legendary midfielder

Chapter 336
After defeating Crystal Palace, Arsenal has won 24 Premier League victories, and his points have reached 72 points that need to be looked up to!
Arsenal's next opponent is Liverpool!
Manchester United is called the Red Devils, but Liverpool is the Red Army!

These two teams are strong opponents of Arsenal's previous competition for the league title, and the next two league games will be precisely these two red giants teams!
Because before that, Arsenal had taken Manchester United lightly, so the whole team, including Zhang Xu, felt that Liverpool, which seemed to be weaker than Manchester United, would not cause any trouble for them, so there was more or less a little bit of contempt.

However, neither Zhang Xu nor his teammates expected that it was precisely this team that had created many miracles in history, which brought unexpected difficulties to Arsenal in this game.

2014年2月8日中午十二点45分，2013/14赛季英格兰足球超级联赛第25轮一场焦点战在安菲尔德球场展开争夺，利物浦主场迎战阿森纳。

自2008/09赛季以来，阿森纳近12次对阵利物浦仅负1场，其余11战取得6胜5平。阿森纳近6次联赛做客安菲尔德取得2胜4平保持不败。

双方英超历史交锋43场，利物浦15胜14平14负占据上风，其中主场10胜6平5负。双方此前在安菲尔德交战99场，红军54胜。这是双方历史上第215次交锋，此前利物浦82胜56平76负占据上风。利物浦仍然排出上轮首发，阿森纳中场威尔希尔伤愈复出替换波多尔斯基首发。

In fact, Wenger did not take this game lightly. Except for the injured Ramsey and Walcott, other main players made their debuts one after another.

阿森纳出场阵容依然还是大家熟悉的3-2-3-2：守门员1-斯泽斯尼；后卫3号-萨尼亚，6号-科斯切尔尼，4号-默德萨克；后腰18号张旭和8号-阿尔特塔；中场是10号-威尔谢尔，11号-厄齐尔，7号-罗西基；前锋15号-张伯伦和12号-吉鲁。

As soon as the game started, Liverpool, who were playing at home, launched a fierce attack amid the cheers and cheers of more than 4 fans.

Only 53 seconds into the opening, Liverpool almost took the lead. Gerrard made a free kick from the left, and Skrtel volleyed in front of the small penalty area!

Fortunately, Zhang Xu reacted in time. Before the football flew into the goal, he rubbed it with his toes, and then deflected the football a little bit, and it just missed the goal!
Otherwise the Slovak would have scored his 10th Premier League goal.And Liverpool will also create a new record for the first time since December 1996 to score within 12 minute of the league's home opening!
However, this dangerous and almost conceded a goal did not arouse the vigilance of the Arsenal people. Perhaps in their view, this is just a relatively successful sneak attack by Liverpool.

The only one who felt something was wrong was probably Zhang Xu.

He keenly discovered that Liverpool has a strong desire to score goals and a strong offensive momentum in the frontcourt!This is really a terrible thing for the careless Arsenal!

Therefore, Zhang Xu decisively abandoned his offensive organization and put his most energy on strengthening the team's defense.

But even so, Zhang Xu is only one person after all. If he wants to change the overall appearance of the team, he cannot do it alone.

In the 5th minute of the game, Henderson passed the ball, and after Sturridge passed Monreal, his shot from 25 yards on the right was confiscated by Szesny.

Liverpool almost scored again in the 10th minute. Sturridge passed the ball. Flanagan shot from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area and was blocked by Szesny from the bottom line.Gerrard takes a corner and Skrtel heads in from 10 yards!

It’s just that Skrtel’s header grabbed the first point. However, his header was blocked by Zhang Xu with his head. The football hit Zhang Xu’s head, and then bounced again and flew out of the penalty area. Gerrard grabbed the first point and shot!

It's a pity that the angle of this shot was quite wide, and the football went wide of the goal and flew out of the baseline!Once again Liverpool wasted a great chance!

In the 12th minute of the game, Suarez made a wonderful pass, and Sturridge's single shot from the edge of the penalty area missed the right post. After 1 minute, Sterling broke into the left side of the penalty area and passed back, and Suarez missed the ball from the edge of the penalty area.Then Gerrard opened the corner to the outside, Suarez volleyed from 30 yards but hit the left post and bounced back, and Toure made a supplementary shot from 12 yards and missed the goal.This is the 19th time Liverpool have missed the goal frame this season.

Liverpool created another danger in the 16th minute! , Henderson counterattacked and passed the ball, Suarez made a pass from the right side of the penalty area, and Sterling pushed from the edge of the penalty area!When the football was about to roll into the goal, he was stopped by Zhang Xu with a tackle on the ground!Football rolled off the bottom line!

In the 20th minute of the game, Liverpool finally scored a goal!
Coutinho made a direct pass, and Sturridge broke away from the edge of Koscielny's penalty area and scored with a single-handed shot, 1-0!

This is his 18th goal of the season, including 15 in the league.Scored 7 goals in the last 8 games in all competitions.

After losing the ball, Zhang Xu could no longer hold back the anger in his heart. He yelled at his teammates: "What are you guys doing? What are you doing? Look, what are you doing? Is this Arsenal? Damn! It's not!"

