At present, Arsenal's league points have reached 81 points, far ahead of other major Premier League teams. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

However, because of the last three draws, the gap on points is also slowly narrowing, and Chelsea, who are now in second place, have 68 points, which is 13 points away from Arsenal.

If Arsenal continue to be held to a draw or defeat in the following league games, then the gap will continue to close.

But will Arsene Wenger let that happen? What will Zhang Xu do?

Now, the major media in England no longer continue to tout Arsenal, although Arsenal have won the first trophy, but the three draws in the league have made the media speculate whether Arsenal is lacking in succession.

"Three league games, three draws, Arsenal is exhausted? 》

"Arsenal can't get rid of the problem of lack of follow-up in the end! 》

"Arsenal draws three times, and the magical Chinese Zhang encounters the biggest challenge! 》

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At 4 p.m. on March 16, 2014, the 30th round of the 2013/14 English Premier League season was contested at White Hart Lane, and Arsenal challenged Tottenham Hotspur away.

Arsenal have been away to White Hart Lane in the last 5 league games, with 2 draws and 3 defeats without a win. The two sides have met 43 times in the Premier League, with Arsenal winning 16, drawing 17 and losing 10, including 4 wins, 10 draws and 7 defeats away. The two sides have met 172 times in history, with Arsenal having the upper hand with 73 wins, 45 draws and 54 defeats. It was Arsene Wenger's 999th game in charge of Arsenal and with Mesut Ozil out injured, Szczesny, Gibbs and Rosicky rotated into the starting line-up.

At the beginning of the game, Arsenal, who had been holding back a lot of strength because of the rotation, quickly launched a fierce attack under the leadership of Zhang Xu.

Only 72 seconds into the opening game, Arsenal took the lead, Zhang Xu gave the ball to Rosicky in the middle, Rosicky and Oxlain continued to cooperate, on the right side of the penalty area 18 yards away from the goal, suddenly shot hard!

The soccer ball makes a beautiful arc and hangs straight into the far corner of the goal! The goalkeeper of Tottenham Hotspur couldn't react, and the football went into the net!

1 to 0! Arsenal take the lead by one goal!

It was the fastest goal in the Premier League in a north London derby.

After falling behind by one goal, Tottenham Hotspur, playing at home, was unwilling to lose and immediately stepped up their attack.

In the 15th minute, Chadley fell in the arc of the penalty area in the face of several people, and referee Mike Dean refused to give a penalty. Then Arsenal played a quick counterattack, Zhang Xu dribbled forward, and then made a direct pass, Oxlade-Chamberlain broke through to the edge of the penalty area and shot wide!

In fact, Oxlade-Chamberlain had a better option for this goal, he could pass the ball to his team-mate Podolski on the other side, so that Podolski, who was unmarked and facing an empty goal, would surely be able to hit the ball into the goal.

But it's a pity that Chamberlain wanted to score so much that he didn't choose to pass the ball and chose to shoot, but he couldn't score! So Chamberlain's approach immediately aroused the anger of his teammate Podolski, who immediately ran to Chamberlain after the football flew out of the bottom line and loudly questioned why the opponent didn't pass the ball.

Chamberlain was a little unreasonable, so he could only bury his head and walk back silently.

Podolsky, apparently unwilling to stop there, followed Chamberlain closely behind him and continued to rebuke loudly.

Seeing such a scene, Zhang Xu knew that if he didn't stop it, he might cause disunity in the team, so he directly stopped Chamberlain and Podolsky, smiled and said, "Hey, what are you doing here?" Chamberlain, let you have a good rest last night, don't get excited because of the starter, you see, I'm still excited today, and I accidentally hit a plane! Ha ha! ”

Then Zhang Xu hugged Podolsky again, and said with a smile: "Hehe, unhappy? It's okay, I'll feed you a ball later, but if you can't score, you'll have to treat me to a delicious meal later! How is it? ”

Seeing Zhang Xu's persuasion, both of them felt a lot better, and after glancing at each other, they were a little embarrassed by what they had just done.

