105. The Temporary Top of the List (Part I)

On April 24, 2016, at 13:05, a key battle in the 35th round of the 2015-16 Premier League season was played at the Stadium of Light, and Sunderland hosted Arsenal. If Arsenal win, they will overtake Leicester City, who have played a game in hand, and put the pressure on the Foxes while taking the lead.

Qiansheng did not go to the away stadium, and in order to speed up his recovery from his injuries, he could only stay in the luxurious ward of the hospital and watch live TV.

The TV in front of you is 108 inches, and the viewing effect is as if you are there.

Arsène Wenger continued to line up with the same winning line-up as he continued to start the last game.

Goalkeeper Peter Cech, Nacho Monreal and Laurence Koscielny at the back, captains Per Mertesacker and Hector Bellerin, Mohamed Elneny and Aaron Ramsey in the back, Mesut Ozil in midfield, Alex Sanchez and Alex Iwobi on wingers, and Oliver Giroud in central striker.

Subs: David Ospina, Gabriel Paulista, Calum Chambers, Jack Wilshere, Theo Walcott, Danny Welbeck, Joel Campbell.

Arsenal's prince Wilshere sat on the bench for the first time this season, because of a serious injury last season, he has been recovering from injuries this season, and this time he finally caught up.

The Black Cats Sunderland, who sit at the Stadium of Light, lined up in a 4141 formation, and the starters were:

The goalkeeper is Italian Vito Manone, who is an Arsenal academy graduate, who won the game on behalf of Arsenal away against Fulham farmers, and made several supernatural saves to keep Arsenal in the goal, relying on Robin van Persie's stunner to help Arsenal win three points. The backline is D'Andre Yedlin, Lamine Koné, Younis Kabul, Patrick Van Aanholt, and Jan Kirchhoff at the back, with four parallel midfielders, with Fabio Borini playing right midfield by Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce, Lee Cattermor and Jan Mwila in the middle, Wahbi Hazli at left midfield, and former England international and 35-year-old veteran Jermaine Defoe as the lone striker.

Subs: Jordan Pickford, Billy Jones, John O'Shea, Sebastian Larsson, Jack Rodwell, Duncan Watermore, Dam Ndoyer.

The referee of the game was Mike Dean, and Arsenal took the initiative as soon as they kicked the ball off, and Iwobi combined with Sanchez to kick the wall twice and then fired wide from the edge of the box to open the game for Sunderland.

In the 9th minute, Sanchez picked up a pass, Giroud won the ball and turned to hit the goal, but was blocked by the quick-eyed Mannone. Mesut Ozil took a corner kick and Mertesacker took advantage of his height advantage to force a header from Cabourg, but the top was too upright, and he was held in Manone's arms.

Subsequently, Sunderland counterattacked, Mvira and Catmore two midfielders shot wide from distance, and in the 15th minute, Hacili hit the goal with his right foot, and the ball grazed the post, scaring Wenger into a cold sweat.

Then, Elneny shot from distance and was easily saved by Manone.

In the 22nd minute, Sunderland almost opened the scoring when Van Aanholt's free-kick from outside the edge of the box hit the right-hand post and bounced off the right post, sending a cry of regret from the Sunderland fans in the stands. Arsene Wenger yelled angrily on the touchline, expressing his frustration with his players' defence.

Monreal crossed from the left, Giroud stabbed the shot wide of the near corner from a tight angle, Wenger held his head speechless, remembering Qiansheng, if it was him, the goal would have been scored.

In the 30th minute, Arsenal launched a counterattack, Sanchez passed to Ozil, the German passed to Giroud, Giroud was not greedy to make the ball back to Ramsey, the Welshman did not hit the goal directly, received the ball and adjusted it before hitting the goal, but it was a step slow and was intercepted by the Sunderland defender.

Arsenal continued to attack, Ramsey passed, Ozil's shot from outside the area was saved by Manone, the Italian goalkeeper was in fine form today, and Sanchez's free-kick in the 33rd minute was also saved beautifully by his flying one-handedness.

There was controversy in the 35th minute when Defoe's volley from 12 yards was blocked by Mertesacker with his hands, and Dean did not indicate it. Six minutes later, Iwobi's shot from inside the box was blocked by Yedlin's hand, and Dean still didn't award a clear penalty.

These two penalties caused dissatisfaction among the fans and the coaches of the two teams, Wenger and Allardyce ran to the fourth official to complain, the fans booed, Qiansheng touched his chin, and muttered: "I am still a referee at this level, but I am not here, otherwise, Lao Tzu will have to kill him!" ”

Dean burst into tears, big brother, I'm almost 50, my eyes are not good, let me go.

Soon after the start of the second half, Cech made two saves in a row to keep the door open.

In the 49th minute, Kirchhoff passed the ball, and Defoe's shot from the right side of the penalty area was saved by Cech, and Mwila followed up to grab the landing point and shoot from a distance, which was saved by Cech again.

In the 52nd minute, Hacili's long-range shot was saved by Cech again, and Arsenal were suppressed by Sunderland for a while.

In the 55th minute, Giroud passed the ball to the back post and Iwobi's shot was cleared by a header from a Sunderland defender.

An Arsenal corner was then swung in and Ramsey fired wide from the edge of the field in the scuffle.

In the 63rd minute, Cattermor sent a through ball and Defoe fired a lob from the right side of the box past Cech, but it went wide of the far post.

In the 70th minute, Arsenal made substitutions, Giroud and Iwobi were replaced by Walcott and Welbeck, but the lack of dry Arsenal attack is difficult to improve, Sanchez's shot from the left side of the penalty area was blocked, Welbeck made a single knife in the 78th minute, Mannone made a timely attack and did not clear the ball in the distance, Caboul pushed Welbeck behind him, and Dean still did not say.

In the 81st minute, Welbeck flashed a defensive shot from the edge of the penalty area, but unfortunately the angle was too positive, and Mannone held the ball steadily.

In the 84th minute, Wilshere replaced Mesut Ozil for his first appearance for Arsenal after a 330-day absence.

In the 87th minute, Sanchez shot from outside the box, and Mannone saved the Chilean again.

At the last moment, Sam Allardyce, who was desperate for his life, urged his players to press all the players to fight for the victory, and for a while, there was a lot of noise in front of the Arsenal goal.

In stoppage time, Koné's hooked shot from inside the box and the ball went over the crossbar was Sunderland's last most dangerous shot that Arsenal were lucky enough to escape. In the end, the two sides shook hands and made peace.

The draw left Arsenal on points with Leicester City, who have played a game less, and are temporarily at the top of the table on goal difference. And Sunderland also relied on this point, also with a goal difference advantage to beat Norwich to temporarily escape the relegation zone, and the hope of relegation was greatly increased.