Chapter 155: Arsenal's disaster
Arsenal's attack is a little chaotic, in fact, Tottenham Hotspur's attack at this time is not necessarily much better; But when Cesc Fabregas is out for the season, it is clear that there is a considerable gap between Fabregas's playmaking ability and that of both Diabi and Nasri. When Arsenal loses the core of the midfield, the team seems to be a little deficient in the connection between attack and defense, although Xiao Qing is such a strong point that everyone knows, but these players on the field may not be able to bring enough help to Xiao Qing.
As for Tottenham Hotspur, the fast pace of attack and defense is actually not too much pressure on them, and now Tottenham Hotspur is slowly finding their rhythm. It has to be said that Modric's growth rate is very fast, he has gradually become a first-class excellent midfield manager, and his presence can make Tottenham Hotspur's attack relaxed.
Now the opportunity for Tottenham is here, and it's a good opportunity for them to build up some advantage while Arsenal are in a bit of a mess.
In the ninth minute of the game, Tottenham full-back Kaboul suddenly stepped in to assist, and his cross from the right flank led Pavlyuchenko to shoot from near the penalty spot, although it was blocked by Vermaelen, but it also gave Tottenham a corner. Tottenham's young youngster Bale took a corner kick and Defoe was once again blocked in front of goal.
Arsenal were in chaos in front of the goal, and their arch-rivals were quite energetic and intimidating in this game, which forced Arsenal to try to fight with all their might. But obviously it was a big challenge for an already weak Arsenal backline, as Tottenham's attack was ferocious and threatening.
Tottenham takes a corner from the right. Bale takes a second corner; This time, Bale chose to drive the corner directly in front of goal. Although Arsenal goalkeeper Almunia single-handedly knocked the ball out of the box; But Tottenham winger Ross, who had just been recalled to the team, met the ball and volleyed in from thirty yards. Almunia blocked it but to no avail, as the ball lobbed into the back of the net and gave Tottenham the lead in the north London derby.
1-0, Tottenham Hotspur leads at home! It was Rose's first goal in the Premier League, and no one could have imagined that in such a crucial game, it would be the 20-year-old Rose, who started for Tottenham for the first time in the league! Arsenal made a lot of tactical arrangements before the game, but they definitely didn't expect such a youngster who basically all the Gunners players on the field couldn't name to score!
Arsenal are now on the back foot, watching the young youngster Rose gallop to the terrifying cheers of White Hart Lane, and the current Arsenal players are really unhappy. Arsenal really can't afford to lose this game. They can't afford to lose, Arsenal were confident of this game and they were confident of taking a win away at White Hart Lane. But now it looks like Arsenal still have a good chance of winning Zuihou, but they are really falling behind in terms of scores.
Xiao Qing was a little embarrassed and speechless, the team is now lagging behind. Although this will not cause too much damage to Xiao Qing, Xiao Qing also knows that such a score is really unfavorable for Arsenal, and Arsenal really needs to make a counterattack at this time. It's just that Arsenal doesn't have the initiative now, because Tottenham is Arsenal's sworn enemy, and they will definitely go all out to snipe Arsenal in the game, which will have a big impact on Arsenal. Especially when Tottenham are ahead. No one can guarantee that Tottenham will not completely choose to defend and counterattack at this time.
Although the Gunners really wanted to fight back and get back on the beaten back at this point, it was undoubtedly quite difficult. Tottenham are now more confident after taking the lead, and now they seem to have found a way to restrain Arsenal. Arsenal are now down behind, and this time for the Gunners means they need to work harder in the game and they need to try to score more goals in the next games.
Xiao Qing is never worried about his goals, he believes that he can break through the opponent's goal, and he believes that he can tear apart the opponent's defense. Xiao Qing has enough confidence in himself at all times, because Xiao Qing's personal ability this season is constantly improving, because Xiao Qing's on-field experience is constantly growing, which also makes Xiao Qing sure that he can find more opportunities to break through the opponent's goal in the game. But Xiao Qing also knows that football requires the overall performance of the whole team, although Xiao Qing's personal ability is very good, he may be able to suddenly break out at some point to help the team out of the predicament, but now Xiao Qing also needs the support of his teammates; Because Tottenham Hotspur is a very strong opponent, although Xiao Qing is very confident, he will not be too arrogant to think that he can overturn the opponent by himself.
