Chapter 465: Liverpool is the champion?

In fact, in the media, Li Zihan, who is excellent in the table, is not the only protagonist. The No. 2 protagonist naturally made a shocking oolong as the referee on duty, Marrina, and the media did not make fun of him after the game. At the same time, some of the bricks and beasts have once again pointed the finger at the FA and the refereeing committee, which they don't like. This time, there are no club people to speak for these two major institutions, and the 20 clubs in the Premier League are more or less dissatisfied with them, and everyone has been cheated by their "wonderful".

The supporting roles are naturally Gibbs, who was also shot while lying down, and Chamberlain, the "culprit" who has not yet been able to distinguish the situation, and there is also a supporting role is Fernando Torres, who finally scored in the league!

Poor Torres finally scored in the league, and it was a brace with two goals. But in the end, no one paid attention, and everyone's attention was given to Li Zihan and Marriner, the two protagonists, and his "role" was naturally less. Even the "attack" between Arsene Wenger and Mourinho has rarely appeared in the media, and it is basically a passing mention.

Major newspapers and media have given space to Li Zihan, who is excellent, and Marrina, who is also "excellent".

Arsenal and Chelsea drew with Liverpool and Manchester City as the biggest gainers. Unknowingly, Liverpool, who have finished 31 rounds of league games, has already scored 73 points, one point higher than Arsenal, which has one less round, Chelsea, who also has one less round, is two points behind the Reds, and Manchester City, which has two games less, is three points behind.

So before you know it, a draw has taken Arsenal from the top of the league to second place in the league

However, Arsene Wenger has not complained about the player, and it is actually a miracle that Arsenal have been able to sit at the top of the league during a massive injury. So you can't blame the players for not working hard.

Arsene Wenger kept his players on the nerve and held on for the last two months.

It's just that his way of admonishing is a little special: "Okay, now that we're from the top of the league, we can finally breathe a little bit of relief." I know that being in the lead puts a lot of pressure on you. Behind us, Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool are always chasing us like three hungry wolves, trying to feed their hungry bellies with our fresh meat. But now we don't have to carry that pressure anymore and it's all transferred to Liverpool. The position that the Red Army had worked so hard to gain was actually just a hot potato. As long as the 38 rounds of the league are not over, as long as they do not get the points they need to win the championship, it is not clear who will win the championship in the end. So now, guys, it's time for us to play the role of the pursuers and let's put some pressure on Liverpool to let them know that the position of leader is not so easy to do. ”

"Okay, the laggards should look like the laggards, and now everyone has to work hard in training and playing. I don't want to go to the last few rounds of the league and fight for the title to fight for that damn fourth place in the Champions League!! ”

"Got it?" Arsene Wenger asked the players standing in front of him loudly.

The Arsenal players were very surprised, because this was not their own teaching style at all. So no one could react, and the scene fell into a very silent scene.

Arsene Wenger was unhappy with the situation, repeating loudly: "Got it? ”

"Understood, Sir!" This time the players reacted and responded loudly to their manager.

Wenger was satisfied, he clapped his hands: "Okay, now, let's start training, since you have a half-day off in the morning, you are now half a day behind Liverpool, Manchester City and damn Chelsea, so work hard to catch up with this half-day distance!" ”

All Arsenal players: ""

After Arsene Wenger's "Pursuit of the League Leaders" meeting, Arsenal's day-to-day training officially began.

However, Li Zihan always felt that something was wrong, a bit like the gray wolf chasing Xiyangyang

In fact, although Liverpool is only one or two points ahead, with seven rounds of the league remaining, the difference between these two points is almost not much, not to mention that Arsenal and Chelsea have one less round, and Manchester City has two fewer games.

It looks like Liverpool don't have much of an advantage, but in fact they have the biggest advantage. First of all, they don't have the Carabao Cup, FA Cup or Champions League, and they can concentrate on the league. Chelsea and Arsenal are still distracted by the Champions League, Arsenal are even more pressing, they still have FA Cup games to play, Manchester City is a little easier, they have just been eliminated by the mighty Barcelona, and the FA Cup is out of the competition for a long time. But the Blues still have a Carabao Cup game to go, and more importantly they have reached the Carabao Cup final, and they will defend their Carabao Cup title this season by beating their opponents Sunderland in the next week.

