Chapter 130: Give the referees glasses

On March 27, 2010, the 32nd round of the Premier League kicked off; Arsenal travel to St Andrews to take on a grudge Birmingham City. Arsenal's Croatian striker Eduardo returned to the scene of a broken leg in February 2008 and was on the bench for this game, along with Arshavin, who was injured in training. At the back, Vermaelen was suspended for a red card, and Diaby made a cameo appearance as a partner at centre-back Campbell.

goalkeeper Almunia; There are some holes in the back line, but there are only some embarrassing Sagna, Campbell, Diaby, Klich; midfielders Denilson, and Alexander Song; The attackers were Walcott, Cesc Fabregas, Rosicky; Xiao Qing is a single striker at the front.

Birmingham City goalkeeper Joe Hart; Defenders Karl, Roger Johnson, Dane, Ridgewell; midfielders Gardner, Barry Ferguson, Bowyer, Fahi; Twin strikers Jerome and McFadden. Birmingham City at home are far behind Arsenal in the table, but they will not have any fear of the Gunners, they are confident that they will beat Arsenal at home, and they also think they will be one of the teams that will be quite restrained from Arsenal.

Birmingham are unbeaten at home since last September, with Manchester United and Chelsea dropping two points in succession. If they can do what Manchester United and Chelsea can't, Arsenal's morale from six consecutive wins will undoubtedly be even better.

Both teams launched ferocious attacks just after the whistle blew, and both teams wanted to win the game. Arsenal, in particular, lost a good game here two years ago because of a painful broken leg, and they were forced to draw and repeatedly slipped to lose the leader and the league title. Now Arsenal is back on the road. They want to regain their faith in this place that has caused them pain.

The second minute. Rosicky crosses from the left. Xiao Qing grabbed a shot in the small penalty area and hit Bowyer in front of him. In the first minute, McFadden's free-kick from the right was cleared by Denilson, and Gardner's left-footed shot from the edge of the box went high. In the thirteenth minute, McFadden dribbled sideways past Denilson on the edge of the penalty area, half-turned and fired a left-footed volley just wide. In the sixteenth minute, McFadden caused trouble again when Alexander Song tackled him and was booked.

The St Andrews stadium was full of joy, although Birmingham did have a big gap with Arsenal. But at the beginning of the game, they temporarily dominated the attack against Arsenal, and they temporarily suppressed Arsenal. It's definitely something that a lot of Birmingham fans didn't expect, and it's also a huge morale booster.

Arsenal were not to be outdone, Arsenal formed a real threat for the first time in the 18th minute, Cesc Fabregas played a high ball, Birmingham defender Dane made a mistake in clearing, and Xiao Qing's volley from the edge of the box was blocked by the attacking Hart with his body. In the 23rd minute, Clichy shifted to the left, and Sagna's powerful shot from the corner of the penalty area was blocked. Fabregas then took a corner kick, and Xiao Qing headed it high in the front of the small penalty area.

The pace of the game is getting faster and faster. In such a quick transition between attack and defense, the players naturally need to concentrate more, and of course, for the two teams, such a game is naturally not lacking in gunpowder.

Birmingham itself is a representative of a more traditional English football. Physical confrontation, simple tactics, and of course, their relatively bold defense is essential. Although Arsenal is the representative of Jishuliu, Arsenal is not lacking in fire now, especially the opponent is Birmingham, which has brought them pain.

Birmingham broke through on the right in the 25th minute and Clichy was booked for a flying tackle on Gardner. In the 29th minute, Rosicky sent a long pass at a 45-degree angle in the backfield, and Xiao Qing inserted a right-footed volley at high speed in the middle, but he would miss the ball. In the 31st minute, West Ham Jerome picked up the ball at the back and went straight to the penalty area, and his powerful right-footed long-range shot from 25 yards out was saved by Almunia on the ground.

In the 34th minute, Cesc Fabregas suffered a foot injury in a scramble with Gardner and continued to play after consulting with Arsene Wenger. In the 37th minute, Jerome dribbled past Campbell on the left and stepped into the penalty area, and his toe stabbing shot was cleared by Almunia after Campbell chased back closely.

Arsenal and Birmingham City failed to find the back of the net in the first half, and although the pace of the game was fast, both teams failed to get a better chance of finding the back of the net. For Arsenal, perhaps the biggest loss in the first half was Cesc Fabregas's injury; Although Fabregas was able to continue to insist on the game, he limped a little on the pitch after falling in the middle of the foot, which must have had a big impact on Fabregas's play, and for Arsenal, the core of the midfield was not in good shape, which was naturally a big blow.