Now Arsenal's biggest problem is that Xiao Qing does not get enough support, and the current Arsenal attack is somewhat stagnant and chaotic, which is definitely not good news for Xiao Qing for Arsenal; Especially when Arsenal relied on Xiao Qing's excellent individual performance from time to time to choose some opportunities, Tottenham Hotspur was able to rely on the overall strength to get some good opportunities.
In the eighteenth minute of the game, Klich crossed from the left, Xiao Qing's header was ferried, and Bendtner's header missed the left post. In the 22nd minute, Xiao Qing broke through into the penalty area and tried to shoot from 20 yards, but the ball was again deflected off the left post. Under the strict pressure of the opponents, it was difficult for Xiao Qing to get more opportunities, and Xiao Qing, who had taken on too much defensive pressure, could not get more support from his teammates at this time.
Xiao Qing was a little distressed, but at this time, Xiao Qing was even more depressed; In the thirtieth minute of the game, Arsenal's defensive core Wilmalen suddenly fell to the ground in the running without the ball, and seeing the Arsenal defense iron gate holding his calf in pain, everyone understood that this time Wilmalen looked not lightly injured.
Arsenal's players watched with some trepidation as they sat on the grass to receive emergency treatment from the team doctor, and the current Gunners players have a psychological shadow because they have suffered too many injuries this season; For Arsenal, any injury at the moment is unacceptable, especially to the core players.
Wilmaelen has only just moved in this season, but the defender has proven himself quickly; He has been at the heart of Arsenal's defence since Toure's departure, and he is the only reassuring player in Arsenal's much-maligned defence.
Amid the gloating cheers of Tottenham Hotspur fans, Wilmaelen was replaced by Silvestre, and it is clear that the current injury is not light, and it will be difficult for him to continue to play. Now Arsenal is really embarrassed, the already weak backline now looks even more shabby, 35-year-old Campbell and 32-year-old Silvestre, such a combination of central defenders is really difficult to reassure.
Because of Wilmalen's unexpected injury, the morale of Arsenal's players has taken a big hit, and it is definitely very difficult news for the Gunners to accept; Returning to the visiting dressing room with a goal deficit of 0-1, the Gunners players were a little distracted in the dreary dressing room, and now they are clearly more concerned about Wilmaelen's injury.
'Now the team is having some difficulties and I don't know how to encourage you at this time, because maybe for me it was a sudden blow. I've been at Arsenal for 14 years but I've never had an injury like this, it came so suddenly and so intensely. It was a nightmare for me, and it was a bit overwhelming for me. We could have been better, we should have won more, and we had even won the league at this time. But obviously we were affected by those damn injuries that almost ruined our efforts for a season. Wenger's voice was a little low, Wenger was also quite depressed and frustrated at this time, he didn't even encourage the players to try to make the players forget about the injury like the average manager, he was very frank about his helplessness and panic.
"Maybe you don't know, but I've got a report of Thomas [Wilmaren]'s injury, which may be worse than we thought, he has a calf sprain, and the estimated recovery time is probably about three weeks." Wenger smiled bitterly and spread his hands, "I'm sure you already understand what it means, three weeks, the season is over!" ”
Aside from this game, Arsenal will face the challenge of Wigan, Manchester City, Blackburn Rovers and Fulham in the remaining four rounds, although the strength of these opponents is generally not strong, but for Arsenal they are a little worried at the moment, because they do not know what they will encounter in the next moment.
Vermaelen is also the sixth player from Arsenal to be reimbursed early this season after Ramsey, Cesc Fabregas, Gallas, Gibbs and Girou, and Van Persie, who has just returned from injury, is still excluded here. And if Song can't come back in time, Wenger will only be able to exclude Campbell and Silvestre, the extremely aging central defender pair, in the next game!
While Arsenal are in a good league title situation right now, serious injuries have made Arsenal unsafe now because they don't know what to expect in the next minute. (To be continued......)