Chapter 506: The battle for the league championship is heating up

Arsenal have one more league game to play before the second leg at the Bernabeu. They will host Newcastle United at their Emirates Stadium and Arsene Wenger has announced his starting XI ahead of the game.

No surprises, most of the main and key players have been rotated, and it is clear that Arsenal are now, nay, perhaps long ago shifted their focus to the Champions League.

Previously, Wenger said that Li Zihan could not attend this game, and everyone did not see Li Zihan's name in the 18-man squad, so it was not surprising.

Now everyone's focus is on Li Zihan's injuries and falling to the ground, what's wrong? Will you be able to make it to the second round?

Not only the club and the coaching staff, but also the Arsenal players are silent about this.

Such a depressing atmosphere makes everyone feel that Li Zihan's injury should be not small, otherwise why would Arsenal keep it so secret? Isn't it just that I'm afraid of shaking the morale of the military?

Just the day before, there was a good thing to do in the Premier League table, and now Manchester City are in the top spot, with 79 points below them, 35 games they have played below the number of games, and their Manchester City crest under the team name.

Liverpool, who is in second place, has not changed in terms of points and games, but under the team name, it is not Liverpool's team logo or name, but Suarez's avatar

Arsenal, who finished third, is similar, but below the team name is Li Zihan's avatar

Chelsea in fourth place is named after Jose Mourinho's head

The author who released this standings means that Manchester City ranks first in the Premier League, but the second place is not Liverpool but Liverpool's star Suarez, and the third place is not Arsenal, but Arsenal's star Li Zihan, and the fourth place is of course the magic bird Mourinho

'I rub this thigh, Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea are so obvious. That's what everyone who has seen this list.

It is true that Liverpool's strong recovery this season is inseparable from their striker Suarez, and the same is true on Arsenal's side, without Li Zihan, they don't want to talk about title contenders, and even the top four European qualifications have to fight hard

Fans of other teams have said that these two giants are so undisciplined, hugging their thighs, especially Arsenal, a team that will cooperate as a whole in history.

And in this round of the league, without Li Zihan and Ozil and other core Arsenal, in the eyes of the outside world, it will definitely lose under the sword of Newcastle United's "six-vein sword", and this season's Magpies are also a nerve knife

It's just that the script seems to have deviated from everyone's imagination again

Arsenal, which did not have a core game, actually beat Newcastle United at their home stadium, and the score went to 3-0. Veteran Rosicky scored twice to win the cheers of the fans, and Danish striker Bendtner, who was abandoned by Arsenal, was the icing on the cake!

Before, everyone was very optimistic about Newcastle, because if they worked hard, they could qualify for next season's Europa League, but they didn't expect that both the score and the game process would be so beyond imagination.

In the end, everyone came to the conclusion that Newcastle deserved to be a nerve knife, and this could actually be lost

Of course, the focus of this round is not Arsenal at all, the focus of this round is Liverpool at Anfield against Chelsea.

When the league comes to the 36th round, such a match is almost the match that decides the league championship this season.

As the finale of this round, this game was naturally put last, and this season's title contenders Manchester City and Arsenal have both won, so the pressure is all on Liverpool's side.

At the beginning of the game, it was all methodical and there was nothing to say.

The two sides attacked and defended each other, and the score was still 0-0 in the 60th minute of the game, and many people thought that this was another handshake ending.

But in the 65th minute, the tide changed. Coutinho was going to pass the ball back to the midfield to control the rhythm when the attack was fruitless.

The ball passed to Gerrard, the core of the midfield, and the old captain stretched out his foot to catch the ball, but his feet suddenly slipped, the center of gravity was unstable, and his body sank slightly.

Demba Ba, who was dressed in a blue jersey, took advantage of his speed at this time, strode the ball that Gerrard missed forward, and then strode to catch up with the ball.

Gerrard quickly shifted his focus and then turned to chase back. It's just that Gerrard, who is 35 years old this year, can't catch up with Demba Ba, a black striker who is younger than him.

