Chapter 99: Another Battle for the Top Spot

Arsenal's comeback win over Manchester United 3-2 at home was an unbelievable thrill as Arsenal and Manchester United teamed up to deliver a battle for the top spot that thrilled the fans. Arsenal trailed by two goals in the first half, but in the second half the Gunners fought back to score three goals in a frenzied comeback, and they laughed Zuihou in this battle for the top spot, and once again regained the league leader's position.

However, although Arsenal laughed Zuihou in this game, it has to be admitted that this game made Arsenal have mixed feelings, although the result of this game is good, but the process is definitely not satisfactory.

In the first half, Manchester United's spear smashed Arsenal's shield, and Ferguson's 4-5-1 lineup, which is not usually seen, ruthlessly exposed the nature of Arsenal's fragile defence, especially in the defense of the two wings, in a very cliché phrase: almost blown up. As Klich and Sagna, who were jointly elected as the best team in the league by the Premier League players in the 07-08 season, it should be said that there is a significant gap between the current level and the heyday of that year.

As we all know, the attack and defense of fullbacks sometimes pay attention to the grasp of balance, of course, it is best to attack and defend. If you can't achieve both, it's the least to be able to defend, otherwise don't be a defender, but in this game, Chrissy and Sagna, when dealing with Manchester United's counterattack, basically fell into a kind of unstoppable situation.

Nani has been "bullying" Klich throughout the game. Either way, it's unfortunate for a full-back to be exploited so often that he doesn't find a way to fully compensate for it in attack. You're a failure.

And Sagna assists in his position. With the football IQ and personal ability of the Manchester United players. Of course, it is necessary to take advantage of a thoroughness, at this time, you can play a long pass attack one after the other, as well as a more layered rapid counterattack on one side, and at that time, the filling position of the central defender is already a reluctant move.

Speaking of defenders, sometimes the defenders are missing, and the midfielders can make up for them, which is a common sense tactical behavior, but when your assists are not of grade enough, and the midfielders are also not of quality. Such a focused tactical behavior is actually to open the door to convenience for the opponent.

Playing Arsenal is about counterattacking on the wings, and playing is about giving up some of the defensive aspects when Arsenal is pursuing a mercury-like attack. As the team with the most gorgeous and Latin style of play in the Premier League, it is only when the strong dialogue can the gold content of the team be truly tested. After all, most teams in the league began to retreat as soon as they met Arsenal, and then it was the moment when the Arsenal players themselves pondered the moment of "knocking on the turtle shell", and the gap between their own teams on the offensive and defensive lines. It was largely covered up in this way.

Gorgeous, the word should never be associated with the back line. You have to show enough ruthlessness and toughness, the closest to this standard of defense among the big four is actually Chelsea, which is why Weishenme Barcelona met Chelsea and Manchester United in the Champions League last season, the scene and the score are two different things, and Manchester United's back line at that time was still intact. As the "Premier League Barcelona", Arsenal is by no means inferior to the genuine Barcelona in attack, but there are two realms in defense.

Arsenal's defenders are really good in attack, but in the game they are more tasked with helping the team defend; Although they were able to help the team achieve good results at times, such a performance did make Arsenal passive many times.

Arsenal's backline now looks a little vulnerable, which also makes it easy for Arsenal to fall into a passive situation in the strong dialogue; This is definitely not good news for Arsenal, at a time when the league title race has been bayonet, Arsenal's unstable defense is really like a time bomb, and once it completely erupts, it will be a complete disaster for Arsenal, which will ruin Arsenal's efforts this season.

Although Arsenal exposed quite obvious deficiencies in this game, it also made people see infinite expectations; After all, Arsenal were the victors in this game, and the fighting power they showed in the second half of the game is absolutely what all teams will fear.

Xiao Qing shot two shots and one pass in the second half, and he single-handedly directed this crazy reversal. It was Arsene Wenger's 300th Premier League victory, and more importantly, Arsenal regained the initiative at this time by beating their main rivals Manchester United to return to the top of the table, and they once again lead the Premier League table.

Xiao Qing has reason to be proud of his performance in this game, although the team is a little lacking, but Arsenal now has a good chance to continue in the next games, they have a good chance to completely open up the situation in the league.

Although it was a draw with Manchester United at Old Trafford in the first half of the game, Arsenal performed well in this game; It was also Arsenal's second win of the season against the other three of the Premier League's big four, and it was definitely Arsenal's most valuable game of the season, despite Liverpool's sluggish form this season.

