In the Arsenal players' minds, Aguero was still the biggest threat!

But this time.

Zhao Gang didn't choose to pass the ball. More like Hoolahan during his Norwich days, he had no teammates in his eyes, only the soccer ball!

He dribbled forward, first getting past Lightman, then facing Jobes's defensive support, he didn't hesitate at all. As his center of gravity shifted, he lightly flicked the ball up!

Then, with an acceleration, he performed a *ren qiu fen guo* (人球分过, body feint to pass the defender).

Jobes's turning speed was extremely slow. He never expected Zhao Gang to use such a technique. By the time he turned around and reached out to block, Zhao Gang had already rushed forward with the ball!

Soon he reached the edge of the penalty area.

Manchester City fans had already stood up.

It was hard to imagine that a young player would dare to use such fancy footwork to dribble past people in the Premier League, against Arsenal.

You have to know, if you play this kind of trick well, it can indeed conquer the fans.

But if you mess it up, you will inevitably be greeted with huge boos.

This was a pretty good offensive opportunity, and because of this fancy dribble, the attack was hindered, and it was even possible to lose the ball and be countered.

Not only would the fans boo, but even his teammates would blame him for it and question him.

Maybe the coach would reconsider his starting position!

This was definitely not a move a rookie should make on the field!

The cost-effectiveness was extremely low!

"Zhao is extremely daring to make moves, very coherent!" The commentator watched Zhao Gang get past two people in a row, and it was a very rare flick-over, his voice rising.

For young players, psychological problems often cause their movements to be deformed on the top stage, making it difficult to complete high-quality breakthroughs.

This was completely different from the feeling in training. So many fans were watching, so many big-name teammates were waiting beside him.

Of course, a rookie was full of tension and pressure.

But Zhao Gang's breakthrough was like in training, smooth and flowing, bumping past Lightman, easily flicking over Jobes.

When Jobes faced Zhao Gang, it wasn't Zhao Gang who was under pressure, but Jobes.

Because the last time they played against each other, Jobes had completely become Zhao Gang's backdrop!

This time, he was passed even more cleanly.

Once again, he became his backdrop.

Inside the penalty area, the Arsenal defenders were on high alert, while De Bruyne and Aguero were already closely marked.

Where Zhao Gang was, only David Silva had space, either to pass back, continue to break through, or possibly shoot with a very small chance.

But there was no space in front. If he wanted to break in, it would be difficult to have another chance to pass the ball out, and he might even lose the shooting route.

"Silva!" Lightman thought of this point immediately!

Hmph, this kid is still too green!

Jobes turned his head to chase, putting pressure on Zhao Gang.

When Zhao Gang looked up at Aguero, Lightman guessed his intention.

This ball must be passed to Silva!

How many times had this kid used this kind of feint!

This time, watch me intercept it successfully!

Lightman accelerated towards the passing route, and at the moment Zhao Gang raised his leg, he jumped up!

Give it to me!

Bang!

Lightman flew out almost parallel to the soccer ball.

But Lightman fell heavily to the ground and slid forward for a distance.

The soccer ball did not fall, but rushed towards the penalty area with a huge spin.

Arsenal's two defenders almost subconsciously stretched out their legs to block, but neither of them touched the ball.

They could only weakly turn their heads and look at the goalkeeper.

Szczęsny saw the ball's trajectory and immediately moved to the left, but the ball, with a strange spin, suddenly flew to the right on its path!

Szczęsny, who had already made a save, directly gave up resisting, standing there with a bitter face, like a match fixer!

"The ball is in again! Unimaginable! The second shot within two minutes! Three shots in two Premier League games, all within the range of the goal, all scoring goals! Zhao Gang! A brace, two goals in two minutes!

A real worldie!"

"Goallll!" The official commentator widened his eyes and opened his mouth wide.

The power, speed, and strange arc of this ball caused all the defenders and goalkeeper to misjudge!

From the confrontation with Lightman to the skillful dribbling past Jobes, and finally the powerful shot in front of the penalty area.

The whole process was like mercury pouring to the ground, a complete display of personal ability.

