Arsenal had possession, and Ramsey passed the ball directly back to the defense.

The Arsenal players looked solemn, and it was clear that their fighting spirit was rapidly dissipating.

The team that once represented beautiful football had completely collapsed today and seemed unsure of how to play.

The Manchester City players, especially Aguero, who had recovered from injury, were very active.

They kept pressing in the frontcourt.

Arsenal's tactic was to pass the ball around among the defenders.

It looked as if Arsenal was leading and stalling for time, while Manchester City was the team trailing and pressing hard.

The scene was somewhat comical.

Zhao Gang, who had returned to the midfield, did not participate in the team's frontcourt pressing tactics.

He stood there again, watching the movements of the players in front of him.

In the next twenty minutes or so, Arsenal organized several attacks.

Walcott and Sanchez still had some impact, but Zhao Gang retreated to become a defensive midfielder, sharing the defensive pressure on the wings, making it difficult for Walcott to break through.

On the other side, with Fernandinho's help, Chamberlain and Sanchez also struggled to make an impact.

Welbeck in the center had decent defensive ability, but his attacking prowess was lacking. Compared to Giroud, his attacking threat was not as significant.

Therefore, Arsenal's offense did not pose much of a threat to Manchester City.

They desperately needed to change their formation and tactics, but Wenger's on-the-spot command ability was somewhat lacking.

He couldn't accurately find Manchester City's defensive loopholes or find a breakthrough point, which made it difficult for Arsenal to launch effective attacks.

Wenger frowned, thinking that he could only bring Giroud on to try.

However, it was somewhat unconventional to make a substitution before halftime.

As Wenger waited anxiously, Manchester City's attack did not stop. Aguero received the ball in the penalty area but was thwarted by Holding. Otherwise, it would have been a very threatening shot.

Sane's volley and Zhao Gang's long-range shot were both saved by Ospina.

After conceding three goals, Ospina's form improved, and he made several brilliant saves.

Manchester City scored three goals in ten minutes, and although they had many attacking opportunities in the following half an hour, they did not score again.

In injury time, Wenger stood up, ready to return to the locker room to at least adjust the players' mentality.

Equalizing against Manchester City was a bit of a luxury. He just hoped they wouldn't lose too badly.

Zhao Gang once again received the ball in midfield, and Xhaka and Ramsey were clearly unprepared.

The two thought time was almost up and didn't press him.

This time, something big happened.

Zhao Gang dribbled the ball directly from midfield and launched an attack.

Ramsey didn't have much impact on the offensive end in this game, and his defense was almost a nightmare. He was broken through by Zhao Gang twice, and both times they lost the ball.

This time, when he reacted, Zhao Gang had already dribbled past him. Ramsey stood still like a post.

At least he didn't fall straight down, so it wasn't too embarrassing.

Xhaka followed Zhao Gang closely, and Bellerin quickly rushed to the center to help defend.

All of Arsenal's wing players moved towards the center, increasing the defensive thickness in the middle to prevent Zhao Gang from continuing to break through!

Almost instantly, five people approached Zhao Gang from different directions, forming a small encirclement, cutting off his route forward and any space to pass to the wings.

He could only push the ball back and end this attack.

But Zhao Gang didn't choose to pass back. At this time, the first half was about to end, and most players would play it safe, let the time run out, and end the half.

They wouldn't seek merit, but they would avoid mistakes.

But Zhao Gang was not an ordinary player.

He shifted his weight and rushed directly to the right.

Chamberlain and Walcott behind him both rushed towards Zhao Gang's path.

The two used their legs to try and steal the ball from Zhao Gang's feet!

Zhao Gang kept his head down. The three players kicked at the ball quickly, and there was also a lot of physical contact.

But he didn't fall, so the referee wouldn't call a foul.

In the chaos, Bellerin also ran towards Zhao Gang's position. Couldn't they steal the ball if three of them were trying?

When Bellerin arrived, Zhao Gang poked the ball, and it went directly through Chamberlain's legs.

Chamberlain pushed Zhao Gang to prevent him from continuing to attack, but Zhao Gang dodged, stepped over Walcott's tripping leg, staggered a few steps, forcibly regained his balance, and ran with the ball!

The defenders spread out, some rushing towards the center, preparing to prevent Zhao Gang from passing inside, and some following to the right to continue chasing Zhao Gang.

