Away at Bolton, the team that has conceded the most goals at home in the Premier League this season, Arsenal failed to score a single goal and ended up with a goalless draw.

Arsenal had 65 per cent possession throughout the game, but trailed their opponents by 48 per cent to 52 per cent of their opponents' halves and shot only four times on target, just one more than their opponents.

It can be said that even in terms of the game scene, Arsenal did not have the upper hand.

Although it finally stopped the decline of the previous three consecutive defeats in the Premier League, as Wenger said after the home defeat to Manchester United in the last round of the league, Arsenal are already "in a very difficult position", and the former desire to catch up with Chelsea in fourth place has now become the Gunners' bitter rival Tottenham, and the lead is as much as 12 points! This must have made the gunman even more painful!

The Gunners can no longer afford to lose points against weaker teams.

However, in the face of Bolton, the bottom 4 of the table, Arsenal still could not get all three points, not only failed to close the gap with Chelsea, but was also overtaken by Newcastle, who were originally behind them.

In the four rounds of the Premier League that have been played in 2012, Arsenal has only one point from one draw and three defeats, and its position in the standings has also dropped from 5th place on December 31, 2011 to 7th place now.

Some time ago, Arsene Wenger said: "For me not being able to play in the Champions League is a disaster because I want to compete with the best teams and we want to finish in the top four and qualify for the Champions League and nothing else is good enough. ”

However, it now looks like the debacle of missing out on the Champions League this season is still going on, and it is getting closer to continuing into next season.

Arsene Wenger was adamant after the game: "There's still a long way to go in the race for a top-four finish and I'm confident we can come from behind." We've had a difficult time, we've lost three league games in a row, but I'm sure we'll get back to winning feeling very quickly. ”

However, compared with Chelsea, who spent £7 million to bring in England international Gary Cahill to fill the shortcomings of the central defence, Arsenal's recruitment in the winter transfer window is only a two-month short-term loan contract with Thierry Henry, who is already 34 years old, and then £600,000 to bring in a Borussia Dortmund youth team's hairy boy Esfield. Oh, and now they're going to overtake Newcastle United first, and the cutthroat competition is a real source of doubt.

Since entering 2012, Arsenal have only won the FA Cup with four league games, one draw and three defeats.

Speaking to the Daily Express after Arsenal's 3-2 win over Aston Villa on Sunday, Walcott said: "A medal is something I want to get, I want to see my career, I want to see the trophies I've won, but I haven't yet. I'm willing to do anything, trophies are the most important thing, I want to finish 4th or better in the league with the team and win whatever trophy we can. The FA Cup is a great opportunity for us because some of the big teams are out of the tournament and it's an event that we can win. The way the players launched a comeback from 2-0 down shows how much we want to win the FA Cup. ”

Walcott also revealed: "Van Persie gave a speech at half-time. He's captain and he's shown once again how much he believes in us and how much he wants to win trophies for this team. He knows that we have the same desire in our hearts. ”

As Theo Walcott said, Arsenal, who have won five years and zero titles, are hungry for glory.

Captain Robin van Persie, in particular, has a proven love and allegiance to Arsenal, but his hunger for glory is just as strong.

A few days ago, the mouthpiece of Barcelona club's media "World Sport" published a report on the front page, claiming that Van Persie was dissatisfied with his long-term career without winning the title, which was the reason why he delayed renewing his contract with Arsenal.

Van Persie's current contract with Arsenal expires in the summer of 2013, but Munde Sport points out that Van Persie, who has worked closely with Cesc Fabregas, should switch to Barcelona this summer, and believes that Van Persie should be happy to go to Barcelona and enjoy the joy of winning the title with Cesc Fabregas.

The appeal from Le Monde Sport is bound to inflict outrage on all Arsenal fans, but if that happens, and Arsenal end the season in the top four of the Premier League and qualify for next season's Champions League, no one can blame the hard-working Arsenal captain for his lack of kindness, even if Robin van Persie chooses to leave the club in the summer transfer window, or even if he is poached by Barcelona, who can offer the opportunity to compete for the Champions League title.

Compared with the decline of the London Giants, Manchester United, who previously competed with Arsenal and Chelsea, performed steadily in this round, and the loss of the FA Cup did not affect the fighting spirit of the Red Devils.

Manchester United comfortably beat Stoke City 2-0 at home to continue the pressure on top-ranked Liverpool.

And most unexpectedly, Liverpool's return to the table is thanks to arch-rivals Everton.

David Moyes led the Toffees to give the Blue Moon Manchester City a head-on blow at Goodison Park!

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Everton handed Manchester City a crushing defeat thanks to Manchester United's waiver of Gibson's stunner.

On the one hand, after Yaya Toure went to the Africa Cup of Nations, Manchester City suddenly became as if he couldn't play, and on the other hand, he was jokingly called by the media that Manchester United was causing trouble for his sworn enemy and sending Gibson to Everton to snipe Manchester City!

After 23 rounds, the competition for the title in the standings is still fierce, and the competition for Champions League qualification has become white-hot and extremely cruel.

Liverpool 54 points.

Manchester United 53 points.

Manchester City 51 points.

Tottenham 49 points.

Chelsea 42 points.

Newcastle United 38 points.

Arsenal 37 points.

While Tottenham have the potential to compete for the title, Fleet Street has always believed that Tottenham are still in contention for Champions League qualification, and the title race is still a game between the two cities of Manchester and Liverpool.

Unless, in the second half of the league, Tottenham can wash away the decline of the past few years in the civil war with Haoqiang, and take off the shame of being called 3 points in White Hart Lane.

Otherwise, even if Tottenham is only 5 points away from Liverpool now, the gap between Tottenham and Manchester City, Liverpool and other teams will be widened. (To be continued.) )