
Szczesny immediately chose to abandon the goal and attack, and Aguero also immediately chose to shoot into the far corner.
In the confrontation between the two, the Argentine had the last laugh.
The football missed the far post and rolled into the net!
3:1!
Manchester City has once again expanded its lead!
"damn it!"
"I've had enough of this stupid guy!"
"Haha, are we missing one person? Why does it feel like there are 12 people on the other side?"
"What is Wenger doing? Why don't you take that guy off?"
After seeing Manchester City's goal, Arsenal fans finally couldn't help it anymore.
Their patience with Ozil has been completely exhausted, and they conceded 2 goals just because the opponent was afraid of confrontation.
If these two goals had not been conceded, the score on the court would still be 1:1!
Even if they can't win, they can at least maintain a draw.
But now, let alone winning, even a draw has become a luxury!
Once Arsenal lose this game, they will miss the half-time championship and will be 9 points behind Manchester City.
With such a big point difference, I'm afraid it won't be easy to catch up in the second half of the schedule, right?
After all, Arsenal's repertoire is habitual collapse in the second half of the schedule.
"Coach, make a substitution!"
Assistant coach Steve Bold couldn't stand it anymore and he wanted to rush onto the field to replace Ozil.
"The first half is almost over, let's change it during the halftime break!"
Wenger is also very disappointed with Ozil. He does not ask Ozil to become an iron-blooded leader like Vieira, but you can't be so outrageous, right?
Just seeing that the first half is coming to an end, substitutions at this time will have a huge impact on Ozil's confidence and mentality.
Therefore, the professor is still prepared to save some face for the opponent and replace him after the last few minutes of the first half.
However, the professor's hesitation this time led to disaster.
In the last minute of the first half, Lin Quan was seen dribbling the ball and preparing to break through.
Ozil suddenly rushed over from the side and tackled Lin Quan who was carrying the ball.
Obviously, this was a retaliatory foul.
He was retaliating for Lin Quan's tackle that made him lose face before!
With a bang, the two of them collided hard and fell to the ground one after another.
Lin Quan put the shovel in front of Ozil, giving him time to react.
Ozil's tackle was for a foul. Lin Quan didn't notice his move and had no time to react.
Seeing Ozil tackle Lin Quan, there was an uproar at the scene.
Manchester City fans stood up nervously, craning their necks to look towards the stadium.
Ozil's tackle was not small, and Lin Quan had no time to avoid it.
So he is likely to be injured, and possibly seriously!
The referee quickly stopped the game and ran towards the location of the incident.
He could see clearly that Ozil didn't hit the ball at all, but hit someone.
This is obviously a foul, and a vicious foul.
So he showed Ozil a red card without hesitation and sent him off directly.
Ozil held his feet and rolled on the ground with a painful expression. At this time, he had no intention of paying attention to the referee's decision.
When he was making a tackle, he felt like he had kicked an iron plate, and the opponent's ankle was incredibly hard.
He didn't know if the other party was injured, but he felt that he must have been injured.
So even if the referee doesn't show him a red card, he can't hold on.
Seeing Ozil rolling on the ground, the referee initially thought he was pretending to be innocent and trying to gain sympathy.
So while waving to Manchester City for the team doctor to come in to deal with Lin Quan's injury, he stood aside and watched Ozil's performance quietly.
Seeing their teammates' poor acting skills, the Arsenal players were a little embarrassed and no one stepped forward to pull Ozil up.
On Lin Quan's side, the Manchester City players immediately rushed over after seeing him falling to the ground injured.
"Lin, are you okay?"
"If Lin is injured, I will have to destroy a few Arsenal players later!"
"Stop talking about this, team doctor, let the team doctor come up quickly!"
Manchester City's players were all talking and their concern was palpable.
If it weren't for the fact that the referee was standing next to Ozil, they would have wanted to pick him up and beat him up to vent his anger for Lin Quan.
The referee watched for a while and saw that Ozil was sweating profusely in pain and even had heat coming out of his forehead. He realized that the opponent was not pretending, but was really injured.
So he waved to Arsenal and signaled their team doctor to come up.
The Manchester City fans at the scene cursed Ozil and looked at Lin Quan, who couldn't afford the injury, with worry.
The other party kicked and injured himself, so Lin Quan's injuries would probably be even more serious!
Manchester City's team doctor thought so too. He brought all his equipment and trotted all the way to the stadium with a serious expression.
As a result, before they could reach the scene of the incident, Lin Quan stood up on his own...
"Lin, don't move around, or you may aggravate the injury!"
The team doctor was startled and quickly stopped Lin Quan and asked him to lie down again.
"Uh, I'm fine, really!"
Lin Quan explained very seriously, but the team doctor didn't believe it at all.
fine? How is it possible? The other party is injured, how can you be okay?
However, after an inspection, Manchester City's team doctor was a little confused.
Is it really okay?
In this river?
He began to wonder if he was not good at his studies. Did he make a mistake in his examination?
So he turned his attention to the Arsenal doctor on the other side who was checking Ozil's injury.
"Um, colleague, can I trouble you with something..."
The fans at the scene and the viewers in front of the TV felt very strange and didn't know what the team doctors of Manchester City and Arsenal were doing.
"What's going on, Emperor Lin? Why did he lie down again after standing up?"
"Why was it Arsenal's team doctor who checked Lin's injury?"
"The professional skills of the Manchester City team doctor are not good, and he actually went to his colleagues at Arsenal for help!"
"Well, Emperor Lin stood up again. Are you sure he wasn't injured?"
"It's good that I'm not injured. If I were really injured, I'm afraid I'd have to be sidelined for several months!"
"Speaking of it, Lin Huang's physique is really ridiculously strong. I can see him being targeted and violated by his opponents in every game, but I just don't see him getting injured!"
"When you said that, I realized that Lin Huang seemed to be at full attendance this season and never missed a single game!"
"That's not the case. Lin Huang did not play in the fourth round of the League Cup, but it was not because of injury!"
"Hey, that's an exaggeration. At least the Premier League and the Champions League are full attendance. This is surprisingly efficient!"
"I remember that when he was in the Bundesliga, he missed games due to injuries, but this didn't happen in the Premier League. It's really strange!"
"Maybe it's because of my good physical fitness and more experience in competitions. I know how to protect myself better!"
"It's a good thing to have fewer injuries. This kind of talent is what many players dream of!"
"Royce gave it a thumbs up!"
"Messi, Robben, Kaká and Ronaldo expressed their envy!"
"Wow, Messi fans say that if Messi could suffer less injuries this season, his statistics would not be just like this!"
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On the field, after Arsenal's team doctor examined Lin Quan, he began to doubt his life.
He was really not injured?
How is this possible?
He looked back at Ozil who was being carried away on a stretcher, and for a moment he had the illusion that it was Ozil who was fouled instead of Lin Quan.
Otherwise, why was Ozil the one who was carried off, while Lin Quan was still alive and well?
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