At St. James' Park, the battle between the Magpies and Arsenal entered a fast-paced track after Qin Xiong sent out a threatening straight ball.
In the fourth minute of the game, Newcastle United launched an attack from Emre's left flank. He passed the ball to Shearer in front of the penalty area. Fàbregas retreated and stared at Shearer with Touré, waiting for Shearer to control the ball to intercept. However, Shearer cleverly missed the ball.
The ball that was missed rolled to the middle. Owen got rid of Silva in front of the penalty area. When he received the pass and dribbled the ball forward, he used a lightning-fast impact to explode Senderos!
Unfortunately, Owen's dribble was a little too big. Lehmann calmly abandoned the goal and took the lead to clear the ball.
In the seventh minute, Ljungberg rushed forward from the right flank. When he came to the danger zone, he passed the ball to Qin Xiong. Qin Xiong looked like he was going to pass the ball to Ljungberg. Bowyer tilted his body's center of gravity in front of Qin Xiong, intending to destroy Qin Xiong's pass.
However, Qin Xiong smoothly pulled the ball back behind him. When Parker came to intercept, he changed direction with the instep of his foot and broke through to the middle. He sent a straight pass to Pires, who cut into the penalty area to shoot. Given subconsciously lowered his center of gravity and blocked the ball with his leg.
Newcastle United had once again escaped a calamity!
Three minutes later, Newcastle United's Dyer successfully broke through Flamini on the right flank and cut into the end of Arsenal's penalty area. Arsenal's rear defensive line completely suppressed Shearer and Owen's movement space. Dyer returned the ball to the front of the penalty area, and Parker followed up to fire from a distance!
In the nick of time, Qin Xiong slid past Parker. Qin Xiong only felt the ball hit his thigh, and then the ball flew into the stands.
The Newcastle United fans let out a cry of surprise.
Parker's opportunity was too good. Unfortunately, it was ruined by Qin Xiong at the last minute.
Newcastle United's attack from the corner created chaos in Arsenal's penalty area. In the end, Ljungberg cleared the ball in the penalty area.
Pires caught up with the football on the left side of the midfield and then passed it back to Qin Xiong, who was rushing forward in the middle.
Qin Xiong did not hesitate at all. He directly kicked the outside of his instep and rotated the ball.
Bomson and Taylor were so angry that they wanted to curse!
Qin Xiong's pass was impossible to guard against. When the ball flew in the air, it would also interfere with the two players' prediction.
However, they had learned to be smart. The focus of their defense was on the players! Not in football!
Henry was unable to steadily stop the ball under the interference of Taylor's body, and Arsenal's bold fast attack was stifled before it was even born.
In the 14th minute of the match, Parker made a mistake in his forward pass in the backfield under Qin Xiong's frontal defense. Fàbregas blocked his pass to Emre, and Qin Xiong immediately rushed past Parker. Fàbregas sent a straight pass to Qin Xiong.
Bowyer quickly ran over to intercept Qin Xiong, but Qin Xiong's ability to stop the ball, which was almost one with the football, allowed him to complete a pass that the audience could not help but exclaim in admiration.
He stopped the ball at the same time as he snatched the ball between Bowyer's legs. He did not stop the football, but in fact, it was a continuous movement to stop the ball forward and adjust.
Bowyer's crotch was pierced, and Qin Xiong also brushed past him. Then, Qin Xiong observed the situation in the penalty area and did not hesitate to raise his leg for a long shot.
The football was like a meteor bombarding the Newcastle United team!
The angle was not particularly tricky. Qin Xiong's goal was to catch Juen by surprise.
The effect was achieved. When Juen used his hands to block the ball, he lost his balance and fell to the ground. However, the football did not enter Newcastle United's goal.
The fast pace on the field almost made the audience breathless. They also forgot the passage of time.
In the 19th minute of the game, Newcastle United also retaliated with a long shot against Arsenal.
Dale cut across the middle from the right flank, received Shearer's return pass, and directly raised his leg to shoot a long shot into the goal. Lehmann made a world-class save and blocked the ball, but Owen followed up and sent the ball directly back in the direction of the goal. This time, Lehmann was powerless to reverse the situation!
Senderos indicated that Owen was offside when he rebounded the shot, but the assistant referee did not say anything.
It had to be admitted that although Senderos had played consistently and excelled in at least six of the ten games, when it came to one-on-one marking against a top striker, whether it was in terms of experience or ability, he was still far from the top.
St. James' Park seemed to finally have a chance to breathe. Countless Magpies fans shouted Owen's name and cheered for his goal.
"Newcastle United is the first to break the goal! Will Michael Owen lead the Magpies to end Arsenal's unbeaten season? "
Qin Xiong looked at Owen, who ran to the sidelines to celebrate, and tilted his head slightly. The fighting spirit in his heart did not waver. Instead, it surged even more fiercely!
After Arsenal restarted the ball, Qin Xiong became more active.
In the 23rd minute of the game, he started in the middle of the backfield. When he encountered Parker, he knocked the ball back to Fàbregas, and then ran to the front left flank. His movement made Pires react immediately, and Pires cut across the middle.
Parker subconsciously followed Qin Xiong, which led to a larger defensive space in the middle. Fàbregas easily passed the ball to Pires in front.
Parker could not keep up with Qin Xiong's speed at all. Pires cut diagonally to the left flank in the direction of the end line. Qin Xiong overtook Karl from the outside during the sprint. When he stopped the ball near the end line, Karl chased back and could not stop in time. Qin Xiong pulled the ball back and completely got rid of Karl.
He looked at the situation in the penalty area, and then sent a high-quality pass out. The football flew to the back of the goal. Ljungberg cut diagonally into the penalty area and headed the ball from the back of the goal!
The goal that was bound to go in was sent flying by Ljungberg under the astonished gazes of thousands of people!
Wenger waved his arms on the sidelines to express his dissatisfaction.
If compared to the same period last season, Ljungberg and Pires' scoring efficiency was greatly reduced!
Especially Ljungberg, the drop in efficiency was particularly obvious.
This proved that Qin Xiong was right to ask for a position in the team at the beginning of the season.
If they still played according to the style of last season, Henry might still be the best shooter, but Qin Xiong would definitely not be the best assist, because other than Henry, who could guarantee the efficiency of scoring goals, Pires and Ljungberg's shooting efficiency was greatly reduced. No matter how good the opportunity was, it would be wasted. Where did Qin Xiong's assist come from?
Ljungberg probably realized that his squandering of good opportunities had become a habit, so he took the initiative to create opportunities for Qin Xiong.
Five minutes later, Qin Xiong dribbled the ball in the middle and pressed Newcastle United's back waist line. In front of Parker, he used his heel to knock the ball to Fàbregas, who followed behind him.
Fàbregas kicked the ball out and directly passed the ball to Pires' feet on the left.
Pires raised his leg at a 45-degree angle and the football flew to the back of the penalty area again. Ljungberg cut into the inside line to shake off Babayaro and faced the falling football with the arch of his foot to return the ball!
Before Bowyer, Qin Xiong rushed to the football and unreasonably shot directly in the air!
He hit the ball with a rebound. The football flew past Boumsong and bounced in the penalty area before flying straight to the top left corner of the goal. Given did not make a save. His line of sight was blocked by Taylor at the moment when Qin Xiong shot.
Looking back, he saw that the football was already rolling inside the goal!
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