Chapter 57: War of Words

Arsenal now have a huge lead in the league and are even double-digit ahead of second-placed Manchester United in the table; It's not even half of the season, but Arsenal have already established a big lead in the league, and it will be difficult for the current Manchester United team to overtake Arsenal in the table. Perhaps the 17th round of the league is now a chance for Manchester United, their best chance to close the gap between them and Arsenal in the table.

It's a challenge for the Gunners now as they don't have much time to rest and Arsenal are heading to Manchester immediately after returning to London for their summit showdown with Manchester United.

Everyone can understand what this round stands for, and now Arsenal are so far ahead of the table that they are in a strong momentum and quickly create a huge advantage in the first half of the game; Although the current Manchester United team also maintains an unbeaten record, but their consecutive draws in the early part of the season have made them quickly fall behind in the standings, although they have recovered in recent games, but the huge hole in the early stage will be really difficult to fill for a while.

Arsenal now have a huge lead in the league and Manchester United know they will have to win against Arsenal if they want to make a difference in the league this season; The difference of 10 points is really a big hole, especially considering that Arsenal's form this season has been a bit up and down, but the overall performance is still quite strong. Therefore, in order to make up for the current disadvantage, Manchester United is not only expecting Arsenal to collapse in the second half of the game, but also needs its own team to explode in the next games.

Whether they can snipe Arsenal in the first half of the game can only be seen by Manchester United now. Once unable to beat Arsenal in this round. Then the Gunners will basically create a bigger advantage. For Manchester United, it will be exponentially more difficult to win the league title. This time they are at Old Trafford and they will be aiming for this game as well.

'The only thing we can do at the moment is to win every game and hope they make mistakes. Manchester United and Chelsea will drop points as they go head-to-head with each other. There are too many teams that have the potential to capsize them in the gutter. We have only one motivation on the way forward, and one is to open the gap with them. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is very concerned about this big game, and in his pre-match interview, he naturally expressed his thoughts on this road trip.

"There are a lot of teams competing this year and they are very well prepared. The team is also very well organized. It makes every game tougher for us and although we are league leaders at the moment and we haven't made too many mistakes so far this season, we can't afford to be careless because it will cost us. Manchester United are a very competitive team, but we believe we can win the game; If you can keep your focus on the game and put in a good performance, you can change the perception of you. There used to be a lot of people who thought Arsenal weren't competitive enough, but now I think they've all come to terms with the fact that Arsenal are the most competitive team in the league. They may have loved Arsenal to death by now because we were so much better than that. 'Arsene Wenger is cautious though. But he is really satisfied with the team's record this season, so he is also full of confidence before this big game.

As more and more players start using Weibo, Twitter. Some of their interesting personal messages are also starting to get noticed, with Arsenal's Wilshere being an active user of Twitter text messages, and a few days ago one of his short messages sparked a "verbal battle" with Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand. Of course, this is also a routine war of words before the war, which will only make this war more gunpowdery.

Arsenal had just won the Club World Cup and were already at the top of the table, with Wilshere cheering on Twitter: "Top of the league! Champion! ”

The news was seen by Rio Ferdinand, who was quick to respond sarcastically: "I usually only boast about being at the top of the table one day in the league because that's when we win medals. ”

Before the rise of Chelsea, the Premier League was more of a two-man meeting between Arsenal and Manchester United, and Wenger and Ferguson were the biggest competitors at that time. Although Arsenal's competitiveness has declined in previous seasons, but now Arsenal is rising again, so the grievances between Manchester United and Arsenal will obviously be brought up again, especially when Arsenal's lead in the league standings is getting bigger and bigger, Manchester United must be very unhappy.

"So you haven't been cheering and bragging, because you don't have a chance at all." Xiao Qing also unceremoniously hit back on Twitter, Xiao Qing is not an honest person, he doesn't care about offending people, anyway, there must be competition between Manchester United and Arsenal now, so when Ferdinand provoked a war of words, Xiao Qing also got up.

"Maybe you're still cheering for us on the TV when I'm celebrating the championship, we're a great team, we've won too many titles." Ferdinand is also very unhappy, although he knows that Xiao Qing is now in hot form and is considered to be the most Haode player in the game, but the arrogant Ferdinand doesn't care about this, he believes that he can end Xiao Qing's goal performance.

