Chapter 632: Super Hat Trick
Fifty-six-year-old Paul? Stephenson has been a police officer for thirty-six years.
In the past, he dreamed of having the opportunity to be in Scotland Yard, that is, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police in the entire Greater London area, except for the central city of London, which was mainly responsible for major national tasks, such as counter-terrorism, defending royalty and senior government officials.
In 2005 he was promoted to Deputy Commissioner of Metropolitan Police, but soon after, former Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Anderson? Blair announced his resignation because of a scandal involving wiretapping of a senior police officer of Asian descent, coupled with the manslaughter of an innocent Brazilian youth by a London policeman. Stephenson officially became the first position in the Scotland Yard authority.
But sometimes, only when you really sit in this position, you can deeply understand the difficulties.
London is undoubtedly in a very embarrassing transition stage, because in the past few years, the British economy has been sluggish, London, as a financial center city, has a high unemployment rate, and there are many problems in social welfare, which makes **** occur frequently.
Stephenson's first hurdle when he took over Scotland Yard was the violent street rallies during the G20 summit in London in 2009, which led to a public apology, but this year, the British Crown Prince Charles and his wife were besieged by demonstrators in London, resulting in damage to the car, but fortunately the occupants of the car were not in danger.
For this incident, Stephenson even submitted his resignation, but the Home Secretary and the Mayor of London, Boris? Johnson dismissed his resignation on the grounds that London was hosting the Olympics.
There are a lot of hidden dangers and inexplicable crises outside, and there are also people who are eyeing the first deal in Scotland Yard, such as the current deputy chief of police, John? Yates, and as the city with the largest number of football clubs in England, London is the scene of street riots and turmoil almost every weekend football match day.
All this, combined with some secrets that are not known to outsiders, makes Stephenson dream more and more of his life, but now he is tired of being the chief of the Metropolitan Police for just over two years.
Luckily, this weekend should be a relaxing one.
The two London teams that have a headache this week, West Ham United and Millwall, both teams are playing away, although the fans of the two teams still drink and make trouble, but after all, it is a small fight, unlike the home game, a large group of drunk fans gather together, and it is difficult for people who have not experienced that kind of scene to experience.
Among the several London teams this week, only Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham are playing in London, of which Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur have always had fans who are more peaceful and rarely gather to make trouble, while Fulham is located in the west London area, fan disturbances are even rarer, and the two games are held on Saturday and Sunday respectively, and the police force in London is relatively relaxed and relaxed.
Sitting in the office of the Metropolitan Police headquarters in London, Stephenson looked at the time and was about to leave work.
"Holloway's work should be called a day, right?" Paul? Stephenson smiled a little happily, another day without wind and danger.
Holloway is the autonomous region where the Emirates Stadium of Arsenal is located, where there is an independent police station in charge of the security of the entire area, so the security and policing of the Emirates Stadium are actually the responsibility of the Holloway Police Department.
Sometimes he even thinks that if London can be as calm every day as it is today, then being the first leader of Scotland Yard is still a very leisurely and easy job, and there will even be occasional people to please and flatter you, or even ......
"Get off work!" Paul? Stephenson got up from the executive chair, turned around, walked to the hanger behind the executive chair, took off his suit, put it on expertly, then straightened his tie in front of the mirror, and even touched his bald head, which was no longer hairless.
The most dissatisfied thing about himself is this baldness, you know, before entering the power center of Scotland Yard, he was a standard English gentleman, but now he doesn't dare to go out to socialize, because of this baldness.
And in order to cover up this disadvantage that seemed to him to be the only drawback, he chose a hat.
Just when Stephenson was about to turn off the lights in the office and announce that he was off work, the phone on his desk rang untimely, this is a call that can be answered or not, if it was in normal times, Stephenson might just leave and leave, but I don't know why, today he felt that the bell was a little urgent.
Perhaps, he was frightened by the recent attack on the crown prince!
Walked back to his desk and grabbed the phone, "Metropolitan Police Headquarters Director's Office, I'm Stephenson!" ”
"Sir, I'm Di? Greg? Lestrade! The middle-aged man on the other end of the phone seemed anxious.
Hearing the Chief of Holloway, Stephenson's heart was cold, could there be another accident?
"We are asking for urgent support, there are a large number of Arsenal fans gathered outside the Emirates Stadium at the moment, and there are many Tottenham Hotspur fans who have gone south from Tottenham, the number is now in the thousands, but it is still pouring in, it is estimated that it will soon exceed 10,000 people, we ask for urgent support!"
