139 Ups and downs in state?
In the middle of the pitch, after a brief silence, boos and shouts echoed across the Bridge.
A shocking upside-down golden hook made the world remember this immature oriental face.
"Well done sun! That's so cool! Lacazette hugged Sun Xiang as soon as he could.
"Are you secretly practicing on your own? I've never seen you do this in training. Welbeck jumped on top of Sun Xiang.
"I can't believe that one day I can see Chinese players playing like this." He Wei said emotionally, "A year ago, we were still worried about the prospect of players staying abroad. A year later, our players shined in the UK, and this year can be said to be the year of Sun Xiang of Chinese sports, and this year really belongs to Sun Xiang. ”
"We've been waiting, waiting for another Sun Jihai, another Zheng Zhi, another player who can get a foothold in Europe. Now, we have waited, and the era of Sun Xiang has begun! Even in the next twenty years, this will be Sun Xiang's time. ”
The words that are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people are engraved in the hearts of every Chinese fan, and what has not been thought about by the yellow-skinned Chinese government in Europe?
"Barbs, long shots, headers, passes. Today's sun is basically omnipotent. He's only 18 years old now, he can be more mature, sooner or later, he'll be on top of the world, I'm sure! Martin Taylor was also infected by the atmosphere of the scene, and he saw the path of the master that radiated golden light behind Sun Xiang.
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In the end, the score of the game stayed at 1:2, and Chelsea had no choice but to swallow the bitter pill of defeat.
Antonio Conte has always been unable to take advantage of Arsene Wenger, but as he said after the game, they lost to Sun Xiang today.
“sun! Hey Sun! ”
Sun Xiang turned around and saw Fabregas running towards him.
"Oh... Hey Fabregas. This is the first time Sun Xiang has really talked to his idol, and he seems very shy.
"Don't be so inhibited, just call me Sesk." Fabregas laughed.
"Well, uh... Sesk, it's an honor to meet you. ”
"Me too, it's a great feeling to be playing with you!" Cesc Fabregas held out a hand and hugged Sun Xiang.
"I've always wanted to see you, until now my room is full of posters of you."
"That's really an honor, it looks like I'm going to have your poster close when I go home!" Unexpectedly, Fabregas is also very humorous.
After a brief conversation, Cesc Fabregas took off his shirt, "Sun, would you be interested in exchanging jerseys, my daughter is your fan." ”
"Of course, it's an honor!" Then Sun Xiang swapped his shirt.
Holding Xiaofa's No. 4 jersey in his hand, this is something he has never dreamed of. At this moment, he finally achieved it!
"I'll cherish it!" Sun Xiang said solemnly.
"Haha, you have to want, and there are many more. Of course, at the time of the next encounter! ”
"Okay, let's wait and see!"
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On 18 October 2019, the eighth round of the Premier League began, with Arsenal hosting Hull City. The two sides battled fiercely for 90 minutes, first with Sun Xiang assisting Lacazette to score a goal, and then Grositsky scored twice to reverse the score. In stoppage time, Alexandre Lacazette played a clever pass to Welbeck to equalise and the game ended 2-2.
So far, after eight rounds, Arsenal is second with 16 points from four wins and four draws, and has not tasted defeat. First-placed Chelsea have just lost to Arsenal in the last round, but they are still in first place with a three-point difference in wins and more games.
Manchester City's win over Tottenham in this round also brought the points to 16 points, behind Arsenal.
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Three days later, the Arsenal team took a flight to Belgium for Sun Xiang's first Champions League game since the ban was lifted.
As giants of the Belgian league, Anderlecht have only one point so far, and they are in the bottom two of Group D with the statistically good Galatasaray.
This time at home, they will have to fight hard to win against an equally strong Arsenal.
If qualifying from the group is unrealistic, they will have to fight for a chance to qualify for the Europa League in third place.
On October 22, 2019, in the third round of the Champions League group stage, Arsenal's away match against Anderlecht was played at Van den Stock Stadium in Belgium.
This time, Arsenal's rotation is a bit large, except for Sun Xiang, Cazorla and Giroud, the midfield and backfield are basically young players. This gave the Belgian side hope of winning.
The two teams played until the 70th minute, and it was not until the 71st minute that Anderlecht finally got his wish and wrote the score.
Onikulu sent in a cross from the flank, and Nahal in the middle pressed the ball into the back of the net against Greek teenager Mavropalos.
Van den Stock Stadium was basking in joy as their team took the lead.
However, in the end, they failed to keep the victory until the end.
In the 89th minute, Arsenal attacked with the same cross, with Cazorla setting up Olivier Giroud's equaliser. Then, a minute later, Anderlecht mishandled the ball at the back, allowing Giroud to steal and score a one-on-one goal.
As a result, the Belgian team collapsed in the last two minutes of the great situation and conceded two goals in a row and lost the game.
However, Galatasaray also lost to Wolfsburg at home, and it was a 4-0 rout, which also turned their goal difference into a negative and sent Anderlecht to third place in the group.
After the game, reporters were also asked about the reason for the final collapse of the game, to which Anderlecht manager Van Heyzerbruck explained: "The goal conceded in the last 89 minutes was the reason for the defeat, and our players had psychological problems. There really wasn't much that could be done about it, Arsenal played a good game. ”
But they also have something to do.
They succeeded in restricting Sun Xiang, which also forced Wenger to replace Sun Xiang, who had just been released from the ban, in the second half.
In order to limit Sun Xiang, Anderlecht even did not hesitate to use five defenders, and normally, Sun Xiang's chances of touching the ball were few, which can be described as bleak.
And this is one of the few games in which Sun Xiang has not contributed, and the last time it happened was when he played Hoffenheim away in the Bundesliga last season.
Therefore, this successful defense may be able to serve as the team's experience when playing Arsenal in the future.
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Back in England two days later, Arsenal took on Sunderland away, but Son did not come on in the starting line-up, but came on as a substitute for Wilshere in the final twenty minutes of the second half, but it could only be described as a mediocre performance, compared to his previous magical performances.
In the end, Arsenal won 2-0 away at Sunderland, and Sun Xiang did not have any assists or goals.
This is the second time in a row that he has failed to score anything, and some reporters and media who are afraid of chaos in the world have taken advantage of this to start hyping up.
Some even started to point the question at Arsene Wenger in their post-match press conferences, to which the Frenchman was furious.
"I don't know who said it! Players will have ups and downs, and besides, Sun has played less than 90 minutes in these two games, and no one can question him with that!