Seeing Zhao Gang coming towards the right, Sterling quickly moved towards the center, preparing to meet him and screen the defenders away.

Kyle Walker rushed quickly and had already overtaken him.

Holding squeezed Zhao Gang's path, he didn't have enough ability and confidence to block Zhao Gang's breakthrough, so he could only pray that Mertesacker behind him could help him cover.

Seeing the eager Mertesacker, Zhao Gang did not force a breakthrough into the inner penalty area, but used his speed to dribble all the way to the baseline!

At this time, Kyle Walker was standing on the outside, and no one was guarding him.

Mertesacker was tall and strong, and he followed to the baseline, directly blocking Zhao Gang's intention to pass the ball back in a triangle.

There was no chance to cross the ball.

Zhao Gang turned around smartly and passed the ball from next to Chamberlain, who had come to block him, to Kyle Walker.

Kyle Walker's control of the ball attracted the attention of Holding and Mertesacker. That should have been Chamberlain's defensive position, but Chamberlain thought that the three of them could completely lock down all of Zhao Gang's passing routes, so he rushed over to block him.

Unfortunately, the ball was passed out before he could successfully block it.

It was just a difference of 0.2 seconds.

Chamberlain was too late to rush over to defend.

Kyle Walker didn't do anything else, he just pushed the ball!

Because of Zhao Gang's breakthrough and the movement of the other Manchester City players, a large area of space had opened up on the right side of the penalty area.

Mertesacker instinctively felt that something bad was going to happen. He blocked Zhao Gang with one hand and turned his head to look at the ball.

The ball rolled into the open space, and Sterling had already rushed over from the center!

He mustered all his strength and took a powerful shot!

Sterling, who shoots without needing to adjust, is still very fierce.

The ball grazed the goalpost and went into the net!

Four to zero!

In the final stages of injury time, Sterling scored another goal for Manchester City. Although it wasn't a timely help for Manchester City, it was a disaster for Arsenal.

Sterling was so excited that he was almost crying, and he ran towards Kyle Walker, shaking his butt.

Kyle Walker opened his arms to welcome Zhao Gang, who was running from the baseline.

This assist was easy.

There was no one within three to five meters!

Everyone was staring at Zhao Gang.

He just had to push the ball into the open space.

If Sterling couldn't score from there, he really shouldn't play football anymore.

The three hugged each other.

If it had been before, Sterling would have rushed out and slid on his knees, but recently Sterling's goalscoring numbers had dropped sharply.

Aguero was injured, and he thought he would score more goals, but Gabriel Jesus seamlessly filled the void.

His offensive strategic position was getting lower and lower.

Sterling was almost moved to tears.

"Dad, please play on the right more often."

"Look, I can still shoot well, and I can seize opportunities."

"I'm no worse than Gabriel Jesus."

"You can't always feed the center."

The Arsenal fans seemed to be used to losing, and they just sat there, staring blankly.

Henry on the commentary seat sighed, "I really don't know how to describe Zhao.

Chamberlain's choice was actually not a problem. His cover would have restricted the passing routes of most players.

Unfortunately, Zhao is one of the few players who cannot be restricted.

I once said that he is most like my old partner.

Cold, ruthless, deadly, elegant.

Looking at it now, his temperament at that moment really matched perfectly.

His choices on the field, no matter what difficulties he faces, he can always remain as calm as ice and snow, and then make a deadly pass.

I believe that if Kyle Walker wasn't in that position, if he didn't have a passing route, he wouldn't have blindly rushed to the baseline and been surrounded.

He must have had other routes to hand the ball over to teammates who could threaten the goal.

From the moment he broke through the baseline to the moment he was surrounded, he had already thought about his next choice.

It seems that he was surrounded and fell into a desperate situation, but in fact, everything was under his control.

It wasn't that Arsenal's three players surrounded him, but that he forced the three players to make the choice to surround him."

The halftime whistle sounded, and the Arsenal players walked towards the players' tunnel with their heads hanging down. All they could hear were the cheers of the Manchester City fans and some very harsh trash talk.

Annoyed and depressed, they just wanted to escape from here quickly and not be tortured anymore.

Many Arsenal fans had already left early.

They came full of hope and returned with grief and indignation.

It's time for Arsenal to make a change!

Go back and put up banners, start online petitions, Wenger out!

