Lin Hao came on as a substitute in the 65th minute of the match.
But with this scoreline, and considering it was against the defending champions Manchester City, and at Manchester City's home ground, Arsenal fans who had traveled there with their team and those watching the broadcast had already given up hope.
As soon as Lin Hao entered the field, he stood in his position, naturally not far from Walker. Walker then spoke up, "Hey, let me give you a piece of advice, but this is beside the point, take a good look at Manchester City's attack and defense. If you can understand it, it will definitely benefit you, a country bumpkin like me!"
"However, I guess you won't understand it. It's good to get a feel for it, and then you can check out other people's explanations!"
Walker intended to mock Lin Hao, but Lin Hao actually took it to heart. He had heard that Manchester City's attack, possession-based football, and Guardiola's passing game were very impressive.
There's no harm in him taking a look.
At that moment, Manchester City launched an attack. As an attacking player, Lin Hao wasn't the type to launch quick counter-attacks, so he didn't need to go back to help defend. Instead, he could act as the spearhead, waiting in front for the counter-attack.
It's not that he's getting arrogant or acting like a big shot; it's that they're not letting him participate in defense, as he's just causing trouble and not contributing much, while counter-attacks are very effective. I believe anyone would let him do that.
But it's different from Manchester City. Manchester City starts passing the ball from the backfield. Although Lin Hao came on with a throw-in in the attacking third, De Bruyne failed to get the ball forward after taking it, and immediately turned back to pass it to Fernandinho for support.
They've been rivals for a long time, but before, he was in front of Lin Hao in the player tunnel and Lin Hao was behind him. Now he's in midfield and Lin Hao is on the wing, and they haven't even had a chance to talk yet.
Fernandinho received the ball and immediately passed it back to goalkeeper Ederson.
Arsenal's attacking players pressed hard, and Lin Hao wanted to join in, but Manchester City was like a well-oiled machine. With goalkeeper Ederson on the field, it was like having an extra player. After a few back-and-forths, they drew all of Lin Hao and his teammates forward, leaving the midfield open. Ederson then passed the ball to Fernandinho.
Fernandinho receives the ball, turns, and passes it to David Silva. David Silva moves forward on the left flank, and Kyle Walker leaves his position to move into midfield.
This is the famous defensive midfielder.
However, Manchester City made some changes to their overall strategy today, as they played a 3-2-2-3 formation with Walker, Otamendi, and Laporte as the three center-backs.
Now, Walker moves up to midfield, and Fernandinho drops slightly, not sinking to the very bottom, forming a flat triangle with Otamendi Laporte.
In this way, if the midfielder needs to control the ball, he can go up, and if the ball is intercepted, he can immediately return to his position, forming a three-center-back formation.
They play with three center-backs, which is actually five defenders, because they have two wing-backs.
Guardiola's three-man defense is a true three-man defense.
Lin Hao couldn't understand why this was the case; perhaps they really didn't take him seriously.
It's also possible that he's just doing it for fun, and he's done this quite often.
Thus, the midfield consists of five players: Fernandinho, Walker, David Silva, Gundogan, and De Bruyne.
Among them, Walker, David Silva, Gundogan, and De Bruyne are all players who can lead their own team and are skilled fighters.
David Silva attacks down the left flank, with Gundogan overlapping on the side and Aguero making a forward run in the middle.
Walker stepped up to provide support, and De Bruyne also moved to one side.
It's just like playing Go; if you're not careful, a large force will be pressing in.
Arsenal's defenders kept a close eye on the ball, and David Silva opted to pass it to Gundogan on the wing. Gundogan dribbled down the wing and cut the ball back to Silva.
Silva controlled the ball, and just as the players who had been brought down the wing by Aguero and Gundogan were about to come up, Silva chipped the ball over to the far post.
Bernardo Silva, also known as B. Silva or D. Silva, is nicknamed "Rabbit".
The short guy heads the ball towards the goal.
The ball hit the crossbar, and just as it touched the ground, it was quickly cleared away by an Arsenal defender. It was a real scare!
Lin Hao spread his arms and shouted, "Don't just do whatever they tell you to do! Don't let them control you!"
Lin Hao's shout startled Guardiola on the sidelines, as well as other Manchester City players.
Guardiola looked at Lin Hao and realized that this young man had seen through Manchester City's tactics in this attack.
Meanwhile, seeing the other Arsenal players, most of whom were still confused after hearing Lin Hao's shout, Guardiola's young assistant, Arteta, who was also once an Arsenal player, helplessly touched his face.
Such an Arsenal team is absolutely incapable of reviving, let alone winning those championships they've never even seen before.
Only this young man is good enough. Three hundred pounds a month. There has never been such a cost-effective deal in the world of football.
Walker turned back to look at Lin Hao in shock. He was a little surprised that Lin Hao had actually understood. Everything that the Arsenal players had just done was what Manchester City wanted them to react to. It was all a lure. They were just a little bit of luck away from scoring.
What shocked him even more was that it wasn't that he didn't know how to play tactics. His technique was fine. Even if his long passes weren't good, his short passes were definitely no problem. He understood tactics perfectly well.
So where is the difference?
That's the only point. It's very likely that he actually feels the current tactics are useless. He might have some ideas for local attacks, but he can't come up with them.
What a pity! If only he were at Manchester City, £300 a month! Arsenal are so lucky to have found such a gem.
Manchester City took the corner kick. Manchester City doesn't have a high point in the middle, so it was a tactical corner kick. Sure enough, at least they all play for Arsenal, so they wouldn't be that stupid. After Lin Hao reminded them, they thought about it for a while and understood.
When playing against Manchester City, we must be extremely focused. When defending against their players, we must make sure to communicate clearly when switching positions. We absolutely cannot do what happened just now, where David Silva and Aguero pushed forward, and your other defender had to go back to follow them.
It's precisely because they're so afraid of Aguero that they're being lured into doing this by exploiting the threat of Aguero's previous goals. Because of Aguero's intimidation, they're thinking of helping him, which is why they overlooked Bernardo Silva.
This time, every Arsenal player reminded the Manchester City player not to lose their position and to head the ball away.
When they headed the ball out, they saw Lin Hao running back, which meant that before they could contest it, the kid had already run back to try and contest the second ball.
This wasn't because Lin Hao was a genius; even the most brilliant strategist couldn't have foreseen this. If you paid close attention to Lin Hao, you would know that he always did this; once he succeeded, he had nothing to lose.
For example, this time, Lin Hao appeared out of nowhere and slipped in front of Walker, who was preparing to stop the ball.