Chapter 60: The First Defeat

Van Persie's unexpected season reimbursement has caused Arsenal a headache from top to bottom, and the team's situation on all fronts has been very good, but now because of the reimbursement of the main players, Arsenal has to start readjusting. Although Xiao Qing and Fabregas are still there, the loss of Van Persie, Arsenal's strength must have been greatly affected.

Arsenal lost a squad during the international break, Robin van Persie was almost reimbursed for the season with an injury sustained in the warm-up against Italy, Diaby and Gibbs also featured in their respective national teams, and with left-back Klich still recovering from injury, Arsene Wenger used Frenchman Traore in this position. It can be said that Arsenal, who are full of injuries, have been affected a lot now, but their opponents in the thirteenth round of the league, Sunderland, are not a strong opponent, so Arsenal still have a good chance of winning away at the Stadium of Light.

Arsenal's players were unhappy, not only because Robin van Persie was out for the season, but also because they were subjected to endless ridicule from the start of the game when they visited the Stadium of Light. Thierry Henry is the flag of Arsenal and Arsenal's greatest player; But Thierry Henry's Hand of God was unanimously criticised against Ireland, so the Stadium of Light is now full of Henry's name, and Sunderland fans are hoping to hit Arsenal's morale in this way.

Xiao Qing was a little isolated in this game, although the strength of Arsenal's midfield attackers was good, but Xiao Qing, who only had a single arrow in this game, was not used to not having the support of a partner in the frontcourt; So in this game, Xiao Qing's performance was not only not excellent, but even a little lost.

In the fifth minute of the game, Sagna's cross from the right was hooked back by Cesc Fabregas near the baseline, and Xiao Qing's shot from near the penalty spot was confiscated by Sunderland goalkeeper Jurgen Flopp. In the thirteenth minute, Xiao Qing fell into the iron wall of Sunderland defenders. In the face of Rosicky's cross, Xiao Qing could not do anything at all. Xiao Qing, who was blocked behind him, could only watch the Sunderland defenders clear.

Xiao Qing was depressed and ruthless. In this game, he has no room to move at all, there has always been a personal bodyguard like Sunderland defenders, and as long as he gets the ball, then Sunderland can quickly retract the bag, which basically cuts off the connection between Xiao Qing and his teammates to the greatest extent, especially in the game, Xiao Qing is still difficult to get the ball easily.

It can be said that the offensive end that Arsenal is proud of cannot be opened, so they can only fall into passivity on the field, not that Arsenal does not work hard enough. It's that they clearly don't adapt to the new tactics that the team has to make adjustments to; The current Arsenal even fell into passivity at the Stadium of Light, they couldn't control the rhythm of the game at all, they could only watch Sunderland wrap Xiao Qing again and again, and they could only watch Sunderland closely stare at Arsenal's midfield attack.

Xiao Qing blamed himself a little, because the team's most threatening point could not play any role at all, so this also made Arsenal's midfield attack unable to play, he was almost seen to death in the game, so Sunderland can also unscrupulously compress the defense to limit Arsenal's midfield attack.

Xiao Qing was inactive in almost the whole game, although he had worked hard, but the effect was almost unsatisfactory; Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is also quite annoyed. But now he has no available troops in his hands, and his on-the-spot dispatch has always been criticized. So now he's just in a hurry.

In the seventy-third minute of the game, Xiao Qing walked off the field depressedly in the commotion of the whole field, barely smiled and high-fived Eduardo who was waiting to play, but there was a lot of etiquette and Wenger who was waiting on the sidelines to hug gently, but Xiao Qing, who was sitting on the bench, covered his head with a towel after putting on his coat.

Xiao Qing was really annoyed, but he couldn't help it, his performance in this game knew in his heart that it was really bad; As for being replaced, Xiao Qing has nothing to say, because his performance really has no effect on the field. Although Xiao Qing was very annoyed, the current Xiao Qing still knew some things; Xiao Qing understands that if he loses his temper when he is substituted, his teammates high-five, etc., then those media will definitely make waves at this time, and this is absolutely unacceptable for Arsenal, which is not in a good situation, so Xiao Qing is still very good at this time, as much as possible, and does not give those media a chance to make a fuss.

Arsenal can't open up in attack, so this also makes Arsenal even ready to get a draw; But in the 76th minute, Adri striker Fraser. Campbell came on for Malblanco as they continued to step up their attack.

Sunderland's substitution was immediate, and in the 78th minute, Bent's header from a corner on the left was not on target, but the ball bounced off Campbell's leg and returned to the middle, and Bent swept home from six yards, making it 1-0. It was Bent's first goal in four games and his ninth league goal of the season.