With a win over Manchester United, Arsenal are now two points ahead of Manchester United in the standings and climb to the top of the table; In this round of games, Chelsea, who were originally third in the table, also narrowly beat Burnley 2-1 away to take all three points, and now they are one point behind Arsenal and are in second place in the table. Manchester United, who lost this round, were in a tragic position, as they managed to sit at the top of the table for the first time this season, but they fell to third place in the table after just one round; However, the current Manchester United team is only two points behind league leaders Arsenal, and they still have a chance to catch up again.

The biggest gain for Arsenal in this game may be the change in the mentality of the players, I have to admit that although Arsenal has not been in the league leader position before, but they still do not have much confidence, because their results in dialogue with strong teams are not very ideal, and they will always expose some shortcomings.

And in this game, Arsenal also exposed some shortcomings. But they also showed a pretty good side. Their attacking prowess and resilience in the game gave everyone reason to believe that the young Arsenal were growing up fast. Not only do they have potential, they are also very competitive, at least they don't fall behind against Manchester United; Even with one win and one draw in the two league meetings this season, they still have a slight advantage and they are still holding their main rivals Manchester United at the halfway point of the league.

The extensive injuries did not make Arsenal retreat, and the shortcomings of the squad did not make them uncompetitive, even if they made mistakes, they were able to work hard to save; So now Arsenal is more worth looking forward to in the sprint, and they are also capable of doing better.

Xiao Qing was in a great mood, and Wenger and Ferguson were also very official at the post-match press conference, and there was no exciting news. Xiao Qing was too lazy to say more, these were very official answers. Alex Ferguson may have been in a bad mood because of the loss, while Arsenal were more worried about the next game.

Although Arsenal did win this game, they did return to the top of the table, and even temporarily Arsenal still have the initiative on the road to the league title. But for the schedule, Arsenal can only say that they are powerless to complain, and they don't know who arranged the schedule that makes people spit out; In the 24th round of the league, the opponent is Manchester United, the 25th round is Chelsea, and even the 26th round is Liverpool! Even in the meantime, Arsenal have Champions League quarter-finals and it's definitely a hell of a fixture!

Facing such a strange schedule really put a lot of pressure on Arsenal. At the critical moment of winning the league championship, Arsenal had no chance to rest at all. They don't even have a chance to adjust. Each of those three games is important, and if Arsenal make a mistake at this point, then there is no doubt that they will lose the initiative in the title race, and if they can't get through this outright devilish fixture, then Arsenal's ambitions for this season will be hit.

Arsenal are frustrated, and the back-to-back encounters against strong opponents will be Arsenal's toughest game of the season, and it will be Arsenal's biggest crisis on the road to the league title so far. Once the defeat is naturally a catastrophic blow, and once Arsenal can overcome the strong opponent at this time, then it is naturally more certain for them to win the league title.

However, Arsenal is also a little laughable, after the victory over Manchester United, Arsenal returned to the top of the table, and they laughed Zuihou in this battle for the top spot; However, in a week's time, Arsenal will start the battle for the top spot again, but this time there will be some changes. Arsenal have risen from second place in the table to top of the table and now they will need to be challenged by those who are chasing behind them.

Arsenal is helpless, the 26th round of the game is Chelsea, this is the bitter master of Arsenal's defeat in the league, and it is also Arsenal's least favorite opponent in recent years, because Arsenal is really not confident in beating them. Although it was an away game, although Arsenal had little to remember at Stamford Bridge.

Although the victory over Manchester United has increased the confidence of the Arsenal players, Arsenal still has a lot of shortcomings, and they do not have too much fear; But at the moment, there is bad news in the Arsenal camp. Arsene Wenger confirms striker Eduardo is out of action against Chelsea's Stamford Bridge. Due to Eduardo's ironclad absence, Arsenal can only play the front line of Xiao Qing, Bendtner, and Bella, but Bendtner is recovering from injury and is not in the best condition; And Vela was more of a winger by Arsene Wenger; So now, Arsenal can really only rely on Xiao Qing on the front line.

Xiao Qing always remembered that he had lost to Chelsea, and he knew that the defeat in that game made Arsenal very passive for a while; But now Xiao Qing will not lose the game, he will not let the team fall into crisis again, he will work hard to win this game, and he will help the team win Zuihou.

Because Arsenal are doing well right now, and of course because Chelsea are in a lot of trouble right now. (To be continued......)