So in terms of fixtures, Liverpool are actually the most dominant, and they are ready to put all their energy into the fight for the league title.

In terms of personnel integrity, Liverpool is also strong and sharpened. The in-form front trio of Suarez, Sturridge and Raheem Sterling have no injuries and no red or yellow cards. And there are Coutinho and Alberto and other strength substitutes, the only injury is the No. 9 Spanish striker Aspas, but Spain has been injured for a season, since the pre-season training camp this season, he has been recuperating from injury, and has not played a minute of the game, so Liverpool's current results have little to do with him.

On Arsenal's side, Podolski, who has just recovered from injury, has not yet found his form, Cazorla is still recovering from injury, and Walcott is out for the season.

Manchester City are not having a good time, their frontcourt playmaker David Silva is also injured and is said to be not good for ten days and half a month, and the midfield titan Fernandinho is also suspended for three games because of malicious fouls.

As for Chelsea, news has just arrived. The core of Eden Hazard and midfielder Frank Lampard were injured in training, and the grapevine says that the two were actually injured during the game between Chelsea and Arsenal, and the score was played for most of the game, so in the second half Hazard's appearance became obviously average. And after the game, during training, the injury broke out completely.

All in all, don't underestimate Liverpool's lead by one or two points, the Reds actually occupy the right time and place

And at this time, Arsenal fans who want to save character in a low-key manner have shouted on the Internet: "Liverpool is the champion!" slogan.

Obviously, this is the character of a ruined person, accumulating his own character

Arsenal didn't have time to take a good rest, and the next game was coming up one after another. After the end of March, teams that have not yet been eliminated from the championships are always very busy, especially the Premier League teams. Double races a week is commonplace, and even three games a week can be seen a lot.

After a hot weekend, Arsenal had a league game in midweek.

This is a make-up match, and the match of the 29th round of the league has been postponed to today. Manchester City's league campaign was postponed until early May, and although they were eliminated from the Champions League, they went far further than the three teams in the top four of the other leagues.

Arsenal will face the White Swans Swansea City side in this replayal match, a mid-table league team. Usually they are quiet, there are no European competitions to play, and they will not fall into the mud of relegation. But they often like to come out at critical moments to stir up the situation and show off their sense of survival.

For example, last season, in the last home game of Ferguson's coaching career, they almost became the protagonist at Old Trafford, making the last home game of the old man unavailable.

Knowing their ability to disrupt the game, there is nothing Wenger can do, who calls Arsenal's bench not as thick as Manchester City.

In this game, in order to rest the players who were too consumed in the previous round, the professor adjusted the 18-man squad. Ozil and Li Zihan, who suffered from leg cramps against Chelsea, did not even make the 18-man squad, and although they were playing at home, the professor still sat them in the stands of the stadium to be on the safe side.

Ramsey was in the squad because he was fit and would be back in shape after a day or two, so Arsene Wenger brought the Welshman with him. But instead of starting him, he was on the bench.

Olivier Giroud, Podolski and Rosicky, as well as development youngster German Gnabry, were in the starting midfield formation, with Flamini and Mikel Arteta partnering in midfield. At the back, Gibbs, who played only 20 minutes in the last round and was sent off with a red card, appeared in the starting line-up, while youngster Jane Kinson also replaced the main wing-back Sagna. There were also some changes at centre-back, with Merdessat partnering captain Vermaelen and Frenchman Koscielny, who had a poor performance in the last game, sitting on the bench to rest.

Arsene Wenger did not change the goalkeeper and continued to start Szczesny. Although Szczesny also went through that particularly exhausting game, the goalkeeper's position is special, he does not need to run all over the field, so his physical reserves are much better than those of players in other positions.

It is worth mentioning that after Arsenal's appeal, the referee committee and the FA finally canceled Gibbs's unwarranted red card. The young England full-back does not need to be suspended and can continue to play.

Of course, Chamberlain did not escape in the end, and the red card finally fell on him. He will be suspended for one additional game, which means that apart from this game, Oxlade-Chamberlain will not be included in the eighteen-man squad for the next league game.

However, the referee committee is also more humane, knowing that its referee has made a big mistake. So to make amends, they didn't suspend Oxlade-Chamberlain for three games, but one. According to Chamberlain's handball action, according to the rules, he should have been suspended for three games, and in the end only one game was added

Maybe Arsenal is a blessing in disguise.