And those Arsenal fans in front of the TV, rationally turned off the TV and prepared to go out for a walk.

Otherwise, they might get sick from anger.

Those with a little temper had already started shouting and pounding the table frantically.

And those extreme fans, at this time, were holding hammers and looking at the image of Wenger on the screen, smashing the TV screen to pieces with one hammer.

Manchester City's locker room was relatively peaceful. They had basically won this game.

Guardiola didn't need to emphasize any tactics or offense.

As long as the players defended seriously.

The Arsenal locker room on the other side was even more silent. The players leaned back in their chairs, covering their faces with towels.

Ramsey, known as the Grim Reaper, really wanted to see the Grim Reaper today after being tortured.

Before the game, he and Xhaka had been exchanging experiences on how to defend against Zhao Gang.

They thought that Zhao Gang, who was being surrounded, was nothing to be afraid of.

As a result, as soon as they took the field, before the two could even surround him, Zhao Gang had already broken through the defense.

In ten minutes, Ramsey made the headlines twice.

That classic zombie fall will definitely be in the headlines.

As long as there is a highlight reel of Zhao Gang's dribbling, he will be used as an example to be criticized.

In the second half, Wenger made adjustments, bringing Giroud on, obviously preparing to strengthen the attack.

After the adjustments in the midfield, the Arsenal players seemed to be in better spirits. After all, they were professional players, and their self-adjustment ability was good.

But Manchester City had already made preparations.

Guardiola didn't talk about offense at all in the midfield, he talked about defense for ten minutes.

The players on the defensive line were in excellent condition. Otamendi, who was playing as a makeshift full-back, was the most active. He had to show his very comprehensive defensive ability, so his tackles were very decisive, preventing any major problems on Manchester City's relatively weak left defense.

And after Kompany returned in the center, his condition was also quite good. Under his command, Manchester City's defense was more stable than before.

Guardiola, watching this temporary defense line from the sidelines, felt that it was a pleasant surprise.

Next season, when he buys Mendy, Sabaleta and Kolarov should leave.

Arsenal's attack didn't improve much, but Manchester City seized some opportunities.

Aguero in the frontcourt was very active. He had just recovered from injury and desperately needed form and goals.

And Zhao Gang, who got the ball in the backcourt, would not let his teammates' runs go to waste.

So in the 61st minute of the game, after Arsenal's attack was intercepted, before their defense could stand firm, Zhao Gang made a powerful long pass, finding Aguero running wildly in front.

Aguero was overjoyed. "Wouldn't it be my brother?"

"This little pass, there has to be one or two of them in a game!"

Mertesacker was tall enough, but he was a bit slow. Aguero, who had successfully avoided the offside trap, directly left him behind and could only see Aguero's back!

However, Monreal's speed in tracking back from the wing was very fast.

Monreal and Holding accelerated back from the wing, but they were relatively far forward and had no chance to catch up with Aguero, who was already sprinting.

Ospina felt like he had eaten shit.

He had already conceded four goals, and he had contributed four amazing saves. Now he had to face a one-on-one situation!

Ospina directly attacked, expanding his body and enlarging the defensive area. Aguero, facing Ospina, with Mertesacker closing in from behind, did not hesitate and took a powerful shot. The ball brushed past Ospina's thigh as he fell and went into the goal!

The ball went in again!

Five to zero!

It was the score of the first match between the two sides!

At this time, there was still half an hour left in the game, and Arsenal's collapse was not over. Judging from this, Arsenal would concede more goals.

A roaring sound echoed through the Etihad Stadium.

Arsenal, who could still push Manchester City to the brink a month ago, had now become meat on the chopping block.

Blue flags flew in the stands, and Manchester City fans cheered and roared.

And those Arsenal fans who had persevered with their faith couldn't hold on anymore.

Another painful defeat.

Looking at Aguero running to the sidelines to celebrate wildly, and seeing Zhao Gang, who had made the deadly pass in the backcourt, standing still, raising his hands to celebrate with his teammates, the Arsenal fans' hearts ached even more.

One goal, two assists, and the other two goals were also the result of his key breakthrough passes.

This guy was too abnormal.

"The Arsenal players... in front of Zhao, are really like fireflies under the sun, dim and dull... The game is not over yet, and a bigger disaster is waiting for Arsenal." Henry shook his head, feeling his heart bleeding.