Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 266 Carrying the team forward

After winning West Brom, Arsenal's winning streak in the league has reached 5 games, and they have unknowingly surpassed Southampton and returned to the second position in the league, and even the gap with the number one Chelsea is constantly narrowing.

In the draw between Chelsea and Sunderland, the gap between Arsenal and Chelsea was only 3 points. Chelsea scored 33 points in the 30th round, while Arsenal reached [-] with a wave of five consecutive points.

Arsenal's lineup is currently the worst among several giants in the Premier League. No one can deny this, even a recognized fact in the Premier League. In addition, Arsenal has not stopped injuries during this period.

But even so, Arsenal still achieved an astonishing streak of victories, and kept shrinking the points with Chelsea, all of which were based on Li Shou's outstanding performance.

If some people thought that it was exaggerated that a good goalkeeper can top half of the team, now this sentence is vividly reflected in Li Shou, even Li Shou is no longer "top" half of the team, he is almost carrying Arsenal forward. .

At present, the Premier League has played 13 rounds, and Arsenal have won a total of nine games. Eight of these games were won by Li Shou as the starter, and Li Shou has nothing to do with Arsenal's other losses or draws.

That's not all. Arsenal's five-game winning streak in the Champions League group stage not only firmly sits at the top of the group, but has not conceded a goal so far. If Li Shou can make another clean sheet in the sixth round, then he will set a record and have zero conceded goals in the Champions League group stage.

What's more, in the Champions League, Li Shou did not only keep the goal, Li Shou also helped the team in offense. In addition to the counterattack he created, Li Shou also used free kicks to score two goals for Arsenal.

With this series of outstanding performances, Li Shou has really gained a firm foothold in Arsenal and European football. Now Li Shou can be said to be a real star.

At the same time, it also made other giants' teams regret. Although the league is only one-third past, Li Shou's performance is enough to make everyone realize that this Chinese goalkeeper who set a record in Ligue [-] last season is not a flash in the pan.

Li Shou played a total of 13 complete games for Arsenal. In these 19 games, Li Shou did not concede a goal. Arsenal has only played [-] games so far this season. In the five games without Li Shou starting, Arsenal's record is [-] win, [-] draws and [-] losses.

Among them, Li Shou did not finish playing a league game because he was sent off by a red card, and the game was finally collected as a draw. After Li Shou was sent off by a red card, Arsenal quickly lost the ball and could only get a draw in the end.

Now, the whole of England is waiting for Li Shou's first conceded goal. Not only the media, but also the fans are involved, and even the betting companies have come to participate.

No, the gaming company has opened a market again. In the No. 14 round of the league, Arsenal will welcome Southampton at home. Although Southampton sold a lot of people in the past summer, they have performed well so far this season. They even surpassed Arsenal to climb to the second place in the league.

I have to say that Southampton's scouts have a really good vision. In this regard, Arsenal is far behind. Recently, I heard that Southampton seems to have taken a fancy to the Dutch central defender Van Dijk recommended by Li Shou to Wenger.

After the thirteenth round of the league ended, the time has passed from October to December, which means how much time has passed since the winter break transfer period, but in the case of Arsenal, Wenger seems to have not yet made up his mind on who to buy.

The signing of the defensive line is imminent, because the competition in the second half of the season will be more intense, and Arsenal's central defenders are on the reserve. If they do not sign up, it may be difficult to survive the second half of the season.

It is unnecessary to be entangled with Wenger. If you can’t play, you can bite your teeth and buy both. Anyway, Arsenal only have two central defenders.

And the two add up to more than 3000 million. In fact, this amount of money is not too much for Arsenal. Of course, if you consider Arsenal's sad boss, it is still a bit much.

Defensive signings are a tug of war, but the No. 14 round of the league is coming soon. Although Arsenal has no Champions League match this week, it is still a double match a week.

Southampton's current record is not bad. They were still ahead of Arsenal two rounds ago. Although they have been overtaken by Arsenal now, Arsenal still cannot take it lightly.

Because the Arsenal led by Wenger fell behind in the record when facing Koeman's team. In the first seven matches with Koeman, Wenger only won one game. To be honest, it is Koeman besides Mourinho who can make Wenger so aggrieved.

But in terms of historical record, Arsenal still have an advantage against Southampton, especially in home games. The last time Arsenal lost to Southampton at home was more than 30 years ago, when there was no Premier League.

Regardless of the historical record, the match between Arsenal and Southampton is also known as the strongest shield in the Premier League this season, because the two teams are currently the goals that have conceded the fewest goals in the Premier League.

After the first thirteen rounds, Arsenal conceded a total of 8 goals, while Southampton lost one more goal to Arsenal, but one thing needs to be made clear, that is, Arsenal's 8 conceded goals have nothing to do with Li Shou.

And this data once again reflects the importance of Li Shou to Arsenal. The reason why Arsenal have conceded the fewest goals is not because of the outstanding performance of the defense, but because of Li Shou's performance.

In addition to a very interesting statistic, but it is not a good thing for Arsenal, that is the number of yellow cards of the two teams. Southampton is the team with the fewest cards in the Premier League, while Arsenal is the team with the most.

In fact, this also reflects Arsenal's defensive problems. When unable to defend their opponents, Arsenal players can only choose to use fouls to stop their opponents.

In the game against Southampton, Wenger made another adjustment in the starting lineup. Giroud returned to the bench. The injured French center still needs a little time to adapt and get back to his state. Sanchez and Griezmann, who were on the bench in the last round, returned to the starting lineup.

Welbeck continued to start. The black's body is indeed good. In addition, Welbeck scored another one in the last round, which made Wenger look forward to him.

This is Welbeck, but when everyone was disappointed with him, he scored goals, but after scoring goals, there was expectation and he returned to the "no goals" state.

In dealing with Welbeck, Wenger's heart is very complicated, and even the fans of Arsenal are in the same mood as Wenger, which is disappointment and hope.

(End of this chapter)