When Drogba excitedly rushed out of the penalty area, Wenger, who was standing on the sidelines, slapped his forehead hard.
Judging from the shape of his mouth, it was obvious that he cursed something starting with "F".
This is a very rare gaffe for Professor Wenger, who has always been gentle and elegant.
No one expected that Wenger's team would play so poorly at St.
Mary's Stadium, not even Wenger himself.
This is already the fourth goal in this game.
Toni Kroos acted as a single defensive midfielder in this game and played extremely well.
Ten minutes ago, it was his diagonal pass to Hazard.
The Belgian dribbled the ball from the left and cut inside, attracting Arsenal's defensive attention, and then suddenly made a diagonal pass to the right.
Gareth Bale dribbled the ball into the penalty area from the right, completely disrupting Arsenal's defence.
As a result, the Welshman passed the ball across the middle, and James Rodriguez deliberately missed it.
Hazard, who was in the back, followed up and pushed the ball into the goal, rewriting the score to 3-0.
And now, Hazard dribbles the ball from the left and cuts inside, passes to the middle, and passes to James Rodriguez, who then distributes to the right.
Danilo rushes forward and gets the ball.
In the penalty area, another low pass was made, and Drogba hit the ball in front of the goal.
Almost all of the four goals were related to the wing, which made Wenger feel like he was collapsing.
"Pat, the wing must be repaired.
It must be repaired."
After approaching the visiting team's coaching bench, Wenger seemed a little angry.
A mighty Premier League team was beaten 4-0 by a newly promoted team.
Even in an away game, it was a huge shame.
What's more, judging from the current situation, Southampton is Arsenal's number one opponent in striving for the top four in the league.
Judging from the situation this season, Manchester United and Manchester City are still strong, and Chelsea's strength is also stable under the coaching of Benitez.
Even Wenger has to admit that the overall strength of these three teams is better than Arsenal.
Originally, Arsenal's biggest competitor for the top four in the league was Tottenham Hotspur, but this team is still making adjustments, its performance is good, and it is temporarily ranked above Arsenal, but Wenger is very confident that it can overwhelm Arsenal.
Down the opponent.
Only Southampton, relying on a series of winning streak, the Saints actually reached third place, even beating Chelsea.
This undoubtedly ruined Wenger's plan As the head coach of Arsenal, Wenger knows better than anyone that losing the Champions League qualification will be a huge blow to Arsenal's finances.
Therefore, in order to keep the top four in the league, signings during the winter break are imperative.
Patrice nodded, indicating that he remembered it and would remind him later.
"Belsa is not easy either" Wenger glanced at the front of the home team's coaching bench and saw Bielsa, who was always squatting on the sidelines directing the game, and snorted coldly.
"It's not that the thickness of Southampton's bench is outstanding, otherwise, his rotation can help the Saints survive Christmas."
The Christmas Devil schedule, with three games in seven days, is a huge test for any team.
But Southampton relied on its strong strength and thick bench to survive this devilish schedule.
Among the teams at the top of the league standings, only Southampton, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal have won two consecutive games in the first two rounds of the Christmas Devil schedule, and Manchester City has lost one game.
But in this round, Manchester United won and Chelsea lost.
Arsenal originally only needed to defeat Newcastle 7-3 at home and win Southampton in an unstoppable manner, which would have established a good situation for the second half and narrowed the points gap. .
But now, it has made Southampton go further.
Think about it, it's really cowardly.
He raised his head and looked towards the court, just in time to see Southampton's German midfielder Toni Kroos smiling and hugging his teammates, celebrating Drogba's goal, and could still faintly hear their cheers.
"We are only missing Toni Kroos," Wenger said with regret and shook his head.
I wonder why he lost his sight in the first place.
When Toni Kroos was at Bayern Munich, his performance was not eye-catching, nor was he a deep-lying playmaker.
But after coming to Southampton, he switched to playing as a defensive midfielder, and his potential was unleashed in one fell swoop.
Perhaps in the eyes of many fans, Toni Kroos' retreat means that he is insulated from all personal honors.
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But in fact, Bielsa's move has greatly broadened Toni Kroos's development prospects.
The German midfielder is a very classical midfielder with good foot skills, but average speed and weak personal breakthrough ability.
In the frontcourt, facing intensive defense, this is not his strong point and may even expose him.
's weakness.
There is no room for the slightly classical No. 10 player's style of play in the modern football tactical system.
Even at Bayern Munich, it is impossible to build a tactic with a traditional No. 10 as the core around Toni Kroos.
But retreating, although sacrificing some of his offensive abilities, activated his ability to organize, control the ball and control the overall situation.
In the current Southampton team, Toni Kroos is the midfield decision-maker and controller.
This point is vividly reflected in this game He has excellent lateral dispatching ability, long and short passes covering every corner of the court, and the team's ability to control the team's offensive and defensive transition rhythm and the overall situation is quite good.
Such a midfielder is definitely Wenger's dream.
The only thing that can be criticized is that Toni Kroos, as a defensive midfielder, is still slightly poor in defensive ability.
But the most important thing is that this player is only 23 years old and is still gaining goals and improving rapidly.
