My light shines on Arsenal

Chapter 256 Special One

The weather is getting cold.

With the arrival of the intensive winter schedule, the team medical team suggested that Chen Yao let the main players get an orderly rest.

Take Santi Cazorla, for example, who starts almost every league game for Arsenal.

The 29-year-old Spanish midfielder has magical two-foot skills. His dribbling and connection are the key to the smooth operation of Arsenal's offensive system.

Before coming to the Premier League, Cazorla had never experienced this kind of day, the colder the weather, the tighter and more demanding the schedule.

Although he has not shown any obvious discomfort, Chen Yao does not dare to overuse Cazorla without the team doctor's emphasis.

"I'd say I'm a little tired, but it was the same last season. Don't worry, coach, my physical condition is fine."

Cazorla was still a little anxious when he heard the coaching staff's decision to ask him to take a rest.

It has been almost two years since he arrived in the Premier League, and the doubts and nerves he felt when he first came to Arsenal have long since dissipated.

Especially as the team won consecutive victories, the joy of victory stimulated Cazorla, making him not like a 29-year-old mature veteran, but like a 19-year-old, energetic young player.

"Rest when I let you rest." Nacho Monreal, Cazorla's good friend, patted Cazorla's round head and joked, "Don't you feel comfortable lying down? I won't lose three points without you. .”

"Nacho, I won't lose three points without you." Cazorla feigned anger.

"Okay, okay." Chen Yao was too lazy to watch the two Spanish brothers bickering here, "Nacho, if you still have time to care about this matter, you can follow Santi to rest."

Nacho Monreal curled his lips and said, "Coach, I'm quite willing to let me rest."

"Do you really want to rest?" Chen Yao said with a straight face, "Kieran is clamoring to play every day."

"Oh, Kieran, he is a good player." Monreal shrank his neck, "I suddenly felt not very tired. I went to training. Goodbye."

……

The sixteenth round of the Premier League on Saturday afternoon was held in the freezing cold wind.

Manchester City fans at the City Stadium braved the cold wind and gave Manchester City a warm cheer, but Manchester City coach Roberto Mancini's expression was as cold as the weather.

There have been fifteen rounds of the Premier League so far this season, and Manchester City is ranked fifth in the Premier League. What's worse is that the points gap between Manchester City and the four teams in the first group is gradually widening.

Now, struggling with the defending champions is Tottenham Hotspur, with the two teams' rankings constantly changing between fifth and sixth.

The two championships that Mancini led Manchester City to win were somewhat inexplicable. In those two seasons, there were very few teams that could play in the Premier League, and the entire league became an arena for the Manchester duo.

In the first season, Mancini's team relied on Aguero's magical kill to defeat Manchester United and win the championship. In the second season, Ferguson's team mysteriously collapsed at the end of the season. Then he almost won the championship.

Although he is a real two-time championship coach, Roberto Mancini always feels inadequate.

This season, perhaps due to two consecutive championships and high salaries from Middle East Capital, these players have completely lost their hunger. Mancini's team has been listless from the start.

This decadence also extended to the game against Arsenal.

In just nine minutes, Arsenal launched an attack on Manchester City after a brief warm-up and testing period.

Theo Walcott brought his fiery form to this game. He accelerated on the right wing, like giving birth to two wings, and beat Manchester City left back Gael Clichy cleanly.

Clichy was shocked and confused. He had been teammates with Walcott and he knew the advantages of the "little tiger", but Walcott shocked him more than before.

How does he maintain control of the football at such a fast pace?

Under Walcott's impact, Samir Nasri was also suppressed and defended near the penalty area.

Dani Carvajal took this opportunity to speed up the rim, taking away Nasri's attention.

Walcott seized the moment when Manchester City players handed over and suddenly cut inward. In the process, his speed did not drop much.

Twenty-one-year-old Manchester City centre-back Matija Nastasic watched in dismay as Walcott approached him.

