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Highbury was packed to the brim. All the Gunners fans were waiting for Arsenal to give them the best Christmas present: victory!
"Ladies and gentlemen, Happy New Year! I think everyone must be happy to be able to watch a battle at the top of the Premier League during the New Year. Of course, for the fans of Chelsea and Arsenal, it's not certain whether it's happy or painful.
The defending champion Arsenal's performance in the new season is still strong. They are at the top of the league and have a four-point gap over Chelsea. If Chelsea can win this game, they will shorten the gap to one point. But if Arsenal wins at home, then Arsenal may expand their lead to seven points in the first half of the game.
Seven points for the Premier League in the last two seasons is definitely a gap that cannot be underestimated. It is enough to determine the title.
But for the neutral fans, they definitely want the game to be exciting.
Arsenal has always played very actively at home, but it's hard to say what kind of attitude Chelsea will have in the game.
Will Mourinho let the team go all out at Highbury? Or will they play steadily and unswervingly defend against the counter-attack?
We can only wait and see.
Arsenal starting 4-4-5.
Goalkeeper: Lehmann.
Defenders: Eboue, Touré, Senderos, Flamini.
Midfielders: Ljungberg, Fàbregas, Qin Xiong, Silva, Pires.
Striker: Henry.
Chelsea starting 4-4-3.
Goalkeeper: Čech.
Defenders: Ferreira, Carvalho, Terry, Horno.
Midfielders: Essien, Lampard, Makelele.
Strikers: Robben, Drogba, Duff. "
The game began. Wenger and Mourinho stood on the sidelines in their overcoats to supervise the game.
Both of them had the same serious and dignified expression.
But they could not help but despise each other in their hearts.
Wenger was thinking that Mourinho was still as utilitarian as he had always been.
On the other hand, Mourinho despised Wenger for playing beautiful football, but he had led Arsenal to become utilitarian this season.
Anyway, it was an indisputable fact that Arsenal played counter-attack in the away game.
Half of the former Golden Left Road had also been destroyed.
If it weren't for Qin Xiong wreaking havoc on the opponents in the front field, Arsenal's offense would have been greatly reduced.
It could only be said that Wenger had found a treasure.
The two men were disdainful of each other. On the field, Arsenal and Chelsea showed a lukewarm state after the start of the game.
Arsenal took the lead, and Qin Xiong took the initiative to organize with Fàbregas in the midfield, mobilizing the whole team to get into the rhythm of the game.
In the third minute of the match, Arsenal launched a probing attack. Qin Xiong passed the ball to Ljungberg, who rushed forward from the right flank. He did not try to break through Delno. Instead, he stopped in front of the opponent, changed directions, and then retreated. He was observing Delno's defensive reaction. After probing, he immediately passed the ball. Henry was unable to grab the point, and Terry's header was successful.
However, such probing was fruitful.
Not only did Ljungberg see that Delno really did not adapt to the rhythm of the Premier League, but even Qin Xiong also observed that Chelsea's left back was a weak point.
Originally, in the pre-match preparation meeting, Wenger pointed out that they had to make more of Delno's point.
Looking at Chelsea's overall lineup and defensive system, only the Spaniard Delno had obvious flaws and uncertain factors.
For other defensive points like Ferreira, Essien, Terry, and so on, Arsenal could not say that they could have the absolute upper hand one-on-one. It was also difficult to say that they could absolutely destroy the opponent with small coordination.
Since that was the case, Arsenal began to use the opponent's point to launch an attack.
In the seventh minute of the game, Duff successfully broke through Eboue on the left flank. After passing the ball from the bottom, Drogba suppressed Senderos and headed the goal!
Unfortunately, his header was too direct and was easily confiscated by Lehmann.
Senderos had bad memories when he saw Drogba.
On the one hand, it was true that his skills were not as good as others. He could not defend against the increasingly powerful magical beast Drogba. On the other hand, there was a psychological shadow and huge pressure. It was the ridicule and ridicule from the media that would disturb his heart.
Mourinho constantly waved to Duff on the sidelines to let him participate in the defense at the back of the flank.
Qin Xiong and Fàbregas frequently passed the ball to the right flank. Ljungberg also began to use his personal dribbling skills and breakthrough ability to try to break through Delno's point.
In the 15th minute of the game, Ljungberg cut inside on the right flank. Delno blocked the inside line, but Ljungberg pushed the ball to the outside and went down the flank.
His push dragged Chelsea's defensive line in the direction of the goal, freeing up space in front of the penalty area.
After getting close to the end line, Ljungberg suddenly pulled the ball back. Before Duff's foot intercepted, he knocked the ball back to the front of the penalty area. Qin Xiong faced the double team of Makelele and Essien. In the face of the rolling football, Qin Xiong used his outside instep to kick the ball back to the diagonal back in the gap.
It was a clever pass, which surprised both Makelele and Essien.
Only then did Lampard notice Fàbregas plugging in to follow up. Just as he was about to move over to intercept, Fàbregas raised his leg to shoot outside the penalty area!
The football hit the goal range, but the angle was not very good, and Čech successfully saved it.
Chelsea's overall tactics did not change much from last season. It could be said that the foundation of the previous season had been strengthened because the players' individual ability and overall tacit understanding were higher.
In the 21st minute of the game, Robben single-handedly launched a surprise attack on the right flank. He cut horizontally and changed direction in front of Flamini. Flamini had been defeated by Qin Xiong repeatedly in training with this kind of dribbling method, but he still could not keep up with Robben's rhythm. This was a gap in hard strength that could not be made up for.
But Silva was already prepared. He directly seized a favorable position for a long shot from outside the penalty area and was not in a hurry to intercept Robben. It was up to Robben to see what choice Robben would make. Flamini also simply received the ball directly into the penalty area to prevent Robben from cutting into the penalty area.
Robben directly raised his leg to shoot from the right outside the penalty area. He aimed at the back of the goal and wanted to shoot a curveball to send the ball into the corner.
But the football flew into the penalty area and hit Touré's shoulder and bounced out.
Robben immediately raised his hand to signal that Touré's handball was a foul, but the referee did not say anything.
Five minutes later, Arsenal once again launched an attack on the right flank. Fàbregas passed the ball to Ljungberg on the right flank. Just past the midfield position, Ljungberg dribbled forward while observing the situation in the middle.
He noticed that Qin Xiong was running to the left flank and had a sudden realization. He roughly guessed the purpose of Qin Xiong's running position.
He stepped into the danger zone forty yards from the goal and immediately passed the ball across.
Chelsea's defense in the middle was a little chaotic because Essien and Lampard were looking for Qin Xiong, but the player who cut into the middle was Pires, who came from the flank.
Pires passed the ball directly in front of Makelele again.
Qin Xiong cut into the inside on the left flank, driving Ferreira nervously into the inside line. Essien and Lampard also rushed to his point to surround him.
The moment he stopped the ball, Qin Xiong pushed the ball a step into the middle, which made the Chelsea players very nervous.
They were afraid that Qin Xiong would stage another long shot that would take their lives!
He definitely had the ability!
Because of this, the midfielders and defenders almost all rushed to Qin Xiong, encircling him, blocking him, and not giving him any angle to bombard the goal!
Qin Xiong's foot touched the ball and the football flew lightly, passing in front of Carvalho's eyes and over Makelele's head. At this time, the Chelsea players were shocked.
Pass the ball!
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