"Perfect confrontation, perfect breakthrough, perfect shot, perfect Zhao!" The commentator couldn't believe it. Facing Arsenal's backcourt, Zhao Gang was like crossing the road, playing fancy soccer, entering the dangerous area, and with one kick, he solved this battle so cleanly.

Hoo...

Wow!!

The cheers were accompanied by the excited expressions of the fans in the stands.

Zhao Gang stood there, without much celebration, his left hand behind him, pointing his thumb at his jersey number.

"2:0! The goal scorer is number 18 of Manchester, our dear..." The high-pitched broadcast voice came from the stadium.

"Zhao!!"

As the familiar and exciting shouts resounded in the Etihad Stadium, the Manchester City players had rushed over and surrounded Zhao Gang tightly.

"Beautiful, Zhao! How can anyone say you can't shoot?" Aguero rubbed Zhao Gang's face hard.

He had seen a lot of the online controversies.

The most magical thing was that some Arsenal fans actually said that Zhao Gang couldn't shoot!

If other fans said this, you could say they were blind, but for Arsenal fans to say it was simply mental illness.

Zhao Gang's two most famous games in the Europa League were one where he went on a solo run in the final, and the other was the *wuzi dengke* (五子登科, five goals in one match) against Arsenal!

Lightman lay there, feeling like he had eaten sh*t.

Wenger stood on the field, rarely furious!

"Wenger is roaring in the direction of Lightman... This ball, Lightman made a very strange move, as if he was going to intercept Zhao Gang's pass.

As a destroyer midfielder, his first reaction after being passed by Zhao Gang was correct.

Quickly catch up with Zhao Gang and try to continue to interfere, but after Jobes's help defense slowed down Zhao Gang's forward speed, Lightman's choice was a big problem!

At this time, only he had enough reaction time to rush over and interfere with Zhao Gang's shot.

But he chose a very, very incomprehensible defensive move!

He believed that Zhao Gang would pass the ball to Silva in the open space, so he pounced over, losing the best defensive position!

If he continued to interfere with Zhao Gang, Zhao Gang would not have such a comfortable shooting space at all.

Lightman, ah, seems to have been swayed by his emotions. With his defensive level, he would not make this kind of gambling, rash defense."

"If he continued to follow, even if Zhao Gang scored this goal, Wenger would not be so angry.

Moreover, even if Zhao Gang really chose to pass to Silva, Arsenal's players would have enough time to react and reorganize their defensive position. Silva's position would not be able to shoot directly, but would only choose to organize the attack again.

As a defender, when the opponent has a chance to shoot, even if it is only a little bit possible, his first choice should always be to interfere with and disrupt the ball holder's shot, rather than to take it for granted that the ball holder will pass the ball.

This kind of wishful thinking is fatal!"

After being furious, Wenger on the sidelines looked at that calm young man.

It was simply unimaginable.

He had noticed Zhao Gang long ago, not only because of his brilliant performance in the Europa League.

As early as in the Championship, Arsenal had professional scouts watching him.

The final scouting report was almost the same as his own observation.

Extremely strong ability to seize opportunities in front of the goal, with a keen sense of smell, excellent passing vision, and passing quality.

Physical confrontation ability needs to be improved, dribbling and breaking through ability is his weakness, and he has almost no defensive ability.

Compared to scoring goals, he prefers to participate in the team's attack as an organizer.

This report was more like it was made five years ago!

His dribbling and breakthroughs had already been shown in the Europa League.

As for physical confrontation?

He could rush forward at high speed and directly knock Lightman over after receiving the ball!

This was Premier League-level physical confrontation!

As long as you don't pay attention to him for a month, he will grow into a different person.

In the Championship, he could kill everyone, but when he got to the Premier League, the so-called Premier League-level confrontation was nothing special to him.

Wenger still remembered the last time they played against each other, Zhao Gang brought him a huge shock.

But at that time, his goals were more like lucky goals. They were all scored using counter-attacks and Arsenal defenders made serious marking errors.

Now, he can take the ball and challenge the defense line by himself.

Lightman's defense in front of him was simply a child!

