Chapter 40: Strong Arsenal
Arsenal have won the most against Everton of any Premier League team and are unbeaten in their last six matches; So even if it's a double game a week, even if Arsenal is a visit to Goodison Park, Arsenal don't care about that at all, they don't have the slightest doubt about beating the Toffees. Arsene Wenger continued to continue his starting line-up in previous games in this game, and Arsenal did perform as well as ever in this game.
In the 35th minute of the game, Nasri's left-footed long-range shot from the edge of the penalty area was blocked by Everton goalkeeper Howard.
Xiao Qing has increased his league goal tally to nineteen, and now it is only the thirteenth round of the league; In the previous two seasons, that is, in the 08-09 season, the Premier League Golden Boot Anelka's goals were nineteen! Xiao Qing is terrifying, although no one knows whether Xiao Qing will score such a crazy goal in the second half of the game, but one thing is certain, that is, if there is no accident, then Xiao Qing's goal will definitely come; For Xiao Qing's goal, it seems that it is normal to clock in at work.
In the second half of the game, Denilson intercepted the ball in the middle and handed it to Cesc Fabregas, who coordinated with Xiao Qing on the right side to kick the wall and received Xiao Qing's return knock near the penalty spot and scored with a right-footed sweep to help Arsenal extend the lead to 2-0. Arsenal continued their strong run as they walked away victories at Goodison Park.
Everton captain and former Manchester United star Phil Neville believes Arsenal now possess a quality that was previously lacking: hardness. This change will allow the Gunners to be truly involved in the race for the Premier League title. "They look more resilient now. In terms of style of football, they have been playing beautifully, and that is not going to change, but in this game they defended well and were not afraid of fierce scrambles. ”
When Phil Neville was at Manchester United, he was always aggressive against Arsenal and often had good results. The Neville brothers were scared to shovel Reyes and have been in a state of reel, but now Neville is finding it a bad way to deal with Arsenal. 'When you play Arsenal you always like to play hard with them but we didn't work out this time and that's where Arsenal improve and you can feel the difference. We've been trying hard to cause problems for Arsenal in the past and they've not been able to cope with it, but this time they did, and they deserved to be the winners. ”
'They may not be as good as the Arsenal team that has Vieira and Keown. But they are improving every year, adding experience to their abilities. And now they may have the ability to win at home of the likes of Everton, Liverpool and Chelsea. I don't want to meet Shaw on the pitch because he's really strong and even he's the hardest striker I've ever seen; Arsenal are getting stronger and stronger and Shaw is really incredible here, I think he's even the most hode player at the moment, better than any player in that unbeaten Arsenal I've ever seen. 'Phil Neville has a really big say in the face of two Gunners who have seen a lot of success.
Arsenal's strong performance looks inexplicable, and the league is already a third of the way, and now it looks like Arsenal are continuing to lead the table, and even in the opinion of many, what was thought to be a three-nation battle before the start of the season has not really arrived, because Arsenal are too strong, and because Arsenal's opponents have not shown enough form.
In this round, Chelsea host Black Cat Sunderland. After nine minutes of fierce battle, Chelsea suffered a shock 3-0 defeat at home to Sunderland, and Stamford Bridge lost 854 minutes without conceding a goal, giving Chelsea their biggest defeat at home since April 2002.
Although Manchester United, who visited Villa Park, conceded two goals in five minutes, they relied on Macheda and Nemanja Vidic to draw 2-2 with Aston Villa to continue their unbeaten league run after scoring twice in five minutes, but six of our seven away league games this season have ended in draws. So now that Arsenal are high in the table, they don't have any pressure at all, because Arsenal themselves are good enough and because their opponents are in a slump enough right now.
Arsenal are at the top of the table after 13 rounds, with 11 wins and 2 draws, which is enough to make people feel hopeless; Arsenal are now on 35 points, and at the end of the third of the season, the defending champions are in a position to be far behind the rest of the team.
Now in second place in the table is Chelsea, although they had a five-game winning streak at the beginning of the season, they did play super scores in succession at that moment, but Chelsea continued to be weak, they returned to calm after the madness, and even had the meaning of paying the price after the madness, and now they keep losing, they have lost their position at the top of the table.
With eight wins, two draws and three defeats, Chelsea now have only 26 points; It's not a good result but it's not bad, but when Arsenal's results are impressive enough, Chelsea's points look shabby, because the season is only a third, but Chelsea, who are considered strong contenders for the league title, are actually nine points behind Arsenal!
Manchester United are also very depressed now, they are the same league unbeaten gold holders as Arsenal, but the results of six wins and seven draws are very shabby. With just 25 points, Manchester United's performances for the new season have been sluggish enough that they are now as high as eleven points behind Arsenal and now look like they are not in contention for the title.
The likes of Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool are clearly not among the title contenders right now, and these teams are unlikely to pose much of a threat to Arsenal at the moment.
Arsenal are so strong, last season's Arsenal were inseparable from Manchester United and Chelsea in the league for almost the entire season, but the new season Arsenal has created a huge advantage in such a short period of time that is almost impossible to appear, which is really crazy.
The Premier League is considered to be the true first league, and it is really difficult to win the league title here; But Arsenal is getting better and better, and other teams may be a little less powerful at this time, or maybe they are not playing their best, so they are now far behind Arsenal, and now Arsenal has almost turned the Premier League stage into their one-man show. And what should have been a fierce title race now looks a bit boring, as it seems that the new Premier League title can only belong to Arsenal.
'Chelsea lost, Manchester United drew and Man City drew so it was an ideal weekend for Arsenal and we are optimistic about the future, we are the league leaders now, we are in the title race now and the title will belong to Arsenal. Xiao Qing is in a good mood now, the team's strength in the league makes them have no doubt about the success of defending the title, and for Arsenal, as long as they don't suffer a devastating blow in the second half of the game, then they really have no problem winning the title.
'We're going to face Tottenham Hotspur in the league next and it's a good opponent. Not to mention the sworn rivalry between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, their performances in the Champions League this season alone are enough to be taken seriously. I'm looking forward to this game because we need to be challenged to get stronger, we need to play against strong teams to make us better. "Xiao Qing is full of confidence, and now it's not just Xiao Qing who is full of confidence, but Arsenal is obviously unusually confident now.
The 13 league games of the new season have put the Gunners at the top of the league, and they have a clear advantage over the rest of the team; So at this time, Arsenal are naturally very relaxed, they don't need to worry at all, because they have an environment that other teams don't have, because Arsenal have enough opportunities to make mistakes.
So now Xiao Qing is only excited about the game with a strong opponent like Tottenham Hotspur, last season's Arsenal needed to pay special attention to every strong opponent in the game, they could not make any mistakes at that time, which did bring a lot of pressure to the players; However, although Arsenal now also attaches equal importance to every opponent, the current good environment allows them to face the next games more calmly.
Arsenal are a young team and although the players are constantly growing, more wins for the young players will allow them to develop confidence on the pitch and a relaxed playing environment will allow them to play more effectively in the game. After thirteen rounds of matches, Arsenal now have a relaxed playing environment, and now they have enough capital to perform more calmly.
Xiao Qing is really happy, because the team is now constantly drawing victories, because the team is now good momentum, because the team is getting stronger and stronger. Xiao Qing has no doubts about the team's championship this season, because the current excellent Arsenal can do that; And Xiao Qing is now more and more looking forward to the team's brilliance, or a new high, because Arsenal now has the opportunity and confidence to create an undefeated league championship! (To be continued......)