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Chapter 465 : Liverpool is the champion?

In fact, in the media, Li Zihan, who performed well, is not the only protagonist.The number two protagonist was naturally the on-duty referee Marina, who had a huge own goal. After the game, the media did not stop making fun of him.At the same time, some bricks and beasts once again pointed their finger at the FA and referee committee, which they dislike.This time, no club person spoke for these two organizations. The [-] clubs in the Premier League are more or less dissatisfied with them. Everyone has been tricked by their "wonderful".

The supporting roles are naturally Gibbs who was shot while lying down and the "culprit" Chamberlain who has not yet made a clear distinction of the situation. Another supporting role is Fernando Torres who finally scored in the league!
Poor Torres, he finally scored in the league, and he scored twice as soon as he scored.But in the end, no one paid attention, and everyone's attention was given to Li Zihan and Marina, the two main characters, so his "acting role" was naturally reduced.Even the "attack" between Wenger and Mourinho rarely appeared in the media, and it was basically just a brushstroke.

All major newspapers and media gave space to Li Zihan, who performed well, and Marina, who also performed "excellent".

Arsenal and Chelsea are tied, and the biggest beneficiaries are Liverpool and Manchester City.Unknowingly, after 31 rounds of the league, Liverpool has scored 73 points, one point higher than Arsenal, which has one round less. Chelsea is also two points behind the Red Army, and Manchester City, which has two rounds less, is three points behind. .

So unknowingly, a draw took Arsenal from the league leader to the league No.2
However, Wenger did not express dissatisfaction with the players. In fact, it is already a miracle that Arsenal can sit at the top of the league during the massive injury period.So you can't blame the players for not working hard.

Wenger let the players continue to tense their nerves and persisted for the last two months.

It's just that his way of lecturing is a bit special: "Okay, now that we have come down from the top of the league, we can finally breathe a little bit of relief. I know that being in the leading position puts a lot of pressure on you. Behind you Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool have always been chasing us like three hungry wolves, trying to feed their hungry stomachs with our fresh meat. But now...we finally don't have to bear these pressures, and all these things have been transferred to Liverpool. The position that the Red Army has worked so hard to achieve is actually just a hot potato. As long as the 38 rounds of the league are not over, as long as they don't get the points required for the championship, it is hard to tell who will be the champion in the end. So... now, guys , it's time, let's play the chasers, let's put some pressure on Liverpool and show them that it's not easy to be at the top."

"Okay, a laggard should look like a laggard. Now everyone has to work hard in training and competition. I didn't expect that in the last few rounds of the league, we would have to fight for the damn league's fourth place in the Champions League. !!"

"Understood?" Wenger asked loudly the players standing in front of him.

The Arsenal players were very surprised, because this is not the style of their own professor at all.So no one could react, and the scene fell into a very silent scene.

Wenger was very dissatisfied with this situation, and he repeated loudly: "Got it?"

"Understood, Sir!" This time the players came to their senses and responded loudly to their head coach.

Wenger was satisfied now, and he clapped his hands: "Okay, now, let's start training. Since you have half a day off in the morning, you are now half a day behind Liverpool, Manchester City and damn Chelsea, so work hard to get this Let's catch up with half a day's distance!"

All Arsenal players: "."

After Wenger's "chasing the league leader general mobilization" meeting, Arsenal's busy day of training officially began.

However, Li Zihan always felt that something was wrong, a bit like Big Big Wolf chasing Happy.
In fact, although Liverpool is only one or two points ahead, there is almost no difference between one or two points in the league with seven rounds left, not to mention that Arsenal and Chelsea have one less game, and Manchester City even less. two rounds.

It seems that Liverpool has little advantage, but in fact their advantage is the biggest.First of all, they don't have the influence of the League Cup, FA Cup and Champions League, they can concentrate all their attention on the league.Chelsea and Arsenal are still distracted by the UEFA Champions League. Arsenal are even harder. They still have the FA Cup to play. Manchester City is a little easier. They have just been eliminated by the mighty Barcelona. The total cup is out early.But Blue Moon still has the League Cup, and more importantly, they have entered the final of the League Cup. As long as they win the opponent Black Cat Sunderland in the next week, they will defend the League Cup this season.

So in terms of the schedule, Liverpool is actually the most dominant. They are ready to put all their energy on the league championship.