And Gerrard's position is almost parallel to the central defender's bald head Skrtel, so Demba Ba directly formed a single knife after rushing over.

Liverpool goalkeeper Mignolet decisively chose to abandon the goal, and when he encountered Demba Ba and tried to save the ball, he remembered that he was outside the box. According to the rules, the goalkeeper cannot touch the ball with his hands outside the penalty area, so he can only stretch out his foot and break the ball like a central defender.

Demba Ba struck with the instep of his foot and the ball slipped between Mignolet's legs, before rolling into the goal line in the eyes of the fans.

"Crotch piercing!! Pregnant!!! Deng-Baba!! ”

The legendary Anfield were silent, not that they were surprised by Demba Ba's shot, but that none of them recovered from the almost dramatic scene.

The Reds' biggest reliance, as Liverpool's biggest pillar and synonymous with Liverpool for more than a decade, their captain Steven Gerrard made such a simple but very important mistake in such an important game

One slipped and made Chelsea a one-on-one knife.

The broadcast camera did not give Demba Ba, who scored, but cut to the face of veteran Gerrard.

There is no expression on the big face like a bun, but the moist corners of his eyes betray him who pretends to be calm.

'It was supposed to be Liverpool's best season, it was supposed to be Gerrard's closest to the league title, but" the rest of the host's words were left unspoken.

Chelsea had a goal lead on the road in 65 minutes with 20 minutes to go, but against a defensive powerhouse like Chelsea, no one thought Liverpool would be able to overtake the scores. Although Suarez is very powerful, he is not Li Zihan, and it is really not ordinary to let him stage the "Li Miracle".

And Chelsea this season is not Chelsea, but called the "Chelsea Bus"

When the fans who watched the live TV came back to their senses, they complained.

"What does that mean??"

"Success is also Gerald, defeat is also Gerald?"

"A slippery hand is not, it is a careless slippery foot, and you will lose your own reputation for a lifetime"

"Fortunately, the striker who started my car was Demba Ba, if it was Torres who started, this single knife ball was really hanging, 'To's single knife does not go in'"

"Upstairs 'swarthy' I'm a big girl!!"

Such a plot is beyond everyone's imagination, but the next plot is what everyone expected.

Chelsea with this goal is even more "not active", but the attack is not active, they have a goal in hand, I have the world, and they are in a hurry to attack.

On the contrary, Liverpool pressed hard, trying to equalize or even overtake the score.

Thirty-six rounds of league play, Manchester City is now 81 points, Liverpool is currently only 78 points, if Liverpool can't win this game Chelsea, Liverpool, who is three points apart in the league with two rounds left, really may not be able to counterattack Manchester City, if they draw this game, there is still some hope

As the game entered the 73rd minute, Mourinho began to make substitutions. Goalscorer Demba Ba was substituted and Fernando Torres came on.

Everyone who saw the substitution knew that Chelsea were starting to strengthen their defence, as fans all over the world knew that Fernando Torres was the most defensive centre-forward and the most attacking centre-back

Sure enough, after Torres came on, his frantic pressing in midfield made it very difficult for Liverpool. In the end, Liverpool had no choice but to play a long pass.

Gerrard's long-range strike almost atoned for it, but Cech was brave enough to hold the ball.

When the game entered the 80th minute, Liverpool were even more anxious, and the third line pressed forward, and even Skrtel pressed past the halfway line.

At the 85th minute, Chelsea staged a textbook counter-attack. After defending Liverpool's successive waves of attacks, Chelsea took possession of the ball.

Frank Lampard then drove the ball straight up front with a big kick, Hazard chested it off and half-turned to kick it forward.

Torres started instantly, and instead of catching the ball, he jumped up for a header.

The ball was headed over by Torres, over the head of the remaining centre-back Ager, and then towards the Liverpool back.

Torres, who landed on the ground, got rid of Agger and reached over to tug at the jersey, then quickly followed.

"Single Blade!! Torres single-handed!!! ”

The hearts of Liverpool fans are tugging because if the goal is scored by Chelsea, it will be