Only then did the teammates wake up, and finally gradually recovered.

Since then, Arsenal has gradually entered the rhythm of the game. Until the end of the half, the two sides failed to create another scoring opportunity.

In the 47th minute of the game, Henderson fouled Wilshere in front of the penalty area. Cazorla shot directly from a free kick and was pushed out of the baseline by Suarez in the wall.

In the 49th minute of the game, Gerrard passed a free kick into the penalty area, and Sturridge missed the header from 10 yards.

In the 52nd minute of the game, Toure made a direct pass, and Sterling, who successfully reversed offside, broke into the penalty area with a single-handed push from 10 yards to the left rib, which was barely saved by Szesny, who then made a follow-up shot!Zhang Xu once again appeared in a key position and blocked the football in time!
In the 55th minute of the game, Gerrard made a free kick from the right, Suarez missed the header, and Sterling's offside tackle was saved by Szesny.

In the 57th minute of the game, Giroud's header in the corner kick melee was in Minogle's arms.Wilshere is booked for a foul on Sterling.In the 61st minute, Podolski, Gibbs and Rosicky replaced Giroud, Monreal and Ozil respectively.

In the 63rd minute of the game, Suarez took a free kick from 30 yards and shot directly to the upper right corner, which was saved by Szesny bravely.

In the 66th minute of the game, Joe Allen replaced Sturridge.In the 67th minute, Coutinho made a diagonal pass, and Henderson lobbed a shot from 16 yards from the right rib of the penalty area and missed the left post.

Arsenal finally came back in the 69th minute. Gerrard fouled Zhang Xu in the penalty area. Arteta made a penalty kick, 1-1!

In the 72nd minute of the game, Flanagan fouled Wilshere in front of the penalty area. Arteta shot directly from a free kick from 20 yards and was saved by Mignolet in the lower right corner.

In the 74th minute, Henderson passed the ball and Coutinho's shot was caught by Szesny.Gerrard was replaced by teenager Abby, and Aspas also replaced Suarez.In the 86th minute, Sterling's single shot from the left side of the penalty area was blocked by Szesny from the near corner.

In the 92nd minute, Arteta made a free kick and Podolski's header was confiscated by Mignolet.

At the end of the game, Arsenal drew with Liverpool [-]-[-] away!

2014年2月12日晚上八点45分，英超第26轮一场焦点战中，阿森纳主场出战曼联。。

阿森纳曼联历史上共交手217次，曼联91胜46平79负占据优势。英超时代两队近13次正赛交锋阿森纳仅胜1场，其余12场曼联9胜3平。本赛季首回合交锋红魔主场失败。本场范佩西鲁尼马塔组合继续出战，阿森纳由罗西基替下张伯伦。

In the last game, he suffered from underestimating his opponent, so for this game, Wenger dispatched the entire main lineup.

阿森纳出场阵容依然还是大家熟悉的3-2-3-2：守门员1-斯泽斯尼；后卫3号-萨尼亚，6号-科斯切尔尼，4号-默德萨克；后腰18号张旭和8号-阿尔特塔；中场是10号-威尔谢尔，11号-厄齐尔，7号-罗西基；前锋14号-沃尔科特和12号-吉鲁。

In the opening 2 minutes, Van Persie steals Arteta in the frontcourt. The low shot in the penalty area was confiscated by Szesny, and Manchester United missed the opportunity.

In the 4th minute of the game, Wilshere volleyed in the penalty area continuously, and Smalling blocked the ball.In the 17th minute, Arsenal's defense failed to make offside. Van Persie broke through to the left side of the penalty area and missed a lot.

In the 25th minute of the game, Giroud grabbed the spot twice in a row, but the header went wide.In the 39th minute, after Rafael collided with Giroud, his body folded in the air and fell heavily to the ground. The team doctor came to treat the Brazilian.

In the 43rd minute of the game, Ozil made a wonderful pass, Rosicky scored, and Cazorla hit Giroud with a long shot.The two teams drew 0-0 at halftime.

In the 62nd minute of the game, Ozil took a corner kick from the right, Koscielny headed the goal, and Valencia cleared the ball in front of the goal line. One minute later, Giroud grabbed a point in front of the goal, and Vidic pushed behind. The referee Clattenburg signaled that there was no foul, and then Vidic hit Giroud's head in the top fight.

In the game Chamberlain Januzaj came off the bench respectively.In the 76th minute, Sagna made a cross from the right, but Giroud missed the shot.In the 78th minute, Carrick intercepted the ball in the midfield, Van Persie dribbled the ball to the frontcourt to score, Rooney made a diagonal pass from the right, and Van Persie headed the ball from the left side of the penalty area, Szesny blocked and hit the crossbar.

In the 83rd minute of the game, Giroud controlled the ball in front of the penalty area. Cazorla cooperated with Ozil and hit the goal with his left foot. De Gea blocked it sideways.In the 89th minute, Ozil hit the wall with a free kick and bounced back. Cazorla then shot a long shot and was confiscated by De Gea.

In this game, Arsenal drew Manchester United [-]-[-] and scored another draw!

(End of this chapter)