Chapter 365: London City Derby (1)

In general, Li Zihan had a very fulfilling day this day, playing with her lover and her best friend all day, and her mood was also relaxed, oh, and Su Su's little second goods.

It is worth mentioning that when Li Zihan returned to London in the afternoon, he went to the hospital to visit Walcott. Little Tiger is still in the hospital and has not been discharged, and the doctor said that he will not be discharged until he has recovered from the operation for a while.

Without Walcott's training, Li Zihan always felt that something was missing. In the past, when I had this product, I often made some jokes and pranks, and the training was not boring. Now that this thing is lying in the hospital, Li Zihan still misses it. The main thing is that no one stole Wilshere and Ramsey's change of pants in the shower, so it is no joke.

However, the days of training passed quite quickly, and the four-day training was in the blink of an eye to the weekend.

When the league reached the seventeenth round, Arsenal suffered a London derby, which can be regarded as a red and blue battle. Arsenal welcomed the Blues Chelsea on their home turf.

Former Chelsea Arsenal never thought it would be their opponent, and then after the arrival of the Russian billionaire Abu, the situation was different. Since then, the Blues have become a Premier League giant, a title contender, and not many teams in Europe have been able to escape from their jaws.

Especially when Jose Mourinho returned to Stamford Bridge, the combination of the Portuguese and the Russian made the Premier League giants even more miserable.

So for Arsenal, it's also a game you can't lose. Because once you lose, it means that you have to give up the throne of the leader.

It was only in the last round that they fought Manchester City to the death, and for Arsenal, this game is more stressful. Because their opponents Chelsea played in the last round of the promoted Crystal Palace team, which also came from London City, they did not exert much effort, and Arsenal suffered 1,000 injuries and 800 losses in the last round.

When the time came to 9 p.m. local time on the 22nd, the competition between Arsenal and Chelsea was completely launched. It's about another collision between the old London giants and the new London giants, and it is also a desperate struggle between the passionate red and the tenacious blue.

The conversation was scheduled by the FA for the final fixture of the league round, with the other nine games already over when Arsenal and Chelsea kick off.

Liverpool and Manchester United, Arsenal's 'red brothers', unsurprisingly won on their home turf, with Manchester City travelling to the rancher's home in London City and taking the three points away. Even Everton have overcome their own opponents, with the only defeat coming to a scarred Saints Southampton who lost 3-2 at home to north London side Tottenham Hotspur.

Before Arsenal played this league, Liverpool had 11 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, scoring 36 points and the same point as Arsenal. Therefore, if Arsenal loses this game, they will be under double pressure from Liverpool and Chelsea, and the point advantage saved in the early stage will no longer be restored.

In this game, Li Zihan appeared in the starting position, and did not sit on the bench and wait for the opportunity like in the previous round. Obviously, Wenger knows that against Mourinho's team, you can't stop grinding with him, but you have to build your lead first, and then slowly play a war of attrition with them, keeping an eye out for their quick counter-attacks.

Establish your lead first, and Mourinho's side will not be determined to hold on to you, but will think about pressing out.

Arsenal are not afraid of opponents playing against him, Manchester City is known as the most ferocious team in the Premier League, and after 17 rounds of the league, they have scored 51 goals in a frenzy. It's such a crazy team, and now Arsenal dares to play against him on his home turf, and he has walked away.

So Arsenal is not afraid of Chelsea playing against him, he is afraid that Chelsea will hold on for 90 minutes and then quickly counterattack to create some trouble for himself, and then rely on sneak attacks or set-pieces or something to give himself a "surprise". Otherwise, that's a choking thing, because there's a lot of experience that proves that 85 per cent of the games in which Chelsea are leading are won by them, because very few people can equalise or overtake them in defence.

So as soon as Arsenal came out, they made their attitude clear, that is, to play the ball control with the pass and cut, and then play the attack. Keeping your possession on the offensive basis is also considered defensive, after all, the best defense is not to give the opponent a chance to get the ball.

This is also Arsenal's football philosophy, which advocates speed, passing and quality attacking combination on a ball basis. That's what makes Arsenal football so exciting, it's different from Barcelona, who used to play TiKi-taka. He is more efficient and quality than Barcelona, and he is not blindly passing the ball backwards.