In less than half a year, he has made such terrible progress.

If he is given another half a year, will anyone in the Premier League be able to defend him?

The successive goals also made Guardiola cover his head, his face full of disbelief.

He knew Zhao Gang's shooting ability. In fact, he initially planned to buy Zhao Gang to increase the strength of the front line and find another finishing point for the team.

However, compared to that kind of single *fengba* (锋霸, powerful striker) player, a goal-scoring machine, Guardiola preferred a free man in the frontcourt who could not only score goals himself, but also energize the team!

Zhao Gang had an extremely strong passing ability and was willing to share the ball, so when Aguero came on the field, Guardiola did not hesitate to move Zhao Gang's position back.

When it came to the League Cup and FA Cup, Guardiola would withdraw Aguero and let Zhao Gang stand at the front, fully demonstrating his offensive talent.

But even if he was in a backward position, as long as he wanted to, he could still directly pry open the opponent's goalkeeper's fingers in his position!

The Premier League and the Championship seemed to be no different to him!

"Even Guardiola, the world-class champion coach who has coached countless outstanding players, was shocked by what happened in these two minutes!

Two consecutive high-quality shots!

If the first goal perfectly demonstrated Zhao Gang's physical confrontation ability, then the second goal was the absolute embodiment of his technique and strength! Continuous dribbling, the shooting space within the penalty area was no longer large, but this strange curve ball made the goalkeeper completely give up the save!

Only those who really play soccer will know how unbelievable this strange curve ball is!"

At this time, the Arsenal fan discussion area in England had been captured.

"Hee hee hee... Zhao can't shoot..."

"Hee hee hee... Lightman will defend Zhao to death..."

"Hee hee hee... Arsenal's惨败 (cǎnbài, disastrous defeat) in the Europa League was because there was no Lightman..."

"Hee hee hee... Zhao's goals are all lucky..."

"How did Lightman fall... Oh, he was knocked over? Tell me, who knocked him over?"

"It's been laughed at. Zhao didn't score two goals so quickly in the Championship. Do the players in the Championship think the Premier League is too weak?"

"Arsenal is like a team in an amateur league, Lightman's defense is like my daughter who just learned to walk!"

In Wenger's roar, the Arsenal players regained their morale and organized their attack.

Zhao Gang's two goals were a reflection of his personal ability and also defensive mistakes by the Arsenal players.

Both of these goals conceded were related to Manchester City's pressing.

So Arsenal had experience and dared not stick to the ball casually, especially Lightman, who seemed to have lost the trust of his teammates. His teammates dared not pass the ball to him casually anymore.

The Arsenal players tried to use cooperation and short passes to find opportunities.

But now, after the last season's running-in, this Manchester City defense line was already quite tacit.

Moreover, the average age was not high, their physical strength was sufficient, the sense of defensive hierarchy was extremely strong, plus two versatile defensive midfielders, it was difficult for Arsenal to find very good opportunities.

Walcott's breakthrough point was almost useless.

Once he got the ball, he would be double-teamed or even triple-teamed. He didn't dare to break through casually, for fear of being intercepted and launching a counter-attack, so he could only choose to pass back.

And Arsenal, which had stabilized, did not make any major mistakes in a short period of time. Even if the pass was intercepted by Manchester City, Manchester City did not have any good opportunities.

They could only keep passing the ball back and forth.

In more than ten minutes, neither side had any threatening attacks.

Zhao Gang only chose to pass the ball horizontally when he got the ball a few times, and there were almost no one-on-one breakthrough opportunities.

Even if he had the opportunity to break through successfully, Arsenal's defense did not make the previous mistakes. Not only did the defense have a sense of hierarchy, but they would no longer give Zhao Gang such an easy chance to shoot.

This was Premier League-level defense. The players were able to quickly adjust their state and change their tactics on the field.

A certain player might have a flash of inspiration and seize the momentary defensive loophole to score a goal.

But this kind of defensive loophole did not always exist. It needed to be found slowly, using running and passing to find that opportunity.

Zhao Gang's breakthrough level was full, but that was just a rating.

