Arsenal and West Ham United's local derby is usually the focus of attention of fans across the UK, but in the 10th round of this season's Premier League, they can only accept the fate of being ignored, because this round of British football's two bigwigs, Manchester United and Liverpool, are going to have a life-and-death battle at Anfield, and Liverpool, who are already nine points behind the top of the table, must win this game, otherwise they will really be insulated from the championship. Manchester United can't afford to lose, they have one more game and are now two points behind Arsenal, and if they lose this game, Arsenal will win against the underdogs West Ham United, and Manchester United's prospects of defending the title are definitely not optimistic.

There is a very special figure in this big battle between Manchester United and Liverpool, Michael. Owen, the European footballer of the year with 118 goals for the Reds, was an idol of the Reds, but after a brief spell at Real Madrid and Newcastle United, he joined his old club rivals Manchester United this summer. Now, how Owen will be treated when he returns to Anfield has become a matter of concern for the entire British media and fans.

At the beginning of the season, when Kroenke did not decide to buy Li Huan, Wenger also planned to introduce the young man who chased the wind of the year, at this time Arsenal has unlimited scenery and a bright future, Wenger has the leisure to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and judge this game, "I considered him before the season, and I have not made a decision, because I have Eduardo, he returned from injury, and Owen plays the same position, we need to observe, after the team introduces Li Huan, our requirements for strikers are not so urgent."

He didn't go to Manchester United before because Liverpool were interested in him. Newcastle United were relegated from the Premier League and Manchester United became his only chance to fight in the Premier League, and Owen was loved at Anfield, a fact that fans generally respect, so he would be welcomed.

Many media outlets believe that Arsenal and Chelsea will be the beneficiaries of the Manchester United and Reds clash with the Reds, with the professor saying: "It's going to be a tight and intense game, they are brave teams and their games are going to decide the Premier League title, but we can't be spectators, we have our own games and we have to win to get the most out of their games." ”

When it comes to West Ham United, Arsenal don't seem to take it very seriously. Arsene Wenger boasted that Arsenal would regain the Premier League title, encouraged his players to "go to the Champions League final", and he even took the air to talk about Owen's rights and wrongs, but he was sorry for his city rivals The Hammers. Perhaps in the professor's view, the away win at West Ham United was a sure thing, and West Ham United manager Gianfranco Zola felt the Gunners' contempt, which made him unhappy, because when he was in charge of West Ham United last season, he entered Upton Park with the plaques of "Football", "Perfectionism" and "Romanticism", and then took the financially troubled Hammers to ninth place, just two points away from European qualification. Before the game, Gianfranco Zola also made a gesture to Arsene Wenger, saying he would be happy if his side could play like Arsenal. And Arsenal can be said to be the most watched team, in England and in Europe. Now it's the hot face on the cold ass.

Zola then vented this unhappiness in an interview with Sky Sports TV, "As a team that has produced world-class stars such as Leo Ferdinand, Lampard and Joe Cole, Arsenal should have enough respect for West Ham United, although they are very strong, but the derby is always a different game, and they will not take a point easily at Upton Park." Li Huan, the new core of Arsenal's new rise, was a little uneasy about the optimism, even arrogance, of the team, and in his memory, Arsenal lost many titles due to arrogance and injury. However, Li Huan's reminder obviously did not play a big role, Arsenal did not even regard West Ham United as a derby opponent at all, Van Persie bluntly said that Arsenal's derby opponent in London was Tottenham Hotspur, and even Chelsea could only stand aside.

Van Persie's words were said during the team's training, but there were many people, and there were club staff present, I don't know from whose mouths, this sentence reached the ears of reporters, first the News of the World, then the Sun, and then all the British media reported Van Persie's contempt for Chelsea and the Hammers. There are a total of 5 Premier League teams and 8 lower-division teams in the London Region, and Van Persie's words offended not only Chelsea and West Ham United, but also several other teams gritted their teeth and vowed that if they met Arsenal, they would definitely give them a little bit of power.

West Ham's longest-serving player, captain Noble was furious at Van Persie's words, telling reporters that at Upton Park, West Ham will show Arsenal whose turf it is, and we will smash their muskets with hammers.

