Volume 3 The Myth of the Gunslinger Chapter 281 Sweeping the Mortal Enemy
Arsenal had already taken the initiative, and after scoring the goal, they took the initiative of the game into their own hands, whether it was attacking or counterattacking, they were familiar with it, and it was effortless at all.
Chelsea, on the other hand, held back at every turn, fearing that the back line would be penetrated by Arsenal's sharp counter-attacks, and the defense was behind the score, and this contradiction continued until the end of the first half.
Although Arsenal did not extend the score, but the advantage on the field is obvious, no one can see Chelsea have a little hope of winning, according to statistics, Arsenal in the past 9 years of 41 Premier League home games with a 1-0 half-time lead to maintain an unbeaten record of 37 wins and 4 draws, since last season, Arsenal have not lost a game in the league, so although it is only 1-0, Chelsea fans are in despair.
At the start of the second half, Chelsea made the first substitution, with Ramires coming on for Mikel. Arsenal did not make any changes to the line-up on the pitch.
Chelsea started to push in the second half, with Arsenal not having as much of an advantage as in the first half, but still holding the upper hand.
In the 51st minute of the game, Van Persie retreated in the middle to get the ball, and Essien, who was in charge of the back, quickly returned to defend and stabbed the ball from behind, but Essien's form this season has declined seriously, not only did he not destroy the ball, but caused a big disaster, and directly stabbed the ball to Walcott.
2:0.
Cesc Fabregas and Walcourt hugged each other tightly.
In the stands, the applause of the fans rang out, and the atmosphere became hot again.
“goalgoal…… Cesc Fabregas scored! Opponents are giving you a great gift! Luck is also in Arsenal's favor! Arsenal have never lost 31 times in the Premier League. This is almost a sign that Arsenal have won this game. The gap between Chelsea and Arsenal will be widened to 14 points, with the title completely out of sight, and Carlo Ancelotti sitting on the crater of the caldera, his position may not be able to sit until the end of the season......
Ancelotti shook his head helplessly, Essien can make such a low-level mistake, what else can he say, he has only won one FA Cup in two years, this is difficult to explain to Abu, his goal in this game is not to lose, now it seems that it is difficult to do, Ancelotti returned to the coach's seat a little lonely, he is ready to accept all the results.
Arsenal became more and more courageous, three minutes later, Walcott who launched an active press in the middle cut off the ball at the feet of Malouda, he took two steps and handed it to Cesc Fabregas, he quickly stepped forward, Xiaofa immediately plugged in, Walcott crossed from the edge of the penalty area on the right, Li Huan moved from the left to the middle, and a standard center-forward header smashed the ball into the Chelsea door.
3:0.
The excited Arsenal players carried Li Huan and threw him into the air, and the atmosphere at the Emirates Stadium reached ** at this moment. Chelsea, the city's arch-rivals, could only watch their opponents celebrate frantically with sadness, despair and shame.
Annoyed and angry, Ancelotti immediately removed Malouda and replaced him with Kakuta, trying to prove to the world that the defeat in this game was not his fault, but the poor condition of the players.
The coach shirked his responsibility, the players were also annoyed and angry, and the actions became more brutal, they were originally a power team, and there was no way to see the bigger the action, and the stadium only saw people turning over on their backs, and the head coach was still unable to calm the scene with frequent yellow cards.
In the 78th minute of the game, Essian, who saw that there was no hope of equalizing, was angry and angry with Li Huan, and when Li Huan made an assist, he stepped on Li Huan's ankle from behind, causing Li Huan to fall to the ground screaming.
The Arsenal players stopped doing it and immediately came around, Van Persie reached out to pinch Essien's neck, but was blocked by Essien, and at this time the Chelsea players also came around, and the two sides were about to scuffle.
Luckily, the referee and linesman were nearby, and they separated the players from both sides and then sent off Essien with a red card.
Then Li Huan was also replaced by Sania, Li Huan's fate touched the hearts of hundreds of millions of fans around the world, the game has not been accepted, the question of whether Li Huan is injured has reached millions of posts on the Internet in an instant, fans don't even care about the result of the game, they only care about whether Li Huan is injured or not, because Li Huan was slightly injured last season, and this time fans are worried that history will repeat itself.
Arsenal played one more man, and finally won 5:1 against the sworn enemy in the same city.
At the post-match press conference, Professor Arsene Wenger worriedly told reporters and fans that Li Huan's injury was still unclear and needed to do an MRI to know the specific situation.
