Chapter 69: A Narrow Escape (Supplement)
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The game entered the 77th minute unknowingly.
Mourinho looked down at his watch and immediately made a substitution.
Liverpool also made substitutions at the same time.
Arsenal.
Lekai went off the court and Koscielny came on the court.
Liverpool.
Firmino went off the court and Shaqiri came on the court.
"Arsenal replaced Kai to save their energy for the next Champions League game. In three days, Arsenal will face Barcelona on this field. In the Champions League, Arsenal also maintained their lead with two wins and one draw. For this reason, they want to keep their Champions League advantage as much as possible! And Kai, as Arsenal's core player, must go off the court to rest."
Lekai went off the court, and the Arsenal fans at the scene gave their captain a very warm applause to send him off.
Lekai also walked to Wilshere's side before leaving the court, put the captain's armband on Wilshere, and then hugged him, and then raised his hands and applauded in response to the fans' applause.
After leaving the field, Lekai sat down on the bench.
In fact, he didn't use up much of his physical energy. Perhaps the previous rotation worked, and Lekai didn't feel too tired.
However, considering the long schedule, Mourinho still replaced Lekai.
Lekai took the towel from Arteta to wipe the sweat.
"If you replace him when you are leading by one goal, aren't you afraid that they will suddenly exert their strength?" Lekai said with a smile.
Arteta shrugged: "Who told you not to score? You always have to rest. After all, the next game is more important."
Mourinho is a pragmatist.
Compared with the so-called league wins or unbeaten, he pays more attention to the actual results.
Because these beautiful records eventually ruined the Champions League, which is something Mourinho cannot accept.
For this reason, even if there is a possibility of a reversal, he will replace Lekai.
Of course, Liverpool is also in some trouble at this time, and the possibility of a reversal is not great.
Time passed little by little, and it entered the 88th minute, and there was not much time left before the end of the game.
But at this moment, something strange happened.
Alisson suddenly made a long pass in the penalty area, looking directly at Chen Man in the frontcourt.
Chen Man also started quickly, jumped at the landing point of the ball, and completed a header ferry.
This header ferry happened to be in front of Salah.
You know, Chen Man's header is not a unique skill, but it is probably a fluke to be able to kick this effect at this time.
But for Liverpool, this is definitely a good fluke.
After completing the ferry, Chen Man landed, ran forward at full speed, pulled out the space for shooting, and pressed down with both hands to indicate that he was empty here.
Salah rarely passes the ball, he is obsessed with shooting and scoring.
But at this critical moment, facing such a goal that may equalize the score, he also needs to abandon his lone ranger attribute.
After attracting the defense in front of him, he immediately passed the ball horizontally.
Chen Man faced the empty goal and easily pushed the ball into the goal.
Liverpool equalized the score in the 88th minute.
This goal made a small number of Liverpool fans at the scene jubilant.
Arsenal fans looked at the stadium in disbelief.
Even on the bench, Lekai and others looked grim.
This is not good news!
This is not an away draw, but a home draw!
Although they failed to win Liverpool, Arsenal still wanted to expand their advantage with this three-pointer.
But from the current situation
Just when everyone was pressed for time, a dramatic scene appeared.
Arsenal launched an extremely fierce attack in the last few minutes, bombarding Liverpool's penalty area.
And when Giroud shot, Gomez's arm touched the ball and was judged as a handball.
Arsenal got a penalty kick.
Seeing this, Lekai couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It was really a village with a ray of hope!
I almost thought I was going to be tied by Liverpool.
But now is not the time to relax, after all, Giroud may also miss a penalty kick.
At this time, no one can make a guarantee.
But Giroud is still stable.
Facing Alisson, Giroud accurately sent the ball into the lower left corner, helping Arsenal to score again in injury time.
And Arsenal also won the game with this goal.
"The last few minutes of this game were even more exciting. Arsenal almost encountered Liverpool's tie at home, but with Giroud's penalty, Arsenal took the lead again and won the game, and Giroud also scored two goals in this game!"
"Liverpool needs more adjustments. Although they almost tied Arsenal, their overall state is still not as good as last season. This loss also puts them in a two-game losing streak in the league. After being tied by Manchester United at home in the last game, they suffered another loss at the Emirates Stadium."
"If Liverpool has a more ambitious goal, then they need to make more changes."
At the end of the game, Arsenal won the game without any danger.
The final score showed Arsenal 2:1 Liverpool.
Liverpool was a little regretful about this game. After all, they had the possibility of equalizing, but they still lost the game in the end.
But overall, the game was still exciting.
"I'm going to be crushed by you!"
After the game, Lekai and Chen Man also got together.
Chen Man shook his head helplessly and said, "This game was too tiring, jumping up and down, you guys are like robots, are your defense so stable?"
Lekai shrugged: "Your defense is not bad!"
"Forget it!" Chen Man waved his hand: "There are a lot of problems, it's hard to win the championship this season."
"So unconfident?" Lekai was surprised.
Chen Man sighed and shook his head; "You don't know, anyway, there are a lot of internal problems!"
Hearing this, Lekai was slightly stunned. It seems that Liverpool is not particularly calm inside, and this is in line with their performance.
After all, after the contradictions arise, these will directly affect the record and performance.
Of course, these have nothing to do with Arsenal.
After winning this round of games, Arsenal will have to rest for a few days before facing the upcoming fourth round of the Champions League group stage.
In this game, Arsenal will face Barcelona at home.
After Barcelona tied with Arsenal 3:3 at home in the third round, the two teams came to the most critical second collision.
Of course, for Arsenal, playing at home has a greater advantage, but based on Barcelona's performance in the last round, they can't take it lightly.
"I'm really tired! Liverpool players are too fast!"
"In the second half, I felt like throwing up!"
"There is still the Champions League to play in three days. This schedule is really torturous!"
"But we are in good shape today, and we can win the next game!"
"That's right, we beat Barcelona and we will advance to the knockout stage undefeated!"
"Are you underestimating Inter Milan too much?"
"Really? Hahaha!"
In the bus, Arsenal players laughed and laughed. After the victory, it is always joyful.
Especially after defeating a strong enemy like Liverpool.
As the hero who scored two goals in this game, Giroud was also quite satisfied.
He felt that he had found his form and could score more later.
The game was won, and he was naturally happy.
But soon, snoring sounded in the bus.
Everyone fell asleep unconsciously. The consecutive games obviously made them feel extremely tired.
The players slept soundly.
In the front row of the bus, Mourinho looked down at the tablet in his hand.
There were various tactical structures in the tablet, and the screen light shone on Mourinho's face, revealing a calm and stable atmosphere.
This was completely inconsistent with the arrogant image in front of people.
In fact, except when facing the media, Mourinho is a very quiet person in life.
Unless necessary, he would not angrily scold those reporters and take the pressure on himself, thereby liberating the players.
And now, Mourinho is thinking about the tactical arrangements for the next game.
Through recent performances, Arsenal's active offensive style of play has achieved a lot of results.
And now, Arsenal should also play back their most familiar tactical system.
This system is also a style of play that troubles the whole of Europe.
Arsenal's defensive counterattack is currently a problem for the whole of Europe.
Before solving the problem of Lucky, no one can solve this problem!
Mourinho is very confident about this!