For the next two days, Sun Xiang was still training. In August, when the schedule is tight, there is no such thing as a vacation.

Finally, the 2018-19 Premier League season has begun.

The first game of the season was at Old Trafford, with the 'Red Devils' Manchester United taking on visiting Swansea City. In the end, with two goals from Ji Chengyong and Routledge, the "Swan" defeated Manchester United in an upset away game and became the first team to score points this season.

Swansea's victory gave hope to other mid-table teams to continue their upsets and boosted their confidence as they look forward to a clash with Premier League G4.

On August 17th, one of the G4 teams also faced the challenge of a team in the overall bottom line, that is, Arsenal.

As the first league game of each season is seen as a microcosm of the whole season, the pre-season preparation will pay off in this one, and the tactical situation will be validated in the Premier League.

However, Arsenal, who had just won the Community Shield, had to rotate in order to prepare for the Champions League play-offs three days later.

Young players such as Akpong have been given a chance to play, and although Sun Xiang is also in the starting line-up, Arsene Wenger will be substituted in the middle of the game.

Therefore, a game that was originally not suspenseful at all once again gave the "Eagles" hope.

Crystal Palace have selected all the main players to appear in this game, and they are unanimously intent on taking away a victory at the Emirates Stadium!

So from the beginning of the game, Crystal Palace used the height advantage in the front court to frequently put pressure on Arsenal's penalty area. Arsene Wenger expected this to happen at first, so he deployed four defenders and two midfielders to strengthen the midfield.

Sun Xiang continued to play the role of attacking playmaker in the front midfield.

At the beginning, facing the dense attack of Crystal Palace, Arsenal was in a difficult situation. However, Haoqiang is still Haoqiang after all, and the psychological quality of the players made them quickly adjust to the average level, and the situation slowly fell back to Arsenal's side.

The four centre-backs lined up at the back, and even if Benteke could get a point, he couldn't continue to deal with the follow-up movements, so he could only serve as a fulcrum to pass the ball back.

After a while, the fans of Crystal Palace, who found that such an attack could not disrupt Arsenal's defensive system at all, began to be confused, could their own team work so hard but could not beat a substitute Arsenal?

Does the phrase "no weak team in the Premier League" really exist?

'Arsenal are doing a fantastic job defensively at the moment, they are always able to defuse danger when necessary, and it's really good that the substitutes can do that. Martin Taylor continues to serve as the commentator for the game. Next to him was Alan Smith, dressed in an Arsenal suit, and he started working in an Arsenal suit as promised.

'It's no idea that if it weren't for the Champions League game, they would have scored in the first 10 minutes. Either way, the game still looks like it's going to be exciting. ”

As Alan Smith said, the two sides have been battling each other non-stop for less than 20 minutes. This also made many neutral fans addicted.

And every time the ball passes under Sun Xiang's feet, it always seems to be magical, and the weird arc can always easily tear through the defense of the Crystal Palace. If the striker had been either Olivier Giroud or Alexandre Lacazette, the Gunners could have scored in the first ten minutes.

After repeatedly bombing the opponent's goal to no avail, Gunners fans can't help but worry about whether their team will be punished for missing opportunities, after all, the mentality of the players will be hit in this situation, and emotional swings are inevitable.

In the 32nd minute, Zaha was brought down by Cazorla on the left side of the Arsenal penalty area and gifted a set-piece similar to a corner.

Crystal Palace have Benteke on the pitch and his powerful header has always been a problem for Premier League defenders.

There is a lot of action on both sides in the penalty area, but they are also within the control of the referee.

Sun Xiang was also involved in the set-piece defence, and the 185 is a little petite in the box, but his excellent bounce can still make up for it.

The referee blows the whistle and Zaha takes a set-piece!

The competition between the players of both teams in the penalty area was more intense, and the strength in their hands also increased by a few points.

Not only the defenders, but also the attacking players are doing their best to get out of the defense.

A white ball like a meteor is thrown into the penalty area in an arc, but no one knows who will touch the ball.

There was a commotion, and the red jersey was entangled with the white jersey.

After a jet lag that exceeded the speed of reaction, one only saw the net behind Ospina begin to shake....

The ball went in? What happened?

The Crystal Palace fans at the scene looked at each other, and the blankness was still written on their faces. If it weren't for the referee's final signal that the goal was valid, they would have even thought it was just a delusion.

Crystal Palace, which was passive in the second half, actually scored?

It's not scientific, they don't even see how the ball goes in.

Even the Arsenal fans behind the goal didn't see this clearly.

In the flash of light, it all happened so fast. The only thing that made them recognize the reality was the red and shiny score on the big screen.

0：1！ Arsenal are behind at home.

The Crystal Palace players celebrated excitedly, but the cameras were never able to focus on a man who could be the scorer.

"How the hell did this ball happen? Alain, do you see clearly? Martin Taylor asked his colleague next to him, who was also frowning, apparently unaware of the answer to the question.

"Looks like we'll leave it to the camera for replay." As soon as the voice fell, the live director presented the process of scoring the goal just now.

To everyone's surprise, the goal was actually headed into the goal by Arsenal's own player. But because the angle is not perfect, it is not possible to tell exactly who scored it.

Then the director changed the camera and became a follow-up shot behind the goal, so the truth was clear at a glance.

Crystal Palace's Benteke was stuck in position when he was scrambling for a header and pushed the defender in front of him in a hurry. This caused the latter to lose his center of gravity, and the ball hit him right over his head with an irregular change of line, and flew straight into the goal.

"This is Sun? Oh God, he screwed up! After seeing the own goal players clearly, Martin Taylor leaned back in his seat and sighed.

"The movement of Benteke's hand is still obvious, apparently Sun didn't realize it, he was so unlucky today...."

When the crowd dispersed, the fans saw Sun Xiang. He covered his face and fell to his knees in front of the goal line.

He never expected that his first goal in the league would come so embarrassingly. One second he was concentrating on defense, and the next second he felt his center of gravity suddenly disappear, and then there was a pain on the right side of his head.

He knew it was the feeling of the ball. And he also knows the trajectory of the ball after hitting him.

At such a close distance, unless it is the goddess of luck descending to earth, no one can stop their "goal".

Obviously, this long-awaited league debut has been a disaster for himself so far.