legendary midfielder

Chapter 338 The First Champion

Winning Zenit St. Petersburg [-]-[-] is a good result for Arsenal. Two goals and no away goals allowed Arsenal to occupy a very favorable position in the second round of the game.

2014年2月22日下午三点整，英超第27轮在酋长球场开始1场角逐，阿森纳主场迎战桑德兰。

阿森纳在双方近20场联赛交锋中仅负1场，其余19战取得12胜7平。双方英超联赛历史交锋25场，阿森纳14胜8平3负占据上风，主场8胜4平保持不败。

Ozil, who missed a penalty in the middle of the week, got a rest and didn't even make the bench list. Giroud, Arteta, Podolski, and Rosicky returned to the starting lineup, and Monreal replaced Gibbs who was injured in the Champions League.

桑德兰此前连续6个英超客场不败，其中4场零封对手，此役不输就将打破球队英超不败纪录。该队上次做客取胜枪手还是2002年11月的联赛杯第3轮，联赛做客取胜则要追溯到1983年11月。

Coach Poyet has played for two London teams (Chelsea and Tottenham), and Arsenal has played 11 times without a win (6 draws and 5 losses).

Before the game, outside the Emirates Stadium, a special ceremony was held, the unveiling ceremony of Bergkamp's bronze statue!

In this ceremony, Bergkamp personally attended, and together with Wenger, unveiled his bronze statue.

For this former hero of Arsenal, the fans are naturally very supportive, and the atmosphere at the opening scene is very hot.After the ceremony, Bergkamp also came to the stands of the fans at the Emirates Stadium with great interest to watch the Premier League game with the fans.

At the beginning of the game, Arsenal launched a fierce attack amidst the shouts of the fans.

In the 5th minute of the game, Rosicky went straight into the penalty area. Zhang Xu took the ball and knocked across the situation. Giroud pushed his left foot into the lower left corner 10 meters in front of the goal, 1 to 0!

Giroud ends 5 consecutive Premier League home games without scoring!On December 12 last year, after Turner broke the goal of Hull City, Arsenal scored in the first half of the Premier League home for the first time.

In the 9th minute of the game, Zhang Xu scored the ball from the middle, and Cazorla's left-footed low shot from the edge of the penalty area was caught by Mannone.In the 21st minute, Wilshere made a cross, and Podolski volleyed with his left foot 25 meters from the left side of the goal, but Mannone blocked the left post.

In the 30th minute of the game, Zhang Xu took a long shot 30 meters in front of the goal and was hugged by Mannone.

Arsenal expanded the score in the 31st minute. It was still Zhang Xu's goal in the middle. Virgini passed back to goalkeeper Mannone from the side. Giroud went forward to the left side of the penalty area 11 meters away from the goal and shot into the near corner with his left foot, 2-0!

This is his 5th time to score twice in the Premier League. Since last season, he is only inferior to Suarez (9 times). He also surpassed Newcastle striker Remy with 12 goals and became the French player with the most goals in the Premier League this season.

Two minutes later, Sagna volleyed 2 meters in front of the goal and was blocked from the right post.

In the 36th minute of the game, Arteta swiped a free kick, and Podolski volleyed with his left foot 21 meters in front of the goal and hit Bardsley and missed the right post.

Arsenal played an exquisite cooperation in the 42nd minute. Rosicky cut in from the right to instigate an attack. After receiving a pass from Zhang Xu, he made a pass to the penalty area. Giroud turned his back to Zhang Xu who was going forward.

In the second half, Jenkinson replaced Monreal, Sagna switched to the left, Poyet adjusted the wing, Jacherini and the old Gunners Sebastian Larsson played, replacing Altidore and Adam Johnson.

In the 50th minute of the game, Larsson made a direct pass to the right side of the penalty area. Borini volleyed from a small angle 9 meters in front of the goal and was blocked by Szesny.Jacherini pulled Giroud down and was given a yellow card.

In the 57th minute of the game, Cazorla took a corner kick from the right, and it was Zhang Xu again. He headed into the lower right corner 9 meters in front of the goal, 4-0!

Flamini replaced Koscielny.In the 70th minute, Larson headed back to the penalty area, and Ji Chengyong volleyed and was resolved by Szesny. After that, he was replaced by Skoko, and Luo was reportedly replaced by Gnabry.

In the 76th minute of the game, Wilshere made a direct pass, and Gnabry shot from the right side of the penalty area and was blocked by Mannone from the near corner.In the 78th minute, Larson took a free kick from the front of the penalty area on the left side and went out to the far corner!

The Black Cats recovered a point in the 81st minute. Larsson took a free kick from the right and was hit by Szesny. Giacherini volleyed vigorously from 28 meters in front of the goal to the lower left corner, 1-4.

In the 84th minute, Arteta made a diagonal pass from the right, and Gnabry turned around and volleyed with his left foot, which was caught by Mannone.

