Arsenal suffered a draw when they were held to a draw by Aston Villa in the 23rd round of the league; The draw was a serious blow for Arsenal, who failed to win at this time and saw them tragically overtaken by Manchester United in the table.

Originally, Arsenal won the halfway title, but their advantage in the standings is not obvious, and Manchester United and Chelsea have not made mistakes at this time and continue to win, which also makes Arsenal more pressured, once they make mistakes, then Arsenal will lose the initiative in the competition for the title.

Manchester United beat Hull 4-0 and Chelsea beat Birmingham 3-0, both teams have maintained a winning record since the second half, which also made them rush to catch up with Arsenal in the table, and now they have finally overturned Arsenal's dominance, and Manchester United is also at this time to reach the league leader for the first time this season, and they finally showed the strength of the defending champions.

Arsenal won 17, drew 4 and lost 2, and Arsenal with 55 points is already very good, but this is not enough to keep them in the league leader's position, although Arsenal is still a member of the first group of the league title, but they did suffer a blow at this time.

Manchester United has achieved 18 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses at this time, accumulating 56 points, and they have completed the overtake in the standings at this time because of the loss of points by Arsenal, and Manchester United, who have been chasing closely, have temporarily become the leaders in the league title race with their resilience and strong overall strength.

And Chelsea's performance is actually good, although Drogba and others to participate in the Africa Cup of Nations is indeed a big impact on Chelsea's strength, but Chelsea still relied on a relatively luxurious squad to safely survive the most dangerous January game. Seventeen wins, three draws, three losses. Chelsea now have 54 points. They are now just one point behind Arsenal.

The media in England went crazy. The fans are also excited now; This season's Premier League title race is really quite miserable, in the first half of the game the three teams are inseparable, in the second half of the game so far it seems that the three teams continue to entangle, even more tragic battle.

Manchester United at the top of the table, Arsenal in second place and Chelsea in third place, all three teams are only one point away from each other, and the top and third teams are only two points apart, which is definitely an exciting result and a worrying result. Because everyone understands that if a team makes a mistake in a certain round of games, it is likely to mean that they are temporarily left behind, which means that there may be some changes in the title race in the standings.

The further the game is played, the more important it becomes, and the more frequent the replacement of personnel will be, and Saul Campbell, who has been well-healed, is undoubtedly an important rotation target in the central defensive line; Now that Vermaelen is injured, Campbell has undoubtedly become even more important at Arsenal and Arsene Wenger's first signing in the winter transfer is quite timely.

Campbell has a wealth of experience, a lot of seniority, and an inexhaustible championship factor. It's what the Arsenal youth army is desperately lacking. With him, Arsenal's total number of players with Premier League title experience (Gala, Clichy, Silvestre). It's all defenders. Offense depends on speed, defense depends on experience. Campbell reworked the gunner, what a gamble!

Arsene Wenger, who is reluctant to buy Premier League managers, has two characteristics: first, the body and fighting spirit are hung with a white flag at the same time; Second, the locker room cancer. Campbell's runs may not be as fast as he once was, and his arms aren't as powerful as they once were, but he can be an invisible leader on the pitch and do things that sideline coaches can't. This is still a short-term contract!

It was a disaster for Arsenal to play against Aston Villa, who drew with Villa and left the Gunners in second place in the table, as they were knocked out of the top of the table by Manchester United. And more importantly, because of Vermaelen's injury, Arsenal will undoubtedly have a more difficult time in the next games.

Another long-lived league top, with Arsenal still basking in the excitement of reclaiming the top spot, and just a month later, the draw with Villa announced a return to the harsh reality of the young Gunners. This season's Arsenal have been at the top of the league table for a while, and now this is the third time that they have been pushed down again after a brief summit, but the difference is that if you come down now, it will be too difficult to rush up again!

As for Haode, Arsenal are still on a 14-game unbeaten run in the league and have lost just two league games this season, the fewest of the three favourites.

The real headache for Wenger is the manpower, today the game hurt Vermaelen and Da Silva in succession, the Belgian immediately left the game, Wenger suspects that he has a broken bone in the fibula, there is no need to count on the recent games, and Da Silva will miss the game against Manchester United despite a minor injury.

