Chapter 56: Very Easy Arsenal

For Arsenal, the 3-0 home win over rivals Tottenham Hotspur was exciting, and now Arsenal continue to keep their rivals under pressure, of course, while kicking their rivals out of the top four in the table, Arsenal also continue to maintain their league leadership.

Although Manchester United easily beat Blackburn Rovers 2-0 in this round, they also performed well in the new season with 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss to accumulate 26 points, but such a good result can only make them stand in third place in the table.

The Blues Chelsea, who beat Bolton Wanderers 4-0 away in this round, also got their wish to win all three points away, but after 11 rounds of games, they won nine and lost two, and they are also in second place in the standings with 27 points; However, despite their recent strong performances, Chelsea have struggled to threaten the Gunners.

Since the beginning of the new season, the Gunners have won nine and drawn two, and with an unbeaten record of 29 points, they temporarily occupy the position of the league leader by two points, although the gap is not big, but this is enough to make Gunners fans expect the team to become the favorite to win the championship this season, and they expect the team to end the embarrassing embarrassment of four years without a title this season.

The lack of separating the top three teams makes this season's Premier League title race look intense, with only three points separating the three teams, which could change the top three teams in a single game. And what was basically the duo of Chelsea and Manchester United is now a clear triad, with the three teams in the league close to a third of the way out, which makes the new Premier League look more competitive.

As for the fourth place in the standings. Tottenham Hotspur were beaten by Arsenal in this round. They temporarily dropped out of the top four in the standings; In this round, Liverpool, who visited Craven Farmhouse, lost 1-3 at the feet of Fulham. Suffering five consecutive defeats away from home, while swallowing the bitter fruit of the fifth defeat in the league, the first defeat to the "Farmer" in two and a half years, they are now as high as 10 points behind Arsenal, only 19 points Liverpool looks like they can only work hard to ensure the fourth place in the table at this time, of course, the current fourth Manchester City team is still two points ahead of Liverpool.

Xiao Qing and his teammates are proud that they are the only unbeaten team in the league this season, although the current lead in the standings is not obvious. But with the league leader, Arsenal has enough confidence to compete for the title!

In Xiao Qing's view, the hearty home win is a signal from Arsenal to the league title this season, the current Arsenal morale is high, and the current Arsenal is in good shape, "Are we better prepared enough for the league title?" My answer is: of course. That goal has never changed since the first day of the season's opening. In the long league campaign, we have to show a lot of patience and continuous improvement, which is not an easy task. I believe we have a chance to be on the top podium of the Premier League, it depends on our attitude and determination. I have confidence in Arsenal because we have at least a certain number of points. We've proven what we're capable of. ”

As for Tottenham Hotspur, the sworn north London rivals, Tottenham's pre-match view was a kind of psychological warfare; But it didn't anger the Arsenal manager. But it seems to have angered the young Gunners, Arsenal's overwhelming advantage in the whole game, and the chances created by the Gunners are also incomparable to Tottenham, Lao Lei's words have yet to be tested, Keane's words are no longer reliable, and the two teams are still a few streets apart from each other in terms of main force and bench strength! So Xiao Qing doesn't seem to be interested in mentioning this team now, because Xiao Qing's eyes are forward-looking, and now he is more concerned about the league and the Champions League.

Having ended the league game, Arsenal did not let up because their revenge was coming soon; In the third round of the Champions League group stage, they were beaten by reigning Eredivisie champions AZ Alkmaar in the third round of the game, which turned the three points that Arsenal should have had in their hands into a point. But in the fourth round of the group stage, Arsenal has a chance to get revenge at home, and now Arsenal has scored seven points in the group stage, and only needs to take all three points in this round, then Arsenal can basically qualify for the group stage two rounds in advance with ten points, and basically lock up the first place in the group.

On November 5, 2009, the fourth day of the 09/10 UEFA Champions League group stage began, with Arsenal hosting AZ Alkmaar; Arsene Wenger's side are without Klich, Bendtner, Theo Walcott and Denilson, with Rosicky returning from a knee injury and Nasri, who has been hampered by injury, making his first start of the season and his second appearance this season since last week's Carabao Cup. AZ Alkmaar are missing last season's Eredivisie top scorer and former Tottenham striker Hamdoi.

