Chapter 340: Advance to the League Cup Final

After winning Fulham, Arsenal began preparations for the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final against Manchester United. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Arsenal beat Manchester United 3-0 in the first leg, and the second leg was not so difficult for Arsenal, so Arsene Wenger only arranged half of the main players in this game.

However, Manchester United went even further than Arsene Wenger, arranging half of the substitutes plus youth team players.

Such a game naturally lost its suspense, and in the end, Arsenal defeated the Red Devils Manchester United 1-0 away from home, defeated Manchester United 4-0 on aggregate, and successfully advanced to the final of the League Cup!

On 25 January 2014, it was the fourth round of the FA Cup, and Arsenal hosted Coventry.

Coventry City Football Club (pronounced /?k?v?ntri, ?k?v-?s?ti/) is a professional football team located in Coventry, West Midland, England, founded in 1883, currently playing in the English Championship, and moved to its new home stadium (Ricoh Arena) in the 2005-06 season. The club won the FA Cup in the 1986/87 season.

For a team in the Championship, Arsenal naturally played effortlessly, and won the opponent directly with a 4-0.

At 7:45 p.m. on January 28, 2014, the 23rd round of the English Premier League started at St. Mary's Stadium, and Arsenal challenged Southampton away.

Southampton Football Club (Southampton Football Club), formerly known as St Mary's YMA (St Mary's YMA), is a professional football club in Southampton, a port city in Hampshire, southeast England, nicknamed "The Saints" (The Saints), founded in November 1885, and currently participates in the English Premier League.

In 1898 it moved to the Valley Stadium as its home stadium and moved to St Mary's Stadium in 2001 after more than 100 years of use. Southampton FC were relegated from the English Championship to the English First Division after the 2008/09 season.

In the 2010/11 season, the team finished runners-up in League One and were promoted to the Championship. In 2011/12, they finished runners-up in the Championship and were promoted to the English Premier League. 14th place in 2012/13.

Arsenal have 66 points from the previous 22 games, up from 52 in 2003-04. With 33 points from 11 away games, they surpassed Tottenham to become the highest.

Wilshere and Ramsey are out injured, Mikel Arteta is back from injury and Vermaelen is on the bench after recovering from a knee injury. Szczesny and Olivier Giroud, who rested in the FA Cup, returned to the starting line-up.

Southampton have failed to win against Arsenal in nine competitive games since November 2002, but have lost just one of their last four home games against the Gunners. Goalkeeper Bonutz returned, and Wanyama, who had been out for seven weeks, was on the bench, but Lambert, Lovren and Ramirez were absent due to injury, which was also the first time Lambert missed the league this season, and Conor Gallagher, who scored in the FA Cup, was given a start.

The game was played in the rain.

Eight minutes into the game, Southampton's corner caused chaos when Gallagher's powerful volley from 13 yards was blocked by Szczesny. In the 12th minute, Szczesny struck a corner kick and Snyderling volleyed wide of the left post from 14 yards in front of goal.

After all, it is an away game, and Arsenal play a bit conservatively, not seeking possession but only winning.

Southampton had 63 per cent possession in the first 15 minutes and Arsenal struggled to pass the ball continuously.

In the 21st minute of the game, Luke Shaw crossed from the left, and the back point was 5 meters away from the goal, and Zhang Xu intercepted it in time.

In the 23rd minute, Steven Davies crossed from the right, Lallana turned away from the defense and fired a low left-footed shot wide of the near post from 20 yards in front of goal.

Giroud is booked for a foul on Chambers.

In the 37th minute of the game, Monreal turned and cleared in the penalty area and kicked Chambers to refract to the middle, and Gallagher shoveled an empty goal from 6 meters in front of the goal and missed the left post! In the 42nd minute, Southampton played a small combination in the opposition penalty area, Steven Davies played the ball, and Gallagher's shot from 10 yards in front of the goal was blocked by Szczesny's outstretched leg.

In the 44th minute of the game, Ozil took a corner kick from the right side, Zhang Xu grabbed the first point, the header was ferried, and Koscielny's left-footed shovel shot from 5 meters in front of the goal was blocked by Boruts! It was Arsenal's only threatening attack in the first half.

Arsenal had just one shot on goal in the first half, while Southampton made 236 passes, compared to just 275 when they visited the Emirates Stadium in November.

130 seconds into the second half, Monreal's cross from the left was too powerful, but Zhang Xu stopped the ball at the back point and cut inside, and Giroud knocked his heel into the goal 3 meters in front of the goal, 1-0! He has scored four goals in the last five official games, and failed to score in the previous seven, which is also his third consecutive Premier League away goal, and in the past five seasons, he has scored in double figures in Ligue 2, Ligue 1 and the Premier League.

