Chapter 118: The Suspense of the Championship Remains
The Champions League games are over in a week.
Arsenal are quickly recovering from their Champions League defeat.
In fact, for Arsenal players, this defeat is not unacceptable. They did not have high expectations for the Champions League. Being eliminated in the semi-finals is a very good result.
And this game experience also has a great promotion effect on them, allowing them to perform better next season.
Of course, a bigger part of the reason is because of the league.
Arsenal currently has a record of 28-6-2 and tops the list with 90 points after 36 rounds of the league.
Chelsea are chasing behind with a point difference.
In the Champions League semi-finals, Chelsea also lost to Atletico Madrid and missed the Champions League final.
Both Premier League teams are freed from the Champions League and compete for the league title.
This has a huge impact on both Arsenal and Chelsea.
Judging from the current situation, Liverpool was defeated 1:0 by Chelsea in the fifth round, resulting in falling behind.
If the two teams do not lose in 37 rounds, Liverpool's hope of winning the championship is basically gone.
However, no one thinks that Arsenal and Chelsea will lose the game. The ownership of the league championship is likely to extend to the 38th round, which is the game between Arsenal and Chelsea at home.
The Premier League is likely to usher in the most heated final-round competition in the past decade.
Arsenal will have direct dialogue with Chelsea to compete for the league title.
This is the championship queue.
The relegation zones are Norwich, Fulham and Cardiff City.
These three teams are basically half-dead, especially Norwich. After several consecutive losses and blows, the club is in chaos and there are even rumors of internal strife, which is even more detrimental to their relegation.
Norwich's relegation currently only exists in theory, while Fulham and Cardiff City have a glimmer of hope.
Whether it is the championship zone or the relegation zone, the points are very tight.
This is the famous Premier League chaos!
Even in the 36th round, there is still no definite place for championship or relegation.
On May 4th, the entire Arsenal team took a bus to West Bromwich, a city in central England.
Here they will face West Brom.
West Brom is ranked 14th in the league with 36 points. They are temporarily in a safe zone and are not in danger of being relegated.
So the whole team is in a relaxed state.
Even at home, they don't have much initiative.
In this case, Arsenal, who had the possibility of competing for the championship, began to exert their strength and scored two goals in just 30 minutes.
Walcott scored twice!
Lucky and Cazorla each had an assist!
Even with a two-goal lead, Arsenal had no intention of relaxing and continued to attack.
"Arsenal is still attacking, they want to take out all their anger on being eliminated from the Champions League!"
Sky Sports commentator Paul Mawson's mouth trembled.
He is the commentator, and he needs to be neutral.
But seeing Arsenal playing so well, he couldn't help but want to laugh.
Dixon on the side was in the same state.
But the reason for the latter's excitement is not because of how good the performance is, but because of Lucky's changes.
Looking at the figure running rampant in the midfield, Dixon's eyes were shining.
"Cazorla passed the ball to Kai, but Kai didn't pass the ball. He was observing! Dorrance and Mulumbu went up to press! Oh~~~~~~What did I see?"
Dixon exclaimed, then laughed loudly; "Fried meatballs! Kai actually used the technical action of fried meatballs! Although it lacks some agility and has more confrontational attributes, this is indeed fried meatballs!" Meatballs! Mmm! Powerful fried meatballs!”
In the court, Mulumbu was squeezed away by Lucky.
The brief moment of contact between the two made Mulumbu feel the difference in strength between the two.
Lucky just turned around slightly and pushed his shoulders, but he couldn't hold it anymore.
The deep-fried meatballs like Lucky are squeezed through completely by force.
But there is no way, no matter how you say it, this is a success.
After Lucky got rid of the two defenses, he directly used the instep of his outside foot to create a 'ground-hugging arc slash'.
Passing through the middle of the West Brom center back and full-back, he accurately came to Walcott.
"Kai's trick! Rainbow pass!"
Paul Mawson yelled.