Wenger is very dissatisfied with Van Persie's shot, Arsenal is now on the bright road to the championship, it is really unwise to offend so many enemies, the English team is hot, if they go out to fight, although Arsenal will not lose, but it is likely to pay a big price, Eduardo's broken leg is a cruel lesson for Arsenal's players. However, with a local derby imminent and a 15-game winning streak, Arsene Wenger certainly cannot afford to show weakness, telling reporters at a press conference that Van Persie's claims are not unfounded, and that Arsenal's top-flight derby opponent is Tottenham Hotspur in England's long history of football.

West Ham United have lost two and drawn one in the last three rounds, and the team has been discordant and disunited, but Arsenal's arrogance has aroused the indignation of West Ham United players and fans, and now they are united in hatred and are bent on giving Arsenal a little color at home.

The war of words between West Ham United and Arsenal has not been extinguished, the focus of Manchester United and Liverpool has kicked off, and finally Manchester United lost 0:2 away to the ruined Liverpool, Sir Alex Ferguson was very frustrated after the game, he told the media after the game that after losing this game, Manchester United has been very passive, whether it can defend the title does not depend on Manchester United's efforts or not, but also depends on whether Arsenal makes mistakes, but Manchester United will never give up until the last game.

Arsenal have been closely watching the game, and for Arsene Wenger, United have always been his most feared opponent, even more than Chelsea, and now they have lost away from home, playing two more games than Arsenal, but are two points behind. As long as Arsenal can beat the Hammers away tomorrow, they can have one more game to open up five points for Manchester United, and if they can also win the next replay, Arsenal can stretch Manchester United away by eight points, something that has not happened for Arsenal in six years.

Arsene Wenger was so happy after watching the game that he couldn't keep his mouth shut, even when the news came that Chelsea beat Blackburn Rovers 5-0 at Stamford Bridge to temporarily top the table, Professor Wenger didn't take it to heart, and he immediately held a short meeting in the squad and gave a dead order that he must take all three points tomorrow.

Arsene Wenger told his players that this was Arsenal's best chance in five years, as they would face only one Blues Chelsea without a game in hand, and they had already taken the lead in the title race. Now they can't afford to miss that opportunity and the away game against West Ham United must be treated like a final.

On the afternoon of the 26th, Arsenal's bus left the Emirates Stadium for Newham, east of London, to challenge West Ham United, known as the Hammers, and the Gunners fans now suddenly felt the importance of this game, with about 8,000 fans accompanying the team to Upton Park to support their team.

In Newham, Arsenal's bus was attacked by impulsive West Ham fans, hundreds of excited West Ham fans invested sundries in the bus, insulted Arsenal players as girls, and clashed with Arsenal fans who followed Arsenal.

In the subsequent training to adapt to the field, West Ham United fans still did not stop, boos, insults and throwing debris has not stopped, these skirmishes before the game to some hot-headed Arsenal players to give a precautionary shot, many players realized that this game may not be easy to win, in the pre-match press conference, Wenger and Fabregas have cautiously expressed their determination to win, for the possible difficulties of the game, both master and apprentice have said that they have been mentally prepared.

While Arsene Wenger and Arsenal's players were already on their toes before the game, they found themselves underestimating West Ham's fury during the game. In the game, the Hammers players did not treat them as derby opponents, but as mortal enemies, and in the area 30 meters away, West Ham United moved to bring down with the ball, not caring whether their actions would cause damage to the opponent.

In the post-Vieira era, Arsenal has a lot of literary and artistic youth, but there is no tough guy who is "willing to cut a body", and there is a lack of strong temperament with the opponent to the end, although the arrival of Li Huan has changed this phenomenon to a certain extent, but the previous game was played too smoothly, Arsenal's feminine temperament has not been really improved, when the opponent does not want to fight hard, Arsenal's players are a little bit of a loser, many people consider whether it is worth risking a broken leg for three points, Especially since they are now two points ahead of Manchester United with two games in hand, and level with Chelsea.

As soon as this thought hesitated, the momentum weakened, and in the opening 20 minutes, Arsenal, who had won 14 consecutive games, barely managed to draw West Ham United on the road.

(To be continued)