Before progressing to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Arsenal went through three games after their first contract in Paris, including one in the fifth round of the FA Cup and two league games. As a result, the Gunners knocked out Chelsea at home and progressed to the quarter-finals of England's biggest cup competition.

However, they have also been disrupted by successive strong opponents, who were held to a draw away from Burnley to remain sixth in the Premier League table, still four points clear of fourth-place Manchester United, and it seems that the team will need to continue to work hard to secure a place in next season's Champions League.

However, after this difficult schedule, the Gunners ushered in a relatively easy time, although it was basically a week of double matches, but the strength of the opponent has dropped significantly, especially with the help of good luck, the draw results of the two cup competitions were in their favor, which left Li Mudi with enough energy to launch a sprint in the league.

In the FA Cup quarter-finals, Arsenal drew the only non-Premier League team in this stage - Wigan Athletic from the Championship.

As a result, in the draw for the quarterfinals of the Champions League a week later, Guardiola's previous envy for Li Mudi evolved into jealousy and hatred, because he drew his old club Barcelona Guardiola, and could only watch Li Mudi become the lucky one again.

The Gunners' opponent in this round is Serie A giants Juventus, which should be an extremely difficult bone to gnaw, but the Bianconeri are currently suffering from a big problem in attacking organization due to the injury of midfield core Milinkovic Savic.

In the first-round knockout round, they lost the team's top scorer Icardi, who was not likely to return until early April due to a leg muscle injury, making Conte's return to his old club simply anxious, and his sad appearance has also become the focus of recent Italian media coverage.

Although the overall strength of the old lady is still not to be underestimated, the two most important cores in the team are unable to play, which still makes them the weakest soft persimmon on paper in the Champions League quarterfinals, and even the Eredivisie powerhouse Ajax, which has returned to this stage after 19 years with the explosion of this youth training, is stronger than the Bianconeri, which has lost its strongest offensive weapon, in the eyes of the outside world.

However, this "big bargain" was picked up by Arsenal, how can this not make Blue Moon, who has basically formed a new relationship with him, sigh that fate is unfair!

In fact, even Li Mudi himself sighed in private that luck is really indescribable, the first half of this season was so bad, and after winning the super medal in the middle of the game, good luck seems to be coming back again.

For example, after the second leg against Paris Saint-Germain, the Gunners, who had not had time to rejoice, hurried back to London, facing a big rival in the league, Manchester United, the humiliation of last year's two-goal defeat to Old Trafford naturally made every club member unforgettable, and this time vowed to use the home advantage to complete revenge.

However, the reality is that they have spent too much energy in France, and they looked a little tired in the big game against the Red Devils at the weekend, and for a while they really couldn't do anything too good with the solid backline.

Luckily, Lady Luck helped Arsenal at a crucial moment, and before half-time, Eric Bailly accidentally blocked Golovin's low cross into his own goal in front of goal, which not only hurt teammate De Gea, but also tilted the balance of victory in favor of the already helpless home team.

Relying on a goal that was largely a stroke of luck, the Gunners were able to regain their composure, taking complete control of the situation in the second half and using their best counter-attack to score another goal from Moussa Dembele to beat their arch-rivals 2-0 and avenge the strike they had taken three months earlier.

They have also narrowed the gap on the Red Devils in the table, and although Chelsea have taken advantage of the opportunity to climb to fourth place, Arsenal are undoubtedly closing the gap to the Champions League place. As of this round, the Blues have 56 points, the Red Devils have 55 points, and the Gunners have 54 points, and the difference between them is very tight, and there may be changes in the rankings at any time.

In order not to fall behind first, Li Muddy rarely sent a set of rotation lineup in the FA Cup in the middle of next week, but because the strength of the opponent is very different from Arsenal, even if the core players of the three lines did not go to the northwest of England, with the normal performance of Chuma, Wilshere and Albrighton, they also easily solved Wigan Athletic, which is currently eighth in the Championship, with a score of 3-1, and smashed the latter's ambition to win the second FA Cup in team history.

In the 2012-13 season, Wigan, who were relegated from the Premier League one round ahead of schedule, defeated the Premier League runner-up Manchester City 1-0 in the final of this competition with the help of local midfielder Ben Watson in the 91st minute, and lifted the FA Cup trophy as a big dark horse, creating a magical history that will still be talked about by the British today.

However, they were indeed favored by Lady Luck back then, and they did not meet a strong opponent on the entire promotion road, and they encountered Bournemouth, Marclaysfield, Hasfield, Millwall and other underdogs that were unknown at the time. The only challenging matchup was against Everton in the quarter-finals, where Wigan Athletic also exploded, using defensive counter-attacking tactics to defeat the Toffees with Heitinga, Marouane Fellaini and Pienal. In the end, he killed the blue moon of the whole main force under the absolute passive condition of only 29% of the possession, which makes people have to sigh that football is indeed round, and anything can happen on the green field.

So ahead of this FA Cup quarter-final, some people are still very worried about Arsenal, who have worked miracles in such unfavorable conditions, and who knows if they will replicate it again. However, the depth of the Gunners' squad still shows the heritage of their giant team at this time, and in the end, the miracle of nine years ago did not appear again on the premise that it became a stepping stone, and easily survived this metaphysical hurdle.

