Chapter 116 Defeat the championship opponent again
The Christmas holiday is another Everton's home game. Today, Goodison Park Stadium has been full of people for a long time. The cold weather can't stop the enthusiasm of home fans to watch the game. Recently, Everton's record has been a little unstable. It lost to Manchester United away and won Bolton at home. Today, it ushered in Arsenal at home. Senna, the fans shouted to cheer for Everton before the opening!
Everton's formation is 4-5-1 today. The goalkeeper's position is still the thunderous Howard. On the guard line, there are No. 2 Hibbert, No. 4 Yabo, No. 5 Lyscott, No. 18 Phil Neville. Captain Neville appears again in the left-back position, midfield 1 No. 6 Yailka, No. 20 Pinal, No. 26 Casley, No. 6 Arteta, No. 17 Cahill. In order to fight against Arsenal's midfielder, Moyes sent five midfielders at a time, hoping that his midfielder could suppress Arsenal's home court. Through a careful study of Arsenal, Arsenal's midfielder If the turn is not smooth, then Everton's chance will come. The only striker in this game is No. 8 Andy Johnson.
Arsenal is still the 4-4-2 formation often used by Wenger. The goalkeeper is No. 24 Almunya, No. 3 right defender Sanja, No. 5 central defender Toure, No. 10 central defender Gala, No. 22 left back Crishi, midfielder No. 2 Diabi, No. 4 Fabregas, No. 16 Flamini, No. 13 Hleb, No. 9 Eduardo and No. 26 Bentner on the front line.
Arsenal drew 0-0 with Portsmouth in the last round, but the Red Devils lost to West Ham before this game, and Arsenal is expected to overtake the points in the standings.
Wenger rotated the lineup in this game. Bentner and Eduardo partnered with the front line. In the midfield and backcourt, Denelson was suspended. Gala returned from injury, and Eb did not play.
Arsenal's lineup has changed a lot. It must be difficult to play in the away game against Everton. The Gunners lost 0-1 in Goodison Park for two consecutive years, but Wenger has changed a lot of main players in this game. The top scorer Adebayor sits on the bench, and Rosiki is also a substitute. Van Persie and Ebb are not even on the list. Bentner and Ed The "League Cup combination" of Huaduo was corrected, and Diabi became the left wing.
Wenger wanted to change the array and caught his opponent off guard. From the perspective of The Guardian, "You can call it 442, but you can also think that he is 4321. Eduardo and Diaby can rush forward and behind Bentner at any time." However, Moyes is invariably adaptable. The classic 451 against the Gunners' technical flow is not at a low point.
Who doesn't know the offensive routine that Wenger has studied for more than 10 years? Therefore, in the past few seasons, Bolton and Everton have played hard, fierce and direct-style teams, which have always made it difficult for Wenger to sleep and eat. However, after two years of training and the improvement of staffing, Arsenal has a minimum immunity to deal with barbaric fighting and high-altitude bombing, and sometimes even "masters the skills to control the barbarians".
Just in the third minute of the game, Arsenal ushered in a threatening attack. Diaby obliquely passed Eduardo, and the latter failed to break through the follow-up Fabregas. The Spaniard inserted a direct long-range shot, and the ball was blocked by Everton defender Lescott.
In the 8th minute, Johnson flashed the ball past Toure and knocked on Cahill in the middle. Arsenal goalkeeper Almunia quickly attacked and destroyed the attack.
In the 10th minute, Phil Neville made a bottom pass from the left. Almunia hit and easily took off the ball, but his body lost its balance and fell to the ground. After a simple treatment, the Spaniard continued to play.
In the 16th minute, Pinal broke through with the ball and flashed into the penalty area after cooperating with Cahill, but the last stop was too big and the ball went straight out of the bottom line.
Everton's attack gradually began to threaten Arsenal's goal, and the fans at the scene were also extremely excited. With Everton's strong shouts of attack, they also used applause to express their identity from time to time.
In the 19th minute, Arteta sent a long pass. Arsenal's central defender Toure cleared the ball out of the bottom line under Johnson's interference. The Spaniard took a direct pass from the left corner. Arsenal forward player Bentner at the back point made a mistake. Johnson and Cahill hit the goal. Finally, Cahill took the lead in stabbed the ball into the ball. In the net, 1-0, Everton took the lead at home.
Karshi's recent good performance has won him the applause of all the fans, and the whole audience is shouting the names of the Australians.
In the 23rd minute, Bentner was warned with a yellow card when he lost control of the ball under his feet.
In the 29th minute, Everton got another corner kick opportunity. Arteta's corner pass, Pinar rubbed his foot, and Johnson volleyed straight from the air.
Everton seems to be full of fighting spirit at home. On the other hand, Arsenal's offensive quality is not high, and the two strikers are mediocre.
In the 37th minute, Hibber stopped the ball in front of the penalty area, Phil Neville volleyed near the penalty area, and the ball was high.
