333 The Shadow of the Master

Qin Xiong's precise long pass made all the spectators in the stands wide-eyed, revealing a look of admiration.

The ball was delivered like a sharp blade, tearing apart Newcastle United's defence, and hitting the heart in the vital part!

In the blink of an eye, when Ljungberg cut into the penalty area on the side to stop Qin Xiong's long pass, Arsenal was already in the city!

Perfectly played the depth of the attack, driving Newcastle United's back line to move back.

Ljungberg didn't hesitate and passed the ball across to Henry.

But he actually passed the ball behind Henry!

Or rather, it was a ball at his feet, but Henry was running forward, and when the ball rolled halfway, Henry immediately braked and turned, and the Newcastle United defenders surrounded Henry in panic.

Henry didn't force himself to take possession, but turned his back to goal and gently turned the ball back.

Like a wild beast rushing up, Vieira stopped the ball, adjusted, and hit the door with a heavy cannon!

Given's attempt to make a save, but as soon as he moved a step, he found that the football had already entered the goal, and he lowered his head in place, helpless!

"Arsenal, who played one less, scored first! Newcastle United couldn't attack for a long time, but was taken first by Arsenal! Newcastle United's defense was terrible this time, and they had to praise Arsenal's fast attack instigator Qin Xiong, whose long pass pushed the attack to the front line for the first time, so that Newcastle United's defense could only passively retreat and fall into a panic. Vieira's shot was shocking, but Given's no save could only be hoped for! ”

When Vieira swung his arms wildly and waved his fists to celebrate his goal, Qin Xiong stood in the backcourt and clenched his fists and waved.

Arsenal are demanding too much of themselves right now. Born from stress. From a leader to a chaser. There is also a lot of pressure, and a one-goal lead is not safe, and it is still a situation where there is one less player.

Sansones was stunned, he didn't expect Arsenal, which had one less player, to burst out with such terrifying combat power.

For a team like Arsenal who are adept at catching open spaces and playing crosses, space constraints are far more important than the number of attacking and defending players.

The simplest example, even if Newcastle United have a five- or six-man defence, as long as they are given enough space to sprint, Ljungberg. Henry is on the front line, maybe an accelerated breakthrough, then the person who is thrown off may be a piece.

Arsene Wenger was only happy for a moment on the sidelines, then waved his team to shrink their formation and defend well.

Before there are no new changes to the scoreline, Ljungberg can put more into the defense.

Vieira scored, he passed Qin Xiong head-on before restarting, he high-fived Qin Xiong in celebration, and then said to Qin Xiong: "Leave the defense to me, you go to the front." ”

Qin Xiong turned his head to look back and nodded towards Vieira.

He could understand Vieira's feelings.

As the captain of the team, the spiritual leader. He's more hungry to win than any of his teammates, plus he's got a lot of attacking ability. So he's more actively involved in the offense, which is something he thinks is right.

When he scored a goal, he might be able to calm down and think: Can Qin Xiong stay on the back line and exert all his offensive strength? How much protection can his defense have?

With the score ahead, Patrick Vieira can defend in a midfield position with ease.

Qin Xiong returned to the front line, and with Ljungberg also more involved in defence, Arsenal's two players actually attacking at the front end were Qin Xiong and Thierry Henry.

Sansones yelled at his team in a bit of a gaffe, clamoring for the team to speed up the tempo and put more force into the attack.

If 11VS11 loses the game, it is understandable, but if you play one more person and the attack is not effective, then Sansones may lose face.

Newcastle United are not as strong as Arsenal on the ground, and when Patrick Vieira is acting as a barrier at the back, they can hardly play a decent attack, and only when they play long balls can threaten Arsenal's goal, but Almunia is solid and it is difficult to test him with a normal shot when the opponent does not have a good chance.