Stephenson was shocked, "What the hell is going on?" How could so many people suddenly gather? ”
"It's a game!" Lestrade was also very nervous and anxious on the phone, "Tottenham Hotspur slaughtered Arsenal 9:0 away, and now Arsenal fans are afraid that they are going to make trouble, the scene is very tense, and the number of people is increasing!" ”
"Damn it!" Stephenson really had the urge to scold his mother, but he was very shocked, because no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't have imagined that Tottenham Hotspur would be able to slaughter Arsenal 9-0 away, which is simply going to make the whole north London sky-lifting, isn't this purely to make trouble for the police department?
Having hung up Lestrade's phone, Stephenson immediately called his subordinates and immediately dispatched all the mobile police teams to the Emirates Stadium, and even some of the traffic arteries from Holloway to Tottenham, to make sure that there was no chaos in North London.
Arsenal has a large number of fans in London, and Tottenham Hotspur is now the team with the largest number of fans in London.
This makes Stephenson, who has been hit by many major incidents in a row in the past year or so, like a frightened bird, the more he thinks about it, the more he feels uneasy, the more he thinks about it, the more he feels uneasy, and in the end he simply called his subordinates, as well as the deputy director John who heard the news? Yates, this guy always shows up at a critical moment.
A group of people left Scotland Yard and headed for Holloway in North London.
As they detoured along the north bank of the River Thames into the city of London and headed north, they could see fans standing on the streets, some drunk, some yelling, and a few of them had been pressed into the corner by the police.
This is even more evident when entering Holloway Road.
Holloway Road, which was not spacious, was crowded by fans, with a total of four lanes on the left and right, but whether it was in or out, the vehicles were blocked, and the police car turned on the police lights and sounded the siren, but it was still unable to effectively clear the road, which made Stephenson, who was sitting in the car, scolded directly.
Usually when he faces outsiders, he always thinks of the city of London, but at this moment he keeps scolding those politicians and high-ranking officials in his heart, why can't he concentrate on making London's traffic better? This kind of snake-like small road can be blocked by a slight collision between two cars, let alone the current situation.
"Damn it, get out of the car and walk!" Stephenson couldn't sit still.
Holloway Road leads to the Emirates Stadium, which is only about a kilometre away.
When a group of people arrived at the scene, they finally discovered why Lestrade was calling for help.
Just outside the Arsenal Emirates Stadium, a large square is full of people, the two guns that Arsenal originally placed on the side of the road to show off their might, now it seems that they have become the playthings of the fans, and some people even simply sit on it to have fun, and so many groups of people gathered together, the situation can be imagined.
Of course, this group of fans did not make trouble, but were doing their own thing one by one, while some were cruising at the exit of the players' tunnel, and they didn't know whether they were blocking the Tottenham Hotspur bus or waiting for the Arsenal bus to appear.
"Handle it carefully, use peaceful means to separate the fans of the two teams, stabilize the situation, remember, you can't rush!"
Stephenson has a lot of experience in dealing with this kind of scene, after all, he has survived this way for more than 30 years, and he knows very well that the fans are not overreacting, but I don't know how many people are drinking, how many people are extreme, if there is really a conflict and contradiction, that kind of emotion will quickly sweep the whole stadium, and almost all fan riots have evolved in this way.
"Go into the stadium right away and tell them that everyone, including the fans, stay where you are for the time being, and come back when we stabilize the situation!" Stephenson quickly gave orders to his subordinates beside him.
The atmosphere of the scene is like an arrow on the bow, as if the ground is full of gasoline, and everyone around is carrying a deadly lighter in their hands, you have no idea whose lighter in the hand is the first to fall, igniting this large sea of fire, you can only slowly, step by step investigation, can not be anxious or chaotic.
Soon, the brigade of police officers entered the area around the Emirates Stadium, and all the police officers gradually calmed down, after all, more and more companions were able to give them confidence, so the smooth work was progressing more and more smoothly.
After about an hour, the entire area around the stadium was completely controlled by the police.
In the process, although there were some skirmishes, the police were able to resolve and control the situation very well.
The cold air outside the Emirates Stadium blew Stephenson for two hours, and he was so nervous that he didn't even know that his stomach was growling, and when he got a report from his subordinates, his heart completely fell.
"Separate a passage, let the Tottenham Hotspur buses go first, and then disperse the Tottenham fans first!"
Soon, the stadium security personnel who received the notice also began to organize, and it didn't take long to see the bus full of Tottenham Hotspur players slowly driving out of the players' tunnel at the Emirates Stadium.
When Stephenson saw this bus, he breathed a sigh of helplessness in his heart, because of a football game, but the whole of London was shocked, and maybe even the whole of Britain and the whole world would be happy that this disaster was avoided the next day.
