Chapter 70: Be Careful with Me
Arsenal's opponent in the 21st round of the league is Birmingham, which brings a lot of unpleasant memories to Arsenal; Especially at St Andrews, Birmingham's home stadium, this is an away game that Arsenal hate.
Savage collision + long pass rushing, this is the hallmark of Birmingham, they are more comfortable in the Premier League, or they are not just simply tough, but also a lot of damage to other teams and players. Arsenal is naturally suffering from it, although Arsenal's strength must occupy an absolute advantage, but in Birmingham Arsenal may not be able to occupy much advantage, because in the face of this group of savage guys, Arsenal's players really need to be careful.
Two seasons ago, Arsenal were held to a draw at St Andrews' Stadium, notably the famous draw in February 2008, which is still an eternal pain in the hearts of Gunners fans. Taylor broke his leg in the tackle; Gala abandoned his team and wept alone before the end; McFadden was awarded a well-founded penalty in the fourth minute of stoppage time and equalised.
Xiao Qing is certainly keen to teach this group of guys, Arsenal won at home to Birmingham City in the first half of the season, but the Gunners will not be satisfied, they will beat Birmingham City again in the second half of the game. The current Birmingham have four wins, ten draws and seven losses, and the current Birmingham have actually failed to get out of the relegation zone; Arsenal naturally don't care about sending their opponents into the relegation zone, and they are even happy to do so.
So in this game, the Arsenal players are holding back their energy to learn Birmingham a lesson, and for Xiao Qing he is eager to get his first win in 2011. He would love to get a win to celebrate himself with a win after being crowned Ballon d'Or. So Xiao Qing will work hard. Xiao Qing will help the team to go all out to win this game.
For Arsenal. Now they need more wins, they need to extend their lead in the league, and although Arsenal are close to the league title, they are not yet there and they need to work hard.
In this game, Arsene Wenger sent all the main lineup, including Xiao Qing, captain Cesc Fabregas, midfielder Song, Nasri in the front, Van Persie and Walcott all returned to the starting lineup.
goalkeeper Fabianski; Sarnia, Koscielny, Juru, Klicy on the back line; midfielder Song, attacking tactics Bregas, Theo Walcott, Nasri; Twin strikers Xiao Qing and Robin van Persie,
Birmingham City goalkeeper Forster; Defenders Karl, Ridgewell, Johnson, Dane; midfielders Barry Ferguson, Gardner, Larsson, Beauserjou, Bowyer; Solitary striker Cameron Jerome.
Although now Martin Taylor, who did the evil at the beginning, has long since left Birmingham. But the Arsenal players will not forget that painful memory; Although Eduardo is now out of Arsenal, the Gunners will still remember the team-mate.
In the third minute, Cesc Fabregas went straight, Walket used his speed to shake off Birmingham defender Dane, and in the face of the little tiger's cross, Xiao Qing directly hit the goal in the penalty area. Although Xiao Qing's shot was high above the crossbar, Arsenal's high-quality attack this time was still a hard blow to Birmingham, who were fighting at home.
Arsenal's attack was ferocious, which did put Birmingham under a lot of defensive pressure; Birmingham, who have been heavily packed in midfield, need more defence right now and they can't afford to give Arsenal the chance to tear apart the defence and get up front. So Birmingham are tough defensively because they know they have to be tougher against Arsenal. They must ensure that they can limit Arsenal's play at this time.
In the eighth minute of the game, the Arsenal midfielder conceded a goal; Birmingham wanted a quick counter-attack. However, Arsenal, who switched attack and defense, did not give them more opportunities, and Arsenal immediately began to counter-attack. Birmingham defender Johnson, who was dribbling the ball, made a lot of movements, he didn't control the ball at his feet, and the ball was poked away from Johnson's feet.
But when Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas was about to take the ball down, the Birmingham defender made a fierce direct sliding tackle; The two collided in various ways, and more importantly, Johnson didn't mean to return his feet at all, and the spikes he showed were directly shoveled on Fabregas's ankle!
It was a very dangerous move, Martin Taylor two years ago was the same move that broke Eduardo's ankle, and now Johnson is once again treating Arsenal with this very immoral move. It's just that Fabregas was lucky this time, at least he didn't suffer a nightmare for the players like a broken leg.
Johnson's move completely angered the Arsenal players, and the Arsenal players swarmed up as Cesc Fabregas hugged his ankles in pain. Just as the referee rushed over, Xiao Qing's speed was faster; Although Xiao Qing has an average relationship with Cesc Fabregas, he will never allow his teammates to encounter such rough defense.
