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Arsenal have conceded just three goals in their previous five league games, three Champions League games and one League Cup. 'We defended very well, but that was always overlooked.' Wenger had praised the Gunners' performance on the defensive end before the game. But who would have thought that in the face of the weak brigade Hull City, the solid arsenal defense line conceded two goals in a row, and the problems exposed by these two goals were very terrible for the Gunners.

Wenger also said before the game: "We only conceded two corners in the league, and we were very consistent in the sports defensive game. "Wenger is a data freak who always refers to data when analyzing problems or solving them. But if Wenger takes a closer look at the data after this game, it may not be difficult to find that the penalty kick is still the heel of the Gunners, and his proud athletic defense is not worth showing off.

Admittedly, the Gunners have conceded only five goals so far, but three of them have come from corners, and it is true that they have conceded only one point, but Giovanni's long-range shot was enough to fan the conceited Gunners. In fact, Arsenal's corner kick or aerial defensive problems have existed in recent years, and in previous seasons, both Southampton and Bolton have embarrassed the Gunners in corner kick tactics, and in Europe, fish-belly teams like Rosenberg have also used corners to enjoy scoring goals on Arsenal.

If the game a few years ago did not have much reference value, then in the past two seasons, when the Gunners defense completed the restructuring and Campbell, Lauren, Lehmann and others left one after another, why the nightmare that haunted the team still lingered, which may have to start with Wenger's coaching ideas.

Unintended to deny the professor's achievements or pursuits in building the style of play, Arsenal has long become a totem of attacking football under his tutelage. Wenger emphasises ground attack, but the game is played by two teams, and Wenger can decide the team's style of play, but cannot influence the opponent's tactics. Allardyce once said: "Playing with Arsenal, you just have to slam the ball into the box as much as you can, and sooner or later their defenders will make mistakes. Perhaps Ferguson, Benitez and others will fight with Wen, but the Borhul will not.

Pulling back the game, let's first see how the sporting defensive system that makes Wenger proud reacted before Giovanni scored. Toure, who was closest to him, did not step forward to press, and after the Brazilian took the ball, Sarnia, who should be in positional relations, did not step forward to interfere, perhaps at the moment Giovanni took the ball, Toure did not expect the Barca abandoner in front of them to be able to blast high-quality shots.

If this goal conceded stems from the subjective frivolity of the players, then the next corner kick to lose points again is the true color of the team. As against Fulham and Bolton, this time it was Gala's failure to target people. Slow motion is always persuasive, and when Andy Dawson took a corner, Gala, who was in the mood with Cushing, suddenly gave up trying to compete for the top the moment his opponent jumped. What happened next was familiar, and the captain of the Gunners, who Wenger praised as "super responsible", once again sat on the ground.

'You have to take a higher league point this season and your team has to be very consistent in terms of play and not make any mistakes.' Wenger's speech two weeks ago is like an ear, but if you compare this performance with it, it is very playful and extremely ironic.