It's certainly not news that Arsenal want to win the league title.

The news is why doesn't this phrase come out of Arsene Wenger's mouth, not from the mouth of the team's first captain Cesc Fabregas, but from the team's newly appointed vice-captain Descartes?

If it had been two or three years ago, this sentence would have come out of the mouth of any Arsenal player, they would have thought it was a matter of course, because at that time they still had Henry, Gilberto, Ljungberg, Ashley Cole, and Lehmann, the unbeaten division of the 03-04 season is still there, and no one dares to look down on Arsenal.

But now it's different from the past, the luxury division of the year is gone, the old is old, the retreat, and now Arsenal, there is only a group of little dolls left who have not yet grown their hair, 18-year-old Descartes, 21-year-old Fabregas, 18-year-old Walcott, 16-year-old Wilshere, 17-year-old Ramsey, 18-year-old Bella, these players are certainly unlimited potential, but potential is not equal to immediate combat power, compared with old rivers and lakes like Giggs and Lampard, can these little guys give people more confidence?

So in the past two years, the media has never heard any Arsenal players stand up and say that their goal is to win the title, and even Wenger only yells twice as is customary before the season every year, and it is estimated that even he thinks that the team's goal should be in the future, not the present.

So Descartes' words made the reporters on the scene have a double feeling, one is that he seems to be a little arrogant, judging from this game, Arsenal is still a long way from the league championship; The second is that Descartes' behavior is obviously suspected of going out of bounds, and the team's boss and leader did not stand up to speak. Why did you roar first?

The media are not idiots, on the contrary, their divergent thinking and ability to dig out the truth are terrifyingly strong, and they quickly associate rumors of discord within Arsenal, and then find "evidence" that Descartes is trying to "seize power": I don't know who stabbed Descartes from the dressing room last season to the media, which made them immediately keenly grasp that Arsenal is about to change!

Cesc Fabregas has been cultivated by Wenger as a pillar of the team since his first appearance in front of the media, for which Wenger even did not hesitate to oust the team's meritorious captain Patrick Vieira and forcibly put him right. He even made him the youngest captain in Arsenal's 100-year history.

Arsene Wenger v Cesc Fabregas. There is absolutely nothing to say, and he is also the leader of the dressing room by Arsene Wenger, which no one can shake.

But Descartes was also Wenger's heart, in order to get Descartes. Arsene Wenger went to the small town of Pavia, Italy, to persuade him. Then I followed the whole process for another year. In the end, he took advantage of the civil unrest in Italy's "Phonegate" to recruit the superstar.

Although Arsene Wenger never said that bringing Descartes to England would make him a pillar of the team or a future, anyone could see what he expected of Descartes, and he even praised Descartes in front of the media many times as a "Bergkamp" type player. Who is Bergkamp? That was Arsenal's "Ice Prince", a favorite of Arsenal fans before Henry became king, and Arsene Wenger's emphasis on Descartes was evident.

But now that Descartes has suddenly shown signs of wanting to rise to the top, on the one hand, he is the leader of the team he has appointed, and on the other hand, he is the backbone of the team that he has tried his best to recruit, how should Wenger coordinate in the middle of it?

Some media turned over the question of "whether the two heroes can coexist" that was hyped up last year, and then started a new round of debate on the news, and the naked data was in front of everyone: when Descartes played well, Fabregas often achieved nothing, and when Fabregas was shining, Descartes became unusually silent.

This has clearly laid out a "fact": the style of play and the desire for the ball of the two have caused irreconcilable contradictions on the court!

It is no wonder that Descartes could not wait to make such a declaration, not only to declare war on the other 19 teams in the Premier League, but also to declare war on the status of Cesc Fabregas's dressing room.

That's what the media thinks, so that's what they write, and as for whether it's the truth or not, they're not going to take half a dime to blame for it, haven't you heard of freedom of the press?

Amid the cacophony of controversy, stirring up and gloating in the media, Arsenal soon welcomed their second rivals, Fulham of Craven Farms.

This is a game that was considered to be no suspense before the game, Arsenal have met Fulham seven times before, with a total of 5 wins and 2 draws home and away unbeaten record, and the farmers from Craven are simply powerless in front of them, even if the Dutch goalkeeper Van der Sar is still there, they can't stop the iron hooves of the Arsenal army, not to mention that the current Fulham chairman Fayyad is mired in an economic crisis and cannot afford to inject money into this team.

Fulham have made the least significant signings in the Premier League this season, and their main squad has not changed at all from last season, the only change being their manager Laurie. Sanchez became Roy. Hodgson.

Yes, you read that right, it's the current England national team coach Roy. Hodgson.

Speaking to the media at the beginning of his tenure, Hodgson said: "This team [Fulham] has relied on goal difference or relegation in the last few rounds for the last few years, and our goal this year is to be in the Premier League and then try to fight for Europe, and our priority is to stay consistent." ”

No one takes his words seriously, and the 1-2 defeat to Premier League newcomers Hull City in the first round made the media look down on Fulham, even a team that has just been promoted from League One can bully you, and you still have the face to talk to me about stability here?

Consistent losing?

So from the very beginning of this game, Arsenal were full of attacking strength, even on the road, they did not take the owner of Craven Farm seriously.