Walcott's movements were unpredictable, and Nastasic didn't know how to respond to his opponent's extremely fast movements.

In the midst of hesitation, Walcott quickly went in and reached a place where Nastasic could not catch up.

Nastasic didn't know what he was thinking, so he stretched out his leg and knocked Walcott down.

When the referee's whistle sounded, Nastasic didn't even spread his hands. He knew that this was an undoubted penalty kick.    But what can he do?

"Well done, Theo." Kevin De Bruyne took the initiative to run over and pull Walcott up from the ground. "You made them all stupid."

Walcott grinned, "Kevin, next time you give me a through kick, I want to compete with them in track and field."

"Okay." De Bruyne also smiled.

Theo Walcott walked to the penalty spot with the ball. He is eager to try and add another goal to his goal account.

Walcott was not the team's first penalty kicker, but Chen Yao nodded to the players, pointed at Walcott, and gave a thumbs up.

Walcott took a deep breath, drew his bow and arrow, and accomplished the feat in one fell swoop.

1: 0.

Arsenal took an early lead at the Etihad Stadium.

"Oh hell..." Roberto Mancini cursed in frustration, sat back listlessly in his seat, and watched the game with a sad expression.

There is an air of decadence permeating the entire Manchester City team.

After Walcott scored a penalty kick, Manchester City tried to counterattack for a while, but the forward Jovetic introduced by the team in the summer performed mediocrely.

Since being introduced to the Premier League by Manchester City, Jovetic once had high hopes. However, his early injury history, coupled with the intensity of physical confrontation in the Premier League, prevented Jovetic from fully adapting.

Manchester City were severely hampered on both offense and defense, and to make matters worse, they had no desire or determination to win.

In the second half, Chen Yao nuzzled to Wilshere, "Jack, warm up. I'll give you some time in this game."

Wilshere nodded excitedly to his coach as if he had been granted amnesty.

"Jack and Wojciech have been very positive in training recently." Dennis Bergkamp came over curiously and said, "They seem to be different people. And Pierre too, he is always careless. He seems to be working very hard these days."

"Do you think I practiced well?" Antonio Pintus said happily.

"No, Antonio, it has nothing to do with you." Juan Lillo's calm voice made Pintus blush, "It's the head coach's credit. I saw Chen taking them aside to talk about something...specifically I don’t know what happened. But the effect is as you can see.”

"Oh, that's true." Bergkamp said doubtfully, "Does he have magic? I tried my best to look after these guys, but it didn't work so well."

"Probably so." Lillo shrugged. "How many coaches have you seen who can win the Europa League championship in their first full season of coaching and still rank first in the standings in their second season?"

There was a sigh from the City Stadium, and the coaches looked up. Arsenal had scored again.

Kevin De Bruyne's wild through ball penetrated Manchester City's defense. He tried several times, either hitting the defender or passing it to the opponent's feet, but the ball did not deflect.

Theo Walcott made a diagonal stab, took two steps inside with the ball, and pushed the ball into the goal.

Two to zero.

Li Luo stretched out his thumb and pointed in the direction of Chen Yao, "He is the special one."

……

"I'm the special one."

In the press conference room at Stamford Bridge.

After listening to the reporter's question, Jose Mourinho showed an unruly smile to the reporter.

Chelsea just defeated Crystal Palace 31-1 at home. Their current record is nine wins, four draws and three losses, with 8 points, only point behind third-placed Liverpool and points behind top-placed Arsenal.

"You ask me what I think of Arsenal, and what I think of their... well, the young coach who I defeated." Mourinho smiled nonchalantly, "You must want to hear some praise, or say that he is A remarkable young man, a special one."

"But it's not right." Mourinho opened his arms. "I am the special one. I am back. I will bring Chelsea back to glory. You can judge me as you like, but all I want is three points. Next I'm waiting for my guests at Stamford Bridge."

(End of this chapter)