The 5-0 win over Schalke 04 left Arsenal fans rejoicing.

Before this season after all.

Opponents like Schalke 04 are really difficult for Arsenal.

Don't say beat your opponent 5-0, it's good to win.

It's not even easy to get the first place in this group.

The fact that they can now beat a strong team from the Bundesliga with such a disparity is already a good indication of Arsenal's current strength.

This shows that Arsenal is indeed different from previous seasons.

They are starting to show what it takes to be a real title contender.

Yelo, who scored a hat-trick, was the focus of media coverage.

"If there's anything fundamentally different about Arsenal this season, it's Yelo!"

"Gone Van Persie and ushered in Yelo, which undoubtedly brought Arsenal's strength to a higher level!!"

See similar reports.

Van Persie was naturally very unhappy.

So the next day, he also scored a hat-trick in the Champions League group stage at Manchester United's home game against Braga, opening his account for goals in this season's Champions League.

It is very important to say goodbye to Ye Luo.

But helplessly.

His goal tally is a bit far from Yelo's.

Now 10 rounds of league play are over.

Yelo has scored 15 league goals and seven in the Champions League.

Van Persie is a bit far off.

Only seven goals have been scored in the league – a tally that is already second only to Yelo and the second highest scorer in the Premier League.

In the Champions League, Van Persie did not score in the previous three Champions League games, and now with this hat trick, he finally made his Champions League goals look better.

However, the difference between the number of goals in the Champions League and the number of goals in the Champions League is 4, which is not a grade at first glance.

So no one really compares Van Persie to Yelo.

Not to mention the media.

Even fans of other teams have defaulted to Ye Luo as the "only one".

As for Van Persie, he wants to sit at a table with Sergio Aguero, Suarez, Hazard and others.

If it weren't for Ye Luo, they could also be called the stars of the first gear of the Premier League.

After playing in the Champions League.

In the 11th round of the league, the team faced Everton at home.

In this game, Ye Luo could only sit in the stands and watch the game.

With Yelo out of the game, David Moyes' side clearly saw a chance to win the game and played very hard at the Testimonial.

So much so that the two sides played a goal battle!

The final score was 2-3.

Arsenal scored two goals but conceded three to suffer their first defeat of the season.

However, the team is still at the top of the standings with 9 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss after 11 rounds of league games, with 28 points.

However, the team's next opponent is Chelsea, who are level on points with Arsenal.

This game is very crucial for the team.

Not only is this a battle for the top spot, but Manchester United and Manchester City behind them have also caught up because Arsenal lost to Everton.

The difference between the four teams is not more than three points!

Other words.

It may be because of a round of league games that the rankings between Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, and Manchester City will move dramatically.

Before the start of this game.

The English media are predicting the fate of Arsenal – they will play back-to-back games away to Chelsea and Manchester United!

It was a big test for Arsenal.

If they can win these two games, they will be able to cement their position at the top of the table and deal a big blow to their rivals.

Contrarily.

Arsenal are likely to slip into a position they know so well because of these two games: fourth.

In the midst of outside talk, Arsenal have largely remained silent.

From the coaches to the players, there was no wasting words with the media before the big game.

Because all their energy is on the tactical adjustment of the team.

Because the team's serious midfielders are now only Coquelin and Aaron Ramsey can play.

So these two can definitely occupy a position in the back three,

As for the other position of the lower back

Chamberlain can only be asked to fight on his behalf.

The young Chamberlain was a jack-of-all-trades, capable of playing in the midfield, a typical hexagonal warrior - of course, the total area of the hexagon is a little smaller, but it can't stand up to others who are also hexagons.

Cazorla, on the other hand, was in a midfield position, with Olivier Giroud playing as a central striker.

As for Yelo.

His position is completely unfixed, covering a large distance from the midfielders to the centre-forwards.

The offensive tandem organization work in the front court is also dominated by Yelo, supplemented by Cazorla.

At the same time, Ye Luo also has unlimited fire rights.

Arsene Wenger allows him to shoot from any position, with no restrictions on him, and Giroud has to work perfectly with Yelo in this regard, either by pushing up space for Yelo at the back or playing the ball for him as a bridgehead.

In short, the purpose of this tactical adjustment is to maximize Yelo's personal offensive talent while stabilizing the team's defense!

Yelo has to have more touches, passes, shots.

And score!

After a few days of training, the players found that the effect of this adjustment was really good.

There are plenty of manpower in front of the back line to protect it.

The attack up front is also quite sharp.

Yelo's super individual ability can bring goals to the team.

The defense is solid, and the offense is not bad.

Does that mean you can win?

Not really.

Whether the content on the training ground can be played in the game still needs to be tested by the game.

For Chelsea.

