After the game against Chelsea, the team went straight to the holiday, because the next day was Christmas Eve and the day after tomorrow was Christmas. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhang Xu, like everyone, left the club directly and boarded a flight to the United States. This is to say to Nicola, this Christmas will be spent in the United States with Nicola's family.

Christmas was merry, but the tense events soon followed.

At 3pm on 26 December 2013, Arsenal played West Ham away in the 18th round of the 2013/14 English Premier League at Upton Park.

West Ham United Football Club, one of the English Premier League teams, is an English traditional football club, located in the Newham borough of East London, founded in 1895, and the team's home stadium is Upton Park. The team has won a total of three FA Cups and one European Cup Winners' Cup.

West Ham United have been dubbed the 'Academy of Football' by the English media. The team has sent a number of talented young players to the national team at all levels, and is a veritable "star factory", a reputation that has also been officially accepted and inherited by the club.

Since West Ham's double defeat of Arsenal in 2006/07, Arsenal have won nine and drawn two of the last 11 meetings between the two sides. The two sides have met 34 times in the history of the Premier League, with Arsenal having the upper hand with 21 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses. Among them, 9 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses away. The two sides have met 127 times in history, with Arsenal winning 56, drawing 38 and losing 33. Arsene Wenger only rotated Rosicky with Cazorla.

Arsenal's line-up is still the familiar 3-2-3-2: goalkeeper 1-Szczesny; Defenders No. 3 - Sagna, No. 5 - Vermaelen, No. 4 - Medsak; Back 18 Zhang Xu and 8 Arteta; The midfielders are No. 16 Ramsey, No. 11 Ozil, No. 19 Cazorla; Forwards 14 Theo Walcott and 12 Giroud.

Soon after the start of the game, Arsenal quickly controlled the pace of the game under the leadership of Zhang Xu.

In the 7th minute of the game, Ramsey passed, Zhang Xu deftly missed, and Cazorla's shot from the left side of the penalty area was blocked.

In the 10th minute, Arteta fouled Diame on the edge of the box, and Noble's free kick from outside the top left corner of the box was saved by Szczesny.

Arsenal gradually got into the rhythm of the game and Cazorla's header was saved by Adrian. O'Brien is booked for a foul on Gibbs.

In the 25th minute of the game, former Chelsea winger Joe Cole passed the ball, and after Diameh's powerful shot in front of the penalty area was blocked by Zhang Xu, Szczesny easily confiscated it.

Arsenal missed a chance in the 26th minute when Ramsey picked out a cross and Walcott fired a one-handed shot into the near corner from eight yards out on the right side of the penalty area.

In the 27th minute, Mesut Ozil took a corner kick and Mertesacker headed it high.

In the 33rd minute of the game, Zhang Xu suddenly made a through pass near the halfway line, and Cazorla's shot from 20 yards was missed. Mesut Ozil then delivered another good ball and Giroud fired a powerful left-footed shot wide from the edge of the box.

In the 35th minute of the game, Ramsey's long-range shot lacked threat and was confiscated by Adrian. Just before half-time, Cazorla's free-kick was blocked and Mikel Arteta fired wide. Kevin Nolan pokes a shot wide from the right edge of the six-yard box.

West Ham broke the deadlock just 47 seconds into the second half, when Jarvis' cross from the left was narrowly cleared, Kevin Nolan's powerful shot from inside the box was narrowly saved by Szczesny and Carlton Cole fired into the net from the edge of the six-yard box.

This is the first time Arsenal have conceded a goal this season.

This annoyed Zhang Xu, so his offensive frenzy became even more violent.

In the 48th minute of the game, Joe Cole shot wide in front of the penalty area.

In the 50th minute of the game, after Mertesacker received a pass from Zhang Xu, the shot from the edge of the penalty area hit Tomkins, and referee Dodd refused to award a penalty.

In the 51st minute of the game, Noble made a direct pass, and Jarvis's shot into the far corner from the right side of the penalty area was saved by Szczesny.

In the 52nd minute of the game, after receiving Zhang Xu's diagonal pass on the right side, Sagna crossed with his feet, and Giroud's shot in front of the point was still wide of the far corner.

In the 53rd minute of the game, Casora took a corner kick, and Vermaelen's header went wide. A minute later, Diameh's cross from the right was headed wide from eight yards by an unmarked O'Brien.

In the 55th minute, O'Brien tackled Giroud in front of the box, but he narrowly escaped a second yellow card, and Ramsey's free-kick shot was blocked. In the 57th minute, Rattle's cross from the left was missed by Szczesny, but Carlton Cole's volley from the edge of the six-yard box was deflected. Cazorla then had a series of shots blocked in the box.

Arsenal almost opened the scoring in the 60th minute, Zhang Xu's powerful shot from 22 yards was barely saved by Adrian, and Ozil's follow-up shot from 12 yards was blocked by Adrian with his legs. Diame had two shots wide from the edge of the area. Cazorla is booked. In the 65th minute, Ramsey was injured and replaced by Podolski.

Arsenal equalised in the 68th minute, Zhang Xu passed the ball outside the box, Walcott fired a low shot from 12 yards on the right side of the box, the ball passed between McCartney's legs, and then slid past Tomkins' feet and Adrian's hands into the net, 1-1.