Chamberlain touched his head and said to Podolsky with a twist: "I'm sorry, I forgot to pass the ball when I was so excited just now!" ”

"Hehe, it's okay! I used to be worse than you! Podolsky finally laughed, patted the other man on the shoulder, and said softly.

In this way, a contradiction that was about to erupt was resolved by Zhang Xu.

Similarly, like Podolski, Tottenham manager Sherwood is furious! It's just that his anger is because of a mistake in marking at the back! He stood on the sidelines and ranted loudly at his team's defenders.

I have to say that Sherwood's scolding still had an effect, and Tottenham was obviously much tougher defensively and more threatening in attack in the following games.

In the 17th minute of the game, Eriksen crossed a free kick from the right, and Kaboul's header went wide.

In the 22nd minute of the game, Sagna was booked for a flying tackle on Danny Rose.

In the 27th minute of the game, Podolski went down the left flank and Oxlade-Chamberlain's shot from the edge of the box was blocked by Sandro at the left post. In the 30th minute, Eriksen's free kick from 25 yards on the right went straight high. Chadley is booked for a foul on Rosicky. In the 36th minute, Zhang Xu made another direct pass, and after Podolski received the ball, he shot on the left side of the penalty area and hit the side netting.

After failing to score this almost inevitable goal, Podolsky smiled at Zhang Xu embarrassedly, but Zhang Xu didn't care, he just waved his hand at Podolsky, and ran towards his half of the court quickly.

Chadley and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain then shot wide in front of the box. In the 45th minute, Gibbs was booked for a foul on Townsend.

In the 48th minute, Norton crossed from the right, Szczesny came out to receive the ball and got rid of it, and Chadley's shot in front of the small penalty area was blocked. In the 52nd minute, Townsend crossed from the right side of the penalty area, and Chadley missed a chance on the edge of the small penalty area. In the 55th minute, Norton's cross from the right was headed wide by Bentaleb from 11 yards.

In the 64th minute, Adebayor's powerful shot in front of the penalty area on the left side was blocked, Bentaleb crossed from the left, and Adebayor's header in front of the small penalty area missed the right post. Paulinho and Sigurdsson came off the bench. Rosicky was replaced by Flamini.

Vertonghen is booked for a foul on Cazorla. Monreal replaces Podolski. In the 78th minute, Zhang Xu's header was ferried, and Mertesacker's sweeping shot near the penalty spot was confiscated by Lloris. Flamini is booked for a foul on Eriksen. Vermaelen replaces Oxlade-Chamberlain. In the 89th minute, Sigurdsson passed the ball, and Adebayo's powerful shot in front of the penalty area was saved by Szczesny. Danny Rose and Soldado were booked in stoppage time.

In the end, Arsenal defeated Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 away in this game, taking all three points!

At 12.45pm on 22 March 2014, Chelsea hosted Arsenal in the 31st round of the 2013/14 English Premier League at Stamford Bridge.

It was London's longest-running top-flight derby, starting with the 2-1 win over Woolwich Arsenal in October 1907 by the Retired Officers. This is the 181st meeting between the two sides in history, with Arsenal holding the upper hand with 71 wins, 53 draws and 57 defeats. Chelsea have won three and drawn two of their last five games against Arsenal. The two sides have met 43 times in the previous Premier League history, with Arsenal having the upper hand with 18 wins, 13 draws and 12 losses, including 7 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses away. Luiz and Schurrle replaced suspended Ramires and Willian, with Nemanja Matic rotating Frank Lampard to start.

It was Arsene Wenger's 1,000th game in charge of Arsenal and he had not won his previous 10 games against Jose Mourinho. New signing Karlström came to the bench in the winter window.

However, this game was difficult for Arsenal from the beginning of the game, and Mourinho's tactics caused Arsenal a lot of problems.

In the face of Chelsea's rapid attacking frenzy, Zhang Xu had to focus on solid defense.