In the draw with Aston Villa, Belgian centre-back Vermaelen went off injured and the limping Gunners kept suspects that they could suffer a serious injury from a broken calf or bone, which worried Wenger and all Gunners fans. After examination, the results showed that it was not so serious, and Vermaelen's leg bone did not have a bone crack or fracture, but it is certain that Arsenal's current most consistent performance, Europe's strongest central defender with a knife who has scored four goals in the Premier League + Champions League this season, will definitely be absent in the short term.

Although it is without Vermaelen, Diaby is also injured in training and will definitely not be able to play in the 24th round of the top match with Manchester United, but Eboue and Song, who have just returned from participating in the Africa Cup of Nations, are expected to appear, which may be good news for Arsenal; Although there has always been a shortage of manpower, Arsenal can still put together a good lineup.

Look at Arsenal's next games, January 31 against Manchester United, February 7 against Chelsea, February 10 against Liverpool, after these three games, Arsenal has the possibility of a championship tie, almost decided, and at this time it hurt the two main players, Wenger himself couldn't help but lament after the game: "If the game against Manchester United is like tonight, then the game will be too difficult." ”

These three games, of course, need Arsenal to be able to use the main lineup as much as possible to gnaw down one by one, but Arsenal's two weak areas this season are still adding fuel to the fire at this time. In addition to Vermaelen and Gallas, the other substitutes in the central defense line are not reassuring, not to mention the release of Senderos, and the only substitutes in the rotation are Silvestre and Campbell, whose physical reserves are very doubtful. Now Vermaelen looks at this jiashi, it is possible to miss all three games, how Arsenal will play central defender, Wenger has to think carefully. The other is the forward line, Bendtner finally sat on the bench, Wenger can engage in double strikers, but Da Silva is injured again, missing at least one of the three games, Bendtner, who has been out of the game for three months, and Bella, who has played a pitiful game, these three focus battles are really torturous to be the protagonist of the score, Wenger estimates that Xiao Qing has to play a single striker.

Arsene Wenger, who sat in the press room, smiled and admitted that the next month will be the most important for him in charge of Arsenal...... That's right, after Villa, they also have to face two title rivals, Manchester United and Chelsea, and in the end, they will face Liverpool at home. It's a tough task for the Gunners who are still young, but it's also a challenge, a challenge for the league title this season, a challenge for the future.

"I've never seen a four-game streak that was so significant, even before I arrived. It's a coincidence -- all of them are crucial. Arsene Wenger concluded: "If we win them all, of course we will be in a very strong position. Then we will have real hope. Let's start with the first one and ignore the others for now. ”

To be fair, losing the FA Cup early is not necessarily a bad thing for Arsenal, who are already full of injuries and do not have such a large squad. Concentrating on the two most important tournaments makes more sense for their young players.

Arsene Wenger's memories may be a little flickering, as they were faced with such a back-to-back campaign during their unbeaten 2003/2004 season. At the end of February 2004, they faced strong opponents in the Champions League, FA Cup and league in quick succession over a period of 16 days, but Arsene Wenger's "forgetfulness may have been justified" as they failed to win all but one of their victories over Liverpool in Zuihou, and were knocked out of the FA Cup and Champions League by Manchester United and Chelsea. Now, Arsenal have simply been knocked out of the FA Cup and League Cup in between.

Arsenal are not known for their large line-ups, so every time they encounter a dense schedule and fierce battles one after another, there is always some lack of strength. Two years ago, they also led the Premier League by five points in February. However, after a 4-0 thrashing of Manchester United in the FA Cup, Eduardo dealt a fatal blow to Birmingham City, with only one win in seven games that lifted them out of contention for the league title, while at the same time they struggled to knock out defending champions Milan in the Champions League on the other side, and eventually ended in defeat by Liverpool.

To put it simply, with the current Arsenal squad, it makes more sense to look at a tournament and go all out.

Xiao Qing knows the team's current predicament, and he also knows that it is now a critical moment for Arsenal; Xiao Qing is not worried about the next game with Manchester United, although Manchester United is very strong, although Arsenal failed to win at Old Trafford in the first half of the game, but this time it is at the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal is the protagonist! (To be continued......)