This is the name given by Dixon. Today, this arc-to-the-ground slash is Lucky's stunt and synonymous with it. Because it is as beautiful as a rainbow and has an arc, it was named 'Rainbow Pass'.
Lucky's 'rainbow pass' directly allowed Walcott to reach the penalty area with the ball.
Facing the opponent's goalkeeper's tackle and block, Walcott calmly shot a shot to expand the score again.
3:0!
Arsenal is guaranteed to win!
The entire Hawthorn Stadium was silent.
The faces of West Brom fans were extremely ugly. They were very dissatisfied with the performance of the home team.
Even if they were lying down, the posture of these guys lying down was too disgusting.
And seeing the Arsenal players celebrating again, they became even more angry.
For a time, the stands were filled with condemnations and curses.
At Arsenal's coaching bench, Wenger and Patrice stood on the sidelines.
Both of them looked at Lucai with joy in their eyes.
"It's been practiced!"
Patrice's voice was filled with excitement, emotion, relief, etc.
Wenger also nodded and smiled: "I'm still not sure about the game at the Bernabeu, but now it's certain. Kai's organization and ball-holding skills are enough."
Wenger turned to look at Patrice and said, "Thank you!"
He knew very well that the reason why Lucky was able to perform so well was inseparable from the old man in front of him.
Patrice is very good at coaching players, Cesc Fabregas is his masterpiece, and now there is Lucky.
Patrice said with a smile in his eyes, "I'm very glad now that you forced Kai to me. I can't imagine how regretful I would be now if I had refused!"
Patrice proudly said; "He is my most satisfying work! He is perfect! It is also my last gift to Arsenal."
After hearing this, Wenger was stunned for a moment, and looked at Patrice's chest calmly, and found that the other party's chest was rising and falling very quickly.
But Wenger did not make it clear, but turned his head and continued to look at the game.
After the first goal, Arsenal became increasingly uncontrollable.
Especially Lucky, a post-organizing point, West Brom can't restrict at all.
Even when Lucky stepped forward, they found that they couldn't grab the ball at all.
Lucky and Cazorla are not the same type of players.
Cazorla needs to be more agile, but Lucky needs to be tougher!
If they were asked to choose, they felt that Cazorla's ball was better to intercept. After all, if they want to steal the ball from Lucky's feet, they must first suppress the opponent's confrontation ability.
But this is not an easy task!
The game time came to 75 minutes.
Wenger makes a substitution.
Cazorla, Lucky and Walcott were replaced.
For Arsenal, the game is over.
West Brom has no will to fight. There is no need for the main players to continue to waste time with the opponent in garbage time. It is better to take a rest.
Arteta and others came on as substitutes.
Lucky high-fives Arteta.
The latter hasn't played a game in a long time.
Since Arsenal established Lucky's core attributes, Arteta has gradually bid farewell to the main force.
Now, Lucky has become the core, and Arteta has basically been reduced to Lucky's substitute.
Arteta has no complaints about this.
He knew Lucky's strength very well.
It can be said that he watched Lucai grow up step by step and surpass himself.
"What a kick!"
Arteta praised.
Lucky smiled: "The rest is up to you, don't be overturned."
Arteta smiled; "Don't worry! I'm not used to tough battles, but I can still handle this situation."
After saying that, Arteta came on the court, and Lucky returned to the bench, wiped his face with a towel, and sat down comfortably.
As Arteta said, there are basically no changes in the game.
West Brom also made some substitutions, but still without any results.
When they lost their will to fight, the outcome of the game was already determined.
As Arsenal passed the ball one by one, time flew by.
After 90 minutes + injury time, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.
"The game is over! The game is over! The suspense of the league championship is still there!"
"Chelsea defeated Norwich 1:0, West Brom defeated Arsenal 0:4, and the two teams won again."
"The points have not changed. The suspense of the Premier League championship has come to the final round, which will be determined by the direct confrontation between Arsenal and Chelsea!"
1: Arsenal, 29-6-2, 93 points.
2: Chelsea, 29-5-3, 92 points.
The suspense of the championship remains!
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