Arsenal's players have nothing to say, it was a clean and good goal, and now they can only reluctantly accept the embarrassment of falling behind away; And what made Arsenal even more embarrassed was that although Arsenal launched a very fierce counterattack after that, Sunderland, who was leading at home, defended tightly, and they were very beautiful to maintain a goal lead at the Stadium of Light to Zuihou, and they killed the league leader Arsenal at home!

The record of 12 unbeaten games in the league was broken, and the record of 21 unbeaten in all competitions in the new season was also announced; Arsenal lost away in the thirteenth round of the league, which was also the first defeat of Arsenal in the new season, and the Premier League this season, Zuihou, a team that has remained unbeaten, also announced the break.

Arsenal lost, but Chelsea beat Wolves 4-0 and Manchester United beat Everton 3-0 in this round, so Arsenal's little remaining lead was suddenly wiped out, and a defeat in one game made Arsenal look a little passive now.

In the thirteen rounds of the league, Arsenal won ten wins, two draws and one loss, and Arsenal, which got 32 points, actually had a very good performance, but Arsenal's goal was to compete for the league title, so this performance still seems to be not enough.

Chelsea enjoyed their 1,000th home win in the club's history. It was also quite a great thing for them to achieve good results in the standings at this joyous time; Eleven wins and two losses. Chelsea, who have picked up 33 points, have officially regained top spot in the league table. After winning the battle of Tianwang Mountain against Manchester United, they continued to work hard to regain the league leader's position!

As for Manchester United, who defeated Everton in this round of games, nine wins, two draws and two losses in 13 rounds, Manchester United, with 29 points, is in third place in the standings.

Arsenal maintained the top position of six rounds of games and announced a change of ownership, although they are now only one point behind Chelsea, but have to admit that Arsenal has not been able to get rid of Chelsea in this short period of time, they have been closely chased by Chelsea; However, fortunately, the current Manchester United team has not been able to catch up for the time being, and the current Arsenal is still three points ahead of Manchester United, which is also something that Arsenal can breathe a sigh of relief for the time being.

A lot of the time, the media are the ones who see the wind and steer, and when Arsenal are at the top of the table, they don't seem to remember that they have never looked favorably on Arsenal before. They think that Arsenal's good results are within their expectations, Arsenal's tactics, Arsenal's form are within their expectations, and even some details of Arsenal they can analyse the head. It was a compliment when Arsenal continued to win, and at that time Arsenal was the most haode team, even if they were slightly flawed, but Arsenal was still the most haode team.

But now that Arsenal have been squeezed out of the league leader's position, Arsenal are now losing, and their main players have been reimbursed for the season, then in the blink of an eye, Arsenal has been overwhelmed with doubts. Those media outlets are now able to find too many deficiencies for Arsenal, and these are the things that Arsenal look good at the table right now. But soon the reason for the rapid fall will begin. The strength of the squad, the tactics of the team, the fighting spirit and the state of the players, in short, those media are not optimistic about you, then there are too many innumerable shortcomings, and the current Arsenal is like this, if they lose a game, then they have lost their gorgeous aura.

'We have only ourselves to blame for the loss, because we were not able to score in the game. Arsene Wenger did not complain, but accepted the bitter consequences of the away defeat very calmly, and Wenger said straight to the point. 'Some players weren't at their best, we were the only one of the game that we could concede, a free-kick, and Sunderland only had that chance.

There were many reasons for Arsenal's defeat at Sunderland, with too many injuries being the key, but it is undeniable that Arsene Wenger has done everything he can to make the best of his talents, but he did not expect that the performances of players in certain positions in this campaign will be too disappointing.

Xiao Qing only scored five points in the rating of "Sky Sports" after the game, and Xiao Qing, who was a single arrow, did nothing in this game, which was also the first time that Xiao Qing got a low score of five points after coming to Arsenal, which is definitely an unqualified performance; is not only the lack of performance on the field, but also the disappointment of fans' expectations for Xiao Qing.

Xiao Qing's performance in this game is really bad, but if Xiao Qing's performance is not good, it will affect the team's offensive end at best, but if someone on the defensive end performs badly enough, the outcome will be disastrous.

It's no news that Arsenal are lacking in the back line, and Traore is the first league league player for the year this season. Traore's performance is so disappointing, which is obviously not a good thing for Arsenal, but more importantly, there are no other left-backs under Wenger at his disposal, Klich can only wait until early next month at the earliest, Gibbs is in a slightly better condition, and he is expected to recover from injury at the end of this month, but in the time period when the two of them continue to recuperate, Arsenal have a number of tough games to play, and they are all key battles related to the title race.

The strong dialogue with Chelsea that is coming soon, if you lose, then Arsenal will be completely passive in the standings; Therefore, for the current Arsenal, due to the obvious shortcomings in the left-back position and no one to fill it, the hope of winning the title this season has now been cast a huge shadow, and Wenger may have to have some luck if he wants to resolve this crisis, because he really has no available soldiers. (To be continued......)