Chapter 29: The Slaughter of Birmingham

Although Birmingham are only a team in the middle and bottom of the Premier League, this team has brought a lot of unpleasant memories to Arsenal. In the 07-08 season, Eduardo suffered a broken leg, and Arsenal also suffered a huge blow at this time, falling from the league leader directly to the third place in the standings, losing the league championship; Last season, Arsenal won the league title with a hard-fought win over Birmingham, but it was also in the game against Birmingham that Ramsey broke his leg.

It can be said that this team with a rough style of play is definitely Arsenal's disaster star, Arsenal has absolutely no haode situation when facing them, and they will always encounter some tragic disasters at this time. And this time in the eighth round of the league, Arsenal will meet Birmingham at home at the Emirates Stadium, although Birmingham is now winless in five rounds, although Arsenal maintains an unbeaten record of six wins and one draw in the new season, but facing Birmingham Arsenal really needs to work harder.

Xiao Qing was also present in the game where Ramsey was tragically broken and his leg was broken, until now Ramsey is still in the recovery period, as for Eduardo, although he has left Arsenal, this unlucky guy who has been a teammate with Xiao Qing for a year also collapsed after breaking his leg and completely lost the opportunity to reach the top. So this game Arsenal are really going to give it their all, they need revenge, they need to teach Birmingham a good lesson.

In this game, Cesc Fabregas, Van Persie and Almunia were injured, Fabianski was the starting goalkeeper, Nasri was in the midfield to replace Junior France, and Bendtner and Walcott were on the bench after injury. Although Arsenal have suffered a lot of injuries, the Gunners are full of confidence. They have no doubts about winning Birmingham at home; The last time Arsenal lost at home to Birmingham was back in October 1957. Birmingham are also in a slump. Three draws and two defeats in the last five Premier League games are winless, and the most recent one was a 0-2 defeat to Everton, who are mired in relegation. So this home game Arsenal is going to teach Birmingham a hard lesson, they want to kick this team that has given their own team too many unpleasant memories into a lower trough, they want to completely crush Birmingham.

goalkeeper Fabianski; Eboue, Squeerage, John Joulu, Klich on the back line; midfielder Alexander Song, attacking midfielders Diaby, Nasri, Wilshere and Arshavin; Twin strikers Chamak and Xiao Qing.

Although Arsenal lost several main players in this game, although the Arsenal back line is basically all rotated, but this is not a problem at all, Xiao Qing believes that he can help the team win at home. Xiao Qing believes that this game will be a victory for Arsenal.

The atmosphere at the Emirates Stadium is very hot, although many people think that Arsenal's home atmosphere is not fanatical enough, but when Arsenal maintains an unbeaten record in the new season, when Arsenal is preparing to defend the title at the top of the standings in the new season, the enthusiasm of the current gun fans is also constantly exploding, Arsenal's super haode record makes the current gun fans full of confidence in the team, and they believe that Arsenal can bring them another celebration in such a game.

Arsenal are serious about this game, not only because they need to win to further secure their advantage in the table, but also because they are really resentful of Birmingham, and even some of the Gunners are very hostile to Birmingham City now. Because the rough style of play of this team is really annoying.

Arsenal's attack at home was fierce, amid the cheers of the fans. Arsenal launched a ferocious attack from the start of the game, and the Gunners were firmly in control from the very beginning of the game, and they will not give Birmingham any chance to respite, but they are ready to win this team in one go.

Arsenal's first shot on goal in the fourth minute of the game created a certain threat, Chamakra crossed from the left side of the front, Diaby received the ball and plugged it straight on the line of the penalty area, Xiao Qing in the heart of the penalty area cleverly dodged the ball and volleyed, but the ball was confiscated by Birmingham goalkeeper Foster.

A minute later Arsenal were back in the open, with Birmingham taking a goal-kick, but Arsenal won the ball in midfield; Chamak and Xiao Qing made a one-two cooperation in the front court, Chamak inserted into the penalty area to receive Xiao Qing's diagonal pass and pushed, and the ball was blocked by Birmingham Carr's body. Arsenal narrowly missed the scoring, and if Karl hadn't been lucky enough to block the ball with his body, Arsenal might have opened the scoring.

Arsenal are actually very vigorous, they have been very good at suppressing Birmingham in the game, Arsenal's attack is becoming more and more threatening, and Birmingham at this time looks more and more difficult to parry Arsenal's attack. At this time, the atmosphere at the Emirates Stadium is getting hotter and hotter, and Gunners fans are also believing that the Gunners are getting closer and closer to scoring goals.

The Gunners' offense has put Birmingham under real pressure, and at this time, Birmingham's defensive actions are getting more and more rough; They really have no other way to deal with Arsenal, Arsenal's flashy style of play makes them more tired in defence, and Arsenal's fluid ground play makes Birmingham a lot of the time in defense can only be useless and constantly switchback.