However, the facts quickly turned everyone in the face, and just six minutes into the game, it was not Arsenal who stormed from the start, but Fulham, who saw the opportunity to give the opponent a fatal blow.

Koncheski breaks the ball and passes long to the wing. Smerking's cross was headed in by Dempsey, and Fulham's counter-attack was so rudimentary but full of murder that Almunia had even reacted before the ball was in the net behind him.

The goal revealed not how sharp Fulham's counter-attack was, but how disorganized Arsenal's defence was.

It was Arsenal's left-back Klicy who was cut off by Konchesky, and Smertin broke through the Arsenal left side of the defense without a left-back.

Left centre-back Silvestri, who rushed to fill in the position, was surprisingly slow. Smertin got a kick-up cross before he could plug the hole. Then there was Galla in the middle, who couldn't keep up with the pace of American striker Dempsey and was snatched a header from behind his opponent, only to be unable to react to Almunia's reaction. Easily won by Fulham.

Such a defense if it falls into the eyes of the Italian commentators. Definitely would be evaluated as a "kindergarten" level defense. It was a complete mess from filling the position to grabbing the point, and there was no demeanor of a strong team defense at all.

Even the English media on the sidelines shook their heads in unison, with Descartes saying Arsenal's goal this season is the title. But now it looks like their defence is definitely a big factor in holding them back, and unless Arsenal can score three or four goals per game this season, they will have as much difficulty in winning the title as China will be in the World Cup finals.

There was some panic at Arsenal after conceding the goal, mainly due to Galla's accusations against his partner Silvestri at the back, who he believed was precisely because Silvestry was not in time to fill in the position, which led to the opponent being able to easily get the opportunity to cross and penetrate the entire Arsenal defence.

Without rival Toure, Gala seems to have seen himself as the boss of Arsenal's backline, his mouth is bigger and he has more time to point fingers, especially because of Xiaofa's silence, he even sometimes blames the mistakes of the frontcourt players, and it seems that he wants to be the leader of the team more than Descartes.

With two players in a team vying for the leader's spot, and now with the addition of a lonely-willed Galla, you can imagine the tremendous energy that will erupt when the media fully understand what's going on inside the Arsenal dressing room.

Silvestri is a newcomer to the team, not to mention that he came to Arsenal because he was abandoned at Manchester United, so he didn't have the courage to talk back to Galla, but for an adult, it is impossible for such a thing not to leave a thorn in his heart, but I don't know when this thorn will suddenly be revealed and become the fuse for the outbreak of team conflicts.

Thankfully, Cesc Fabregas, the heart of the team, stepped up and calmed Arsenal out of a brief moment of confusion with a long-range shot that hit the post, before leading the Gunners to take control of the pitch once again and push Fulham back into their own half.

The first half ended quietly in the exercise of attack and defense between the two sides, and as in the previous game, Arsenal once again dominated the field, and it was indeed impossible to turn this advantage into a victory, Fulham struggled to maintain a 1-0 lead and walked back to the dressing room with a happy look.

Even at this point, no one thought that Arsenal would not be able to get out of Craven Cottage, because Fulham's door was always under their threat, as if it was about to collapse at any moment, and the media and fans were convinced that Arsenal could quickly pull back the score and even overtake it in the second half with a little more effort.

Even Arsene Wenger had such an illusion, so he unexpectedly brought on striker Eduardo in the second half, leaving Descartes on the bench.

Perhaps, in Wenger's view, such a one-sided game should make Eduardo, who has just recovered from injury, look for a feeling, after all, Arsenal have left Adebayo this season and need more strikers to contribute their strength.

Eduardo's presence confirmed the suspicion in the minds of the Arsenal players that this game was just a passing scene, and their victory would be a sure thing, even the manager and the outside world thought so, what else do they need to consider?

So in the second half, Arsenal continued their first-half attack, they almost turned Craven Cottage into a training base for Kearney, on which they demonstrated their various attacking techniques, such as Robin van Persie's back-heel shot, Cesc Fabregas's 45-yard lob from 45 yards, and Walcott's inverted hook in the arc of the six-yard box...... Arsenal literally turned the game into a shooting show, and they had a staggering 28 shots on goal!

However, until the whistle blew at the end of the game, the score on the scoreboard was still 1:0, with the home team in front and the away team behind.

The Arsenal players themselves were stunned, so immersed in the dazzling attacking performance that they didn't even notice when the clock was running out for 90 minutes...... Just lost?

The players' confused eyes cast on the glaring scoreboard overhead, a scene that was faithfully recorded by reporters on the sidelines, who then captioned the picture: "Champion? Where are you? ”

This sentence is obviously a reference to the words that Descartes said after the last game, Arsenal want to be the champion? Wait a few more years!

The article was published by Manchester United's mouthpiece, the Manchester Evening News, and Descartes was furious, even though he knew that there was an element of schadenfreude in the article.

Whoever has just been forced to shove it back after a mouthful of spit will feel angry and ashamed.

Therefore, Descartes's training in the past few days has been gloomy, even if Diaby and Walcourt and others pulled him to "have a pastime", he was irritated and pushed away.

He has already set his sights on his next league game against Newcastle in seven days' time. (To be continued......)