How precious is this in today’s professional football world?
Looking back now, not to mention that Yang Huan advocated the introduction of Toni Kroos.
It was rumored that Kaizi would help him with his wallet.
Even if he didn't, the 60 million pounds to introduce Toni Kroos would be considered worthwhile.
At the very least, judging from the current situation, Toni Kroos is undoubtedly the most promising all-around technical midfielder.
As for Barcelona's Busquets, his defensive position selection is worse than Toni Kroos.
After all, he is a pure defensive midfielder, but his ability to run, cover, pass threatening balls and design the team's offensive line is not as good as German.
Perhaps this is also related to the existence of Xavi, but at least Toni Kroos's performance in the past two seasons is indeed quite stunning and eye-catching.
And Toni Kroos is too smart.
Although he is a deep-lying organizer, he rushes up from time to time and takes a long shot that makes people break out in a cold sweat.
He also has an outstanding free kick technique.
"It is too easy for us to let the opponent pass through our midfield and face Arteta directly.
Once we face each other, whether it is Hazard, James Rodriguez or Gareth Bale, Arteta will be defeated."
Patrice shook his head helplessly and sighed.
This problem is not new now, it has always existed.
The Arsenal assistant coach glanced at Wenger and sighed in his heart.
The Gunners coach has always believed that as long as the previous offense goes smoothly and the players become more motivated to press and press, Arsenal's ball-control tactics can ensure the steady operation of the team's technical single midfielder.
In Chinese terms, this should be called offense the best defense.
Idealism kills people With the referee's whistle, this almost one-sided battle for qualification for the Champions League, which shocked everyone, finally came to an end.
With four goals from James Rodriguez, Gareth Bale, Hazard and Drogba, Southampton defeated Arsenal 4-0 at home and won the team's ninth consecutive victory.
At the same time, Southampton's three-game winning streak on Christmas Day also successfully got out of the devil's schedule.
This made everyone in the entire St.
Mary's Stadium breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time, they were also cheering crazily in celebration.
After defeating Arsenal, Southampton further consolidated its position in the top four in the league.
For Southampton this season, as long as they qualify for the Champions League, it will be considered a success.
And after this game, the one who was elected as the best player of the game was not the four players who scored goals, but Toni Kroos who was sitting in the midfield.
When the man-of-the-match selection was announced, all the fans in the entire St.
Mary's Stadium stood up and cheered.
The German players showed their fantastic football skills in this game.
With his excellent tactical understanding, he completely controlled the rhythm of the game, led the Saints midfielder, and was able to suppress Arsenal's midfield and backfield.
He scored consecutively in a short period of time in the opening game, establishing the victory of the game.
After retreating, the Saints midfielder was able to firmly control the situation and rhythm, making it difficult for Arsenal to organize a threatening offensive.
At the same time, he once again ran the longest running distance in the game, reaching 12.3 kilometers, and his passing success rate was as high as 95%.
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Both of these statistics are quite amazing.
More importantly, Toni Kroos has averaged 11.8 kilometers per game in all the games he has participated in this season.
He is currently the number one player in the Southampton team and can be called an iron man.
When there is the ball, he actively runs in a large area to support his teammates, and when he does not have the ball, he actively runs to block the opponent's ball route.
Toni Kroos' run may not have been decisive, but it was very, very important
So much so, that after the game, Yang Huan went from the chairman's stand to the home team's locker room as soon as possible.
As soon as he entered the door, he didn't care that Toni Kroos was soaked in sweat and went straight over to give him a bear hug.
"Well done, Tony, that was great."
The latter was holding the best champagne in the audience with both hands, and was immediately flattered by Master Huan's hug.
"And you, you are all great, I like you."
After everyone heard this, they all laughed.
What Master Huan said is too outrageous.
However, I’m really happy to hear Master Huan’s praise.
"Now, the devilish schedule has finally passed.
Everyone must seize the time and adjust well, because the next step will be the most decisive.
All fronts will enter the final tug-of-war, and it will become very tragic."
Everyone nodded.
The Christmas Devil schedule is just one of the tests for the top teams in the Premier League.
The following Premier League schedule and cup matches are no less difficult than the Christmas Devil schedule.
Therefore, there are many dark polo teams that performed well in the first half of the season, but after the Christmas schedule, they thought they could breathe a sigh of relief, but in the end they became careless and relaxed, which directly ruined the hard work of the entire season.
"I still say the same thing, I will never be stingy with bonuses.
As long as you perform well, I will definitely satisfy you."
When the players heard this, they all burst into laughter again.
Master Huan is bold and generous Let me ask, how many people in the world can be as generous as Master Huan?
"Okay, that's all I have to say.
Let's get ready.
Come back, Wangjiang Pavilion, I'll treat you."
"Thank you, Master Huan" "That's great, Master Huan, you are so awesome."
The players suddenly burst into cheers and thanks.
Yang Huan waved his hand, turned and walked towards the locker room door.
When passing Bielsa, he gave a special warning.
"Old Bei, after you finish the post-match press conference, come to my office and let's discuss something."
"Okay" Bielsa nodded in agreement
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