The team has the upper hand. Captain Neville, who scored in the last round of the league, once again showed what a defender's footwork is.
In the 40th minute, Johnson fell into the penalty area, but the referee did not say anything.
In the first half, Everton led Arsenal 1-0 with Karlhi's goal.
After the half-time break, the two teams did not make any adjustments to the personnel, and both of them were still players in the first half. At the beginning of the second half of the game, Moyes was very satisfied with the first half of the game, and the stubborn professor Wenger also did not make any changes.
Only 2 minutes into the second half, Arsenal quickly equalized the score. Clichy started from the left side of the backcourt and sent a long pass to the top. Eduardo got rid of Lescott's entanglement. He gave up the ball sideways in the penalty area. After a slight adjustment, he volleyed in the air. Howard had no choice but to face this close shot and did not make anything. The ball has rushed into the net, 1-1, Arsenal equalized the score.
This is the first goal in the Croatian international league.
In the 47th minute, Hleb's long-range shot missed the far corner.
In the 56th minute, Lescott's cross was cleared, and Johnson's long-range shot missed the left post.
In the 57th minute, Arsenal successfully reversed. Bentner made a diagonal pass from the left and hit behind Everton's defense. Eduardo stopped the ball and shook down Yailka. Howard, who broke into the attacking, calmly pushed the goal. 1-2, Eduardo scored twice to help Arsenal overtake the score away.
In the 65th minute, Eduardo almost copied the goal of the second goal, but he had a hidden hand stop in the penalty area before forming a single knife. He was caught by the referee and got a yellow card. Then Everton immediately counterattacked. Cahill and Casley hit the goal continuously, either blocked by the defender or shot directly.
One goal behind, Moyes used Albert to switch to strengthen the attack with Albert to strengthen the attack.
In the 73rd minute, Bentner stepped on Casley in the midfield, the Danish striker was sent off with a second yellow card, and Arsenal had to play with 10 people.
In the 75th minute, Pinar made a cross from the right, Cahill and Casley's header relay failed, Everton reorganized, and Casley's low shot from the periphery was pressed by Almunia's side.
With the end of Everton's attack, Wenger also adjusted his team, and No. 9 Eduardo was replaced by No. 25 Adebayo.
In the 78th minute, Arsenal unexpectedly led by two goals, Almunya made a long pass, and Yabo protected the ball to Howard. However, the American was cut off the ball from the feet by Adebayor, who was inserted in the back. The Togolese almost triped the ball into the empty goal, 1-3. Just 3 minutes on the field, Adebayor was lucky. The goal was scored.
How familiar Arsenal's three goals are. Clichy sent long passes twice, with similar landing points and similar intentions. They let Eduardo directly challenge the Everton guard line with speed and personal skills, find the vacuum of Yabo and Yailka's defensive chain, and both of which were successful. Familiar? Bolton used this trick to deal with Arsenal. Last season, he made an appointment to play against Goodison Park. Beatty's goal into Lehman's gate was also the same. Unexpectedly, the retribution came so fast now. Wenger was copying his opponent's successful tactics to deal with the enemy.
The third ball is even more outrageous. It was Almunia who directly passed the long pass in the penalty area to Adebayo. Everton, who was stunned, made a low-level mistake again. Yabo's protection was not in place. Howard hit a slow half-beat. Unexpectedly, Adebayor inserted the ball from behind and broke into the empty goal.
In the 82nd minute, Flamini had an argument with Karlhi in the midfield. The two scolded each other, and one of them applied for a yellow card for himself.
In the 83rd minute, Arteta elbowed Bregas in the frontcourt counterattack, who fell to the ground in pain. The referee directly showed a red card to Everton midfield and sent him off. The players of the two teams almost fought for this. One of the two Spaniards was an extreme component, the other had a talent for acting, and in the end, it was Egypt who suffered. The Verton team.
In the 89th minute, Pinal made a corner pass and Lescott headed the ball, wasting Everton's last chance to score.
Rossiki replaced Fabregas at this time.
In the 93rd minute, Adebayo made a cross pass in front of the bottom line on the left side, Diarra knocked back Rosiki, and the Czechs made a low shot from the penalty area line and scored in the near corner. 1-4, Arsenal won away.
Arsenal said goodbye to the previous three unwinnable away games in the "Boulton's way" and completed the second conquest of Goodison Park in the Premier League in six years. In fact, it is not surprising that there is such a change. At the beginning of the season, when Arsenal won 12 consecutive victories, Wenger once pointed out, "We are no longer afraid of our opponents being forced to fight hard", and the introduction of Adebayor, Bentner and other high-level players has also enriched the team's offensive playing style and strengthened the air defense coefficient. The day-in-gotten Arsenal, at least in terms of hardware, has the conditions to compete with the other three strong companies for a long time.
Everton was a little unlucky. After losing Li Yu, he was continuously defeated by direct competitors in the table.