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Arsenal's 3: 2 victory over Bolton Wanderers was described by Fleet Street as a youth storm that almost screwed up!
The Guardian objectively commented on the performances of several young Arsenal players: Robin van Persie, who had a terrible season at Feyenoord, needs to be more patient to integrate into Arsenal. He can't wait to prove himself, but his impatience will only make him lost. Reyes's performance has improved over the past six months, but Wenger needs to be more precise about his positioning. When he can't replace Pires, what is the best position and role for the Spaniard? The 17-year-old Fàbregas can't be asked to do better. It's satisfying enough that he can play 30 minutes of good football in the Premier League. In fact, he contributed more. Flamini needed more matches to hone himself. He had shown everyone his potential and strength, but the mistake of conceding the first goal should not have happened. If it had been Vieira or Silva, they would not have given up the ball. Clichy and Senderos did not have many outstanding performances. If they were to face a more powerful opponent, what would happen to them, who were a little panicked most of the time? It was unimaginable.
If the Premier League ended tomorrow, then the best signing of the season could be announced. It was Arsenal's number 11, Qin Xiong. He had an assist and a goal in two consecutive Premier League games. The game against Bolton Wanderers was more difficult than the previous big victory over Fulham. He had unfamiliar and immature teammates, and the score was continuously behind. In this situation, he showed mental qualities beyond his skills. Arsenal made a good deal. The 10 million euros were well spent. By the way, his final long shot to kill Bolton Wanderers should be rated as the best Premier League goal of the round!
Arsenal's six-game winning streak shocked and terrified the Premier League, but it was not a big deal in terms of simply defeating Bolton Wanderers. After all, most people thought that Arsenal would easily defeat Bolton Wanderers before the game.
In the same round of the game, a new football term was born!
At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea, led by Mourinho, was forced to a draw by Tottenham Hotspur's extreme defense. Faced with a 0: 0 result, Mourinho mocked Tottenham Hotspur after the game and said, "As we Portuguese people are used to saying, they parked the bus in front of the goal."
From that day onwards, "Swinging the bus" would become a brand new football term.
Chelsea suffered two draws in a row, which made them four points behind Arsenal in the table. Although Manchester United won after three draws in a row, they were still nine points behind Arsenal!
The atmosphere in Arsenal's team was very good and their momentum was at its peak.
During training breaks, Qin Xiong would sit with Fàbregas to rest and then chat in Spanish for oral practice. Fàbregas would also exchange ideas on organizing work on the football field with him.
The EFL Cup was a stage used to train players. Although Qin Xiong had fallen on that battlefield, Wenger just wanted to let Qin Xiong get back the feeling of playing in the game. After the last three games, Wenger confirmed that Qin Xiong did not need to play in the EFL Cup. He needed to let Qin Xiong get a reasonable rest and keep his body in good condition for the whole season's competition schedule.
Therefore, Qin Xiong did not play in the EFL Cup in midweek. Wenger told him in their communication that in his first season in England, he would be allowed to play for Arsenal in the Premier League and the Champions League if he was healthy. As for the EFL Cup and the FA Cup, he should not play unless it was the final stages.
Qin Xiong expressed his understanding. There were more than 40 games in the Premier League and the Champions League, and it was obviously more important than the EFL Cup and the FA Cup. Especially considering that he still had national team duties and had to travel to and from Asia from time to time, he needed to pay more attention to the distribution of his fitness.
Arsenal's youth team received a great boost of spirit from the reversal of Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League. Their performance in the EFL Cup was obviously better than in the Premier League. It was also related to the opponent's strength. Robin van Persie, Reyes, and Fàbregas shone in the game and helped the team easily advance to the next round.
After the EFL Cup game in midweek, Arsenal led the team to Manchester on the weekend to challenge Manchester City as a guest.
This was a Premier League game described by the Chinese media as the "China Derby."
Manchester City's China Sun Jihai and Arsenal's China Hero Qin Xiong would meet in the Premier League.
Sun Jihai sent a text message to Qin Xiong before the game and invited Qin Xiong to his house in Manchester after the game, according to the Chinese hospitality.
