On 1 February, the winter transfer window was about to close, and many teams were scrambling to make a deal at the last minute, but it had nothing to do with Arsenal, and their task was already done after the extension of Shaw's contract, and the squad was largely unchanged, and they could concentrate on preparing for the second half of the season. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The opponent of this Premier League game is Aston Villa, a team struggling in the relegation zone, and it seems that the result of the game is unsuspenseful against Arsenal, who have remained unbeaten so far, but it still attracts many fans to watch, and their focus is not on the game itself, but on Xiao Ji.

As we all know, Xiao Ji has scored 36 goals and 14 assists in all competitions so far, far exceeding the requirements of his new contract, which means that the club can't control him now, and whether he can play or not depends entirely on his own ideas, and everyone wants to see what his character is.

Arsenal's starting No. 9 is prominently listed, Xiao Ji's work ethic is still very high, and Gunners fans are relieved, in their opinion, Xiao Ji's existence is more reliable than a double-digit lead in the standings.

Not only did he play, but he also played hard, and the turmoil in January didn't affect his form at all, and he was the striker who scared the opposition into the game, scoring another hat-trick in this game, his fifth of the season, as the team slaughtered the opposition 5-0.

In the next game, fans were worried that Xiao Ji would not play, he did not use his privileges, started every game, and also won 2-1 against the bitter enemy Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane Stadium, and the anger of the home fans was the happiness of the Gunners fans, and they supported Xiao Ji even more.

Until the knockout round of the Champions League on February 26, Arsenal had been in the last 16 of the Champions League for many years, replacing Real Madrid as the new Champions League sixteen, and Gunners fans are hoping that Xiao Ji, who has risen strongly this season, can lead the team to crush the less glorious title.

They were disappointed, Xiao Ji did not start in this game, and did not even enter the bench, they were angry at Xiao Ji's escape, and they were very happy to abuse vegetables, and they were instigated when they met a strong opponent in the Champions League? This time it's just Monaco in Ligue 1, won't you have to kneel down next time you meet Barcelona Bayern or something?

Arsene Wenger gave an explanation that this game was not that Xiao Ji was out to participate in other games, but that he had a fever and could not continue to play.

Xiao Ji grew up in the warm and humid Jiangnan since he was a child, and has been accustomed to the subtropical monsoon climate there, while the United Kingdom belongs to the temperate oceanic climate, which is quite humid, but the temperature is not good, spring, summer and autumn are fine, and in winter, the temperature can reach as low as minus 10 degrees, which is obviously beyond Xiao Ji's tolerance range.

In addition, he has a girlfriend, he has been chatting with Emma all day long, his energy consumption is huge, and he was invaded by the wind and cold, that is, he can only last for so many days as an athlete, and now he finally can't bear it.

Only then did the fans know that they had misunderstood Xiao Ji and wished him a speedy recovery.

The second leg will be very difficult for Arsenal to be conceded by their opponents at home stadium and they only scored a face-saving goal in the last minute.

This season, Arsenal have not lost in the Premier League, and have only lost two games in the League Cup and Champions League, and have never lost so badly, and they attracted the harshest criticism of the season after the game, with the media criticizing Arsenal for suffering from "Xiao Ji Dependency".

After all, it was just a small cold, a few days were enough for Xiao Ji to recover, he played in the next game, and Arsenal with him seemed to change teams, swept away the previous decline, and beat the powerhouse Everton 3-0 at home.

They continued to do so with a 2-0 win over Queens Park Rangers in the Premier League, then a 2-1 win over Manchester United in the FA Cup, striding on their way to defending their title, and finally a 3-0 thrashing of West Ham United to finally reach the second leg of the knockout rounds of the Champions League.

It's a real do-or-die battle and Arsenal have to win, and they have to score at least three goals and win more than two, otherwise they will have to say goodbye to this season's Champions League.

It was undoubtedly going to be a tough game and even Arsenal fans didn't have much confidence in the team, with one fan lucky enough to be selected to ask the player a question before travelling.

He went straight to Xiao Ji and asked, "Xiao, can we win this game?" "It's simple, it's simple, and even stupid in a sense, who knows the outcome of the game before the game, but it reveals the fan's desire for victory and trust in Xiao Ji.

A smart player would reply: "We're going to try to win and give our best." "We showed a desire to win without getting slapped in the face after a defeat, we did our best, but unfortunately we lost because we were unlucky.