In the 70th minute of the game, Cazorla passed the ball and Podolski shot high with his left foot. Arsenal overtook the score in the 71st minute, Podolski crossed from the left, Tomkins' header was wiped and could not be cleared, and Zhang Xu, who was inserted forward, scored with a header from outside the edge of the small penalty area, 2-1.

In the 73rd minute of the game, Cazorla made a direct pass, and Podolski's one-handed shot from the edge of the small penalty area was bravely blocked by Adrian.

In the 75th minute, West Ham cleared a corner kick and Cazorla's left-footed shot from outside the edge of the box went wide.

Arsenal doubled their lead in the 79th minute when Olivier Giroud returned and Podolski fired a left-footed shot into the bottom right corner from the edge of the box to make it 3-1. Flamini then came on for Mesut Ozil and Bendtner for Giroud. In the 90th minute, Cazorla passed the ball, but Bendtner's shot from a tight angle on the right side of the box slid wide.

In the end, Arsenal scored three goals in a row after conceding one goal first in this game and successfully won West Ham United!

At 1:30 p.m. on 29 December 2013, Arsenal travelled to Newcastle in the 19th round of the 2013/14 English Premier League at St James' Park.

Newcastle United Football Club is an English football club based in Newcastle, founded in 1881, one of the English Premier League teams, and its home stadium is St James's Park in Newcastle on Tyne. Newcastle United was one of the first football clubs to be founded, not only in the UK, but in all of Europe.

Newcastle United did not have their first manager until January 1930, but had previously won four league titles, two FA Cups and four runners-up finishes under the club's secretary, Frank Water. The club's last major honour was winning the European Fairs Cup in 1969. Fans affectionately refer to the team in the black and white striped jersey as the "Magpies".

Arsenal finished last season with a last-ditch win away at Newcastle to finish in the top four. Newcastle have won just one of the last 15 meetings between the two sides, with the Gunners winning nine and drawing five of their remaining 14 games. The Gunners have lost just one of their last 14 visits to St James' Park, winning five and drawing eight of their remaining 13 games.

The two sides have met 38 times in the Premier League, with Arsenal having the upper hand with 19 wins, 10 draws and 9 losses, including 6 wins, 8 draws and 5 losses away. The two sides have met 172 times in history, with Arsenal having a slight advantage with 68 wins, 38 draws and 66 defeats. Mesut Ozil was sidelined through injury and Wilshere returned from suspension, with Koscielny, Flamini and Rosicky rotated.

Arsenal's line-up is still the familiar 3-2-3-2: goalkeeper 1-Szczesny; Defenders No. 3 - Sagna, No. 6 - Koscielny, No. 4 - Medsak; Back 18 Zhang Xu and 20 Flamini; The midfielders are No. 16 Ramsay, No. 10 Wilshere, No. 7 Rosicky; Forwards 14 Theo Walcott and 12 Giroud.

Arsenal made a number of breakthroughs to cause problems for the home defence after the break, but the Gunners were denied a shot on goal.

In the 12th minute of the game, Newcastle United's Cabaye made a long pass to De Buxi, but the latter was tackled by Zhang Xu and missed the opportunity after stopping the ball.

In the 15th minute of the game, De Boushi passed the ball and Cabaye shot wide from distance.

In the 23rd minute of the game, Zhang Xu made a fairy-like pass in the middle, and Wilshire shot high from 25 yards. Three minutes later, Wilshere passed the ball and Rosicky curled a shot in front of the penalty area into the arms of Krull. In the 30th minute, Rosicky passed the ball, and Zhang Xu's left-footed shot from 25 yards from the goal was also received by Krull.

In the 33rd minute, Wilshere passed the ball and Giroud's curling shot went wide of the left-hand post. In the 36th minute, Giroud was booked for a foul on Tiot from behind. In the 42nd minute, Tiot's header cleared the ball and Mertesacker's volley from outside the edge of the box went wide. In stoppage time of the half, Anita crossed the ball on the counter-attack, Cabaye's shot from the right side of the box was blocked by Koscielny, and Sissoko's powerful shot from 25 yards was tipped over the crossbar by Szczesni. Debusch then hit the underside of the crossbar with a header from a corner scuffle.

The second half was a fierce battle between the two teams. Thornton's long-range shot was blocked and Flamini fired high from 25 yards.

Arsenal broke the deadlock in the 65th minute when Theo Walcott's free-kick into the box was headed in by Zhang Xu, who shook off Williamsson, from eight yards.

1 to 0! Arsenal lead the score!

In the 67th minute, Mertesacker cleared a corner with a header and Thornton shot wide from distance.

Arsenal missed a good chance to extend the score in the 69th minute, Wilshere passed through, Walcott's 12-yard stabbing shot was saved by Krull, Zhang Xu's empty shot was headed out by De Busch on the goal line, and Giroud's follow-up shot from the right side of the small box slid wide. Arteta then replaced Gibbs. Flamini is booked for a foul on Ben Alpha. Jenkinson also replaces Walcott.

In the 81st minute of the game, Szczesny cleared and hit Remy, which bounced off the left post. Bendtner replaces Olivier Giroud. In stoppage time, Jenkinson missed a good chance to extend the score by failing to throw a throw-in to Bendtner in time. In stoppage time, Ben Arfa had both shots wide of the target.

In the end, Arsenal defeated Newcastle United 1-0 away and won the league halfway title! (To be continued.) )