As for the verbal conflict in the national team's locker room, it had long disappeared with China's AFC Asian Cup victory. Moreover, Qin Xiong was Sun Jihai's national team captain.
Qin Xiong replied to Sun Jihai's text message and agreed to the other party's invitation.
Later, at the home ground of Manchester City, Chinese media reporters directly watched the game live. They saw the two Chinese players shaking hands, hugging, and smiling at each other on the Premier League field.
It was believed that countless China fans far away in the mainland of China would be excited by this scene.
This attracted the attention of Chinese fans far more than the "Asian Derby." It was not easy to have a Chinese player on the stage of the top league. Now, there were two, and they could talk directly as starters in the game, which made the fans feel unusually excited.
Manchester City, led by Kevin Keegan, had famous Premier League players such as James, Dunne, Distin, Shaun Wright-Phillips, McManaman, Anelka, Fowler, and other Premier League players. But in the face of Arsenal's elite players, it was difficult for them to withstand at home.
Qin Xiong's cooperation with Henry, Pires, Ljungberg, Vieira, and other teammates became more and more tacit. He began to find the feeling of cooperating with Ashley Cole. Arsenal's offense was like quicksilver, and they had a tacit understanding of passing and cutting. In the first half, they gained a two-goal lead.
There was a small episode in the second half of the game. When Joey Barton added a step on Qin Xiong's ankle after knocking down Qin Xiong, it clearly angered Qin Xiong. Qin Xiong directly got up and fiercely pushed Barton down!
Even if there were boos against Qin Xiong in the stands, Barton still wanted to get up and fight with Qin Xiong. But Qin Xiong was fearless. He could accept the opponent's unintentional fouls, and he could calmly face the opponent's killing tactics!
But it was clear that the first attack and defense had ended, and the opponent still had an additional move. This was even worse, and he absolutely could not tolerate it. He could not let others think that he would be silent. Otherwise, perhaps other opponents would follow suit and hurt him even more unscrupulously.
Barton had just gotten up when he was pushed to the ground again, and this time, he flew two meters away. It was Vieira!
The current Arsenal was not afraid of any barbaric opponent. If you want to meet force with force, we'll meet force with force until the end!
You want to fight? Come on! Who's afraid of who?
The image of van Nistelrooy being besieged by Arsenal's players last season was still vivid in his mind!
Barton was well-behaved. The referee gave Qin Xiong and Vieira a yellow card each, and then walked over to send Barton off the field!
His step was very obvious, and it was definitely a red card move. Otherwise, Qin Xiong and his teammates would not have exploded in anger.
Qin Xiong did not score in the third Premier League game, but he still provided an assist for Ljungberg, making a great contribution to the team's victory.
After the game, he exchanged jerseys with Sun Jihai, and Arsenal left Manchester City's territory with a 2: 0 victory with their heads held high.
Qin Xiong said goodbye to the team. He stayed in Manchester until the evening before leaving.
Sun Jihai introduced him to a domestic media person.
Yan Qiang, who had been stationed in the Premier League in recent years to report on Premier League news.
At the same time, he was also an Arsenal fan. He specially brought a number 11 Arsenal jersey for dinner in the evening, hoping that Qin Xiong could sign on it.
Qin Xiong certainly did not reject him. Moreover, when he communicated with Yan Qiang, he felt that the other party was a good person. He had a unique understanding of football and even some knowledge of English football culture. He knew much more than Qin Xiong imagined, and Qin Xiong learned a lot after listening to him respectfully.
When Yan Qiang sent the photos of him having dinner with Qin Xiong and Sun Jihai back to China, it was the first time that Qin Xiong's private photos in real life were exposed, but this was with Qin Xiong's permission.
Qin Xiong agreed to his interview request and set the time for the next month's FIFA match.
It took less than a month for Qin Xiong to conquer Arsenal's fans. No one questioned his strength anymore, and whether he could adapt to the English game.
Before October arrived, Qin Xiong had firmly become the main force in Wenger's lineup, and was unshakable!
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