Reporters have been waiting at the entrance of the Prince Hospital, waiting for Li Huan to finish the MRI, because they all know what fans are most concerned about now, and if any newspaper and website can be the first to publish the news of Li Huan's injury, their sales and click-through rates will skyrocket immediately.
Soon the results came out, and the fans all over the world finally put their minds at ease, Li Huan just twisted his ankle, a little swollen, and rested for a week at most, even if it was two weeks and three games, it would affect Arsenal's next two league games at most. The next two Arsenal opponents are Wigan Athletic and Birmingham, the strength is average, even without Li Huan, Arsenal is completely sure to win.
However, at the critical moment of competing for the Golden Ball Award, Li Huan could not appear in two games, which was a big impact on Li Huan, who did not participate in the World Cup. Li Huan is very open to this, he said that he doesn't mind the ownership of the Golden Ball, if Xavi, Iniesta, or Messi get it, he is not surprised at all, after all, the World Cup is such an important event. However, Li Huan's teammates have expressed their support for Li Huan to win the award, and they will try their best to play these two games well and continue to maintain Arsenal's winning record.
But in the next two rounds, because of the lack of Li Huan's threat, Wigan Athletic and Birmingham put up a bucket formation at their home stadium to resist stubbornly, and Arsenal won very hard, both games were barely won by one goal, but finally retained the winning record. They have also won 21 games in the league this season, and they have broken their own 22-game winning streak with last season's victory.
At this time, the voting for the Ballon d'Or has also ended, and the top five players in the FIFA Ballon d'Or are Xavi, Iniesta, Li Huan, Messi and Ronaldo ranked fourth and fifth and were not able to be one of the three candidates.
The 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or ceremony will be held at 14 pm on the 10th at the Zurich Convention Center in Switzerland, before that, Arsenal still has a league game with Manchester City to play, after playing this league, that is, the national team game, Arsenal will form a team of 30 people to go to Switzerland to cheer for Li Huan.
If it were placed in previous seasons, or even last season, Arsenal would not have taken Manchester City to heart, but this season's Manchester City is not what it used to be, they are now ahead of Chelsea in third place, only 4 goals less than Manchester United, the momentum is very ferocious, if it is not for Arsenal too strong this season, Manchester City even has a chance to win the league title.
In the face of this nouveau riche, Arsenal did not dare to be careless, but there was a lot of good news for them, first of all, Li Huan returned from injury, and the team doctor Levine said that Li Huan was able to play the full 90 minutes. Two other players who have played for Arsenal, Colo? Toure is still fighting with Bam Adebayor and have been scuffling together in training today, which has made the atmosphere in the Manchester City dressing room extremely bad, and it is unknown how much of an impact this will have on Manchester City. However, the last time after Balotelli and Boateng fought each other, Manchester City immediately defeated the big dark horse Bolton Wanderers in the league.
After the start of the game, Arsenal's good fortune came again, Li Huan broke through quickly, but his cross was blocked by Manchester City defender Toure. The commentator couldn't help but joke: "Colo Toure came from Arsenal to go undercover." ”
With the score down, Manchester City rushed to equalise, only for Arsenal to score another goal on a counter-attack with easy reasons to make it 2-0.
After falling behind by two goals, the team's contradictions were exposed, not only did Colo Toure get angry because Adebayor sarcastically charged his own goal, the two almost threw punches again, Balotelli also had a friction with his teammates in the last brawl, and the game turned into a farce within Manchester City's own team.
Alfasime, who was in the VIP box, turned blue with anger and turned away after the team was down 0-4. Coach Roberto Mancini angrily replaced all three of the troublemakers, but this did not stop Manchester City's rout, and in the end, Arsenal beat Manchester City 6-0 at home to complete their 22nd win of the season. The gap between Arsenal and second-placed Manchester United is also as high as 13 points.
European bookmakers cancelled their Premier League title odds after this game, as Arsenal's title was a foregone conclusion and Arsenal could not be chased by their opponents with 13 points remaining.
After the game, the reporter lamented: Arsenal not only killed Manchester City, but also killed the suspense of the Premier League title, and now the hottest league in the world has become a one-man show for Arsenal. There is also the suspense of whether Arsenal can win the league title with an unprecedented record and win all the trophies in the competition.
After the game, Arsenal took a holiday, the players of the national team went to participate in the national team competition, the other players went home to rest, Li Huan and his teammates who won other FIFA Ballon d'Or awards stayed in London, ready to go to Switzerland to attend the FIFA Ballon d'Or ceremony.
(To be continued)