Chapter 194: A League of Rivals

Time is running out for Arsenal and the Gunners don't want to lose Old Trafford, so they will need to work harder. However, the good news now is that after being suppressed for most of the game, the Gunners have finally improved on the offensive end, which also gives Arsenal's players more confidence, and Xiao Qing also believes that Arsenal will definitely not raise their hands to admit defeat in this game.

Although the current Manchester United team have stepped up their efforts and focus in the defensive end, although there is not much time left in the game, it is a good opportunity for Arsenal to equalise as long as they continue to work hard and be aggressive.

Especially the current Xiao Qing, Xiao Qing has been completely excited in the game, and Xiao Qing has also received more support from his teammates; Defensively, Arsenal temporarily suppressed Manchester United with their ferocious attack, and Xiao Qing and Van Persie were able to receive a steady stream of passes from their teammates in the front court, which was enough to ensure that Xiao Qing could play better in the game, because Xiao Qing believes that Manchester United's defenders are now a little powerless.

In the 83rd minute of the game, Cazorla broke through on the left side and crossed; Although Xiao Qing took the ball a little to the left, although Manchester United defender Smalling pounced on Xiao Qing for the first time, Xiao Qing suddenly made a sharp stop, and Smalling also lost his position because he pounced too hard. Xiao Qing instantly started to continue to cut inside with the ball, as for the defensive players, in Xiao Qing's opinion, it will not affect him too much at all, he has full confidence in himself.

Xiao Qing, who broke through Smalling, once again encountered Manchester United defender Phil Jones's supplementary defense, Xiao Qing once again made a sharp stop to step on the ball and pushed forward. Jones's small empty goal between his legs allowed Xiao Qing to split the ball; Although at this time, Xiao Qing's shooting angle was very small. While Manchester United's young goalkeeper David De Gea made a timely xiangyou move. Although Manchester United's overall defense is very good, Xiao Qing, who was forced to the bottom line, chose to shoot directly.

In this case, the far corner is basically chosen for shooting from a small angle, so the success rate of the shot may be higher; De Gea also flew towards the far corner when Xiao Qing got up, but in the exclamation of the Old Trafford stadium, no one thought that Xiao Qing would be so bold to kick a bocce ball at this time, the ball rolled towards the goal against the turf, and De Gea, who flew to save, watched in panic as the ball rolled from under him into the goal!

One-to-one. Xiao Qing's goal helped Arsenal achieve a 1-1 score, and Xiao Qing's key goal equalized the score; Although they have not won in two rounds, Arsenal has also avoided further falling to the bottom, and Arsenal's performance in this game is still worthy of recognition, although they have fallen into passivity for most of the game, and they have been suppressed very hard by Manchester United; However, Arsenal's adjustment in this game was also very good, in the second half of the game Arsenal showed the style of the defending champions, even if there was no Zuihou to reverse the score, but they also withstood the pressure to get a draw at Old Trafford.

Three games, one win, one draw and one loss, such a result is definitely not ideal for the defending champion Arsenal. Even very poor; Everyone knows that Arsenal should have been better, they should have done better. But that's true of Arsenal now. After three rounds of matches in the new season, Arsenal even has only four points, compared to last season's invincible, Arsenal's performance at the beginning of the new season is really not good, or even worse, at least among the teams that have the ability to compete for the league title in the league, Arsenal's results are undoubtedly the least outstanding for the time being.

Liverpool faced the visiting Bolton Wanderers at Anfield, and in the end they beat Bolton Wanderers 3-1, and the seven points from the first three games were also the best start to the league in 17 years; It seems that the Reds Liverpool is slowly recovering, after the change of owners, Liverpool, which has a lot of movement in the transfer market, has finally returned to the secret of becoming a top giant, and now they have slowly shown enough competitiveness, and now they may want to compete for the league title is still a little difficult, but if they want to compete for a Champions League qualification, Liverpool is really sure now.

Chelsea take on visiting Norwich City at Stamford Bridge. As a result, goals from Bosingwa, Frank Lampard and Juan Mata helped Chelsea to a 3-1 win over Norwich; The Blues also have seven points from two wins and one draw, although they have just changed managers in the new season, but do not underestimate Chelsea, they have always been strong contenders for the league title, although not as good as last season's crazy five wins in a row, but against a solid Chelsea, any team will have a headache.

