As a goalkeeper, carry the team forward

Chapter 88 People's Expectations

"nice shot."

There was a scream from the Villa fans stand.

"Hey."

The scream was followed by a sigh.

Nzobia's stabbing shot was miraculously blocked by Szczesny.

Villa missed a chance to score.

In the first half, the two sides scored a goalless draw.

In the second half, shortly after the opening, the referee made a penalty that caused a lot of controversy.

Weiman passed the ball, Benteke volleyed in the penalty area after taking the ball, and the ball flew out of the boundary against the goal post.

Just when Benteke was about to retreat, the referee signaled that it was Villa's corner kick. He believed that Szczesny's fingertips touched the ball when he was catching the ball.

The on-site video was replayed several times, but the truth could not be clearly captured. 13 years of video technology is still unable to record everything that happened in the high-speed movement.

Although Villa got a corner kick, Westwood's corner kick, although Vlaar hit it, was higher than the goal.

The controversy over this penalty was also stopped because Villa failed to score a goal.

In the 50th minute, Jose enjoyed a wave of pressure from Arsenal.

Arsenal won corner kicks in a row, but Jose failed to confiscate the ball every time he made an attack. Fortunately, his teammates were united and pushed Arsenal's corner kicks out of the baseline.

It was not until Arsenal took the third corner kick in a row that Jose aimed at the opportunity and confiscated the corner kick first. I have to say that "Stealing the Moon and Reaching the Stars" is really good for catching high-altitude balls.

Next, the two sides spent more time fighting in the midfield. Although there were occasional opportunities to break into the opponent's penalty area, the threat was not great, and there were very few shots that hit the goal.

Jose did not use the plug-in stunt again.

In the 66th minute, Villa was in danger again.

Arteta and Wilshere passed the ball together, playing around the Villa players chasing the two.

Aiming at the opportunity, Arteta suddenly took a long shot from outside the penalty area, Lowton flew to block, and the blocked ball flew to Giroud's feet.

Giroud immediately shot, trying to jump over Jose and score the goal.

If the game is not postponed, Giroud's shot will most likely succeed.

It's a pity that after the League Cup final, Jose was upgraded to "Dive Over the Dragon's Gate", and his jumping ability has been greatly improved.

Giroud's shot was scored by Jose who jumped up and "stealed the moon and picked the stars".

The goal kick was taken, and Villa got a quick counterattack opportunity.

On the left side of the frontcourt, Nzobia received a pass from his teammate, and directly flew the ball with a header, and the ball passed to Weiman's feet.

25 yards outside the penalty area, Weiman directly volleyed vigorously after receiving Nzobia's header. The ball was too fast. Szczesny tried his best, but still almost managed to save the ball.

Just like that, the ball went in, brushing Szczesny's hand into it.

Villa lead away by one goal.

The lagging Arsenal did not immediately launch a counterattack with all their strength. On the contrary, the Villa team took advantage of the momentum and continued to attack Arsenal's goal, but unfortunately the effect was not great.

Until the 76th minute, Poldowski came off the bench, and Arsenal began to blow the horn of attack.

One minute later, Ramsey passed the ball, and Giroud shot in front of the penalty area. The ball was fast, but still failed to pass Jose's ten fingers.

In the 81st minute, Arsenal got a corner kick. Walcott took a corner kick. Giroud headed the goal from the edge of the penalty area. Jose could have scored it directly, but he was touched by someone else. He dribbled the ball and fell into the goal. To be on the safe side, Jose chose to hold Giroud's header off the crossbar.

Arsenal get another corner kick.

Walcott again took a corner which failed to pose any threat and Mertesacker's header from the edge of the six-yard box just wide.

Arsenal had a must-goal chance in the 85th minute.

Monreal broke through from the left side of the penalty area, and he chose an inverted triangle pass back from a small shooting angle, and the ball reached the unguarded Cazorla.

Jose didn't expect that the defense led by Vlaar would make a false marking error again.

Jose wanted to attack and block, but it was too late.

Back in front of goal?Under normal circumstances, there is no goalkeeper in this world who can block the entire goal.

Seeing that Jose did not attack, Cazorla was secretly happy, so he decisively chose to volley the far corner on the right.

The ball flew towards the upper right side of the goal.

Seeing Cazorla shoot, Jose had to use his second stunt of the game.

As a result, only 2 stunts are left for Jose to use.

Blocking this wave of attacks from Arsenal, the Villa players began to counterattack, but the ball couldn't pass the midfield, so they could only choose to retreat across the board, leaving Benteke alone near the center circle.

In the 90th minute, the Arsenal player, who had been unable to attack for a long time, began to look a little impatient. Walcott took the ball on the right side of the penalty area.

This is also Arsenal's last chance before the end.

In the end, Villa defeated their opponent with one goal at Arsenal's home court and accidentally took away 3 points.

The points gap between Villa and Arsenal has become 1 point, and Chelsea, No. 4, is only 3 points away.

Can Villa finish in the top four?

Many people began to look forward to the appearance of spoilers, after all, the top four have been occupied by Big6 for too long.

In the past ten years of the Premier League, although the winning teams have changed every year, the list of the top four has changed very little. The only time that a non-Big6 team entered the top four was Everton in the 04/05 season.

It was a season that people will never forget.

In that year, in addition to Everton's unexpected top four, Chelsea led by Mourinho even set a record of only conceding 15 goals in a single season. This record has never been broken.

Therefore, the general view is that it is unlikely that Villa will enter the top four, not only because Villa have too many draws, but also because the teams in the second half of the season are completely different from the first half of the season.

Naturally, there is no need to say more about the championship group, but the teams that compete for the fourth, sixth, and relegation will all burst out with unimaginable willpower in the final stage.

February is over and the Premier League continues.

According to the schedule, Villa's home game against Manchester City is scheduled for 3:4 on March 19th.

Prior to this, the rest of the team's game has ended.

The focus of this round is the London derby between Tottenham and Arsenal. In the end, Tottenham defeated their rivals in the same city 2-1 at home.

The top team Manchester United beat Norwich City 4-0 at home.

Knowing that this is Ferguson's last season at Manchester United, the Manchester United players burst out with unimaginable energy.

After 28 rounds, Manchester United topped the list with 23 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses with 71 points. They are 15 points higher than Manchester City, which has one game less. As for other teams such as Chelsea, they are even farther away from Manchester United. There seems to be no suspense about the title of the champion.

In order to retain the suspense of the championship, in the next schedule, in addition to praying for Manchester United to lose points, we must also hope that Manchester City can continue to win.

Therefore, there are rumors that in order to maintain the attention of the league, the FA will try their best to create various surprises.

In this environment, for any team to meet Manchester City, the game will become extremely difficult.

　If there is no accident, it will be on the shelves this week. It was enough to be on the shelves last week, but in order to write more free content, it will be delayed until this week.

　　
　
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