Chapter 132: The League Reigns Leader
With the opening 10 minutes breached the door, Arsenal's road to the league title appeared to have some bumps in the road. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
As a season draws to a close, players must take every game seriously, whether they want to enjoy the glory of the title or the carefree holiday, and although the Arsenal players should be more eager to fight in comparison, they seem to have prematurely dressed themselves in the glory of the title, and against the final opponent Newcastle, the Arsenal players did not focus all their attention on the game.
However, after Newcastle scored the first goal, the Arsenal players realised that they had not yet won the title and that they would have to beat the opponents in front of them if they were to truly enjoy the glory of the league title.
Arsenal immediately organized an efficient attack after the kick-off, although the long-lost Kanu and Henry's running positions overlapped, but under Liu Han's conscious adjustment, Henry's position began to pull to the side, so that the space on the pitch was fully utilized by the Arsenal team, and at the same time, Newcastle's defensive position was pulled wider.
Arsenal equalised five minutes after Alan Shearer's goal.
Liu Han broke through Speed's defense in the middle and fired a long-range shot from 35 yards away from Newcastle's goal, the Newcastle goalkeeper saved the ball, and Kanu in the box broke through the Newcastle goal with a clever follow-up shot.
The match lasted less than twenty minutes and the two sides played to a 1-1 draw.
After the equaliser, the Arsenal team gradually controlled the midfield, and Newcastle's players except for Alan Shearer were not too eager to fight, so their offensive was more about using set-piece opportunities, and now that Arsenal controlled the midfield, Newcastle couldn't even touch the ball, let alone create set-pieces in Arsenal's half.
However, the combination of Arsenal's forward line today is not particularly tacit, Henry, who has gradually become accustomed to the center forward position, and Kanu, who has always been a little lazy and stays in the middle, always coincides with the running position, and Ribery can only pull Newcastle's tall defenders to the side, so the Arsenal team's attack is a little scoreless.
Although the tempo of this game is a little slow compared to the usual pace of Premier League games, the time still passes quickly, and the Arsenal team has basically formed a siege on Newcastle, but has not been able to break through the door of Newcastle again.
In the forty-second minute of the game, the Arsenal team played a wonderful match in the front, Henry and Ribery suddenly switched positions, which made Newcastle's defense a little chaotic, Liu Han passed the ball to Ribery who was interspersed on the left side, Ribery did not stop the ball and knocked back Liu Han again, Liu Han also knocked it to Henry who retreated and ran, at this time Kanu in the penalty area ran straight in, Henry did not be greedy to stuff the ball straight into the penalty area, and Liu Han also went straight into the penalty area.
At this time, if Kanu realizes Liu Han's running position, he can cross the middle again, where Liu Han is almost in place, and there is no one around him to defend, but Kanu seems to only think about shooting at this time.
In the end, Kanu picked up the ball in the box and fired straight at the near corner, but the Newcastle goalkeeper struggled to save and Arsenal missed a good chance to take the lead.
Liu Han signaled to Kanu that his position was empty, but the Africans ignored Liu Han.
Kanu was not offered a contract extension for Inter Milan after being diagnosed with a heart condition, and eventually he was given the chance to continue playing at Arsenal after treatment, but it now looks like he won't be at Arsenal for long.
At half-time, Arsene Wenger did not make any changes to the team's current line-up, only asking Thierry Henry to move to the flanks appropriately. Arsene Wenger has now focused much of his attention on the upcoming Champions League final on May 24 against a mighty Real Madrid, who have already won La Liga a round earlier, and Wenger is constantly thinking about how to fight Real Madrid.
After the start of the second half, Arsenal continued to maintain the advantage of midfield, Bobby Robertson has not brought the team to a good result since taking over Newcastle in September last year, on the one hand, because there is no midfielder suitable for his tactics in the current Newcastle team, and on the other hand, the 67-year-old coach is still battling cancer, so Newcastle has not performed well this season.
In the seventeenth minute of the second half, Liu Han overtook the score for the Arsenal team.
Liu Han, who received Ljungberg's cross pass in the middle, chose to drive straight in, facing the defense of Newcastle's midfielder, Liu Han first used the speed advantage to get rid of it, and then passed the ball to Ribery on the right side about ten meters outside the penalty area, and Ribery immediately knocked on the middle again, because Liu Han had already stepped forward.
After making a one-two with Ribery, Liu Han encountered the defense of the Newcastle central defender before receiving the ball, but Liu Han was very clever when receiving the ball, and the ball rolled from the right side of the Newcastle central defender, and Liu Han quickly went straight into the penalty area from the left side of his body.
The Newcastle goalkeeper chose to attack, but Liu Han stabbed the ball early, and the ball rolled into the goal at the feet of the Newcastle goalkeeper who had not had time to fall to the ground, and the Arsenal team took their fate into their own hands.
Liu Han didn't celebrate too excitedly after the goal, and he still had his usual hands to the sky, but his team-mates were not like that, and Franck Ribery and Thierry Henry were looking forward to their first Premier League title.
Newcastle, who were overtaken by the score, were even less motivated in the next game, and even Alan Shearer, who had been working hard, looked a little lazy, for him, this season was a failed season, no championships, no glory, and even the scorer list did not make him into the top three this season.
At the top of the scorers' list so far is Sunderland striker Phillips, the short man who is said to have shined Shearer's shoes and has now scored 30 league goals.
Originally, Liu Han had the hope of becoming the top scorer and breaking the all-time scoring record this season, after all, he scored eighteen goals in the first ten rounds of the league, but after he returned from participating in the Olympic qualifiers in Asia, Wenger transformed Liu Han into a midfield core, which made his goal efficiency decline quickly, so after scoring the goal that overtook Newcastle, Liu Han's goal tally this season reached 27, which made him third in the scorer list.
After taking the lead, the Arsenal team played more comfortably, and the time passed quickly, and Newcastle fans began to leave the stadium at St James's Park, and at the same time, a small group of Arsenal fans began to celebrate, which was the Arsenal loyal fans who came to Newcastle to watch the team win the championship with their own eyes.
With the referee's whistle, the game ended at full-time with Arsenal winning 2-1 against Newcastle and winning their second league title since the start of the Premier League. (To be continued.) )