Because the last game against Manchester City was too powerful, Ozil and Ramsey, who were not in good shape, did not start. Wilshere and Flamini were paired in midfield, with Podolski still in the starting line-up. The veteran Rosicky appeared in the forward position, and Cazorla also appeared on the other side, and Li Zihan served as a point-grabbing striker.

Chelsea, on the other hand, were basically the main players, with Eden Hazard occupying the untouchable left flank, Brazilian goldenman Oscar up front, new Brazilian winger Willian on the right, Schurrle and Juan Mata on the bench. In the centre of the pitch was veteran Samuel Eto'o, with Fernando Torres on the bench.

This year, Torres was a bit depressed, but he finally played a little bit, but he was injured immediately, and then Eto'o came on the pitch and was out of control, and when he recovered, he continued to sit on the bench.

Chelsea's midfielder is Brazilian Ramirez, who is partnered by his fellow Brazilian David Luiz.

When Jose Mourinho arrived at Chelsea for the second time, everyone knew he was unhappy with Brazilian centre-back David Luiz. Luiz's desire to attack is too strong, while Mourinho just wants a centre-back who is honest and solid in defence.

So David Luiz's future at Stamford Bridge, like Juan Mata, is uncertain. But I didn't expect the "magic bird" to actually promote the central defender to the back position, and I didn't know if the magic of the Portuguese was still there

The central defenders are the old central defender John Terry and England homegrown central defender Gary Cahill, Cahill is better than Luiz in terms of height and weight, of course, this is not the point, the point is that Mourinho told him to defend with peace of mind, and he can defend with peace of mind

So after a period of exploration and running-in, Chelsea's main centre-back partner has taken shape. It was John Terry and Gary Cahill who were the English centre-back pairing. David Luiz occasionally rotated, as for the former central defender Branislav Ivanovic was brought down by Mourinho at right full-back, the Spanish full-back on the right young Azpilicueta went to the left, and the famous England left left back Ashley Colmourinho on the left is not at ease with him now. Former England international Cole, who has been in the Chinese New Year's Eve three years this year, has not been able to keep up with Mourinho's demands in terms of pace, so the future of the once top left wing-back in the Europa League is now uncertain at the Bridge.

Now Mourinho's Chelsea's overall strength is still relatively weak for the Premier League giants. Weak forwards, unstable defenses, older average age, etc. But now they are third in the league and are still biting the tail of second and first place, and they could replace them at any time.

I have to say, this is Mourinho's ability!

And now Arsenal in the summer through Wenger spent a lot of money to attract the German talented technical midfielder Mesut Ozil and the rising star of the efficient striker Li Zihan, after running-in and cooperation, it is not surprising that there are today's results. Of course, this so-called huge amount of money is for Arsenal, and the 70 million euros for local tycoons such as Chelsea and Manchester City is not a huge amount of money for a summer, and even Tottenham Hotspur spent more than 110 million pounds this summer

After a 6-6 draw away to Manchester City in the last round, everyone is optimistic about Arsenal in this game. After all, Manchester City's squad is now almost the strongest of the teams in the Premier League, whether it is the backbone of the back, the midfield and the invincible combination of strikers. Perhaps, their only problem is England international Joe Hart, who has been inconsistent this season, but this is nothing compared to Chelsea.

So I thought to myself, since Arsenal can draw with the powerful Manchester City away from home, then this is still a home game for Chelsea, so the winning chance is still quite large, and even the odds of the bookmaker are optimistic about Arsenal.

However, after the first ten minutes, the scene is still quite stale. Chelsea's attitude is clear, I'm just going to play on the counter-attack away from home. And Arsenal's attack could not open the situation under Chelsea's dense defense.

Jose Mourinho was notoriously defensively counter-attacking, and the 10-0-1 tactical formation of the bus in front of goal made Arsenal cry bitter.

Li Zihan's speed can't play an advantage at this time, Chelsea will leave the space in front of you when defending, so that you can run slowly, from the Sahara to the Mediterranean, there is no problem, anyway, your final goal is the goal, and we just need to put away the goal and wait for you to come.

And Arsenal's offense can't open up the situation, there is no effective way, and they don't dare to use the most effective long-range shot to break through the dense defense. Because the long-range shooter Ramsey is not busy with the starter, the other long-range shooting ability is very average, and once the long-range shot is ineffective and the opponent gets the ball, then Chelsea will launch a crazy and fast counterattack.

Eden Hazard and Willian have the speed to counter-attack quickly.

So the game is deadlocked!