They also take the opponent of this game very seriously.

Whether it's a London derby or a battle for the top of the table, it's a big game for both sides.

It's both London teams, and the relationship between Chelsea and Arsenal is certainly not much better than that of Arsenal and Tottenham.

Last season's Chelsea suffered from a discord with their coaches, which led to a league struggle.

But this does not mean that their squad is bad, no, this season after the new coach Benitez took over, he quickly put the team together, and achieved very good results at the beginning of the league, and is now one of the favorites for the title.

No team going to Stamford Bridge to play Chelsea would be complacent.

In addition, this game is also about the attribution of the top spot.

Therefore, the degree of attention is not low, not only fans of both sides, but also fans of other Premier Leagues, and even fans of many other leagues will pay attention to this Premier League top battle!

In order to prepare for this game, Benitez also turned Arsenal over and over for a long time.

In particular, the footage of Arsenal's two games against Norwich City and Tottenham Hotspur has been studied over and over again for a long time.

In the end, he decided to take these two games, and the two teams that had caused Arsenal problems had some tactical merits.

For example.

Pay attention to defense, shrink space, and use players with super individual ability to directly face Arsenal's back line!

Tottenham have Gareth Bale and Chelsea have Hazard.

Plus Chelsea's defensive ability is far better than Tottenham's.

They are quite tough at the back and in midfield, with defenders such as John Terry, Gary Cahill, Luiz, Cesar Azpilicueta and Branislav Ivanovic all top-notch players, as well as players such as Mikel, Ramirez and Oscar in midfield, as well as veteran Frank Lampard.

When it comes to defensive ability, Benitez is confident in the team's defense.

Last season, Yelo's Malaga also met Chelsea in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Although Chelsea lost those two games, Chelsea also locked Yelo at one point.

The two sides met in the first leg, and Yelo equalised past several Chelsea players in succession.

In the second leg between the two sides, Yelo used two world waves to overtake the scores, scoring through a counter-attack with Chelsea pressing hard.

Although it is said that Chelsea are eliminated.

But Benitez felt that this was because Yelo's form was too good, and there was also some element of luck - for example, the first round of the two sides, Benitez firmly believed that Yelo could not replicate it!

Yelo's four goals against Chelsea.

Three world waves, and one was a counter-attacking opportunity to take advantage of the pressure when Chelsea were behind.

Without the first three balls, there is a high probability that there will be no back balls.

But all of them scored three dozen waves with the same opponent, and this probability is too low.

Where in the world is there a player who plays the world wave in every game!

If you do, you can't do anything if you lose the game.

At least in terms of tactical arrangement, you can't consider that the opponent will enter the inexplicable world wave - otherwise the tactics will not need to be played.

So Benitez combines Chelsea's experience against Yelo last season, as well as the experience of Tottenham, Norwich and other teams against Arsenal this season.

Summing up Chelsea's approach to Arsenal.

It is to be based on defense and grasp counterattacks!

Bale can break down Arsenal's defence.

Hazard can too!

This season, the veteran Didier Drogba left the team, but the team brought in Belgian striker Eden Hazard, Torres also picked up his form, and Juan Mata also showed his quality in attack.

Therefore, Chelsea's attacking line is quite luxurious.

Add to that the defensive counter-attack is almost something in Chelsea's blood.

Chelsea at home have every reason to believe they can deliver Arsenal at home to two defeats in a row for the first time this season!

Time passes, the pace of the game is getting closer and closer, and the atmosphere of the battle for the top spot is getting stronger and stronger.

At the pre-match press conference.

The coaches on both sides are very low-key.

Rafa Benitez says Chelsea will take Arsenal very seriously as an opponent and that the team will have to take special care of Yelo.

Arsene Wenger, on the other hand, said the team should be based on defense and defend well.

'We try not to concede a goal.'

He said.

Both sides were very low-key and reluctant to say anything about the game.

An hour before the game, but after the starting line-ups of both sides appeared.

Rafa Benitez stared at Arsenal's starting line-up and frowned.

Changing formations?

Benitez looked at the names of the players on the list, and his heart was a little uncertain.

Ramsey's start came as a bit of a surprise to him, and in his opinion, if Arsenal are to continue to play their 433 system, it makes sense to arrange for veteran Rosicky who has returned from injury to play with Cazorla in a double midfield.

Ramsey starts.

Double back?

Formation 4231?

Benitez didn't know what medicine was sold in Wenger's gourd.

It was almost time to start the game, and the little episode of finding that the opponent had made a change made Benitez a little nervous.

But he also knows that even if he knows that his opponent may change, there is nothing he can do right now.

It can only be done according to the pre-match deployment.

As for what new tricks Arsenal can play

You can only find out until you watch the game.

(End of chapter)