Chapter 25: Drogba's Trial

Arsenal's last win over Chelsea was two years ago in the 07/08 season. At that time, thanks to Robin van Persie's second-half brace, the Gunners came back from defeat to win 2-1 away at the Blues. After that, Arsenal suffered a four-game winless run against Chelsea, that is, Xiao Qing turned the tide last season to help Arsenal take away a draw at Stamford Bridge, otherwise Arsenal would have suffered four consecutive defeats against Chelsea. When Arsenal visit Stamford Bridge again two years later, Professor Arsene Wenger must be hoping for a repeat of the game they played two years ago, hoping to walk away with a win at Chelsea at this time.

To be honest, it is really difficult for Arsenal to beat Chelsea, putting aside the lineup and strength of both sides, in fact, Chelsea is really one of the most restrained Arsenal representative teams.

As we all know, in the Premier League, which is dominated by English football, the body is an important asset for each team, although the Premier League is no longer a league that eats only on the body. In the history of Arsenal's battle with Chelsea, the body has also been the key to winning or losing a game in a sense.

When Arsenal won the Premier League title with an unbeaten record, Arsenal were all tall defenders at the back and in midfield, so they could at least expand their defensive area. At that time, Arsenal had Saul Campbell, Adams, Keown, Toure at the back...... Wait for a dry tower, and the midfield has Vieira, Edu, these strong men. Later, with the retirement of old players and the departure of Vieira and others, Wenger's idea of building a team has also quietly changed. Although Arsenal had won away from Chelsea the year before, that victory came when Scolari's coaching philosophy was at odds with Chelsea's style. In addition to this, Abramovich's empire in rubles. Rarely shaken by Arsenal.

Football at Arsenal today doesn't just rely on the body. Rather, it relies more on wisdom, jishu, and flexibility; But Arsenal's jishu is getting more and more gorgeous. But when they met Chelsea, who might not be able to play flashy football, but could play tough games, Arsenal's proud jishu didn't have room to play a lot of the time.

At the beginning of 2004, Vain? Bridge's goal in the Champions League helped Chelsea end an embarrassing run of 18 consecutive games without a win for Arsenal, and that season, Chelsea and Arsenal met five times in the Champions Cup, FA Cup and league, and Chelsea only managed this victory, according to many. It was just an "accident".

Arsenal thought the same way, but they didn't expect that the arrival of one person would change everything, and that person was not Jose Mourinho, and the following season Chelsea bought Drogba, and since then, the Monster has begun a glorious record of scoring thirteen goals in thirteen games against Arsenal.

In Arsenal's home game against Chelsea in the past two seasons, the Gunners have netted seven; Didier Drogba scored twice and almost killed Arsene Wenger. Didier Drogba hurt Arsenal more than that, Arsenal's rising star Sendros. Hyped by the British as a leader like Terry, but it was against Drogba that he fell again and again. has been played again and again, so that the Swiss master of psychology has no confidence; And now that Senderos has left Arsenal, the former star of hope is also unknown. As for Arsenal, fortunately, Vermaelen has performed well and is not too thin for Arsenal's central defenders.

Truth be told, Arsenal's football is indeed beautiful; But they need space to pass the ball, they need more coordination. Chelsea's strong men, on the other hand, prefer simple and rough football, and when Arsenal's artists meet this group of blue-collar workers, Arsenal is left in a deflated situation. Now Arsenal is constantly creating more results step by step, so they also hope to break the myth of Drogba.

Arsenal are serious about the game against Chelsea and the Blues are ready at this time; Chelsea, who lost last season's league title tie with Arsenal, had a good chance of success, but their failure to capitalise on their chances and Arsenal's unexpectedly tenacity were unexpected. In this new season, Chelsea's goal is not only to fight for the first Champions League title in the club's history, but also to win the league title after four seasons.

Now they need to snipe at Arsenal at home, because Arsenal are a big obstacle on their way to winning the title, because the energy and momentum that Arsenal have burst out in the new season are so frenetic, now it's time to cool down Arsenal.

On 3 October, the atmosphere at Stamford Bridge was lively. This is where one of the Premier League's main events is the London derby, where Arsenal and Chelsea will battle for the top spot.

