Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 709
Arsenal finally lost. In the tenth round of the Premier League, they lost away to Manchester United, who had been entangled with them for the past ten years. After an evenly matched first half, Manchester United persisted until the end. A penalty changed the balance of the situation. Rooney fell when he broke through Campbell in the penalty area. The referee Riley awarded a penalty. Although this The penalty aroused strong dissatisfaction among the Arsenal players, but Van Nistelrooy still withstood the pressure and scored this penalty-it was also at Manchester United's home court last season. Trafford took away a point and indirectly enabled Arsenal to create a season unbeaten miracle. This time he did not fall on the twelve-yard point for the second time.

Wayne Rooney scored a goal for Manchester United to seal the victory before the end of the game, but the focus was no longer on it. The penalty that broke the deadlock caused countless controversies.

After the game, there was a fierce dispute between the two sides in the locker room passage. Sir Alex Ferguson was splashed with vegetable soup and pizza by someone, and he had to change his clothes before attending the press conference. Wenger also appeared to be very out of control. According to a Manchester United insider: "Wenger started to look very angry. He kept yelling at Ferguson, and pointed at Ruud van Nistelrooy's nose. Ferguson was frightened by Wenger's actions. It was broken. That's when pizzas started being thrown from the Arsenal dressing room and Ferguson, who happened to be passing by, was caught up with soup and cake crumbs all over him."

However, the professor's anger seems reasonable. Judging from the replay after the game, Campbell did not kick Rooney. A little bit: "Even if it wasn't a penalty, we won because we scored a goal in the 10th and [-]th minute."

This reason is obviously untenable, just like the Japanese team scored the Chinese gate with handball in the 04 Asian Cup in history. Although the Japanese team scored the third goal after that, without this controversial goal, the third goal A ball may not appear.

The collision between Arsenal and Manchester United in the league has been the top priority of the Premier League in the past ten years. The two clubs fought from the field to the field. Like last year, a large-scale brawl broke out. This year, such a fierce scene happened again. The media is happy , The fans are also happy.

Newcastle and Chelsea are also very happy-these two teams have won a big victory in this round of the league, and they have quietly narrowed the point gap with Arsenal to one point. When they were all attracted by the battle between Arsenal and Manchester United, both Benitez and Mourinho were grinding their teeth and preparing to surpass Arsenal at any time.

a week later.

Chelsea scored four goals in two consecutive games. They swept West Bromwich Albion [-]-[-] in the away game, and Newcastle was not to be outdone. Coming out of the shadow of the last loss, they were tied [-]-[-] by Southampton at home and fell to third place in points.

The competition in the league is really cruel-Arsenal started with eight wins and one draw, but they immediately slipped to third place just because of one draw and one loss in the last two rounds, which also proves the intensity of competition in the Premier League this season .

Although Arsenal set the unbeaten record at 49 games, for Wenger, the loss to Manchester United was really inopportune.

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After winning Bolton, Newcastle reached the top of the standings for the first time this season. Although they are only ahead of Chelsea by goal difference and only one point ahead of Arsenal, Newcastle fans are still as happy as a festival. It is indeed commendable to still be on the top of the standings at such a difficult time. Now that Nie Fei has recovered from injury, Ibrahimovic and the others have gradually recovered under Mourinho's rotation. Can anyone stop them?
On the third day after reaching the top of the standings, Newcastle traveled to Spain to start the second half of the Champions League group stage. In this away game against Deportivo, Newcastle sent most of the substitutes, such as Taylor and Stewart and other players who seldom played this season also got the chance to play in this game, but they still won the away game. Deportivo did not play badly, but they lacked a little luck. Andra De had an unlucky own goal in the opening ten minutes, but this own goal was the only goal of the whole game.

In another game, Olympiacos, who had only scored one point in the previous three games, successfully avenged at home. They beat Monaco [-]-[-]. While keeping their hope of qualifying for the group, they also allowed Newcastle to qualify two rounds ahead of schedule.