After that, Ozil took a corner from the right, and Zhang Xu's header from 8 meters from goal was picked up by Boruc.

Arsenal rewrote the score again in the 52nd minute, Flamini passed directly, Ozil cut into the penalty area on the right side to do it back, Zhang Xu drilled a right-footed volley into the lower left corner from 16 meters in front of the goal, 2-0!

Of Arsenal's last 12 league goals, 10 have come in the second half.

Only 1 minute later, Luke Shaw made a long pass from the left side of the backfield, Jay Rodriguez stopped the ball to get rid of Sagna, burst into the left side of the penalty area and returned to the middle, Lallana pushed it into the net from 9 meters in front of the goal, 2-1.

In the 61st minute of the game, Steven Davies passed the ball, and Snyder's push from the left side of the box was blocked by Giroud. In the 63rd minute, Luke Shaw's stab shot from the left corner of the box was collected by Szczesny. 1 minute later, Zhang Xu passed, Ozil got rid of the left side of the penalty area and shot with his left foot 12 meters from the goal, and the ball was blocked by Fonte and hit the crossbar!

Luke Shaw collided with Sania's head and both fell to the ground.

In the 69th minute of the game, Flamini volleyed high from 18 meters in front of the goal. Ward-Prowse replaces Conor Gallagher and Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Gnabry.

In the 72nd minute of the game, Arteta broke through the defense and passed, and Monreal hit high on the left side of the penalty area. In the 81st minute, Flamini tackled Snyderlin with bright soles with both feet and was sent off with a direct red card! Gibbs replaces Cazorla.

In the 87th minute of the game, Fonte received a corner kick from the right side and missed the right post with a half-volley from 9 meters in front of the goal. Podolski replaces Olivier Giroud.

In six minutes of stoppage time, there was no more for either side.

In the end, Arsenal won 2-1 against Southampton!

At 4pm on February 2, 2014, the 24th round of the 2013/14 English Premier League season was contested at the Emirates Stadium, with Arsenal hosting Crystal Palace.

Arsenal have won five and drawn three of their last eight games against Crystal Palace, with Crystal Palace's last away win coming in 1994. The two sides have met 34 times in history, and Arsenal has the upper hand with 21 wins, 10 draws and 3 losses. Flamini started a three-game suspension, with Podolski and Chamberlain rotating into the starting line-up.

Crystal Palace's El Shamacher started against his former club.

In the 11th minute of the game, Dick Gakoy fouled Podolski in front of the penalty area, and Cazorla's free kick from 30 yards went straight high. In the 15th minute, Shamacher burst into the penalty area with the ball, and Szczesny made a timely attack to confiscate first.

Under the leadership of Zhang Xu, Arsenal gradually controlled the situation and continued to press, but Crystal Palace contracted the defensive line and responded calmly.

In the 34th minute of the game, Ozil's free kick was passed into the penalty area, Koscielny's header failed, and the ball bounced off the ground and was saved by Speroni.

Just before half-time, Shamach was booked for a tactical foul on Mesut Ozil. Mertesacker's header is right in the hands of Speroni. Arsenal have failed to score in the first half in seven of their last eight league games.

Arsenal broke the deadlock in the 47th minute, Zhang Xu crossed diagonally to the right edge of the penalty area, and the unguarded Oxlade-Chamberlain stopped the ball with his right foot and scored with a left-footed volley from the edge of the small penalty area. It was his first goal in 13 months.

Palace came close to equalising in the 51st minute when Jerrome Jerrome's header from the right side of the six-yard box was blocked by Szczesny with his legs. In the 54th minute, Podolski's shot from a tight angle on the left side of the penalty area hit the side netting.

In the 60th minute of the game, Arteta passed the ball and Oxlade-Chamberlain shot wide in front of the penalty area. In the 62nd minute, Parr crossed, and Delaney's header was also wide.

In the 66th minute of the game, Podolski was hooked by Gabiton on the edge of the penalty area, and the referee did not give a penalty. In the 69th minute, substitute Banan shot high from distance. In the 72nd minute, Rosicky replaced Podolski.

Arsenal expanded the score in the 73rd minute, and it was Zhang Xu's pass again, Oxlade-Chamberlain burst into the edge of the penalty area and shot hard, Speroni saved and the ball deflected into the net, 2-0! All five of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's league goals have come at the Emirates Stadium. Gibbs and Bendtner replaced Mesut Ozil and Bendtner respectively.

In the end, Arsenal beat Crystal Palace 2-0! (To be continued.) )