Sometimes Stephenson even thinks that the power of football is much more powerful than that of him, the chief of police, at least he has no way, and he does not have the confidence to be able to easily call more than 10,000 people to gather here in such a short period of time, but football can.
Watching the Tottenham Hotspur bus leave, Stephenson turned around and saw that the Tottenham Hotspur fans in the stadium gradually walked out of the stadium, and the Tottenham Hotspur fans outside gradually followed the team bus away.
The evacuation lasted nearly half an hour, and then Stephenson arranged for the Arsenal bus to leave, and then dispersed the fans who had gathered at the scene, and in the whole process, although there were skirmishes and even bloodshed, they were quickly quelled, and the only serious thing was that several young fans threw stones at the Arsenal bus, but were arrested.
"Close!" Stephenson shouted loudly, he wants to go home now, accompany his wife and children to dinner, wait before going to bed, and then take a look at the recording of tonight's game, what kind of game did Tottenham Hotspur be able to slaughter north London 9:0 at Arsenal's home stadium?
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Super hat trick!
The Gunners suffered an unprecedented humiliating defeat at home!
The thrilling score shocked the north London derby, and Tottenham Hotspur slaughtered the enemy with nine goals away!
The north London derby suffered an unprecedented humiliation, and 10,000 Gunners fans besieged the visitors after the game to take revenge!
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That night and the next morning, the world's major media and TV stations were frantically reporting on Tottenham Hotspur's 9-0 thrashing of Arsenal, and even more crazy was that the nine goals in this game came from three hat-tricks by three Tottenham Hotspur players.
The Times used "super hat trick" as the front page headline, believing that being able to score a hat-trick with three players in a game is simply a great feat that has not been done in the Premier League for more than a decade, especially considering that this game actually appeared in the north London derby of the strong dialogue, which shows its epic significance.
"In Arsenal's history of more than 100 years, there is no shortage of examples of big defeats, such as the 6-1 defeat to Manchester United at Old Trafford in 2001, which was a shame for Arsenal fans, but just last night, this record was brutally broken by Tottenham Hotspur."
"This is not only the Gunners' worst defeat since the beginning of the new century, but also the biggest defeat in Arsenal's history of more than 100 years, 9-0, which is definitely enough to make all Arsenal fans feel desperate, especially considering that it was their mortal enemy who has been trampling under their feet for many, many years."
"Wenger said after the game that the big score was unexpected, but he will not resign because of this, Ye Qiu also publicly expressed his support for Wenger and Russian defense at the post-match press conference, believing that Wenger is a great football manager, everything he has done at Arsenal is very good, but he has to sell some core players at a high price in the past few years to take care of Arsenal's financial situation."
Ye Qiu said that everyone should not forget the difficulties and challenges Wenger encountered at Arsenal, and everything he created, and he expressed his sympathy for Wenger, because he believes that after losing the game, everyone will want Wenger to be sentenced, but he believes that there are some people who deserve to be judged more than Wenger!
"Personally, I very much agree with Ye Qiu's statement, Wenger is at fault, but the biggest responsibility is not on him, but should let the Arsenal management bear this responsibility, only if they make changes, Wenger has the opportunity to rebuild Arsenal into a strong team, otherwise, this game will only be the beginning of Arsenal's decline!"
In addition to proper maintenance of Arsenal, almost all the media have praised and praised Tottenham Hotspur for their crazy performances, especially for Tottenham's front three while scoring a hat-trick in a game, which is truly an incomparably amazing feat.
At the beginning of the season, those media and reporters who thought that Tottenham Hotspur's attacking ability was not good, and Chelsea played attacking football, have now changed their tunes and began to praise Tottenham Hotspur as a model of attacking football again, believing that with Tottenham's excellent performance in this game, the north London team will hope to complete a third consecutive title in the Premier League, and even hope to compete for the UEFA Champions League this year!
Because while Tottenham Hotspur defeated the city's rival Arsenal by an astonishing score, Chelsea overturned in the gutter in the away game against Birmingham, suffering consecutive defeats and losing points, which further verified what Ye Qiu said at the beginning, and even Chelsea couldn't bear it in November.
On the contrary, Newcastle beat Bolton Wanderers 5-1 away in this round, the Magpies are getting better and better, and Manchester City is not to be outdone, beating west London side Fulham 4-1 away.
After playing the 14th round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur ushered in 13 consecutive wins, and at the same time accumulated 40 points with 14 games and 13 wins and one draw, far ahead of Manchester United and Chelsea in second place with 28 points, and 12 points ahead of the Premier League standings, and was regarded by everyone as the best choice to win the Premier League this season.