But Xiao Ji knew that what this fan wanted was definitely not such a perfunctory answer, he smiled and said: "Yes, you can prepare to buy tickets for the Champions League 1/4 finals." ”

Xiao Ji said it in a very positive tone, of course he knew that it was risky to say this, and if he failed in the end, he would be slapped in the face, and he would definitely be put on an arrogant hat by the media, which would also affect his reputation, but he still said so.

We are Arsenal, the Arsenal of technical flow, the Arsenal of tacit understanding, the Arsenal of attacking well, the Arsenal of owning my Arsenal!

3 goals, a lot, but not much, Arsenal's average goals per game this season is close to this number, Xiao Ji alone can contribute more than one goal per game, not an unattainable number, and the opponent is only Monaco, this is no longer the Monaco of the 20th century, at the same time the head coach Arsene Wenger has also coached this team, even if it is a long time, the original players have long been replaced batch after batch, players are easy to change, the style is difficult to change, he absolutely knows this team's football style, a team's style is not so easy to change, which is calculated in 10-year increments.

The fans left happily with the answers they wanted, and Xiao Ji and others also embarked on the journey.

Louis II Stadium, this stadium can only accommodate more than 18,000 spectators, not to mention compared with famous stadiums such as the Bernabeu and Camp Nou, the Premier League can find a team with a larger home stadium than this, and it is definitely a pocket stadium.

Small but famous, the venue is home to the UEFA Super Cup and the IAAF World Championship in Athletics – the finals, and now it welcomes a group of uninvited guests, Arsenal from London, England.

In the midst of much anticipation, the second leg between Monaco and Arsenal officially began.

As soon as Monaco came up, he put on a shrinking formation, as if to say: "Come on, me vigorously, I will not resist." ”

Usually Monaco would never dare to do this, that is looking for death, they will lose after a long defense, they are not the teams of Italy who defend perfectly and counterattack sharply, but they now have a two-goal lead, and there are still three away goals, and one or two goals are completely within the range of tolerance.

Arsene Wenger in the dugout couldn't help frowning, Monaco did this very purposefully, they didn't care about the win of this game, they only cared about the victory on aggregate, breaking the dense defense is a worldwide problem.

In the first half of the game, Monaco was pressed and beaten, but Arsenal couldn't get a chance to score, and it was Xiao Ji who knocked on the door of Monaco with an inexplicable world wave.

It is unrealistic to expect Xiao Ji to be able to play such a long-range shot all the time, it is already great to score 1 goal, and Monaco will definitely pay more attention to the defense of Xiao Ji's long-range shot after suffering a loss.

The Monaco were able to accept the situation and they walked into the tunnel with joy.

In the second half of the game, they still put the bus at the door, but Arsenal really didn't have a good way.

Xiao Ji knew that he had to stand up, he didn't want to be slapped in the face, taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity, he called Ozil and Sanchez over, he asked them to go with him to attack the defense, let them play according to their own ideas, he could guess their thoughts, he would receive and pass the ball at the right time, and he must increase the speed of the ball.

Xiao Ji has won so many games and scored so many goals during this time, and he has already accumulated a bunch of football-specific attribute points, and he spent some experience to buy Sanchez, which Ozil has before it, which can obviously improve his cooperation with them.

Ozil and Sanchez were skeptical that Xiao Ji could guess their thoughts, but out of trust, they did as Xiao Ji said.

Then the audience saw a pleasing scene, in a red and white ocean, 3 yellow boats shuttled in it, they cooperated tacitly, when the other two boats were in difficulty, there was always a boat that could help at the most appropriate time, they advanced extremely fast, the ocean could not keep up with their rhythm at all, wave after wave of waves came, but all fell behind them.

The incredible three-man combination made full use of the individual abilities of the three and the combination of each other, with Xiao Ji being the pivot and finally Sanchez finishing the final blow, and they showed a textbook breaking dense defence.

The audience was already dumbfounded, even Sanchez himself was very surprised, he himself didn't know how he could advance so easily, and easily scored, Ozil had previous experience, relatively better.

The head coach of Monaco can't sit still, if Xiao Ji's long-range shot is just a coincidence, then this is obviously a routine, and the routine can be repeated, that is to say, Arsenal can still score, and their lead is almost gone, Arsenal only need to score 1 more goal, and it will be them to go home.

It was too late for Monaco to make a hastily adjustment, failing to find the back of the net, while Arsenal continued to play a fluid three-man combination, this time with Mesut Ozil on the scoresheet.

With three goals from the XOS pair, Arsenal won 3-0 away at Monaco to complete the big comeback, and this game became the battle of fame for the XOS pair.