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Arsenal's 50th Premier League unbeaten game was drowned in the bombardment of "Fast Food War".

The attention of the outside world seems to have shifted from Arsenal's imposing record to the more gimmicky player conflict after the game.

In general, the draw at Old Trafford was a slight setback to Arsenal's morale.

If you put aside the game, Arsenal should be satisfied.

It can be thought of that it started with a nine-game winning streak, led twice in the game and was finally tied by Manchester United. Even though it was at Old Trafford, it still made Arsenal very dissatisfied.

Arsenal's draw with Manchester United has benefited Chelsea.

Chelsea, who won the tenth round, shortened the point gap with Arsenal from 7 points to 5 points, and at the same time widened the gap with Manchester United from 6 points to 8 points.

In the midweek League Cup, Arsenal went to Manchester again to challenge Manchester City away. Wenger sent a large number of young players and substitutes for the League Cup. Qin Xiong was simply not included in the squad. He has to deal with the next league and Champions League matches.

Arsenal defeated Manchester City 2:1 in the away game and successfully advanced to the next round. The young players in the team have been trained reasonably.

With Silva still injured, Wenger sent a Vieira-Cesc Fabregas-Qinxiong midfield combination against Southampton at home at the weekend.

Henry has obviously improved from a week ago, Pires has just come back, there is no frequent outburst in the game, Ljungberg is conscientious, the biggest highlight of Arsenal in the game is Qin Xiong and Henry.

But the process of the game was full of twists and turns.

Qin Xiong took the lead in assisting Henry to score in the 20th minute of the first half, and then an unexpected picture appeared.

Southampton's strikers, James Beatty and Kevin Phillips scored a goal each before the end of the first half to complete the reversal!

Wenger kept his head down in thought on the way back to the dressing room.

There were problems with Arsenal's midfield system in the first half, mainly on the defensive side.

It has nothing to do with Qin Xiong!

Regardless of whether Fabregas or Vieira is behind him, if Qin Xiong senses that the teammates behind him are about to step forward, or that the forward line needs more threats from the back, then Qin Xiong will take off the organizational task and step forward decisively .

But in terms of player characteristics, Vieira's forward enthusiasm and Fabregas' forward enthusiasm exist at the same time.

This broke the previous Arsenal's double midfielder's complementary coordination and matching balance.

Moving forward, Vieira's partner is Parlor.Vieira belongs to the role of both offense and defense, who can attack and defend well.But this is not absolutely safe, because even a world-class defensive midfielder cannot guarantee that every time he rushes to the frontcourt, he can make an attack, so that the opponent cannot launch a quick counterattack.

And when the opponent hits a counterattack, especially in England's very fast-paced arena, it is basically difficult for the midfielder to go to the frontcourt and then chase back to the penalty area to form a barrier. The fast midfielder may be able to chase back defense.But chasing back and frontal defense have become passive from the situation.

So whether it is Pallor next to Vieira or Silva in the last two seasons, they have become a stable defensive front barrier, at least to ensure that even if Arsenal's defense is counterattacked, they still have the iron triangle of defense. level of defense.

But when Cesc Fabregas and Vieira are paired together, if the two move forward together and are counterattacked by the opponent, then the back waistline is completely defenseless.

Not to mention that the two actually clashed in terms of responsibilities during the halftime offense.

This is an important reason why Arsenal was defeated by the opponent's counterattack in the first half.Without a reasonable defensive level, it is too easy for the opponent to counterattack. As long as the timing of passing and running is grasped, the defense can be easily penetrated.And it has little to do with the personal ability of the defensive players, it is a strategic failure!

Wenger has a headache about this.

If Vieira is not involved in the offense.Vieira is definitely not happy to play the role of Silva or Parlor in the past. He has the ability to organize and assist in the midfield, why not use it?

But it is absolutely impossible for Fabregas to play an engineer defensive midfielder. Even if Fabregas is willing, Wenger is afraid that he will not be able to sleep.

