Xiao Qing and his teammates are preparing for the next game, and the current Arsenal players are also full of anticipation for the upcoming game, because their morale is now boosted, because the current Gunners are full of desire to win. They are hoping to win more games and they are hoping to take a bigger lead in the standings.

Titles are intoxicating, and Arsenal have had a great record in the last two seasons, and they have been in a lot of glory; The Arsenal players really enjoy the glory of being champions, and they want to continue to be proud champions this season, and they want to leave a legacy this season.

So the current Arsenal players are naturally full of enthusiasm for the game, because they have the motivation to move forward, because now they will not be satisfied with the small results they have achieved now, because they know that they can't tell the last moment, then no one can decide the ownership of the championship, now they need to lay a more solid foundation for winning the championship, and now they need to go all out for every game to win. The Arsenal players look doing well because they have a lot of confidence at the moment because they look really good as well.

In the 25th round of the league, Arsenal visited the Stadium of Light to challenge the Black Cat Sunderland; Although the black cat Sunderland once set a record for the lowest number of points in the Premier League, but now they are not really a fish belly, after Sunderland has just won three in a row, they are now in eighth place in the standings, it can be said that Sunderland is still very competitive now. At the very least, they look like they can pose some threat to Arsenal.

Xiao Qing and his teammates don't care that Sunderland is in good shape now. Arsenal just need to know that they are going to win games and that is all they have to do. What Arsenal need now is to keep going. After the 7-1 thrashing of Blackburn, all the Premier League teams must have been more fearful against Arsenal, and this game was no different, with Arsenal's players being aggressive and confident that they could be the last winners of the game.

Compared with the 7-1 win over Blackburn Rovers in the last round, Arsenal did not make any changes in the starting lineup; Goalkeeper Szczesny, McConn, Vermaelen, Mertesacker and Alaba in the back line lined up from right to left; The midfield consisted of Alexandre Song, Arteta, Cazorla and Walcott; The forward line is naturally led by Xiao Qing and Van Persie.

Arsenal are in good form and they have been aggressive in creating good attacking chances from the start of the game. The aggressive Arsenal tasted the sweetness after their last win over Blackburn Rovers and will be hoping to continue their big win in this round of fixtures, as they continue their frantic goalscoring show in this round.

Arsenal had three shots on goal in the first five minutes of the game, but Sunderland clearly did a good job of preparing for this game and they didn't give Arsenal more and better chances to shoot. Arsenal's three shots did not directly threaten Sunderland's goal, and Sunderland, who were very afraid of Arsenal's attack, even had the meaning of putting on an iron bucket in this game, and they absolutely could not allow Arsenal to play a crazy attack at the Stadium of Light.

In the fifth minute, Van Persie took Arsenal's second corner of the game, and Vermaelen and Black Cats goalkeeper Mignolle fought for it, and Mignolle barely slapped the ball away. A minute later, Arteta went through. Xiao Qing, who did not enter the penalty area at all, stopped the ball directly on the periphery and volleyed, but the ball hit the eye-catching Sunderland defender Turner.

Sunderland's attitude was evident in this game. They are very jealous of Arsenal's attacking firepower, and now they are defending tightly, and they will not give Arsenal more opportunities to threaten the goal. As the core of Arsenal's attack, Xiao Qing is naturally under a lot of pressure at this time, because he is accompanied by a 'personal bodyguard', as long as Xiao Qing gets the ball, then he will inevitably be taken care of by the opponent.

Arsenal's players are also a little helpless at this time, because Sunderland's attitude is very resolute; In this game, Sunderland is playing defensive counterattacks, they take the initiative to collect troops in the half to strengthen the defense, they will not let Arsenal easily play a gorgeous combination in the front, they are very resolute in destroying Arsenal's attack again and again. Sunderland look doing well now as Arsenal's tempo hasn't been fully developed and the Gunners look to have more possession at the moment, but it doesn't seem to have much of an impact on the flow of the game.