In the fifteenth minute of the game, Birmingham defender Karl fouled Chamak, Arsenal won a free kick in front of the left side of the penalty area, Nasri took the penalty, and Arsenal defender Squeiraci scored with a header, but the linesman signaled that the French were offside before the goal, and the goal was invalidated. This also caused boos at the Emirates Stadium, but Arsenal were indeed offside, but the fans didn't care about it, they just knew that the team's goal was blown.

In the 33rd minute of the game, Bowyer, the No. 1 villain in the Premier League, fouled Diaby and received a yellow card, Nasri took a free kick in front, and Xiao Qing's header from ten yards was safely confiscated by Foster. Karl also received a yellow card for a foul on Arshavin three minutes later, and Birmingham at this time could only use the foul to delay Arsenal's attack, and they could only drink to quench their thirst at this time.

Although Birmingham's actions on the defensive end at this time are getting bigger and bigger, Xiao Qing is a little happy, because he knows that Birmingham is the end of the strong crossbow. There really is no other way to limit Arsenal in Birmingham now. So for Xiao Qing, for Arsenal, the restriction is really a very good opportunity. They just need to keep working a little harder. Then there is a good chance that the goal will come soon.

Xiao Qing felt that Birmingham was unsustainable, and he also had a premonition that the team was about to score; Birmingham City has been suppressed to a limit, and now Arsenal naturally does not need to be polite, only need to open a gap, then Birmingham may be on the verge of a complete rout.

In the 38th minute of the game, Arsenal's midfield advanced layer by layer, and Xiao Qing easily got the ball in front of the penalty area; It's just a fierce ball that changes direction and shakes away Birmingham defender Dane, and Xiao Qing, who entered the penalty area, doesn't care about the Birmingham players who make up for the defense, and he has full confidence in himself. In the face of pressing and supplementing defense, Xiao Qing didn't care at all. Although there were some stumbles, Xiao Qing still forced himself into the hinterland of the forbidden area; The right heel slammed the ball from behind, and in the face of the panicked defender Xiao Qing, he stabbed the ball with his left foot in one go.

Although he was a little unaccustomed, the shot was still very sudden this time, and the crowded penalty area also blocked the Birmingham goalkeeper's vision to a certain extent; So when the ball rolled into the net from the fingertips of Birmingham goalkeeper Foster, who was half a beat slower, the Emirates Stadium erupted in wild cheers.

1 to 0, Xiao Qing continues to maintain his hot scoring form in the new season, Xiao Qing has scored eleven league goals in eight games, Xiao Qing is far ahead of the scorer list and continues to attack the league golden boot!

Xiao Qing was delighted to have helped the team open the scoring in the game, and now Arsenal have a 1-0 lead. But Arsenal weren't satisfied, they were still chasing more goals. Now they are trying to get a big win, and they want to get revenge on Birmingham.

Arsenal's goal was a severe blow to Birmingham's morale, and just when Birmingham's players were still in the frustration, Arsenal's goal came in one time.

At the end of the first half, Xiao Qing once again broke through with the ball in front of the penalty area; The Birmingham defenders who had been broken through by Xiao Qing again and again saw Xiao Qing once again in a hurry to enter the penalty area, although they wanted to defend Xiao Qing for the first time, but the Birmingham defender Dahn, who had made a mistake in the busy, kicked Xiao Qing in the penalty area.

Xiao Qing was not polite this time, Dahn's kick was not light, so Xiao Qing also fell to the ground; Although the referee was merciful and only gave Dahn a yellow card, Dahn in the penalty area kicked Xiao Qing and was seen by everyone, which was naturally a penalty.

Xiao Qing happily stood twelve yards in front of the goal, facing the nervous Birmingham goalkeeper Foster, Xiao Qing did not have the slightest weakness; Xiao Qing volleyed into the lower right corner of the goal in one fell swoop, 2 to 0! Xiao Qing's penalty and then meritorious help Arsenal extend their lead, and now the Gunners have basically killed the suspense of this game.

With a 2-0 lead, the Gunners started the second half in a happy mood; In the 47th minute of the game, Arsenal defender Alexander Song played a trick, he picked up a pass with his heel to send the ball to the penalty area, and faced the heavy defense Xiao Qing's easy weak side. Chamak chested the ball away from defenders and goalkeepers and pushed it into the empty net.

3-0, Arsenal easily led Birmingham City by a large score at home, and this game was really easy; Although Birmingham still have a rough style of play in the game, Arsenal is not the slightest polite, and they have suppressed Birmingham from the beginning. Arsenal's three goals were a testament to the individual quality of the players, but they were also a testament to the team's attacking tactics as they were always looking for a shot on target.

The 3-0 win over Birmingham City was not Arsenal's biggest big win of the new season, but it was a game that made the atmosphere at the Emirates Stadium hot. Not only because Arsenal fans don't want to see Birmingham, but also because Arsenal has maintained an unbeaten run of eight rounds in the new season, with seven wins and one draw and 22 points, the current Gunners are getting stronger and stronger in the standings, and the current Gunners seem to be very likely to further extend their lead at this time, and they are likely to lay a solid foundation in the league to successfully defend the league title early! (To be continued......)