Since a 0-0 draw with Birmingham City in December 2009, Chelsea have scored in 24 consecutive games, ending their streak until a 1-0 defeat to Manchester City in the previous round. Although Chelsea's goalscoring record was ended, and although their winning streak was ended, they were still confident of beating Arsenal, because it was really difficult for Arsenal to win at Stamford Bridge, and because Chelsea had Drogba as a nuclear weapon to restrain Arsenal; Chelsea monster Didier Drogba has scored five goals in his last four games against Arsenal and has always found a chance to find the back of the net no matter what changes Arsenal make at the back.

Carlo Ancelotti's Chelsea is full of confidence, although Arsenal has been in hot form since the new season, although Arsenal has a terrifying and efficient shooting in the new season, but Chelsea don't care about these at all, they are going to stage a goal battle with Arsenal at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea want to tear apart Arsenal's defense, they have absolute certainty in the attack against Arsenal to laugh Zuihou.

goalkeeper Petr Cech; Ivanovic, Alex, Terry, Ashley Cole at the back; midfielders Essien, Mikel, Ramirez; Three strikers Malouda, Drogba, Anelka. Despite the absence of versatile midfielder Frank Lampard, Chelsea are still confident; The 4-3-3 squad was aggressive, and the three strikers were also a threat to Arsenal's defence.

Arsenal is naturally unbeaten in response to all changes, goalkeeper Almunia, from right to left in the back line, Sania, Vermaelen, Koscielny, Klicy; Defender Alexander Song; midfielders Cesc Fabregas, Nasri, Arshavin; Twin strikers Xiao Qing and Chamak.

In this game, Arsenal's main defender Alexander Song returned from suspension, and Xiao Qing and Cesc Fabregas also missed the second game of the previous Champions League group stage for this top battle. Arsenal are ready for this game and will be looking to continue their winning streak at Stamford Bridge with a win.

Xiao Qing and his team-mates are ready to do so, and although Stamford Bridge is noisy, although this is not Arsenal's territory, they really don't care about it. Xiao Qing and his teammates stood calmly in the players' tunnel, and the Chelsea players also stood quietly on the side; Neither team has spoken, and while the relationship between Arsenal and Chelsea is not strained, both clubs are now aiming for the title and they both need to prove that they are the best team in London. So in these two teams full of competition, maybe they may have some connection in private, but in such an important game, from the moment they walk into this stadium, from the time they start preparing for the game, they need to be involved in the battle, this is not the time for politeness and greetings, now is the war to the death that must be won to the death!

Xiao Qing and his team-mates were booed as they walked out of the tunnel, and although there were still some Arsenal fans here, the boos from the vast majority of Chelsea fans instantly became a welcome welcome to the Gunners, who were not welcome here.

Xiao Qing has a wooden face, and the expressions on the faces of the Chelsea players are also very numb now; Xiao Qing and Drogba's hands were lightly touched, and there was no need to care about the rest. This match is considered to be a contest between Xiao Qing and Drogba, with the two top strikers set to secure a crucial victory for their teams.

Chelsea's strength is really good, although Arsenal has won consecutive games since the new season, but they also know that the strength of opponents in previous games is generally relatively weak; And Chelsea are really a strong team at the moment, and it is definitely not easy for Arsenal to score goals against them. And Chelsea are never short of tough guys, so Arsenal definitely have a hard time facing this game.

When the whistle blew, when both teams began to engage in the match, Arsenal seemed to be in a passive situation once again.

Just three minutes into the opening period, Drogba dribbled the ball horizontally in front of the penalty area and shot from 20 meters from the goal, but the ball was blocked by the eye-catching Alexander Song who fell to the ground and blocked it with his body. In the fourth minute, a free-kick was awarded from the left side of the Chelsea penalty area, and Drogba's free-kick went straight to the goal and the ball went over the crossbar. In the sixth minute, Ramirez split the ball in front, and Malouda broke through the middle and fired a left-footed volley that went over the crossbar.

While it's no secret that Chelsea's midfield lacks spirit and creativity, Chelsea's attacking prowess is really good under Carlo Ancelotti's leadership; Especially their strong forward line, many times there is no need for midfield organization at all, as long as the ball is handed over to these terrifying strikers, then it is enough to watch the performance of this group of gods.

Now Arsenal is relatively passive by the Chelsea strikers in turn, the first not very good Arsenal defense of the new season of the biggest challenge comes, this is another huge test for them, they must withstand the brutal impact of Chelsea's forwards.

Drogba also started his own strong performance at this time, this savage striker with amazing physical fitness, and Jishu is actually very good, began his ravages on the Arsenal defense again. (To be continued......)