Although it seemed a bit stumbling at the beginning of the season, Newcastle quickly got back on track, ranked first in the league, and qualified for the Champions League ahead of time-Mourinho used his excellent command and scheduling ability to convince everyone. If there was still a bit of luck in winning the Champions League last season, then Arsenal and Chelsea, who suppressed the same perverted records in the league, ranked first. In the group stage, the two top four teams and A strong team won four victories, this achievement is real.

"At the beginning of the season, both Newcastle and Chelsea encountered some troubles, and it was once thought that no one could shake Arsenal's dominance this season, but it seems that everything changed overnight. A series of brilliant victories has drawn attention to their existence, and the two teams' records in the league and the Champions League are surprisingly similar. In the league, they tied for first place with eight wins and three draws. Having won four consecutive victories in their respective groups and qualifying early, they are unbeaten since the beginning of the season, and there is no doubt that after Arsenal also lost, Newcastle and Chelsea are the best performing teams in the Premier League."

Since Arsenal lost to Manchester United, the media who liked the new and hated the old immediately turned their attention to Newcastle and Chelsea, which had better results. The strongest team in the universe is average. Arsenal has lost two games, and the media immediately forgot about the objects they were still touting before, and began to regard Chelsea and Newcastle as the first objects of hype.

The "Sun" even made a poll: "Who will end the unbeaten record of Newcastle and Chelsea?" In it, the remaining eight opponents of Newcastle and Chelsea in the first half of the season were marked one by one in bold fonts. It is the No.16 round of the league, and Chelsea's home game against Newcastle is regarded as the top priority, because in the previous few games, with the current state of Newcastle and Chelsea, the only thing that can threaten them Manchester United, who challenged Newcastle in an away game, the strength of other teams is not very good. If they can continue to win, the No. 16 round of direct confrontation is likely to affect the championship trend throughout the season.

"I will not think about the game a month later." Mourinho said in an interview: "That would be disrespectful to our next four opponents. Now we are in a good state, it is difficult There are teams that can stop us. Of course it is a good thing to qualify for the Champions League early, so that we can focus on the league before the second half of the season. Our main goal this season is the league. Everyone who supports Newcastle hopes to see To win a top-flight title after 78 years is our mission and that's what we've been fighting for this season."

This is the first time that the Newcastle club has announced that its goal is the league title since the start of the new season. Obviously, after a series of victories, Newcastle does not need to hide their ambitions.

And he didn't just say anything. Three days later, Newcastle beat Fulham [-]-[-] at home and continued to occupy the first place in the standings. Chelsea were not left behind by Newcastle. They won [-]-[-] at home and ranked first. Everton, who is fourth, continues to chase after Newcastle.

The Gunners of the Arsenal seemed to have run out of bullets. They drew again in this round of the league. Henry No.'s goal in 603 minutes made them see the hope of victory for a while, but only 2 minutes later, Richilahti's goal was over. After equalizing the score, it seems that the professor needs to let the players regain their confidence in winning. After all, before the start of the season, even in an away game, it is impossible for them to be tied by a team like Crystal Palace.

Newcastle and Chelsea go hand in hand, but in the No.13 round, Chelsea seems to have a good chance.

In the No.13 round of the league, in the two league games ahead of schedule, the Gunners finally came out of the nightmare of three unbeaten games. They beat Tottenham [-]-[-] in the London Derby. The whole game was brilliant, and this game The nine goals scored by the two sides also became the most scored in a single game in the Premier League this season. The second most games were Arsenal's [-]-[-] victory over Middlesbrough and Newcastle's [-]-[-] victory over Manchester City.

Chelsea defeated Fulham [-]-[-] in the away game relying on strong offensive strength. Lampard, Gallas, Arjen Robben and Tony each scored a goal. After winning the game, Chelsea temporarily climbed to the top of the standings The position, and whether this position can be seated until the start of the next round of the league depends on the result of Newcastle's home game against Manchester United.

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