After all, he was just a person, and with the opponent constantly interfering and someone helping to defend, it was very likely that he would be intercepted.

So Zhao Gang would not charge blindly.

When he received the ball again, he saw Lightman, who had not had much opportunity to perform.

Although this guy had a foul mouth and his emotions were a bit wrong before, his self-regulation ability was good. He seemed to have calmed down.

Lightman had always been a leader in messing with mentality. His small actions on the field were very hidden. Even if he was discovered by the referee, he would not get a card.

He could always stir up the opponent's anger and affect their emotions.

His remarks on the internet were his true thoughts, and he also wanted to mess up Zhao Gang's state.

Zhao Gang looked at Lightman, suddenly grinned, nodded to him, and stretched out his fingers behind the referee's back.

Lightman really rushed over quickly. In the previous two goals, one was that he was eaten alive by Zhao Gang, losing face, and the other was that he was counter-robbed by Aguero, launching a counter-attack. In the end, it was also because of his misjudgment that Zhao Gang was able to shoot calmly!

Both goals conceded were directly or indirectly related to him!

Now that Zhao Gang was provoking him like this, how could he not respond?

He must earn back his face!

Lightman signaled his teammates not to come over, in case this guy found the right time to pass the ball.

Let me teach him a lesson!

Zhao Gang's position was still in the center circle, and Arsenal's defensive position was good. Even if Zhao Gang broke through Lightman, it would not cause too much threat, so Arsenal's players did not rush over to press, and Lightman took the initiative to ask for no one to come over to help. At this time, going over might cause unnecessary conflicts.

Lightman rushed over, first directly tackled. At this position, even if he tackled Zhao Gang down, he would not get a card, at most a foul, a warning!

At the same time, he reached out and grabbed Zhao Gang's shoulder to prevent him from quickly passing himself.

This kind of action, as long as the feet did not trip and the elbows were not raised, the referee would not easily call a foul.

Lightman's grasp of the Premier League's standards was quite good.

The two of them had just entangled together when Zhao Gang once again lightly flicked the ball up.

Just like when he passed Jobes before, exactly the same.

The audience in the stands, who saw Zhao Gang's movements up close, burst into cheers.

Flicking the ball, turning around, all in one go.

Extremely unrestrained.

This young player had no burden, facing hundreds of millions of viewers around the world, facing tens of thousands of fans on the scene, he didn't have any psychological pressure at all.

Just like a training match.

Dee!!

The referee's whistle sounded.

Ah!!!

Lightman screamed, he covered his chest and fell to the ground, his body shaking non-stop, as if he had been hit hard.

Zhao Gang stopped the ball at his feet, looking at the referee with an innocent face.

Lightman covered his chest and abdomen, kicking his legs non-stop, crying out in pain.

Boo...

Hiss!!!

The audience on the sidelines made a loud boo, driving the entire audience in the stands, booing the referee crazily.

"I, I didn't foul, I just... he was pulling my arm!" Zhao Gang looked at the referee sincerely.

The referee raised his elbow and explained the reason to Zhao Gang.

This kind of action was absolutely not allowed.

"He was pulling me." Zhao Gang stretched his head, his expression extremely sincere.

The referee shook his head, signaling Zhao Gang to leave here, Arsenal needed to take a free kick.

Under the boos of the whole field, the referee did not change the penalty.

Lightman rolled twice in pain.

The ribs and chin were the areas with the most nerve tissue in the human body. As long as you hit them with a little force, it would be unbearable, let alone hitting them with an elbow with preparation?

Lightman felt that he had been electrocuted, and all the nerves in his body trembled.

He originally wanted to use some small tricks to make Zhao Gang suffer a dark loss and lose emotional control.

Unexpectedly, he was tricked by him instead.

He painfully covered his ribs and stood up, watching Zhao Gang's innocent face and very sincere communication with the referee, Lightman's anger rose from his heart.

But there was nothing he could do.

He already had a yellow card, and if his movements were a little bigger, he would be sent off.

He could only look for the right time again, such as fighting for a header, or taking advantage of him falling to the ground to give him a kick in the head!

