Xiao Qing is indeed a little eye-catching Manchester United to win the League Cup, but Xiao Qing is only red-eyed, he still has more confidence to make other teams red-eyed, because Arsenal can be said to have a good future on the road to the league title, and the young Gunners are running wild at this time, they are all fighting for their own league championship honor.

On 28 February, Arsenal travelled to the Britannia Stadium to challenge mid-table Stoke City, still without Arshavin, Galla, Diaby and Robin van Persie, with Campbell making his first Premier League start since joining the team for the second time. Although Arsenal's injury list is still very large, the Gunners are confident of winning this game, the young Gunners have not been affected too much by the previous Champions League defeats, and the momentum in the league Arsenal is fighting for three consecutive wins, they are eager to win the league title in one go, so they cannot afford to relax at this time.

goalkeeper Almunia; Sarnia, Campbell, Vermaelen, Clichy at the back; In midfield, Alexander Song, Cesc Fabregas, Ramsey, Nasri; Bendtner and Xiao Qing form a double striker.

Although Stoke City has only stayed in the Premier League for the second time in history, Stoke City, which was promoted last season, has performed well; They are still firmly in the middle of the table this season, and their tough style of play and tenacious defense are the keys to Stoke City's stay in the Premier League.

goalkeeper Sorensen; Hut, Shawcross, Faye, Wigginson on the back line; midfielders Dilap, Whelan, Whitehead, Poole; Sidibe and Fleur in the forward line. Although they are not too famous, these players of Stoke City are still relatively capable, and most of them are the heroes who helped Stoke City be promoted from the Championship before. The chemistry of these players on the pitch is also high enough.

At Britannia Stadium. Stoke City's home record is actually pretty average. Their home stadium is not a Devil's Stadium, and they are not a home Dragons team; But Stoke City are still very good, at least in the opening game they gave Arsenal a hard shot, and they made Arsenal a little passive for a while.

In the fifth minute, Stoke City defender Dilap played a trick with his first throw-in, he unexpectedly threw the ball into his team-mates instead of the box, and Stoke City striker Sidibe headed into the near corner from 12 yards on the right side of the box; Although it did not pose any threat, it also made the Arsenal players a little depressed for a while. Encountering such an opponent who does not play according to common sense, Arsenal really needs to work harder.

In the eighth minute of the game, Dilap tasted the sweetness, Delap threw a throw-in from the right side, Shawcross crossed the header to the back point in the chaos, Stoke City midfielder Danny Poole followed up, and the unguarded Poole scored with an easy header from the left side of the small penalty area! 1-0, Stoke City leads at home.

Arsenal suffered another depressing opening black, they conceded first again in less than ten minutes, Arsenal now seem to like to concede first and then try to catch up, their back line at this time continue to make mistakes to challenge everyone's bottom line; The Gunners now seem to be proving that no matter how many goals they concede. But they were still able to win the championship with Zuihou. That's what Arsenal are doing now because they've conceded too many goals.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is now out of the question. Although he has tried to strengthen the team's defence in training, it now looks like Arsenal's backline will concede goals in the game, and their defense has not improved much after more than half a season. Now it is enough for Wenger to just hope that there will be no low-level mistakes in the team's back line, and now he is more looking forward to the team's forwards to score goals, and now Wenger hopes that Xiao Qing can step up again.

Although Arsene Wenger is very dissatisfied with his defenders, he can only accept it now, at least until the end of the season; Although such a ticking time bomb will make it much more difficult for the team to win the title, Wenger, who is still very confident in the team's attacking ability, believes that the league title will still belong to Arsenal.

Xiao Qing also has nothing to say now, Xiao Qing, who is depressed and kicking the turf, can only wait for the game to restart, Xiao Qing can only work hard to score goals in the next game to help the team get out of the predicament. Now Xiao Qing can only do this, and he can only do this. The team's conceded goal is no longer a blow to Xiao Qing, and the Arsenal players have adapted to this scene; It's very unpleasant, but they all understand that the current team's defensive ability is like this. Complaining is obviously not enough, so Arsenal can only try to make up for these deficiencies with more performances in attack.

Although the team is conceding goals, although the patience of Arsenal's players has almost reached the limit, the meaning of the existence of this much-maligned backline seems to be to challenge the limit of everyone's patience; Not only are they incapacitated, they also continue to suffer from setbacks.

In the 24th minute, Dilap's throw-in caused trouble again, and Sidibe grabbed the first point, but the ball was cleared by the Arsenal player after a series of rebounds. The Gunners have a thrilling guarantee that they will not be extended to Stoke City, and they are relatively safe for Arsenal for the time being.

