Manchester United is over, and the ownership of the 19th round of the halfway championship will depend on Arsenal's next table!

Portsmouth set up an iron bucket formation, Wenger was so anxious that he couldn't do anything, although he successively replaced Bendtner and Diaby, but the two did not show their spirits this time, and the score of 0-0 remained until the end, and Arsenal could only watch Manchester United overtake from behind. In addition to blaming the opponent's defensive too tight after the game, Wenger may also be thinking: how to adjust the lineup for various tactical arrangements?

Adjusting the lineup and changing tactics will inevitably involve the replacement of personnel, and Arsenal has fallen behind in personnel reserves, a set of main lineups, almost unchanged to play around, in case the overall play is not playable, or when some players are not in the state, there is not even a suitable replacement candidate.

Break down the lineup of the top three giants, see the probability that they can be replaced, because Liverpool is the most extreme team used in the rotation system, so it is no longer considered in the range, because the attack does not score points, the main responsibility is in the midfield, so focus on this area.

Manchester United's forward line is currently dominated by Ryan Giggs, Cristiano Ronaldo, Anderson and Hargreaves, but in fact the total number of appearances of the four is only 53, because Ferguson has a lot of changes in midfield, Anderson and Hargreaves have only recently seen the main configuration, he can use Carrick to carry out the necessary rotation and injury turnover, as well as O'Shea and Fletcher, two iron-clad figures.

Of course, don't forget about Jì Scholes's Cunzài, if he returns, four main characters plus two flexibly used characters, six in the middle of the route. They are all characters who can recruit and fight, and Ferguson doesn't have to worry.

And on the flank, there is Nani. Now that there is Park Ji-sung, of course, we can't forget about Jì O'Shea and Fletcher, another six-man wing setup, unless Manchester United suffers a man-made disaster and you can't turn around, these people are mainly playing this season. More than enough.

And Chelsea, who have a lot of people, don't have to worry about rotation, if we set Chelsea as 3 plus 2 midfielders. The main configuration is Frank Lampard, Essien and Mikel behind, Kalou and Joe Cole on the wings, these five are among the players who have played a lot in the Chelsea squad, but Frank Lampard is the first to start. And only 15 times. Because Grant has made too much fuss in the midfield, with Wright Jr. and Malouda on the flanks, Sidwell and Makelele on the defensive, and Ballack to replace Lampard, in fact, these five substitutes completely replace the main players, and their strength table is also worth reassuring, because they are all battle-hardened veterans.

What about Arsenal's five midfielders? I'm afraid Wenger will have to sigh that no one can do without him. Some time ago. Without Flamini, Youngfa and Hleb, Arsenal immediately fell into a slump. And once the five-man midfielder is in a slump even if he is healthy, there will be no replacement for him, and the wings Rosicky and Eboue, in case of an accident or a poor play, Diaby and Theo Walcott will replace them.

Wenger himself can't believe it, especially in the most important leagues, the number of appearances is very few, and the effect is not good, Walcourt could have been supported as the main force this season, at least the secondary main team, but the young man now has no aura except for running blindly, which is equivalent to wasting Wenger's good replacement technique.

The defensive position in the back is Gilberto, Diarra, Denilson and Song, although there are many people, but Wenger does not dare to let go of the league except for the League Cup, the reason is very simple: either the state is no longer as good as Silva, or the experience is too young as Denilson, maybe he can play one or two games, but it is too difficult to cope with the whole season.

And these midfield substitutes, at best, can play the role of Flamini's interception, Xiaofa's organizational talent can not be reached, and there is also a shadow striker role of Hleb here, which is irreplaceable.

Speaking of forwards, the same is true, without Van Persie, Adebayo is really helpless to play a single striker, although Bendtner's header is good, but to correct it to become the second striker, two big men over 1.90 meters partner into the Arsenal forward line, where is there anything to say?

It's a trick that Wenger obviously won't consider at all. And Bendtner's own professional experience has also determined that Wenger will not consider him as a major figure at least this season. As for Da Silva, it is more extreme than last year's Baptista, and it seems that he can still play in the cup.

If Van Persie returns, then the striker problem will be immediately exposed, and it will be difficult for Wenger to make a league starter for the replacement partnership of Bendtner and Da Silva, and once it does, it will be really hard to get on the head. Of course, that would have had Hleb drop to the right, and the right forward position would have been much more fleshed out.

And Manchester United and Chelsea's forward line, at least moved out of a much more straightforward way, Jonker is in great shape, this first striker can definitely score any goal, and the fourth striker, who is about to move in the winter, will not be a tender role. Chelsea's lone striker Didier Drogba is followed by Sheva, and the Ukrainians are gradually regaining their form, with Villa being an example, and who dares to doubt the current power of Ukraine's nuclear warheads?