The referee would not be able to judge whether these阴招 (yīnzhāo, underhanded moves) were intentional, and would not even give a card, or even call a foul!

Arsenal quickly took a free kick, and Manchester City quickly launched a siege in the midfield.

Gündoğan tackled and directly passed the ball to Fernandinho, who pushed the ball to Zhao Gang near the sideline.

As soon as Zhao Gang dribbled the ball, Bellerín blocked the way in front, and Lightman rushed over from the side again.

Zhao Gang leaned against Bellerín with his back, preparing to pass the ball back. Lightman stretched out his foot and knocked the ball out of the sideline.

Then he roared at Zhao Gang, as if this interception had already defeated Zhao Gang.

Zhao Gang ran out of the sideline, grabbed the soccer ball, and prepared to quickly throw a sideline ball.

The Manchester City players quickly ran forward, and Lightman looked for an opportunity to deliberately mess with Zhao Gang's mentality.

Standing near the sideline, jumping up and down, stretching his legs and heads, like defending a basketball sideline ball!

Zhao Gang held the ball over his head, and the route was blocked by Lightman twice.

I'm going to Nima's (尼玛的, your mom's)!!

Zhao Gang used almost all of his strength to smash the ball hard at Lightman's face!

Bang!!

The soccer ball bounced out of the sideline again, Lightman subconsciously wanted to dodge, but he didn't dodge it. He only felt a buzzing sound in his head, and fell to the ground covering his face, and started rolling again!

This time, the Manchester City and Arsenal players all rushed over.

This was definitely intentional, no doubt about it!

Doo... Doo... Doo!!

The referee rushed over like he was riding on hot wheels.

He immediately stood in front of Zhao Gang and stretched out his hand towards the Arsenal players.

Back off, back off!!

The Manchester City fans stood up all at once, booing loudly!

The Arsenal players still wanted to continue arguing, but the referee sternly warned them.

"A sideline ball, even if the throwing player deliberately throws the ball at the opponent's players in the field with legal actions, it is a foul and will be awarded a free kick to the opponent, but there is a prerequisite that the opponent cannot deliberately block in front of the throwing player!

Lightman's action was not just blocking, it was interfering and even provoking.

So the referee's judgment is not a problem!" Zhan Lu saw Zhao Gang's fierce smash and shuddered.

Well done!

You should be so tough on this kind of person!

It was just not convenient to say it as a commentator.

"6666!!"

"Well done!"

"Why didn't he砸死 (zásǐ, smash to death) this idiot!"

The fans watching the live broadcast didn't care about their public image.

Lightman's remarks, the slander and discrimination against Zhao Gang and the Dragon Country, had long made the Dragon Country fans hate and resent him, and they only regretted that they could not go to England to give him a kick.

Before, on the field, he was first bumped by Zhao Gang, which made people applaud. Now he was smashed to the ground and wailed in pain, which was simply gratifying.

"Why isn't it a shot put?"

"It is estimated that this time he is pretending, it won't cause any major problems!"

"If it was a soccer ball kicked with a foot, it would definitely give him a concussion, but throwing it with his hand like this will only hurt for a while!"

Not only Dragon Country fans, but also Manchester City fans were applauding.

The entire Etihad Stadium had been conquered by Zhao Gang's two goals. Now Zhao Gang had gained the true recognition of the fans.

A huge roar resounded in the Etihad.

From who knows where, everyone began to support Zhao Gang.

"Lightman!"

"Ugly!!"

"Lightman!!"

"Ugly!!!!"

The sound was like a tsunami, sweeping over.

When Zhao Gang turned around and waved to the fans in the stands, the fans waving the flags, who had looked fierce and wanting to eat people, instantly became happy, and the vicious curses turned into cheers.

The referee stood next to Lightman, who was lying on the ground and refused to get up, shouting at Zhao Gang.

Don't jeer, don't jeer!

Zhao Gang could only honestly turn around.

The fans didn't care so much, and there was another crazy boo.

You also care about our players communicating with us?

You referees can't be so awesome, right?

Although the referee was the biggest on the field and could send the fans out, he didn't have the guts to send so many people out at this time.