Arsenal will be hoping to carry their good league luck into the Champions League as they play their first group game in London four days later.

On September 17, the sun was shining in London and a gentle breeze was blowing at the Emirates Stadium.

There weren't many fans of the away team VfL Wolfsburg, and the most important reason was that their focus was not on the field, Sun Xiang, which also greatly reduced their attention.

On the other hand, they are ready for a welcome ceremony at home.

In this game, Arsenal still sent a lineup to play Besiktas, and Wolfsburg also chose the main team.

Although the game could not be compared, Sun Xiang was still able to appear on the court in the warm-up before the start of the game.

He hugged every teammate he had ever played alongside him, chilling them in the only time he had.

Coincidentally, Heinz who has the best relationship with Sun Xiang happens to be a player who came out of the Arsenal academy, and he also had a lot of goals and assists next to Sun Xiang last season. As an 18-year-old, this is also very difficult. So Arsene Wenger has also considered buying the homegrown striker back.

He will also focus on the youngster this time.

However, Sun Xiang did not tell Hinds about this, he was afraid that it would affect his performance.

VfL Wolfsburg have been in good form in the warm-up games before the start of the season, with two wins and one draw giving them confidence in the new season. I thought that the strength of the team would be reduced by a large block after Sun Xiang left, but it seems that it is okay at present.

In the league, they only have two points after three rounds, but if you look at their opponents, two points are acceptable. In the first round, they played away to Bayern, in the second round at home to Eintracht Frankfurt, and in the third round away to Hoffenheim. These are all Bundesliga giants, and such results are enough.

This Champions League is also what they have been looking forward to for a long time.

From the very beginning of the game, Wolfsburg showed a strong desire to win**, and the combination of Gomez and Hinds in the front field gave a glimpse of the discipline of German football.

Arsenal then slowly stabilized their position after withstanding several waves of Wolfsburg's attack and began to organize attacks around Wilshere.

In the 20th minute, Brooks was booked for a defensive effort when Xhaka's free-kick from the edge of the box hit the side-netting and Wolfsburg escaped.

Two minutes later, there was another wave in the Wolfsburg penalty area, when Cazorla's cross swept in and the ball was touched by Tiselan's knee before it went straight to the back of the net. Fortunately, goalkeeper Castles was focused enough to defuse the danger.

Schmidt was anxious on the sidelines, and it was only a matter of time before he lost the ball if he played like this.

He immediately called Didawi to his side and told him to tell the team to change their play.

Since the attack can't be successful, it's better to counterattack quickly.

Against Arsenal with a back three, or counter-attacking is the most effective way.

So, after that, Wolfsburg began to retreat as a whole, with only one Gomez left in the front, and even Hinds' position was retreated.

"They retreated, attacked! Pressed on as a whole! Seeing Wolfsburg on the defensive, Arsene Wenger immediately took the opportunity to carry the attack to the end.

"It seems that Wolfsburg's defense is starting to struggle, Schmidt will recycle the whole thing, so it should be a counterattack." Martin Taylor noticed the position of the players on the pitch and, as a veteran football commentator, he was able to understand the manager's intentions somewhat.

"But I don't think it's a wise choice. Arsenal don't play in a purely English style, with a midfield centred around a few of their smaller men always favouring possession and sometimes playing Spanish-style football. It can be said that the way to break Wolfsburg's dense defense is to keep the ball. Add to that the fact that they often take advantage of the width of the pitch, and maybe the Wolfsburg defence will only be able to last a half because it's really tiring. Alan Smith said.

The possession style is afraid of counterattacking with long passes, but if you can continue to control the ball, it will also be a great blow to the counterattack tactics.

Schmidt is playing an international tournament for the first time, so he may still be a bit immature in this regard.

So, after holding on for 20 minutes in the first half, they still lost the goal.

Cazorla, who was very active in the first half, sent a through ball down the middle, Brooks fell to the ground to intercept it, and the ball was held by Lacazette, who successfully countered offside, and then calmly pushed into the far corner in the face of Castels.

At 1:0, Arsenal finally broke through the gates of Wolfsburg.

Soon after that goal, the first half of the game was over. The players all went back to the dressing room to rest.

In the second half, the two sides fought again, and Wolfsburg, who had already conceded the goal, once again pushed Hinds up the attack, and the two sides began to attack again.

In the 60th minute of the second half, Cazorla once again staged a scalpel pass stunt, hitting an oblique 45-degree through ball directly tore through the entire Wolfsburg backline, and the right wing Bellerin ball to the person, past the attacking Castels, pushed the empty goal.

Two goals and Arsenal have basically won the game.

Wolfsburg pulled a late goal back through Gomez but it didn't hurt as Arsenal won 2-1 at home to Wolfsburg to secure their first Champions League group stage victory.

Speaking after the game, Schmidt said: "Arsenal's style of play has prevented us from shrinking our defence, and this victory has been out of suspense since the 20 minutes of the game, congratulations to them. But then there are five games left and we're going to give it our all. ”

Later, the reporter asked him what he thought of Sun Xiang, and the dream teacher in Sun Xiang's eyes smiled: "I'm very glad that Sun is not on the field in this game." He's a fantastic player, that's what I've said since he first started in the professional league. He knows us, we know him, and that's why it's hard for us to contain him. Then he added, "If he had been on the pitch, I don't think we would have lost two so badly." Of course, I hope that when he comes home, he can also do it lightly. ”

It can be seen that Schmidt is still full of love for his former beloved general.

In the other Group D match outside of this one, Galatasaray drew 1-1 at home to Belgian side Anderlecht. In this way, the first place in Group D is Arsenal, the second place is Anderlecht who scored away goals, the third place is Galatasaray and the fourth place is Wolfsburg.

Arsenal's next Champions League group game is on 2 October, and they will continue to have home advantage against Galatasaray.

Back in the Premier League, the fifth round of the Premier League began on September 20, and Arsenal was the first to start among the six big teams. They were a guest at Villa Park.

Aston Villa have been in fine form of late, beating Stoke City in the first round, drawing with Newcastle in the second round and then beating the likes of Liverpool. Had it not been for the home draw at Hull City, they would have been in second place by now.

So this game, in the eyes of the outside world, is still in the spotlight, can the Villans, who just beat Liverpool, make persistent efforts at home, win Liverpool, and climb to the second place in the league.

In the end, though, the idea didn't come to fruition and they were defeated by Arsenal. More precisely, it was defeated at the feet of Sun Xiang.

Villa got off to a dream start in the second minute when Hogan stabbed Adoma into the net from the overhead. Aston Villa lead 1-0 at home.

But then Sun Xiang and Lacazette fed each other cakes, and scored two goals in the 32nd and 34th minutes to turn the score around. Later, Sun Xiang crossed the ball two minutes later and caused Terry's own goal. At half-time, Arsenal led 3-1.

After that, the game also gradually became garbage time for full-backs, and although Villa used the counter-attack to play a few dangerous attacks, they were still defused by the Czech goalkeeper one by one, and the score of 3:1 was maintained until the end of the game.

At the end of the game, Villa's points were also stuck at 8 points, while Arsenal picked up 11 points. Manchester City drew with Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool and Manchester United lost one after another, and the gap in the standings widened slightly.