Whether it is fame, experience or current strength, Manchester United and Chelsea's midfield replacement lineup is far stronger than Arsenal's, once they encounter the trouble of main attrition, they can be no less inferior, and if they encounter a tactical knot, the coach can also try to solve it through a substitution, and Arsenal once the midfield encounters these two types of problems, the ability to turn around and adapt is much more difficult.

In fact, Arsenal at the back is also a hidden danger, who should be the qualified substitutes for Sagna and Klich, these two have played almost all Arsenal games, Wenger has not thought about substitutions, in fact, to rotate, in addition to Diaby, there is probably only Big Hoyt on the other side, but Wenger has given up on him for a long time, if there is a real incident of Sagna's injury, the best way at present can only be Eboue retreat, Walcott in front of the top, a barely supported conversion.

And Chelsea and Manchester United, the defenders are also not worried about the top of the giant, the extravagant Chelsea does not need to say much, here is a question: Manchester United if Evra is injured, who will top? And of course the great jack-of-all-trades star - O'Shea!

In this way, Wenger is actually paying off his debts for his excessive pursuit of youth. The main lineup is okay, the substitute lineup is basically some young players with little professional experience, only Lehmann and Silva are veteran players. Once something has to be adjusted, Arsene Wenger will find it difficult to replace him, because going up is basically a loss of effect.

And the main squad doesn't last long, and the rest of the Premier League will always find a way to deal with it, and Portsmouth is an example today. It seems that the extreme lack of depth in the squad will make this young Arsenal team. Most likely, you will have to pay a year's worth of tuition.

Wayne Rooney said before the game that United would overtake Arsenal in three games, and the Gunners dropped points at Fraton Park as soon as the words were made, and Arsene Wenger lost half of the title. After 13 rounds of leader, the role changed to that of a chaser. Less than a win behind one point in the three-point system is a slim margin, but today's draw has definitely more than enough impact on Arsenal.

Starting in the 03-04 season, four consecutive seasons of Premier League titles were won by the team that finished first in the table after the Christmas fixture. Not long ago, when a reporter told Sù Wenger about this "law". The professor happily said, "Really? I hope your statistics are correct. If that's the case, let's just go straight to the end of the season and give us a championship. "Arsene Wenger certainly doesn't want to go straight to the end of the season after being held to a draw by Portsmouth because the leaders have become Manchester United.

In the 15 seasons since the Premier League's inception, there have been eight end-of-season wins at the end of the season after the Christmas fixture.

What adds to the psychological shadow of the Arsenal people is that Manchester United have historically been more capable of sprinting in the second half of the season than the Gunners. United have won five times in the title race, the most formidable being eight points in a row against Newcastle in the 9596 season, and Arsenal have experienced first-hand the power of the Red Devils' sprint. In the 0203 season, Ferguson led his team to a successful comeback to win the championship.

There are very few people left who have experienced that comeback under Arsene Wenger, but the shadow remains. The inertia of a team does not go away lightly. Arsene Wenger faces a familiar but difficult subject: how to maximise his team's ability to sprint.

Chelsea were held to a draw at home by Villa and the Premier League title race is even more skewed in favour of the Red Devils and Gunners. So if you look at the fixtures of the two teams, Arsenal's next opponent is Everton, who are higher in the table than Portsmouth, and the Gunners are still playing away, and then they are back to two home games to host West Ham and Birmingham, with an FA Cup game in between. This was followed by two back-to-back London derbies against Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur (Carabao Cup) before a Champions League resurgence against defending champions AC Milan after a clash with three old giants, Newcastle, Manchester City and Blackburn.

That means the Gunners will be extremely busy until 20 February, after which the Premier League opponents will be relatively weak, but the Champions League and Carabao Cup are in the final sprint.

Looking at Manchester United, an early exit from the Carabao Cup semi-finals has given them a minimum of two and a maximum of three games of rest than Arsenal, which is invaluable in the second half of the season. Before the knockout stage of the Champions League, the league opponents gradually increased from weak to strong, which is conducive to the team's best form.

The Champions League opponent is Lyon, the strength of the Ligue 1 hegemons has dropped significantly this season, at least they do not have the same brilliant European experience as AC Milan, and the psychological pressure on Manchester United is less than that of Arsenal.

It can be seen that Arsenal is a little worse than Manchester United in the schedule, just look at the Christmas schedule, Arsenal's two future opponents are Everton and West Ham, Manchester United is West Ham and Birmingham, just entered 2008, Arsenal has the possibility of being opened by Manchester United.