"I've always been a fan of Arsenal and I watched it when Arsenal were unbeaten and title-winning season. It's really crazy, Arsenal took out all the opponents, including some teams that could be better. Xiao Qing has never been good-tempered, although his career is only in his fourth season, although Xiao Qing is still a little behind Ferdinand who has played in the Premier League for ten years, but Xiao Qing knows that time is not all for a player, and honor is their greatest pursuit.

Although Ferdinand missed some games with a hamstring injury before, but now the first game of his return from injury is the battle with Arsenal, and he is indeed looking forward to being able to kill the hot Arsenal to stage the return of the king, and now he and Xiao Qing are also spitting on Twitter. They don't care about the excitement of other people. They don't care if the media is fueling the war of words. They just don't want to lose anywhere, even if it's trash-talk.

For Arsenal, they are not necessarily without a little crisis before this game, although Arsenal are in hot form now, but they have also encountered some difficulties recently.

First of all, Arsenal have been on the road for a long time, and they have not had a decent chance to rest and adjust during this period, so they are definitely more likely to be affected by a fitness crisis than Manchester United at home.

And although the current Manchester United team also has some injuries, but overall they are still very healthy; Arsenal are more depressed right now because their injuries look serious.

Arsenal defender Vermaelen's injury has recurred. This time he will miss all competitions in 2010 due to an ankle injury. The main defender has been out of action for a long time, and his absence has left Arsenal without a leader at the back. To add insult to injury, summer signing Koscielny suffered a concussion in the last round of the league and is likely to miss the big game against Manchester United. So at the back, Arsenal are now increasingly understaffed.

December is going to be a big month for Arsenal and for every team, and when you look at the fixture list, it looks like a pivotal day for all teams. Chelsea, Tottenham, Manchester United and Arsenal all have strong opponents in December. For Arsenal, they will not have the main defender in the team, Vermaelen, which is not good news for the already noisy Arsenal defense, and the current Arsenal just can't defend. The only way for them to win against their opponents is to score more goals than their opponents.

Although Arsenal now have a huge lead in the league, Arsenal cannot afford to be sloppy. Because whether the Gunners will always be "young" and whether they can survive this December smoothly is key. They need to withstand the pressure from Manchester United, they need to get through a dreaded Christmas devil's fixture schedule and, of course, Arsenal now need to be aware of possible opposition counter-attacks.

There is good news for Chelsea, who have been at a low point in recent rounds of form, with captain John Terry returning from injury and now Frank Lampard also returning, but before the England international can find form, they will be challenged by Tottenham, Manchester United and Arsenal, with the Blues having the toughest schedule in the last three.

So now Arsenal need to withstand the pressure, now they need to show more Haode form in the game; Because now is a crisis for them, but it is also an opportunity. Once they can get a good result in December, and once they can beat these main rivals in this terrifying fixture, Arsenal will essentially be able to seal the league title.

When the war of words between Xiao Qing and Ferdinand broke out, Manchester United's Evra also let it out, Arsenal is a team that can't win the championship, and he thinks that Arsenal's soft style of play will definitely fall behind; A tough Manchester United will teach Arsenal a good lesson at Old Trafford, and they will beat Arsenal to prove that they are the best team in the Premier League, while Arsenal are just a pseudo-powerhouse.

Xiao Qing is of course very unhappy with Evra's outlook on the team, and of course he is very unhappy with the previous spit with Ferdinand; But Xiao Qing also knew that before such a game, he didn't want to get involved in an unnecessary war of words, and he didn't need to care about what style of football the opponent wanted to play; Arsenal just need to stick to their tactics and Arsenal need to focus on their own style.

Arsenal are driven by the desire to win games and the quality of football they want to play; When Arsenal won a game at Old Trafford, when Xiao Qing tore apart Ferdinand's defense again and again, perhaps this was the most convincing way, and perhaps Ferdinand would not quarrel with Xiao Qing on Twitter.

Xiao Qing is looking forward to the game against Manchester United, he is looking forward to the battle against Rio Ferdinand in this game, he will work harder in the game, he will make Ferdinand feel desperate. (To be continued......)