In the end, the final score of this game was locked at 4:1!

On the third day after this game, the English League Cup final was held at Old Trafford!
Arsenal's opponent is Manchester City!
为了拿下这个近在咫尺的冠军，温格派出了他的最强阵容：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，5号-费尔马伦，4号-默德萨克；后腰18号张旭和8号-阿尔特塔；中场是16号-拉姆齐，11号-厄齐尔，10号-威尔谢尔；前锋14号-沃尔科特和12号-吉鲁。

From the very beginning of the game, Zhang Xu led the team to launch a fierce attack, with frequent advances, frequent direct passes, and frequent shots, overwhelming Manchester City!
In fact, Manchester City's strength is not weak. On the contrary, this season's Manchester City team is still very strong.But this season Manchester City is also quite aggrieved. Every time they meet Arsenal, they end in a disastrous defeat.

The main reason for this result is that the Manchester City team couldn't control the game. In front of Zhang Xu, there was really no player who could fight against him, so the game has been firmly controlled by him.

Today is no exception. Less than 10 minutes into the game, Arsenal has successfully taken the initiative of the game.

In the 11th minute of the game, Zhang Xu intercepted the ball in the middle and directly launched a counterattack. After dribbling the ball across the center line, he suddenly made a direct pass, which directly tore through Manchester City's defense and sent the football to Walcott in front.

Walcott shot directly before the opponent's defender destroyed it!
Soccer hits the net! 1:0!Arsenal go first!
After leading by one goal, Arsenal's offense became more ferocious.

In the 19th minute of the game, it was still Zhang Xu's pass. After receiving Ozil's pass, he cooperated with Wilshere twice in passing and catching the ball. He directly kicked an over-the-top diagonal pass and passed the football to the right edge of the penalty area.

Jirou rushed to the horse and shot furiously!

It's a pity that this shot was too angled, and the football hit the right post!Then the rebound flew out of the bottom line!

In the 27th minute of the game, Arsenal made a comeback. This time, the score was finally rewritten again.

This time it was still Zhang Xu, who first blocked the opponent's pass near the center line, and then quickly led the team to launch a fierce attack.

With a right foot push, the football was sent to Ramsey on the right.

Ramsey took a look at the situation in front of him and ran forward with the football. Soon, he came to the right side near the bottom line.

After swaying a position, he decisively made a cross!
The football drew a beautiful arc and fell directly towards the middle of the penalty area!

Like a sharp arrow, Zhang Xu rushed directly to the edge of the penalty area, and then jumped up quickly, overpowering the crowd, and with the momentum of a head higher, he directly hit the flying football fiercely.

There was a clear "bang"!The football hit Zhang Xu's forehead, then quickly changed direction and flew towards the upper left corner of the goal!

Manchester City's goalkeeper couldn't make a save and could only watch the football fly into the goal!The ball went in!
2:0!Zhang Xu rewrote the score to two to zero!
After the score became two to zero, Manchester City seemed to wake up and gradually recovered some fighting spirit. Slowly, their offense also improved a little.

In the 39th minute of the game, Manchester City took advantage of a set-piece opportunity, and Yaya Toure volleyed and pulled back a goal!The score became 2:1!

After scoring this goal, the morale of the Manchester City team was greatly boosted, and the intensity of the attack was gradually strengthened.However, under Zhang Xu's control, the midfield is still dominated by Arsenal, so Manchester City's offense looks aggressive, but it has no actual effect.

The first half of the game ended quickly, and the second half changed sides to fight again.

Less than 3 minutes into the second half, the score was rewritten again, and this time it was Arsenal who rewrote the score.

The attack this time was still initiated by Zhang Xu. He made a precise tackle on the ground in the midfield, and directly broke the football from the opponent's striker, and then stabbed it to Wilshere, who was responding.

Wilshere dribbled the ball forward and then pushed it to Ozil. Ozil didn't dribble and passed the ball directly to the left side of the penalty area.

After taking two steps with the ball, Walcott quickly returned!
Ramsey shot in the middle!Soccer hits the net! 3:1!

This goal dealt a great blow to Manchester City's morale, so in the subsequent games, Manchester City changed two players one after another, but failed to really restore morale and fighting spirit.

And Arsenal's luck was also exhausted in subsequent attacks, and every shot was either high or wide.

In the end, Arsenal won the League Cup with a score of 3:1 in this game!
When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the entire Old Trafford stadium was completely boiling, and countless Arsenal fans celebrated wildly in the stands.

This can't help them not being excited and excited. Arsenal hasn't won a championship for several years!Although it is only an insignificant League Cup championship, for Arsenal, it is tantamount to a breakthrough!A significant breakthrough!

Of course, this season will definitely not only have such a League Cup champion, there are more champions waiting behind!

All Arsenal fans, and all Arsenal people, have this confidence to win at least one more championship!
(End of this chapter)