From the perspective of the lineup, the departure of Toure and Eboue will inevitably weaken Arsenal, Sendros and Toure are not at the same level at all, once they meet a physically strong striker, the Swiss will have a psychological shadow, and the seemingly strong Senderos is always injured and almost becomes a glass man. Toure will not be able to return until February at the latest, and if he is injured again, Wenger will have to make cameo appearances at centre-back for Gilberto or Song, who are clearly worse than Sendros.

If Hleb returns to right midfield, then Eboue will have to hand over the main position, but for the Gunners who have a huge difference between the main force and the substitute strength, a substitute like Eboue who belongs to the first team is very valuable, he can not only rotate Hleb, but also take on the responsibility of the main right midfield when Wenger changes the formation 451, and the Belarusian plays the second striker, and Walcott's overall strength is still a big step worse than Ebo.

Looking at Manchester United again, the impact of the Africa Cup of Nations is zero. Not only that, Park Ji-sung has returned, Paul Scholes, Neville and Forster are also recovering, and Ferguson predicts United will reach the peak of their squad in February.

Three hurdles lay in front of Arsene Wenger and Arsenal. If this game beats Portsmouth. The Gunners have been able to at least maintain their psychological superiority, and that is now a plus for United. So despite being a draw, Arsenal lost more than 2 points. Of course, the championship is not reasoning. Arsenal still have the initiative in their own hands, but their advantage has weakened a lot compared to a month ago.

On this same day, the Football Journalists' Association of England also selected the best team for the 2007/2008 Premier League season.

After scoring a goal against Everton, Jonker won the half-range scorer title with 20 goals, and for the first time in the history of the Premier League, at a time when teams are now focusing on defending their opponents' strikers. A striker can also deliver an average of more than 1 goal per game in 19 games, which can only be described as against the sky!

You must know that Cristiano Ronaldo, the second on the list, only scored 12 goals, and Ronaldo, who was already very rebellious, could only be succumbed to Jonker. Ranked second!

The second-highest scorer is not a striker, which was probably not expected by many before the season, and although Ronaldo may not win the Premier League Golden Boot in the end, his increasingly strong scoring ability this season has terrified all opponents. However, Ronaldo is likely to only be able to compete for the second Silver Boot. A leading scorer led by Nicolas Anelka and Adebayor could pull the Portuguese down at any moment.

The competition for the top scorer this season has been shrouded by the "Jonk Storm" from the beginning, and the second position is a competition between two blacks and one white, Martins, Adebayo and other African strikers are aggressively encroaching on the living space of local shooters, and at the same time, they are destroying the confidence of goalkeepers with their extraordinary physicos and increasingly keen sense of smell, but the most surprising is Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas, the midfielder who served as the core of the team at a young age has improved by leaps and bounds this season, and the same as last season. He was also key to Arsenal's successive league leads in the first half of the league.

The subsequent changes in the scorers' charts almost entirely reflected the ups and downs of the team's results, with Newcastle slumping after a great start. Martins also sank, with Arsenal slowing down as they entered December. The scoring momentum of Xiaofa has also been curbed, Portsmouth, Everton's results have been steadily improving, Benjani and Yakubu have gradually caught up, and Tevez has also found his sense with Manchester United's gradual recovery, and by the end of the half, he has scored 7 goals. Anelka and Robbie Keane's recent momentum is closely related to the team's rebound after a change of coach in the past month.

Compared with these scorers with more ups and downs, Adebayo, Torres, and Ronaldo, the three scorers who came to the proud goal, are in more stable form. Torres has scored nine goals (without penalties) despite suffering injuries midway through the game, and has become Liverpool's most reliable scorer for many years (certainly due to Benitez's availability); Bam Adebayo seems to have found the form of Drogba at the same time last season and has become more and more comprehensive, Ronaldo can leave Rooney and Tevez behind his two heavyweight strikers in terms of goals, and only Jonk can still shock Ronaldo, which is a blessing for Ferguson anyway. And these three goalscorers are pretty much a barometer of their respective teams' records, with all three teams barely losing in games where they have scored. For several giants who are aiming to win the championship, stability is the last word.

Didier Drogba, who was in the league and Champions League at this time last season, has been hampered by Jose Mourinho's dismissal and injury this season, scoring just five goals at the halfway point, and he is also Chelsea's current league top scorer, which is naturally a disadvantage for the Blues this season. If Didier Drogba can return healthy and fit after the Africa Cup of Nations, Chelsea will still have a good chance of catching up with Manchester United and Arsenal in the second half of the season.