In terms of the integrity of personnel, Liverpool is also strong and sharpened.The excellent frontcourt trident Suarez, Sturridge and Sterling have no injuries or red and yellow card suspensions.And there are strong substitutes such as Coutinho and Alberto. The only injured one is the No. 1 Spanish forward Aspas, but Spain has been injured for a season. He has been out of injury since the pre-season training this season. He is in a state of illness, has been recuperating from his injuries, and has not played a minute of the game, so Liverpool's current results have little to do with him.

On Arsenal's side, Podolski, who has just recovered from his injury, has not yet found his form, Cazorla is still recovering from his injury, and the little tiger Walcott is reimbursed for the season.

Manchester City's life is not easy. Their frontcourt playmaker David Silva is also injured. It is said that it will not recover in ten days and a half months, and the midfielder Fernandinho is also due to malicious fouls. , suspended for three games.

As for Chelsea, the news has just come out.The core Hazard and the midfielder Lampard were injured during training, and the gossip said that they were actually injured during the game between Chelsea and Arsenal. It was brought to fight, so Hazard's performance became mediocre in the second half.After the game, during training, the injury broke out completely.

All in all, don't underestimate Liverpool's lead by one or two points. The Red Army actually has the right time, place and people.
At this time, Arsenal fans who hope to keep a low profile and save their character have already shouted the slogan on the Internet: "Liverpool is the champion!"

Obviously, this is the character of a loser, and he is accumulating his own character.
Before Arsenal had time to take a good rest, the next game was coming soon.After the time comes to the end of March, the teams that have not been eliminated by various championships are always very busy, especially the Premier League teams.Double games a week is commonplace, and even three games a week can often be seen.

After a hot weekend, Arsenal ushered in a league game in the middle of the week.

This is a make-up match. The ninth round of No. 20 in the league has been postponed until today.Manchester City's round of the league was postponed until early May. Although they were eliminated in the Champions League, they went farther than the three teams in the other league semi-finals in the League Cup.

Arsenal's opponent in this make-up match is the White Swans Swansea team, which is a mid-level team in the league.Usually they are silent, there are no European competitions to play, and they will not fall into the mud of relegation.But they often like to come out to disrupt the situation at critical moments and show off their presence.

For example, last season, in the last home game of Sir Alex Ferguson's coaching career, they almost became the protagonist at Old Trafford, which made Sir Alex Ferguson's last home game impossible.

Knowing their ability to spoil the game, Wenger has nothing to do. Who told Arsenal's bench not as thick as Manchester City's.

In this game, in order to rest the players who had consumed too much in the previous round, the professor adjusted the roster of 18 players.Mesut Ozil and Li Zihan, whose legs were cramped running against Chelsea, did not even make the 18-man squad. Although they were playing at home, the professor let them sit in the stands of the stadium just to be on the safe side.

Ram was included in the roster because he was in good physical condition and recovered after a day or two of rest, so Wenger brought the Welshman.But he was not allowed to start, but sat on the bench.

Giroud, Podolski and Rosicky, as well as the reserve team's German Gnabry, appeared in the starting frontcourt formation, and Flamini and Arteta were partners in the midfield.In the backcourt, Gibbs, who was sent off with a red card for an own goal after only 10 minutes in the last round, appeared in the starting lineup. On the other side, young player Jane Kinson also replaced the main full-back Sagna.There have also been some changes in the central defender. Merdesart partnered with captain Vermaelen, and the Frenchman Koscielny, who performed poorly in the previous game, sat on the bench to rest.

Wenger did not change the goalkeeper, and still let Szczesny start.Although Szczesny also went through that extremely exhausting game, the goalkeeper's position is special, and he doesn't need to run all over the field, so his physical reserves are much better than players in other positions.

It is worth mentioning that after Arsenal's appeal, the referee committee and the FA finally canceled Gibbs' unnecessary red card.The young England full-back does not need a suspension and can continue to play.

Of course, Chamberlain did not escape in the end, and the red card finally fell on him.He will be suspended for an additional game, which means that in addition to this game, Chamberlain will not be able to appear in the 18-man list for the next league game.

However, the arbitration committee is also more humane, knowing that the referee has made a big mistake.So instead of suspending Chamberlain for three games to make up for it, they suspended him for one.According to Chamberlain's handball action, according to the rules, it should be suspended for three games, and in the end only one more game was added.
Perhaps Arsenal can be regarded as a blessing in disguise.