In the third minute, Schurrle crossed from the right, and Szczesny stepped in time to save the ball before Eto'o. Of course, Eto'o was covertly blocked by Zhang Xu, otherwise the ball would be very dangerous.

Arsenal also played a minute later, Zhang Xu passed the ball to Rosicky in front, Rosicky passed through, Giroud's left-footed shot from the edge of the box was saved by Cech bravely.

Chelsea were in danger again in the fifth minute when Schurrle counter-attacked and Samuel Eto'o curled a left-footed shot from 16 yards out on the right side of the box past Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain!

Zhang Xu arrived in time, Kankan blocked it with his right foot, and the football flew out of the bottom line!

Chelsea came close to scoring again in the seventh minute when Nemanja Matic stole Cazorla's pass and Schurrle fired from 18 yards out on the right side of the box! It's still Zhang Xu, he almost cleared the goal line to resolve the opponent's must-score goal!

In the 10th minute, Fernando Torres came on in place of the injured Samuel Eto'o.

Chelsea made another chance in the 17th minute, Oscar made a steal and played a fast attack again, Torres passed back, and Hazard pushed the empty net from 10 yards!

Zhang Xu fell directly to the ground from three meters away, and once again stabbed the football out of the bottom line!

In the 24th minute of the game, Vermaelen replaced Podolski.

Immediately after Chamberlain, when he was marking Torres, he hooked Torres with a back tackle and was sentenced to death by the referee!

In the 30th minute of the game, Luiz's low shot in front of the penalty area was saved by Szczesny in the bottom left corner. Arsenal, who had 10 men, was unable to counterattack, and in the 36th minute, Zhang Xu made a 40-yard long pass, and Cazorla's shot in front of the penalty area was blocked. Sagna's cross from the right was also deflected straight off the line.

In the 39th minute of the game, Schurrle's long-range shot from 25 yards after breaking the ball in front of the field was confiscated by Szczesny. In the 42nd minute, Torres crossed from the right side of the penalty area, and Oscar's close-range push was saved by Szczesny. In the 45th minute, Cazorla passed the ball and Giroud's shot from the left side of the box hit the side-netting.

Jenkinson and Flamini replaced Koscielny and Oxlade-Chamberlain. In the 47th minute, Torres forced a break on the right side of the penalty area and was blocked by Mertesacker in time, and Luis's shot from the top right corner of the small penalty area was saved by Szczesny.

In the 52nd minute of the game, Rosicky tackled Cesar Azpilicueta and was yellow carded. In the 60th minute, Rosicky passed the ball and Cazorla's cross from the left side of the box went wide of the far corner. In the 63rd minute, Torres got rid of Sagna on the right side of the penalty area and passed back, and Oscar's shot from the edge of the box went just over the crossbar.

In the 66th minute of the game, Oscar shot from 20 yards after a steal in the front, but was stopped by Zhang Xu in time, and the football bounced off the ground and was easily confiscated by Szczesny.

Salah then came on in place of Oscar.

In the 71st minute of the game, Matic made a direct pass, and Salah pushed it from 12 yards on the left side of the penalty area, which was successfully countered offside!

At this critical juncture, Zhang Xu directly activated the "fast horse whip" skill, and in everyone's stunned expressions, he was stunned to destroy the football out of the bottom line before the football rolled into the goal!

Mikel then replaced Luiz.

In the 79th minute of the game, Nemanja Matic passed the ball and Torres' shot from the left side of the box was blocked. In the 84th minute, Nemanja Matic passed the ball and Schurrle's powerful shot from 25 yards on the right went wide of the left post. In the 89th minute, Vermaelen shot wide from a free-kick scuffle. In the 91st minute, Flamini passed the ball and Rosicky's powerful shot from 25 yards was saved by Cech, and then Jenkinson's shot from the right side of the box went high.

In the end, in this game, Arsenal faced Chelsea with ten men, and they drew 0-0 with the powerful Chelsea team! (To be continued.) )