Of course, the current Manchester United team after being forced to draw by Arsenal, they now also have two wins and one draw, although they failed to complete the revenge on Arsenal in such a game that took the initiative, but look at the process of this game, Manchester United has been suppressing Arsenal breathlessly, if it weren't for their bad luck, if it weren't for Xiao Qing's excellent performance, maybe the current Manchester United has won the game, and they are doing a good job now, They are also one of the most competitive teams in the league.

As for the league leaders, this is a team that is unexpected but also reasonable.

Manchester City, who had won two in a row, visited White Hart Lane to challenge Tottenham, and Dzeko and Nasri played well in the first half, including two goals in the first half; In the second half, Dzeko continued to work hard to complete the quadruple, Sergio Aguero added the icing on the cake, and Tottenham pulled a point back through Cabourg. In the end, Manchester City beat Tottenham 5-1 away to make it three wins in a row to start the season.

swept Swansea 4-0 in the first round of the league, narrowly defeated Bolton Wanderers 3-2 in the second round, and beat Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 in the third round; In the first three rounds of the new season, Manchester City have scored 12 goals in a frenzy, and the Manchester City team, who average four goals per game, has completely unleashed their attacking firepower. Manchester City's superships are no joke, having made waves in the transfer market for three seasons in a row, and after qualifying for the Champions League last season, Mancini and his blue moon are clearly looking for even better results, and now they are capable of doing even better.

Arsenal are obviously having some headaches right now, with league leaders Manchester City now five points ahead of Arsenal, as well as Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool with seven points, they are also tough to bite; Arsenal are in the chasing position at the start of the new season, which is not a good thing, and Arsenal will obviously need to work harder if they want to complete a third consecutive league title.

Arsenal, who had a poor start, now need to work harder and be more careful, digging a big hole at the start of the new season, and Arsenal will need to work harder to catch up with the leading teams in the table, and they will not be able to continue to make mistakes in the following games. The new season of the Premier League can be said to be a group of champions, there are not a few teams that have the ability to bring difficulties to Arsenal, and Arsenal want to maintain their position as the king of the league, they obviously need to be more cautious.

However, there may also be some good news for Arsenal, although they suffered a draw, although they failed to maintain a comprehensive suppression of Manchester United, and even showed a very passive performance in the game with Manchester United; But I have to admit that Arsenal's current form is slowly recovering, and Arsenal also has a good performance, for example, they began to show good competitiveness when they fell behind, and Arsenal's resilience is still worth affirming.

Arsenal's strength does not need too many doubts, especially the immediate return of Arsenal's main defender Alexander Song to the team, then Arsenal's lack of defensive weakness in recent games will be greatly alleviated, and the current Gunners have also gone through a few games of running-in, and the tacit understanding between the new signings and the team is also slowly producing; Perhaps Arsenal's strength this season is somewhat weakened compared to last season's Treble period, but Arsenal's competitiveness is still full, and any team cannot take it lightly when facing Arsenal, because Arsenal can win Zuihou, because Arsenal has the ability to become the winner of Zuihou in the league and in the Champions League.

Xiao Qing is basically satisfied with the team's current performance, and Arsenal now has a good momentum; Xiao Qing is now past the age of judging the state of the team by looking at the team's records, and now Xiao Qing has a deeper understanding of the team, and now he has more experience. The draw with Manchester United may have been a very good turn for Arsenal, as Arsenal found their rhythm in the league and Arsenal began to preliminarily complete the run-in and burst into a more combative game. Although this game was passive, it also gave the Gunners a lot of confidence, and the Gunners also knew the trick to score goals, and they found the key to more tacit understanding with each other.

Arsenal are not going to continue in the slump and have now done a good job of making adjustments; So the next thing is that Arsenal is actually very familiar and very good at it. That is to play the game that belongs to Arsenal and constantly pursue the victory of the game; Although the current Gunners may be temporarily behind in the standings, they are confident that they will soon be able to fill the gap. (To be continued......)