Xiao Qing naturally knows what he wants to do now, and the Arsenal players are now carrying out their work in an orderly manner; Now that the team is behind, then Xiao Qing needs to start more individual attacks at this time. In this season, he has stood up many times when needed, and Xiao Qing has done no less such things, so the Arsenal players inevitably rely on Xiao Qing, at least they all understand that Xiao Qing will definitely be able to help the team at such a moment.

In the twenty-sixth minute of the game, Xiao Qing, who was holding the ball, suddenly changed direction and entered the penalty area, but Xiao Qing did not expect that he would encounter a more ruthless existence than him; Stoke City defender Shawcross didn't care that this was a penalty area, he made vicious tackles, and even showed off his spikes and wouldn't close his feet.

Although Xiao Qing can choose to take a beat, he may be able to get a penalty. Although Xiao Qing thinks that his physical fitness is very good; But Xiao Qing didn't dare to take risks. In the face of such a ferocious shovel, it was difficult for Xiao Qing to guarantee that he was fine. Now the team is at a critical juncture to win the championship. Xiao Qing's career is in a critical period of rapid climbing, so Xiao Qing will not gamble, he needs to be more responsible for his career.

Xiao Qing's self-protection allowed Xiao Kroos to tackle the ball, but the clearance went directly to Cesc Fabregas, who volleyed directly into the goal, and the ball was saved by Sorensen's quick movement.

Xiao Qing glared at Xiao Cross, who was a little proud, in the face of such a butcher-like defender, Xiao Qing was very patient a lot, otherwise he really couldn't help but want to go up and beat people. These guys might be able to help the team a lot. Their defense is also synonymous with toughness and ferocity; But it is the presence of these guys that can cast a shadow over the careers of some players, and the lack of work ethic of these guys is likely to bring a devastating blow to some players.

Although he failed to score in this attack, Xiao Qing was still full of confidence, and he believed that he could have more opportunities in the next game; As for Shaw Cross, let him be proud for the time being, because Xiao Qing believes that he will definitely be able to score under the defense of this nasty guy.

In the 32nd minute of the game, Cesc Fabregas crossed from the right wing, and it was natural to grasp such a well-landed cross. Xiao Qing squeezed into the small penalty area and stopped the ball on the chest of Xiao Qing of the defender, although Xiao Cross, who was making up for the defense at this time, had quickly blocked in front of Xiao Qing and was trying to stretch out his feet to steal. But Xiao Qing didn't give Xiao Cross a chance at this time. Xiao Qing did not wait for the ball to fall after stopping the ball on his chest; Xiao Qing, who was interfered with by Xiao Cross's outstretched foot, directly got up and volleyed, as for Xiao Cross's foot. Who cares about him!

Xiao Qing's shot was very smooth and sudden, and Xiao Cross, who was making up for the defense, watched Xiao Qing complete this difficult shot in front of him; And Stoke City goalkeeper Sorensen obviously didn't expect Xiao Qing to make such a sudden shot, and Sorensen, who was half a beat slower, also wanted Zuihou's save in hindsight, but the ball had already blasted into the goal in front of him!

1-1, Xiao Qing's goal helped Arsenal equalize; Xiao Qing continued his strong performance, and he once again stepped forward at a critical moment. Although Arsenal is only a draw with Stoke City, the Arsenal players are confident that they will take Zuihou to win at the Britannia Stadium, and they believe that this game will belong to Arsenal!

Xiao Qing bumped into Xiao Cross, who was still stunned, but the score of 1 to 1 did not satisfy Xiao Qing; More importantly, Xiao Qing wants to tell Xiao Cross that toughness is not just about pretending to be fierce and making dangerous defenses on the court, being tough is more of a determination not to admit defeat and fight bravely!

Xiao Cross was still directly knocked away by Xiao Qing, Xiao Qing squeezed away Xiao Cross expressionlessly and ran to the goal to pick up the ball; It's just 1-1, it's not enough, Arsenal need to do better, they don't want to settle for a draw and they still need to win. So now the game is just beginning, Arsenal's attack is just starting to begin, and this game can't just be boring like this, because the Gunners need to be better.

Xiao Qing was generally satisfied with the first half of the game, although he only returned to the locker room with a score of 1-1, but Xiao Qing believed that Arsenal would perform better in the second half. And now Stoke City is obviously more and more powerless to parry, although they are still trying to defend, but the integrity of their defense is basically torn apart, Stoke City's current defense is more of a straggler, they can only rely on more fouls to stop Arsenal's attack. Now Stoke City has reached the end of the crossbow, and they are not far from the collapse of Zuihou.

Although it is very unpleasant to be fouled frequently, Xiao Qing also knows that this is a habit that Stoke City has always had; In the second half of the game, Xiao Qing will not back down because of these fouls in Stoke City, because Xiao Qing believes that he can score, and he can completely tear apart the original face of those paper tigers who pretend to be fierce. (To be continued......)