The semi-final opponents were soon drawn and Manchester United, who had just fallen in love with each other in the league, were once again in front of the Gunners, only this time at the new Wembley Stadium, giving the two old rivals, who had won by two goals at their respective home stadiums, a real chance to battle it out.

However, for this matchup, Li Mudi has not yet decided how to deal with it, because the game time is scheduled for the end of March, when the Champions League quarterfinals and the league enter the final stage, whether Arsenal can have the energy to attack on all three fronts is still a big question mark, so it is still necessary to adapt at that time.

Before departing for Turin City on 9 March, the Gunners will face Southampton, Everton and Leicester City in the league with three teams in the middle of the table and even in the process of challenging for a European spot.

When the Blues and the Red Devils reaped the victory all the way, Li Mudi's current primary goal is not to let the first two widen the difference, so the focus of preparation has also temporarily shifted back to the Premier League, which has allowed Arsenal to finally find the momentum of last year's Buddha blocking and killing Buddha and God blocking and killing God in the league field, and winning all the way.

In the final leg of February, the Gunners faced the 10th-placed Saints in the league in a rare fit and fired 18 shots at 60 per cent possession, four of which were converted into goals, in a 4-1 win that helped the team complete a three-game winning streak after losing to Liverpool.

Three days later, Arsenal returned to their home stadium and rehearsed their attacking tactics in front of the Toffees' bucket formation, and the results were still satisfactory to the coaching staff and fans. With the addition of high-pitched striker Chuma, the Gunners, who had been helpless against dense defence for many seasons, finally got a new sledgehammer, and the Spanish big man turned the opponents upside down in the visitors' penalty area, smashing holes in Everton's seemingly airtight defence.

Had it not been for England international Jordan Pickford's excellent form on the day, with a number of world-class saves in quick succession, the game could have turned into a carnage. But the 2-0 score was enough for the Gunners fans to leave the Emirates Stadium with a smile on their faces, find a bar for a few beers, and brag with their mates.

On Saturday 5 March, Arsenal were still sitting on home advantage, with Leicester City behind them by three points.

As Europe has now reinstated the system of three major cup competitions, the winners of the League Cup have changed their benefits from direct promotion to the group stage of the Europa League to the newly created European club continental league, while the only two places in the Premier League to participate in the former have changed to fifth place in the league and the FA Cup. In other words, the Gunners are currently in the same situation as Fox City, both of whom are fighting for a ticket to a more advanced European competition, so the importance of this battle is far greater than the historical feud between the two sides.

However, in order to challenge Juventus away next Tuesday, Li Mudi unsurprisingly made a reservation for this league game, putting Balco, who has become the heart of the team's new organization, on the bench and Mkhitaryan, who is already close to being reduced to a marginal man, as the commander of the front.

Despite the influence of the medal halo, the Armenian veteran, who has just turned 33, has already expressed his dissatisfaction due to the lack of appearances for a long time, and his agent has approached the Gunners manager and football director before the winter window closes and has applied to leave.

Realistically speaking, after Maguire joined, Li Mudi is ready to switch Arsenal's formation back to a back four, but due to familiarity and other problems, it will only be used in some games that have nothing to do with the overall situation at the end of the season at the earliest, and next season is the best time in theory.

In both 4-4-2 and 4-3-3 formations, Mkhitaryan, who is good at playing only one position in the midfield and has too many flaws in both wingers and central midfielders, will gradually be marginalized because his athleticism can no longer keep up with the fast pace of the team.

Li Mudi does not look down on veteran players, their experience is an indispensable key factor for every championship team, but the tactics he is using at the moment are indeed too demanding for the players' running ability, and it is difficult for the average veteran to reach the minimum indicators he set. Unless the player is still able to maintain his physique at a relatively high level at an advanced age, such as the 33-year-old president, or his ball intelligence and skill can allow the coach to ignore this flaw, such as the 33-year-old Xavi or the Magic Flute. It's a pity that Mkhitaryan can't do any of them.

So under the pressure of Balko, Wilshere and Belasino, who can play in multiple positions, plus he himself has suffered two minor injuries, the Armenian all-time number one star who has grown into a world-class star at Borussia Dortmund can often sit on the bench or even in the stands in a daze this season.

However, his departure request was not approved in January, and in order to have enough squad depth in the difficult schedule in the second half of the season, Li Mudi did not intend to let go of any players who could help the team in the winter window, so he forced the veteran to stay.

However, the Gunners boss also promised that he would open his departure immediately after the end of the season, and would not put too many obstacles in the transfer fee, which was considered a compensation. At the same time, he also used some of the possible titles won by the team at the end of the season to appease Mkhitaryan's discontent, after all, although the latter has been in football for many years, his honor is extremely limited, and if it were not for Li Mudi to join the team, it is estimated that he would have to withdraw from the mainstream league empty-handed. That picture, just thinking about it, feels very cruel.

With these two carrots in front of him, Mkhitaryan quickly adjusted his mentality and quickly recovered his motivation in training, so that his competitive form did not drop significantly due to the lack of game time.

It's just that now he can only play in the midfield position, which has really affected Arsenal's tactical transformation, and even the change of players on the pitch who used to be able to create a strong threat is difficult to use, making the Gunners' game against Leicester City a stalemate from the start.

Fortunately, they had the advantage of being in a good position, and through more patience, they played a wonderful team match in the 80th minute, and the substitute Chuma completed the fatal blow in front of goal, and finally won this victory with difficulty.