Chapter 54 The High-Moraled Wolves

Arsenal flexed their muscles by slaughtering Bournemouth 7-0, but they did not make the headlines.

Wolverhampton Wanderers, nicknamed Wolves, became the undoubted protagonist of this week.

In the 8th round of the Premier League in the 2019/2020 season, Wolves defeated Manchester City 2-0 away despite everyone's pessimism.

Blue Moon is undoubtedly a team with a high reputation in the Premier League. It can be said that in addition to Arsenal, the currently transcendent team, Manchester City is definitely the top team in the Premier League.

But such Manchester City lost to Wolves 0-2 at home.

Throughout the game, Manchester City still maintained their usual style, controlling the ball and rhythm.

But the problem is that they are in the offense. Although they have the ball, they rarely have the opportunity to shoot.

In this regard, the Wolves' defense is very good, and even has the well-defined defense concept of Arsenal.

In 80 minutes, Manchester City tried their best to score, but in the end they failed.

On the contrary, Wolves scored two goals in the last ten minutes, which directly caused Manchester City to suffer the consequences at home.

After failing to score again and again, Manchester City players began to get anxious, which also gave Wolves' already good counterattack ability a chance.

It can be said that in this game, Wolves showed their superb positional warfare.

Wolves coach Nuno also announced the emergence of his tactical prototype to the world through this game. He is a young tactical master.

From the newly promoted team to the current spoiler of the Premier League, Wolves told everyone that it only takes two seasons to achieve these goals.

Wolves also performed well last season, and this season, Wolves are obviously heading for a bigger goal.

In the post-match interview, head coach Nuno also confidently stated that the current Wolves are in excellent condition. Except for some top European teams, they have the confidence to defeat each other.

And this statement slightly disgusted Guardiola and Manchester City.

Guardiola did not refute it. After all, they lost the game. If they talk too much at this time, it means that they can't afford to lose.

For Guardiola and Manchester City at present, they need to actively adjust their status and then meet stronger opponents.

It is certainly unexpected that Wolves defeated them, but compared with these, their game with Arsenal is the top priority.

At the same time, Wolves also gained confidence after defeating Manchester City.

They believe that they have the ability to shake all teams at this time.

For this reason, they are very much looking forward to the next game

That is, the 9th round of the Premier League against Arsenal at home.

In this game, they believe that as long as they can play stably and show what they want to play, they have a chance to beat Arsenal.

Yes!

At this time, the Wolves have begun to ask for more. After all, people are greedy, and they want to prove themselves by defeating Arsenal.

Cutting off Arsenal's unbeaten golden body and becoming the focus of Europe is a heat that all teams cannot refuse at present.

At this time, Arsenal is a mobile super treasure house.

Once they are defeated, the attention and various bonuses will be indispensable.

The game will certainly be very difficult, but it will also be extremely rewarding.

A week has passed quietly.

During this period, based on the Wolves' victory over Manchester City, many media have focused on this club in central England.

Can they continue their previous excellent performance and create a bigger miracle to beat Arsenal at home?

For this reason, this game attracted the attention of many fans and media.

On that day, almost a large number of European media entered the Morinho Stadium.

This is a stadium that can accommodate more than 30,000 people. Although it cannot be compared with the stadiums of those giants, the home atmosphere is not inferior at all.

Especially after defeating Manchester City in the last round, the enthusiasm of Wolves fans has also been mobilized.

They believe that with the current tactical system and the status of the players, they are not without a chance!

Although Arsenal is strong, they will eventually make mistakes. They only need to seize these mistakes and then score goals to win.

For this reason, the Wolves are extremely united at this moment.

They want to defeat Arsenal and continue their winning streak.

At the same time, they also want to let the world see through this game that Wolves also have the ability to overturn top teams.

The starting lineups of both sides are as follows:

Wolves (3-5-2):

Goalkeeper: Patricio.

Defenders: Saiss, Coady, Boly.

Midfielders: Vinagre, Moutinho, Neves, Dendoncker, Traore.

Forwards: Cutrone, Raul Jimenez.

Arsenal (4-3-3):

Goalkeeper: Buffon.

Defenders: Bellerin, Jimenez, Hummels, Robertson.

Midfielders: Eriksen, Lukay, Xhaka.

Forwards: Saka, Giroud, Mane.

Arsenal's lineup gives people a sense of oppression.

Some time ago, Guardiola said that there are currently four disputed teams in the Premier League, of which Arsenal's main players and substitutes occupy two places.

It can be seen what a strong performance both Arsenal's main players and the bench have put in.

This is also the reason why Arsenal's record was not shaken after the main players were injured.

When the Wolves saw Arsenal, they couldn't help but feel a little oppressive.

After all, the team in front of them has spanned two seasons and is developing towards the myth of 60 unbeaten games.

Such a team puts a lot of pressure on them.

Of course, the greater the pressure, the greater their motivation.

"This is the 9th round of the 2019/2020 Premier League, Wolves vs. Arsenal at home!"

"In the last round, Wolves defeated Manchester City away from home. The defensive performance of Wolves in that game was amazing, and Manchester City lost the game after repeated attacks failed!"

"In that game, Wolves striker Traore scored two goals and became the biggest contributor to the victory."

"And now, can they continue the same excellent state when facing Arsenal?"

"For Arsenal, the back line has completed the main force, Robertson has returned from injury, and Robertson's return has given Arsenal a more ideal space for the back row to advance. Even without Kai's organization, Robertson can use his excellent passing ability and forward passing ability to solve these problems."

"Of course, we still have to observe the degree of Robertson's recovery, but it should be good. Mourinho is not a careless person!"

As the commentator explained the situation on the field, the captains of both sides also completed the exchange of team flags and guessed the side.

Wolves took the lead in getting the right to kick off.

Soon, with the whistle, the game began.

At the beginning of the game, Arsenal launched a fierce pressure.

Arsenal's high pressure is not much worse than Manchester City, and even slightly sharper, but after Wolves have experience against Manchester City, they will not be so embarrassed.

Portuguese midfielder Moutinho became the key to the transfer, and in the process of constantly handling the ball, he ensured that Wolves' ball possession was in a safe state.

From this aspect alone, he is a very good midfielder.

While handling the safe ball, Moutinho was also observing the forward passing direction.

But in his repeated observations, he did not find too good opportunities.

Arsenal squeezed the passing channel very cleanly, even if some gaps were occasionally revealed, they would be instantly covered up by Arsenal, and even Moutinho wondered if this was a bait put out by Arsenal to seduce them.

Neither team is the kind of team that guarantees ball possession, and their offense comes more from counterattacks.

Especially Wolves, they used Traore's speed to make a gap on the right wing.

In this regard, Liverpool's game against Arsenal gave them some inspiration.

But they failed in several consecutive attempts.

Their passing was either intercepted by Arsenal or grabbed by Lucky.

Even if the ball was hung behind Lucky, Robertson could quickly fill the position and disrupt the attack.

Obviously, Wolves had some initial concepts, but failed to grasp the key points and form routines.