No. 655: Eight wins in a row!
Another highlight of the game was the referee's decision, with Malouda's foul not being awarded and Chelsea taking advantage of the opportunity to play on the counter-attack.
This ball directly caused Song to lose his cool and take the initiative to apply for a red card.
The reason why Arsenal were so passive in the second half was directly related to Song's red card.
Englishman Webb, who officiated the referee for the match, was criticised by the media, with the Guardian saying: "In the World Cup final, Webb showed fourteen yellow cards and one red card and was questioned.
In the London derby, his decision was once again questioned.
He almost ruined a classic match! ”
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After a difficult passage through Chelsea, Arsenal breathed a sigh of relief.
Their unbeaten run of 49 Premier League games can be continued, as they push Chelsea to remain top of the table and widen the gap on Chelsea.
The difference between the two teams has widened to six points!
Of course, the league has only just begun, and Arsenal are not arrogant that they already have a big advantage.
However, after the team regrouped, there was more laughter and the atmosphere became harmonious.
The mutual suspicion before the game was swept away by a big victory.
Arsene Wenger did not train with a lot of exercise, and in addition to recovery, he stepped up his set-piece defence.
While Arsenal's set-piece defence has improved significantly since the start of the season, the game against Chelsea once again exposed their set-piece defence problems.
After two training sessions in London, Chen Fan and Robin van Persie returned to Amsterdam to prepare for the European Championship qualifiers.
The Netherlands are in Group E, which includes Sweden, Hungary, Moldova, Finland and San Marino in addition to the Netherlands.
The European Championship qualifiers began on September 4, and the Netherlands did not play a tough opponent in the first round of the tournament, San Marino, and Van Marwijk did not recall the Dutch players from far away in England.
As a result, the Dutch team, which aims to train newcomers, won 4-0 away from home in the first round.
This match not only achieved the expected victory, but also served the purpose of training the newcomers.
The second round was played on 8 September, and Van Marwijk still failed to recall his English, resulting in a thrilling home win over Finland.
After that game, Van Marwijk was heavily criticised by the domestic media, who thought he was too big and almost capsized at home.
In this match, the Netherlands will take on Moldova away from home.
Although their opponents in this round are not strong, under the strong pressure of public opinion, Van Marwijk will call back several players in the Premier League this time.
The Dutch trident reunites since the World Cup, what kind of attacking frenzy will they set off on the road?
At 8 p.m. on October 9, the Moldovan National Stadium was packed with people, and the home fans were not only cheering for the home team, but also catching a glimpse of the Dutch star.
What is surprising is that there is a banner in the stands: Welcome Chen to Moldova!
Journalists from many countries came to the scene, and the Moldovan players did not expect that this match would be taken so seriously by the media, and they also had a feeling of being a star.
Although they know that the attention of these journalists is not on them.
The game started at 8 p.m. on time, with the Dutch trident all starting.
With the advantage of strength, the orange team quickly dominated the game, mastered the rhythm of the field, and firmly controlled the ball at their feet.
In the fourteenth minute of the first half, Robben received a through pass from Sneijder and suddenly cut inside on the wing, and the opposing defender brought him down in a hurry.
The referee blew the whistle and awarded a free kick to the Netherlands in front.
Chen Fan made a diagonal pass, and Robben, who was standing on the right side of the human wall, took the ball and shot low into the penalty area!
The opposing defender made a mistake and stretched out his right foot to block the football into his own goal!
1 to 0!
In the 25th minute of the first half, Chen Fan rushed to the middle with the ball, and Van Persie made a cross run with him.
"Smack! ……”
Chen Fan made a diagonal pass, the football passed through the gap between the two defenders of the opponent, and Van Persie flew to kill and pushed the shot!
Football hits the net!
Two to zero!
In the 43rd minute of the first half, Van Persie made a big show in the middle, connecting two defenders of the opposing position.
Then he reciprocated with a diagonal pass, and Chen Fan scored with a push in almost the same position!
Three to zero!
The Netherlands entered the second half with a three-goal lead.
At the start of the second half, the Netherlands continued to take the initiative on the pitch and launched a tidal wave of attacks against the opposition.
In the nineteenth minute of the second half, Chen Fan took the ball into the opponent's penalty area and was put down by the opponent's defender.
Penalty kick!
Robben made it overnight!
Four to zero!
With a big lead, Van Marwijk made a substitution, with Arjen Robben and Robin van Persie coming off in succession.
In the twenty-seventh minute of the second half, Sneijder played a wonderful match with Chen Fan in front of the penalty area, and the two came to a wall-to-wall two-one, and Sneijder passed the football directly into the penalty area.
Chen Fan followed up with a low shot!
Five to zero!
Chen Fan, who scored twice, did not stop scoring, and in the 35th minute of the second half, Bronckhorst crossed from the side, and the football flew into the penalty area and hit the arm of the opposing defender.
"Tick! ……”
Penalty kick!
Robben and Robin van Persie were both rested, and Chen Fan became the first penalty taker on the field, and he firmly placed the football on the penalty spot.
"Smack! ……”
The ball flies into the net from the bottom right corner of the goal!
Six to zero!
Chen Fan also scored a hat-trick.
Van Marwijk then replaced him, and the Dutch trident was replaced.
But the Netherlands did not stop scoring, in the 40th minute of the second half, Sneijder fired in front of the penalty area, and the football exploded directly into the opponent's goal!
Seven to zero!
In the end, the Netherlands won by this score, making it three consecutive wins in qualifying and continuing to occupy the top spot in the standings.
Immediately after the match, the players return to their respective clubs, and the national leagues start three days later.
Arsenal's opponents are Birmingham, who are back at the Emirates Stadium.
Birmingham are 16th in the table, on the brink of the relegation zone, and such teams can often burst into astonishing energy in order to survive relegation.
Coupled with the fact that most of the main players in the Arsenal squad have just played in the European Championship qualifiers, Wenger was very low-key before the game, saying in an interview with the media: "Our goal tonight is only to win against the opponent, not to go for a big score. ”
On October 16, the eighth round of the Premier League began.
Arsenal's game against Birmingham City was the first to kick off, with Arsene Wenger resting extensively and leaving many of the qualifiers on the bench.
What is surprising is that Chen Fan and Cesc Fabregas are actually in the starting lineup.
Arsenal quickly took the initiative as they started the game, and in the 20th minute of the first half, centre-back Koscielny took advantage of a corner kick and a beautiful lion flicked his head to the opposition goal.
In the 39th minute of the first half, Chen Fan successfully broke through on the side, an inverted triangle pass, and Diaby inserted it with a strong shot!
Football goes into the net, 2 to 0!
In the fifteenth minute of the second half, Arsene Wenger brought on Robin van Persie to replace Chen Fan, and the Emirates Stadium erupted in thunderous applause.
Robin van Persie sealed the win two minutes after coming on as he received Cesc Fabregas's through ball, got away from the opposition player's close defence, and then fired a powerful shot!
The soccer ball flies into the net from the right side of the goal!
Three to zero!
Arsenal finally won at home and won the Premier League for eight in a row!