In the second half, Arsenal naturally needed to work harder in the second half; For Arsenal, the win over Birmingham now is not only revenge for two years ago, but more importantly, a win in this game will bring Arsenal one step closer to the league title! So the Gunners have to work hard, they can't afford to repeat the same mistakes.

Birmingham came close to opening the scoring in the 62nd minute when Alex Ferguson's free-kick from near the centre circle went up and Johnson's right-footed volley from six yards bounced off the far post and bounced over the crossbar over Dane. If it weren't for the help of the goalposts, then Arsenal would probably be behind on the road; This is certainly not good news for Arsenal, who look really unlucky at this stadium.

Although Arsenal was shocked into a cold sweat just now, Arsenal was still in color a minute later, but Xiao Qing's long-range shot from the edge of the penalty area after breaking through hit the anti-aircraft gun. And this also made the St Andrews stadium a ridicule; Although Xiao Qing is now the first in the Premier League scorer list, it is obvious that Xiao Qing is difficult to find the feeling of shooting here, and Xiao Qing's form in the game so far is really average. It will be very difficult for Arsenal to win the game here, because their most consistent core is difficult to guarantee a good performance here.

It is obviously impossible to say that Xiao Qing's heart has no influence at all, although Xiao Qing has the experience of winning the league championship, he naturally knows that when he is getting closer and closer to the league championship, he needs to pay more attention to the adjustment of mentality and stable performance. But now Xiao Qing and his teammates are a little impatient, and the situation in the league standings is very good, which naturally makes Arsenal's players hope to win the championship in one go; Especially when this opponent is still Birmingham, Arsenal naturally hope to get three points on their opponents and almost seal the league title.

The mentality of the Arsenal players is a little overtly impatient, and the Arsenal players are naturally not the best here. But this situation is becoming more and more difficult to open the situation, which also makes the players more and more impatient, Birmingham is the opponent they must win, and the psychological baggage of the players of Arsenal who want revenge is really getting heavier.

Arsenal's impatience continued, in the 76th minute, Cesc Fabregas was knocked down by Birmingham midfielder Ferguson, Xiao Qing took advantage of the collision between the two to lose control of the ball and then picked up the ball and took the ball to break through the penalty area and shoot through the net, but the referee thought that Xiao Qing also hit people, and the goal was invalid. This made the Arsenal players extremely angry, and even Arsene Wenger almost burst onto the pitch. As for Xiao Qing's anger at this time, he naturally knew that he had some physical contact with the defenders, but this was definitely not a foul first!

'The referees in the Premier League are very good and I'll have a pair of glasses in my pocket for the next game. Xiao Qing stood beside the referee with a relaxed smile after being angry, Xiao Qing naturally couldn't be so polite, although it was a smile, but there was also aggression.

"You all have to check your shili, the last time I thought the referee on duty at the time shili might not have said that he was going to give him glasses, but it's a pity that I can't meet him now. But now I know that the Premier League referees have myopia or other eye problems. I've just renewed my contract and got a big contract, and since you're not willing to spend money, I'll give you a pair of glasses. You're welcome, you'll all get it after the game, and I don't want to see you running around the pitch the next time I meet you. There is no doubt that the referee who attacked Xiao Qing naturally got a yellow card warning, which is actually polite, and even such a bad behavior is not an exaggeration of a red card.

But Xiao Qing really didn't care, the referee repeatedly made unfavorable decisions against Arsenal in the game, which was far beyond the bottom line of Xiao Qing's patience. Maybe one or two controversies are miscalculations, but the continuous behavior of this kind of behavior may have some other meanings, Xiao Qing must not continue to swallow his anger, especially when the stadium is about to win the championship, such a thing will undoubtedly make it difficult for Arsenal to win the championship.

So Xiao Qing doesn't mind making things bigger, since the referees have challenged Xiao Qing and Arsenal's bottom line again and again, Xiao Qing doesn't mind pushing the referees to the forefront. He wants to see if the referees will continue to be biased against Arsenal after the controversial decisions, and he will see if the referees will not be indifferent after being criticized.

Xiao Qing is telling the truth, this time he will definitely lash out after the game; Even if he won the game, he couldn't let this matter dissipate silently, and he was really angry this time. (To be continued......)