This season's Premier League goals have increased significantly compared to the previous season, and there have been horrific scores such as Portsmouth 7-4 Reading and Chelsea 4-4 Villa, the contribution of the goalscorers should not be underestimated, at the top of the scorer list, Adebayor, Ben Jani, Yakubu, Torres, Santa Cruz have all recorded a hat-trick.

Interestingly, Jonker, despite being the top scorer in the charts, has never scored a hat-trick for United.

The manager's award, although Eriksen is the most amazing in terms of relative results, he brought last season's relegation team Manchester City (42 points, 14th) to the top four of the season, but the Swede has the backing of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin's bottomless purse, while Arsene Wenger has arguably spent little money in the summer. After the ups and downs of last season, who else can have the same unrepentant confidence in the youth army as the professor? His purchases of Sagna and Eduardo may not seem impressive in terms of price, but the fact that the former is a Premier League veteran and the latter who suddenly shines as he enters the Christmas and New Year schedule proves that letting go of Thierry Henry is a masterpiece.

However, the highlight of these two is still not comparable to Sir Alex Ferguson's style, and the final round of reversal to achieve the first place in the standings, so that the old man once again won the best coach in the half.

In terms of goalkeepers, while Chelsea's Petr Cech and Liverpool's Reyna keep a staggering clean sheet, while Green, who has only six times without scoring, looks mediocre, let's not forget that he faces one of the Premier League's most famous funnel defences.

Under such conditions, it was a miracle that Green helped West Ham relegate last season. He has made 111 saves this season and conceded just six goals in four games against the big four, which is already impressive. Compared to the two recent mistakes of former Premier League goalkeeper Petr Cech, Green's heroic appearance of saving three penalties has added a lot of impression points to his impression.

It's a pity that Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar did not finish in the top three, and how many people have to complain about the Dutch veteran.

The right-back became no suspense from the current Arsenal vice-president Pat Brown. Rice to Lee. Dixon, and from Lauren to Eboue, right-back has been the darling of Arsenal fans' legends. After joining in the summer, Sagna quickly became another French international who seamlessly integrated into the French revolution in the Arsenal, and even manager Arsene Wenger exclaimed that Sagna "is like playing in the Premier League all his life". Underneath his fancy wigs are ferocious tackles and forward set-up assists and pinpoint crosses that have become Arsenal's attacking arsenal. In the first half, Sagna had three assists in the league. In particular, Cesc Fabregas's clever pass against Manchester United was the most crucial, which allowed the Gunners to equalise for the first time.

The best of the centre-backs went to Nemanja Vidic and Galla respectively.

Vidic's name is constantly being mentioned in the opening winter transfer window, as he is the masterpiece of the winter transfer window, and The Sun just named him the top 10 winter transfer in the world just last week! The Serb is also a prominent representative of the Russian league, opening the door to Premier League success for players from the bitter cold of the far north. His partnership with Rio Ferdinand remains solid this season and has been key to United's 12 clean sheets to dominate the Premier League. Ferguson has mentioned many times that this pair reminds him of Bruce and Parister, and the lord even joked that Vidic is more manly than Parister, "I still smile after 5 stitches, if Pallister would have cried!" ”

Arsene Wenger's decision to appoint Garra as captain at the start of the season shocked fans, but Galla conquered the discerning Arsenal fans with his watch. The post-match hoop representing his captaincy's style and the classic phrase "if you want to die, you must die together on the battlefield" have become Arsenal's new legends. The Chelsea traitor is always full of anticipation when it comes to big joints: it was he who scored the equaliser in the final moments against Manchester United; Against his former club Chelsea, it was he who took advantage of Cech's mistake to leave his old club with a goal.

The best left-back belongs to Arsenal Klich.

In midfield, Cristiano Ronaldo's election was undisputed, and there is no reason why a midfield has scored a goal that will put even the strikers to shame.

And there is no suspense about the election of another Cesc Fabregas, Arsenal's brain, core, if there is no Spanish youngster's table, Arsenal will not appear in the second place in the standings.

The selection of central midfielder Steven Gerrard has somewhat alleviated Liverpool's embarrassment, and if even the Reds captain is not in the half-time team, then Reds fans will have nothing to look forward to this season.

The remaining two are more controversial, with Petrov winning the best left-sided midfielder, while many favour homegrown player Ashley Young.

As for the addition of Jonker's other best striker, the controversy is even greater, and the election of Santa Cruz has made Adebayo and Berbatov's good performances in the first half useless. (To be continued......)