Chapter 88: People's Expectations

"Good shot."

A scream came from the stands of the Villa fans.

"Hey."

The scream was followed by a sigh.

Enzobia's stab was miraculously blocked by Szczesny.

Villa missed a chance to score.

In the first half, the two sides exchanged scores.

In the second half, shortly after the opening, a penalty by the referee caused a lot of controversy.

Weimann passed the ball, Benteke took the ball and volleyed in the box, the ball grazing the post and flying out of bounds.

Just as Benteke was about to retreat, the referee signaled that it was a Villa corner, and he thought Szczesny was touching the ball with his fingertips when he was making a pounce.

The live video was replayed several times, but the truth could not be clearly captured, and 13 years of video technology could not record everything that happened in high-speed movement.

Villa were awarded a corner, but Westwood's corner was headed over by Vlaar, but it was high above the goal.

The controversy over the decision was also put to rest when the Villa team failed to score.

In the 50th minute, Jose enjoyed a wave of pressure from Arsenal.

Arsenal won a series of corners, and Jose failed to confiscate the ball with every attack, but fortunately his teammates united and pushed Arsenal's corner off the line.

It wasn't until Arsenal took the third corner in a row that Jose aimed at the opportunity and took the first step to confiscate the corner kick.

Afterwards, both sides spent more time fighting in midfield, and although there were occasional chances to burst into the opposition's penalty area, they were not much of a threat, and there were few shots on goal.

Jose didn't use the plug-in stunt anymore.

In the 66th minute, Villa was in danger again in front of the goal.

Mikel Arteta and Wilshere combined the ball to deflect the Villa players who were chasing them.

Aiming for a chance, Arteta suddenly took a long-range shot from outside the box, but Lowton flew to block the ball and the ball flew to Giroud's feet.

Giroud immediately fired in the ball and tried to get past Jose to shoot home.

If the game had not been postponed, Giroud's volley would have been successful.

Unfortunately, after the League Cup final, Jose upgraded the "Leaping Dragon" and his bounce power has been greatly improved.

Giroud's shot was saved by Jose after he jumped up and then stole the moon and pick up the stars.

The goal kick was taken and Villa had a quick counter-attack.

On the left side of the field, Enzobia received a pass from his teammate and headed the ball directly to Weimann's feet.

From 25 yards outside the box, Weimann received a header from Enzobia and fired a powerful volley, but the ball was too fast, and Szczesny tried his best, but he still came close to saving the ball.

And just like that, the ball went in, rubbing Szczesny's hand in.

Villa have a one-goal lead away from home.

Arsenal, who were behind, did not immediately launch a counterattack, but the Villa team was unforgiving and continued to attack Arsenal's goal, but unfortunately it had little effect.

It wasn't until the 76th minute that Bordowski came on as a substitute and Arsenal began to blow the horn of attack.

A minute later, Aaron Ramsey passed the ball and Giroud fired in front of the box with great speed, but he couldn't get past Jose.

In the 81st minute, Arsenal got a corner kick opportunity, Walcourt took a corner kick, Giroud headed the goal from the edge of the small penalty area, Jose could have won it directly, but he was touched by others, worried that after taking the ball, he would fall into the goal with the ball, in order to be on the safe side, Jose chose to lift Giroud's header over the crossbar.

Arsenal were awarded another corner.

Theo Walcott headed in another corner, this time but it didn't threaten as Mertesacker headed wide from the edge of the six-yard box.

Arsenal had a must-score chance in the 85th minute.

Monreal broke through on the left side of the penalty area, and with a few angles, he chose to invert a triangle to return the ball to the feet of the unguarded Cazorla.

Jose did not expect that the backline led by Vlaar would once again miss the mark.

Jose wanted to attack and block, but it was too late.

Retreating in front of goal? Under normal circumstances, there is no goalkeeper in this world who can block the entire goal.

Cazorla was secretly happy to see that Jose did not attack, so he decisively chose to volley into the far corner on the right.

The ball sped towards the top right side of the goal.

Seeing Cazorla's shot, Jose had to use his second stunt of the game.

As a result, Jose has only 2 playable perks left.

Blocking Arsenal's attack, the Villa players began to counterattack, but the ball could not pass through the midfield, and finally had to choose to retreat across the line, leaving Benteke alone near the center circle.

In the 90th minute, the Arsenal players who had been unable to attack for a long time began to look a little impatient, Walcott took the ball on the right side of the penalty area, he did not choose to pass, but forced a shot, but the result was not much threat, and Jose easily saved.

It was also Arsenal's last chance before the end.

In the end, the Villa team won by a narrow goal at Arsenal's home stadium and unexpectedly took away three points.

The gap between Villa and Arsenal has become one point, while Chelsea are just three points away from fourth-placed Chelsea.

Can Villa finish in the top four?

Many people are starting to look forward to the emergence of spoilers, after all, the top four have been dominated by Big6 for too long.

In the past ten years of the Premier League, although the teams that have won the championship have changed from year to year, the list of the top four has changed very little, and the only time that a team that is not a Big6 team has entered the top four is Everton in the 04/05 season.

It was a season that you will never forget.

That year, in addition to Everton's surprise top-four finish, Jose Mourinho's Chelsea set a record of only conceding 15 goals in a single season, a record that no one has been able to break so far.

Therefore, the general opinion is that Villa is unlikely to finish in the top four, not only because Villa have drawn too much, but also because the teams in the second half of the season are completely different teams from the first half of the season.

Naturally, there is no need to say much about the championship group, and the teams fighting for fourth, sixth, and relegation will burst out with unimaginable willpower in the final stage.

February has ended and the Premier League continues.

According to the schedule, Villa's home game against Manchester City is scheduled for 7pm on March 4.

Before that, the rest of the teams had already finished their matches.

The highlight of the round was the London derby between Tottenham and Arsenal, which ended with a 2-1 home win over local rivals.

Manchester United, the top team, beat Norwich 4-0 at home.

Knowing that this was Ferguson's last season at Manchester United, the Manchester United players exploded with unimaginable energy.

At the end of 28 rounds, Manchester United is at the top of the table with 23 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, accumulating 71 points, and they are 15 points higher than Manchester City with one game less.

If you want to keep the suspense of the title, in the next fixtures, in addition to praying that Manchester United will drop points, you must also hope that Manchester City can continue to win.

As a result, rumours have it that the FA will find ways to create surprises in order to keep the league in focus.

In this environment, any team that meets Manchester City will be extremely tough.