Qin Xiong tried to pass the ball to Henry too much in the midfield, but after all, the number of attackers was too small, Qin Xiong had just recovered from injury, and he restrained himself from reducing the explosion of body speed, and Arsenal's offensive also lost its fierce threat.

Until the 77th minute of the game, Qin Xiong and Cesc Fabregas collided with the wall in the midfield, and they advanced almost in parallel positions, first leaving Dyer behind in a two-by-one, and then playing Bowyer.

Qin Xiong received a pass from Cesc Fabregas forty yards from goal, and in front of him was the Newcastle United back line.

Henry stood between O'Brien and Bramble, and the two defenders caught Henry, seemingly blocking him.

At this time, Qin Xiong passed.

The posture of a leisurely stroll, without murderous atmosphere.

Flick the ball forward with the outside of your right foot.

O'Brien took a quick look and saw the ball fly to his right front, and he took a decisive step towards the right front.

But after his body moved, he was stunned to realize that the football was spinning strongly!

After bouncing off the ground, spinning behind him, he lifted his foot in a panic to intercept the spinning half-high ball.

But he was already out of his mind, and the ball flew over his lap, and he turned in a hurry, horrified to see Henry slanted into the box and easily got rid of Bramble.

Henry had plenty of time to adjust, O'Brien made a mistake in prediction, and Bramble didn't react at the first time, after all, in Bramble's opinion, Qin Xiong made a passing error! Instead of passing the ball to Henry in the first place!

However, the ball was rotated around the outside line, and finally cooperated seamlessly with Henry's diagonal run!

Henry turned sideways to the goal, faced Given, who lowered his center of gravity and attacked, he calmly pushed the ball to the inside of the far post, the ball rolled half a meter at Given's feet, hit the inside of the far post and bounced into the goal!

Arsenal fans roared passionately from the stands, applauding like thunder.

They applauded Thierry Henry's goal and applauded Qin Xiong's coincidental assist.

They have witnessed Qin Xiong's growth and progress in the past six months, Qin Xiong already has the shadow of a master, like this seemingly ordinary but hidden clever pass, Qin Xiong's free and easy freehand, showing a low-key elegance.

After Henry scored a goal, he pulled Qin Xiong, and the two of them hooked their shoulders and ran around the sideline of Highbury, and each of them raised a fist on the side, setting off a spectacular wave of people in the Highbury stands!

One less player but two goals ahead!

Time was running out and Arsenal's victory was all but in the bag.

"In Qin Xiong's injury and absence, Arsenal's unbeaten record was ended, and in the first game of his comeback, even if Arsenal responded with 10 men, he helped the team to victory, the first goal came from his instigation, the second goal was his direct assist, we no longer need to question whether it is important to Arsenal Qin Xiong. Glance! He is a star in the team as important as Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira, and Campbell! It's a pleasure to watch him play, this assist just now, it seems to be light, but it makes Newcastle United's back line useless! ”

Pire, who was on the bench, Ljungberg, Cesc Fabregas, Patrick Vieira, Ashley Cole and others on the bench either focused on Qin Xiong and Henry, or ran and chased the two on the field.

They understand one fact.

With Qin Xiong and without Qin Xiong, Arsenal is really different!

Whether they agree or not, Qin Xiong's status in the team will skyrocket!

Because he's so important to this team!

Sansones looked similar to the Newcastle United players on the field, a little unwilling, but trembling.

Arsenal's attacking side is a combination of speed and penetrating balls.

There is no way to stop Arsenal except to limit space!

But in that case, how do they shake Arsenal's goal?

Arsene Wenger made a substitution, replacing Henry and Qin Xiong, using up the last two substitutions.

Arsenal will host Manchester United next week, Wenger has to think about that big game, even if Manchester United does not look like Arsenal's title rival now, but Wenger has no doubt that Ferguson will do his best to snipe Arsenal to win the title, even if Manchester United can't win the title, Ferguson will definitely want to beat Arsenal to stimulate the growth of a new generation of Red Devils! (To be continued......)