In any case, focusing on the changes in this game, Wenger gave Vieira an order during the intermission to keep him firmly on the back line to ensure that there will be no more problems with the defense!

Vieira has the bigger picture in mind.Naturally, he agreed without any objection, as long as Silva returns from injury.He naturally resumed his former role.

In the second half, Arsenal's defensive performance immediately improved. Southampton, who came to Highbury to defend and counterattack, did not get too good a chance, and as time passed, their offensive enthusiasm became less and less.

Arsenal began to put pressure on their opponents through long-range radio frequency.

If Pires is at his peak, Arsenal will be able to break through the opponent's iron barrel formation through more delicate ground passes and cuts. Can rely on individual breakthroughs, long shots, and set balls.

When Arsenal fans began to worry again, Arsenal equalized the score in the 69th minute by Henry's long-range shot from outside the penalty area, which was a world wave.

Four minutes later, Henry was brought down by the opponent on the left side outside the penalty area and got a free kick. Qin Xiong took the free kick and scored!

Arsenal scored two goals in 5 minutes to reverse the score!

The score didn't change any more. In fact, before Qin Xiong scored, Southampton's substitution adjustment was to strengthen the defense, but Arsenal knocked the gate open with a free kick. Southampton had no choice but to Swallowing to accept the reversal but encountering the fate of reverse reversal.

After the game, Wenger was only excited for a short time before falling into long-term thinking.

Qin Xiong integrated into Arsenal and began to become a key player in Arsenal's offense.

He will provide assists and he will also score key goals when the team needs someone to step up.

And what about his teammates?

Cesc Fabregas is also making progress. The young and mature Spanish genius makes Wenger unable to ignore his existence and look forward to his future.

The biggest question hidden in Wenger's mind is: How can Cesc Fabregas and Vieira coexist?

When Qin Xiong replaced Bergkamp, ​​his position was already unshakable.

Whether Vieira or Cesc Fabregas, it cannot be said that they cannot play as the attacking midfielder, but it is obviously impossible for them to perform better than Qin Xiong in the attacking midfielder position. All the players in the Arsenal team, and no other People can compete with Qin Xiong.

So Vieira and Cesc Fabregas can only appear in the central midfielder or midfielder position, but they seem to have mutually exclusive or offset effects in the same area, not to mention positive mutual promotion, maybe even the most basic Balanced coexistence is difficult to achieve.

Wenger will not jump to conclusions, he is willing to observe for a while, especially considering that Vieira will enter the 30-year-old mark in two years, whether he will be willing to change at the critical point of the end of his career Style of play, how about concentrating on defense?If he is willing, then he and Fabregas have a theoretical basis for coexistence.

Wenger praised Qin Xiong after the game. He said: "He integrated into Arsenal faster than I expected, Henry who scored twice? I am not surprised by Henry's performance. Scoring at least 30 goals is the most normal thing, so this striker is Henry, he scored, will anyone be surprised? So I think we should talk about Qin Xiong, he has adapted very well to the Premier League, And started to make a name for himself here. His statistics in the past two months are extremely dazzling. If you have seen Qin Xiong’s training attitude and understand his professionalism, then perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised, but for young players, I think it’s still We need to give them more encouragement and trust, I believe Qin Xiong will be better."

The news in the UK is updated very quickly, because this is the European news hub. The news of the Manchester United game a week ago has become uninterested in a week later.

Ball critics or journalists from many media outlets on Fleet Street unanimously agreed with Wenger's remarks.

"Qin Xiong has become Arsenal's key player!"

"3:2 Bolton, 2:2 Manchester United, 3:2 Southampton, except for those games where he scored and Arsenal smashed their opponents with a big score, Qin Xiong scored key goals in the above three games His goal brought Arsenal at least 5 points, which seems small, but considering that he missed 8 Premier League games in August, in fact he only played 4 Premier League games, but he was able to directly contribute to the team. With 6 points, excluding the assists and goals he contributed in other winning games, we can say that Mr. MVP of the Champions League final last season has become an important member of Arsenal's road to defending the league title!" (to be continued~^ ~)