Johnson also seemed to know that such a move must not escape the referee's warning, and he got up and wanted to walk away without even looking at Fabregas in pain. But at this time, just as Johnson turned around, he regretted it.
“FUCK!” Xiao Qing pushed Johnson down with a heavy blow, and even the players on both sides hadn't reacted yet, but Xiao Qing, who pushed Johnson down, rushed over one at a time, "Shit, let's do a fight, I'll beat you so that your mother can't recognize you!" ”
There was a boo at the St. Andrews stadium, because they saw the fierce Xiao Qing sitting directly on Johnson's body at this time, and Xiao Qing fiercely raised his fist and beat Johnson at this time. Xiao Qing doesn't care about what is banned and not banned, the angry Xiao Qing can't care about anything else now, now he just wants to beat up this hateful guy well.
Johnson was obviously beaten by Xiao Qing, and he didn't even react much, but he was already pushed down on the grass by Xiao Qing, and then the angry Xiao Qing sat on top of him; Xiao Qing pressed Johnson's face with his hand fiercely, Xiao Qing now completely wanted to press Johnson into the grass and bury him.
Although Johnson is struggling, although he is 1.9 meters tall, Xiao Qing's liliang is also very big, and more importantly, Xiao Qing's sneak attack makes Johnson unable to react at all; So now Johnson wants to try his best to get rid of Xiao Qing, but he is still pressed on the grass by Xiao Qing in pain.
"Shaw, calm down!" The Arsenal players who reacted immediately hugged Xiao Qing and pulled him away, and Xiao Qing's provoking conflicts on the field would definitely cause heavy penalties.
Although Xiao Qing was pulled away by his teammates, the players in Birmingham stopped doing it, because they were very unhappy that their teammates were bullied, especially since this was their home stadium, Xiao Qing was so presumptuous at St Andrews Stadium, Xiao Qing was about to beat their teammates in front of the Birmingham players, which really angered the players in Birmingham.
So the players of the two teams were huddled together, they were pushing and shoving, they were constantly yelling and swearing; Especially Xiao Qing, who was the target of everyone, the players in Birmingham at this time were eager to rush up and beat Xiao Qing violently; Although Xiao Qing is protected behind him by his teammates, this is not Xiao Qing's style, although he knows that he will definitely make the players in Birmingham go crazy, but Xiao Qing still rushes in front and pushes and shoves the players in Birmingham, hiding is not Xiao Qing's style, Xiao Qing is not afraid at all!
The referee is trying to pull away the players of the two teams that clashed, and this game is definitely not good news for such a large-scale clash, and this game will definitely attract crazy attention after the game. Especially when Xiao Qing just joined the Golden Globe Awards, Xiao Qing is now the focus of attention of the media and fans.
Birmingham also knows that it is bitter, although this conflict was caused by Xiao Qing to escalate, although the culprit Johnson was taught a lesson by Xiao Qing; But after the game, the media will not necessarily have any sympathy for Birmingham. It's not news that Birmingham have a rough style of play, especially since it was given a foul on Cesc Fabregas.
Arsenal had already suffered a painful leg break at St Andrews, and Johnson almost lost Arsenal's big man at this time, which will certainly cause a lot of criticism after the game.
Xiao Qing had no objection to being sent off with a red card, because Xiao Qing was too impulsive to rush up and do it directly, because Xiao Qing completely inspired this conflict. And Johnson is not much better, that rough defense also caused him to suffer a red card, maybe this action was originally only a yellow card can be solved, but the conflict is getting more and more intense, and it is difficult for Johnson to escape the capital punishment, because he needs to make an example of the monkey, because his actions are already bad.
The referee's two consecutive red cards and several yellow cards settled the conflict; Although it was St Andrews Stadium at this time, Xiao Qing looked at the Birmingham fans in the stands with his head held high, Xiao Qing was completely unfocused, and he didn't have much of a good impression of these fans; When they came to this away game last season, they even sang a mockery of Eduardo, who broke his leg.
Xiao Qing casually put the jersey on his shoulder, looking at those fans, Xiao Qing walked up to the player tunnel with an expressionless face. Although the game was sent off in less than ten minutes, Xiao Qing didn't care, what he needed was to tell those opponents to be careful when facing Arsenal! (To be continued......)