Sunderland, who have a targeted defensive strategy, strengthened their care for Xiao Qing and Van Persie in the game, they will not let Arsenal's forwards have easy opportunities to receive the ball, and the defensive line behind also makes them more in destroying Arsenal's attack again and again, they are teaming up with Arsenal to stage an offensive and defensive teaching class, and their current performance is actually very good, although Arsenal is playing very lively, but the real threat that can be caused is still very limited.

Arsenal's players must be a little aggrieved at this time, they encountered a difficult turtle shell, Sunderland's half of the defense is tight, which will definitely make Arsenal have a lot of pressure and difficulty in attack. Once again, the attack was faultless, which also made the Arsenal players a little impatient; Arsenal were hoping to continue a frantic run of victories at the Stadium of Light, and they didn't want to be stopped by Sunderland again and again.

In the ninth minute, Alexander Song's through ball slipped through the middle of two Sunderland defenders, and Van Persie turned and volleyed from the edge of the box, but the reacting Mignolie fell to the ground to hold the ball down. It seems that it is also because Arsenal can't open up the situation in the offensive end, which also makes Arsenal's defenders a little impatient; The formation was originally pressed forward, and the defenders actually didn't seem to have any pressure at all in this game, so they were testing the heart of Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.

First, Mertesacker returned the ball to play with a heartbeat, and his return pass was very sudden, and the force was relatively good; Fortunately, the concentrated Szczesny grabbed the ball before Sunderland striker Cecion cleared. Then Vermaelen and Szczesny humbled each other when dealing with Sunderland's long ball, and it was for this reason that they were almost seized by Sunderland; Although Szczesny was the last to clear the ball before Cecion, Arsene Wenger was also furious off the pitch, because Arsenal's backline showed some carelessness in this game, and they simply did not have enough urgency.

Arsenal's defenders were a bit careless because they didn't think Sunderland had a chance to threaten Arsenal's goal; But when Arsenal's players are overconfident, it is also because their formation is too high to basically focus all their attention on the attacking end, although Sunderland is in this game, but they can also bring some problems to Arsenal in the counter-attack.

In the eighteenth minute, Cecion dribbled against the Arsenal defence, and Campbell received a left-footed volley from the edge of the box, and the ball hit Alexander Song's leg and bounced off the bottom line. Larsson then whipped in a corner and Sunderland midfielder McLean nodded over the net. They continued to bring out good attacks, but although the Arsenal players have strengthened their attention to Sunderland to a certain extent, they still continue to insist on bombarding indiscriminately in the attacking end, and they believe that the victory of this game must belong to the Gunners Arsenal, and Arsenal also believe that they will definitely be able to break through Sunderland's goal.

Arsenal did play a very good quality in attack, McCone's wide plug was brought down by Sunderland left-back Richardson, who also received a yellow card. Then Arsenal had the best chance to open the scoring, Xiao Qing, who retreated to get the ball, quickly counterattacked with the ball, and the right side of the front field gave a through ball to the penalty area, and Walcott, who was inserted at high speed, shot the goalkeeper when he was twelve yards from the goal.

Arsenal looked a little helpless, and although they played a lot of good quality attacks in the first half, the number of times Arsenal really threatened Sunderland's goal was really limited. Sunderland's tortoise shell is not so easy to break, and Sunderland's strategy of strengthening the defense in the midfield and back looks to be effective in this game; In the first half, they played a 0-0 match with Arsenal, and they did a good job of limiting the in-form Arsenal to half the pitch, and the Black Cats put a lot of pressure on Arsenal to score at the Stadium of Light.

Although they were a little depressed, the Arsenal players still maintained enough enthusiasm at this time, and they were also full of confidence; From the first half of the game, it seemed that it was definitely not an easy task for Arsenal to get a crazy big win at the Stadium of Light, and it was definitely not an easy task for Arsenal to continue to put on a goalscoring show.

Although the Arsenal players were a little unhappy, the first half of the game was continuously sniped by Sunderland, but the Arsenal players are more confident, they absolutely do not believe that Sunderland can always ensure that the defensive end does not make mistakes, Arsenal players believe that they must be able to create better scoring opportunities.

It didn't matter if it was 0-0 in the first half, because the Gunners could have created better chances to score in the second half; Now the game is just the beginning and Arsenal can do better! (To be continued......)