After scoring the direct free kick, Qin Xiong ran wildly along the sidelines with his arms wide open amidst the cheers of all the Arsenal players who came to the scene.
Arsenal's fans, teammates, and coaches applauded Qin Xiong one after another. Looking at his posture of running wildly with his arms spread out, it was as if a gorgeous gale had been set off on the field. The European football newcomer king of the previous year was spreading his wings and soaring!
Lehmann waved his right fist and roared. Campbell and Touré hugged and laughed wantonly. Ashley Cole jumped and jumped on the sidelines to constantly liven up the atmosphere. Van Persie, Bergkamp, Ljungberg, and Vieira chased after Qin Xiong.
The Birmingham City players felt very helpless.
They could not defend against it!
Brosnan walked back to the technical area with a blank expression and sat down.
It was not that he did not want to snipe Arsenal.
But Arsenal had already scored 94 points this season!
It meant that they had won 29 games, only seven games were tied, and only one game was lost!
Birmingham City did not have the strength to compete with Arsenal. Even if Arsenal's main players were unable to play, Arsenal's momentum was too strong!
Just three minutes after Arsenal's goal, Chelsea also scored at St. James' Park!
After Drogba broke through Newcastle United's goal, Mourinho's expression did not change at all on the sidelines. He had already learned that Arsenal was ahead of Birmingham City.
At this time, both teams were in the lead. On the real-time rankings, Arsenal and Chelsea both had 97 points. The goal difference was irreversible. Now it was down to who could withstand the pressure and firmly grasp the victory in their hands!
At St. Andrew's Stadium, after Arsenal's goal, Qin Xiong took the initiative to retreat slightly and began to control the field to slow down the pace.
It looked like Arsenal had become more cautious and was not willing to give Birmingham City a good chance to fight back.
Birmingham was unwilling to give up and began to snatch, and the space in the backfield gradually expanded.
In the 39th minute of the game, Qin Xiong and Vieira were running neck to neck in the midfield. After the two players collided with the wall, Vieira passed the ball straight to Bergkamp in front of him. At the same time, Qin Xiong firmly inserted diagonally into the right side of the penalty area!
Bergkamp faced the ball with his back to the penalty area. He kicked the ball fiercely with the tip of his foot. The football was picked up by him, and then he flicked the ball to the left side behind him with his back to the penalty area. That was the route Qin Xiong ran in.
Qin Xiong did not doubt that Bergkamp could pass the ball to him. He was firm in his positioning. Just as Henry trusted him, he trusted every teammate.
The Arsenal players had the ability to turn something that was impossible in the eyes of outsiders into something magical!
Qin Xiong, who had successfully reversed the offside position, saw the goalkeeper, Taylor, abandon the goal and rush towards him. He knew that he had no chance to stop the ball, not even a chance to volley. So, when Taylor was one meter away from him, he directly jumped!
He crossed the ball with a header!
Taylor raised his hand to block the angle of the shot. He did not expect Qin Xiong to not head the ball to the goal!
If Qin Xiong headed the ball to the goal, it was likely that it would be blocked by Taylor.
But if it was a header, Taylor could not block it at all.
He even reacted very quickly and made a volleyball smash action!
He wanted to smash the ball out, but it was obviously too slow!
After Qin Xiong's header, his eyes kept looking in the direction of the football.
Van Persie ran to his position behind the goal. He was facing an empty goal!
But at this moment, he was a little nervous. Facing the flying football, the landing point was very awkward. The header was too low, and the shot with his foot was too high!
In the end, he could only instinctively use his body to hit the ball!
His thigh headed the ball into the goal!
The moment he saw the ball fly into the goal, Van Persie was relieved and in ecstasy at the same time.
He let out a strange cry and rushed to the sidelines to celebrate his goal by sliding to his knees.
Qin Xiong ran to Van Persie and gave Bergkamp a high five!
St. Andrews was in an earthquake of revelry.
The Arsenal fans could not help but shout "Premier League champions!"
"Van Persie widens Arsenal's lead! 2:0！ A wonderful goal, an Arsenal style goal! Qin Xiong and Vieira broke through Dunn's defense in the middle. When Vieira passed directly to Bergkamp, Qin Xiong had already started to sprint. When he brushed past Bergkamp, Bergkamp showed the demeanor of a master. He deftly flicked the ball behind him and accurately passed the ball to Qin Xiong, who was successfully offside. Qin Xiong then headed the ball and Van Persie, who was unmarked, shot the ball into the goal! My God, this is Qin Xiong's 35th assist this season! He has already surpassed the previous Premier League assist record holder, Henry's 25 assists in a season by 10! "
When the news of Arsenal's two-goal lead over Birmingham City reached St. James' Park, Chelsea's morale obviously suffered a huge blow!
They still led Newcastle United by 1: 0, and Arsenal already had two goals in hand. It looked like the league title was getting further and further away from them.
At the end of the first half of the closing game, Arsenal was leading by two goals.
During the halftime break, Wenger emphasized the tactical discipline of the team. The tactics that revolved around Qin Xiong as the core and Qin Xiong as the wind vane of the rhythm were required to be carried out!
Before leaving for the second half, the Arsenal team roared in unison in the locker room again. They had to play the remaining 45 minutes and firmly lock the title in their hands!
When they returned to the field in the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
In fact, from the first goal, Arsenal's tactics became to control the field and lure the enemy!
If the opponent wanted to defend, Arsenal would not attack wildly.
If the opponent wanted to come out and counterattack, Arsenal would take advantage of the opponent's exposed gap to launch a pass and cut surprise attack.
Birmingham City was still defending and counterattacking at the beginning. But when they saw Arsenal let the time pass to control the rhythm of the field, they could not find a good chance to counterattack. So, in the 60th minute of the game, they could only fight recklessly with Arsenal.
In the 67th minute of the game, Qin Xiong sent a fatal straight ball in the front field. Ljungberg cut inside the penalty area from the right side and got a semi-one-on-one chance. The full back, Melchiot's diagonal tackle directly knocked Ljungberg to the ground. The referee blew the whistle to signal that Arsenal was awarded a penalty kick!
"Melchiot made a mistake. Is the former Chelsea player taking revenge on his old club? After Mourinho took over at Stamford Bridge, Melchiot, who had played for Chelsea for five years, was ruthlessly abandoned. At the final moment of the title fight between Chelsea and Arsenal, Melchiot gave Arsenal a penalty kick! 2: 0 and 3: 0 are definitely different situations. Birmingham City may still have hope of sniping Arsenal when they are two goals behind. But if they are three goals behind, with the current Arsenal, I'm afraid that they will not give the opponent any chance. After all, there are only a few teams who can break through Arsenal's goal three times in 90 minutes this season! "
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