Although there were some minor changes to the team, Arsenal performed well in the game; Arsenal lost their previous game against AZ Alkmaar but will not make another mistake in this game as they must win at home to their opponents and cannot afford to continue to make low-level mistakes and drag themselves into a multi-front battle.

So Arsenal worked hard in this game, in the fourth minute of the game, Arsenal's first attack almost broke the goal, Fabregas took the ball by the defense, and Arshavin, Diaby in the middle of the advance to send the ball to the edge of the penalty area; And Xiao Qing, who has just been voted the best player of the month for the third month in a row, aims at the far corner and shoots a right-footed shot that will be missed.

Although they failed to score, Arsenal played with momentum at home and they will not allow continuous planting on AZ Alkmaar, they want revenge, they want to get this game to guarantee group qualification; So Arsenal played fiercely, and although AZ Alkmaar's players thought they could draw at home, they might still have a chance to secure a draw, but they obviously underestimated Arsenal's attacking prowess because of a draw.

Arsenal broke the deadlock in the 25th minute, Galla ran sideways in the middle and handed the ball to Fabregas on the left, Fabregas slowly moved to the middle with the ball at the edge of the penalty area, and sent a very penetrating through ball in the face of the defender; Xiao Qing in the penalty area rubbed lightly on the ball directly according to the defender, although Liliang may be a little light, but the angle of the shot was extremely awkward, the ball almost rolled into the near corner of the goal, Romero fell to the ground a beat slower, and the score on the field was 1-0.

Xiao Qing was very happy that he helped the team take the lead again, and completed the third Champions League goal in the cheers of the audience; Although Xiao Qing is not only not very high in the Champions League scorer list, but even in the Champions League scorer list in the team, he is also ranked by Van Persie and others, but Xiao Qing doesn't care at all, and Arsenal fans don't care either, because they know that Xiao Qing can get better, and the next knockout game is Xiao Qing's big stage.

Although Xiao Qing knew that he still had some shortcomings, he was very satisfied with his progress; Now his jishu is constantly improving, and more importantly, with the continuous accumulation of game experience, Xiao Qing's grasp of the game is getting stronger and stronger, and his judgment of the situation and the choice of position are getting better and better. Awareness is important for a good striker, and now Xiao Qing is more and more able to grasp the killing opportunity, and he can find the best option in the fleeting opportunity.

Arsenal, who have taken the lead, are unforgiving, they don't want to give AZ Alkmaar any chances, they can't allow them to slip through their hands again, so Arsenal need to seal the win.

In the 41st minute of the game, Arshavin went straight through the middle, Nasri faked in front of the arc of the penalty area to shake off the players who grabbed it, and after stepping into the penalty area, he shot low with his right foot into the bottom right corner of the goal; Arsenal doubled their lead to end the first half with a 2-0 lead, which also gave Arsenal more confidence to win at home.

In the second half, Arsenal continued to attack wildly, and they wanted to be humiliated; In the 52nd minute of the game, AZ Alkmaar made a mistake in the midfield pass, and Arsenal launched a quick counterattack after the break; Arshavin made a precise through-ball and Xiao Qing, who was outflanked from the left side of the penalty area, sent a scuffling shot to the attacking Alkmaar goalkeeper Sergio Romero. The ball flew over Romero's head, and although it didn't look like it had the slightest momentum, it was even more beautiful when it floated slowly into the net.

3-0, Xiao Qing's goal helped Arsenal basically lock up the win; Xiao Qing, who scored his fourth Champions League goal, is also temporarily at the top of the team's Champions League scorers list with an average of one goal per game.

Xiao Qing's third goal made this game completely lose suspense, the two sides began to change, Arsenal Fabregas and Xiao Qing were replaced by Eduardo and Ramsey respectively, Arsenal can now easily face this game, they win at home without any suspense.

Although they have a three-goal lead, the crazy Arsenal is still continuing to show; Arsenal scored another city in the 72nd minute, Gibbs broke the ball in the backfield and counterattacked, Eduardo made a smart pass with his heel directly near the arc of the middle circle, Arshavin took the ball and knocked Diaby at the front of the penalty area, Diaby hit a one-on-one shot, four to zero!

The Emirates Stadium fell into a frenzy, although AZ Alkmaar pulled back a face-saving goal at the moment of the game, but this conceded goal had no impact on Arsenal, this big win made Arsenal now have three wins and one draw in the Champions League group stage, and Arsenal is now very easy with ten points! (To be continued......)