Chapter 1176 The Most Important Battle of the Season
Looking back on the century-old history of confrontation between Arsenal and Manchester United, Arsenal's most painful defeat was on February 25, 2001. Yorke was the hero of Manchester United in that game. At that time, the Trinidad forward had lost his main position, but in this game However, it took him 22 minutes to complete the hat trick. Coupled with Keane and Solskjaer's goals, Arsenal fell behind 1:5 at halftime. In the second half, Sheringham added a pinch of salt to the professor's wounds. In the end, Manchester United beat Arsenal 6:1. But objectively speaking, Manchester United and Arsenal were of equal strength at that time, and the big score of 1:6 was only achieved by chance. Today's Arsenal is no longer at the same level as Manchester United. This time they were bloodbathed 8:2, and the strength gap is even more factors.
After this humiliating defeat, the Gunners set many records. Arsenal joined the English top flight in 1919. Since then, Arsenal has never been allowed to score 8 goals in a game. In the past 96 years, Arsenal's biggest defeat in the top league was 0:7, which happened three times in total, namely: a 0:7 away defeat to West Bromwich Albion on October 14, 1922; Lost to Newcastle 0:7 in League One; on March 7, 1927, lost to West Ham United 0:7 in English League One away game. The 8 goals conceded this time is the most since Arsenal were promoted to the top league.
If we investigate further, the last time Arsenal conceded 8 goals occurred on December 12, 1896, when they lost 0:8 away to Loughborough. At this time, China was still in the reign of Guangxu. Arsenal's disastrous defeat actually tied this score. Xiang Chen sealed the record for 115 years. This defeat was also Wenger's worst defeat since taking over Arsenal. At the same time, this is also Wenger's worst start since taking charge of Arsenal.
When faced with the 2:8 defeat to Manchester United, at the post-match press conference, Wenger emphasized that although he was under heavy pressure, he had never considered resigning.
Arsenal played Manchester United at home. The match was originally evenly matched. Due to the transfer of players and the emergence of injuries, the balance of victory had clearly tilted towards Manchester United before the game.
They delivered an epic 8-2 score, creating the largest point difference record in the history of the confrontation between the two sides. When Manchester United fans were singing and celebrating at the Emirates, many people focused their attention on Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger, and some media even doubted whether the elegant Frenchman would announce his resignation.
"This is a terrible day for each of us. But in fact, this is a reflection of the strength of the team. The opponent maximizes the strengths, and our weaknesses are most directly exposed. When you are fed eight goals , you definitely feel humiliated. We completely fell apart in the second half and I felt like there was nothing we could do about it and it was very embarrassing for me."
Many players were suspended due to injuries or red cards, and the young players obviously lacked experience. After leading such a team to compete and delivering such a disastrous defeat, everyone's focus was on the topic of "resignation." Wenger also responded positively to this. He said: "I have not thought about resigning, or even thought about it. I will not consider this problem, I will only work hard to find a solution. I believe that in the next game, we will have a breakthrough."
Today's Arsenal is seriously short of manpower. How to solve this problem? Wenger continued: "I know that in England, if you want to change the situation of the game, signings are always the best solution. We have at least eight players who cannot play, so no matter what, you have to consider bringing in some players Tonic.”
Ferguson expressed his support for Wenger immediately after the game: "I think it's unfair to criticize Wenger now. Look at the efforts he has put in for Arsenal and the football philosophy he has instilled in Arsenal. And the exciting players he has brought to Arsenal."
Arsenal sold important players one after another this summer, resulting in a serious decline in the team's strength, but Ferguson saw the other side of things: "Wenger's transfer is also very good, you have to look at how much Arsenal has in the safe now. money,
People tend to forget things like this. The world today is cynical and when you lose some games the blame-catching people will pop up. "
But Ferguson was still surprised by Manchester United's victory: "I was surprised, because when you play against Arsenal, you always think it is a tough matchup. I don't know if you think Arsenal are weaker now. But we still did our job. Despite this, Arsenal created some chances because they still have outstanding quality up front.”
Dong Fangzhuo scored a hat-trick in this game and is rushing towards the second goal in the Premier League. Regarding the game process, Dong Fangzhuo admitted that he couldn't believe it: "Our performance today is really unbelievable. Our performance deserves the score of 8:2. No matter whether Arsenal is the strongest lineup or not, we will give our best every time Go out and try to score goals. They are missing some players, but that doesn’t make us take it lightly.”
Then Dong Fangzhuo talked about Chelsea and Manchester City.
"Obviously, a big win will put pressure on both Manchester City and Chelsea. But we won't focus on their performance because we will keep winning until the end of the season."
They said they didn't pay attention, but in fact on the way back to Manchester, the entire Manchester United team was watching the game on their mobile phones.
When I returned to Manchester, the results were no surprise. Chelsea and Manchester City both won.
There is no change in the standings, no one behind. It seems that there will be no winner until the final round of the league.
Next, Manchester United will focus on the Champions League. The first leg of the semi-finals was against Barcelona at home.
This is a more difficult game. This weekend, Barcelona also played a terrifying score at home.
Swept Zaragoza 6:0.
Although the opponent was not very strong, Barcelona also showed strong dominance. The ball possession rate was as high as 75%, with 25 shots and 15 hits on the goal frame. If it weren't for the brave performance of Zaragoza's goalkeeper, more goals would have been conceded. Zaragoza only had one shot in the game.
msn each scored twice in the game. Messi, Suarez and Neymar are all in very hot condition.
"The Times" bluntly stated: Next week's Champions League semi-finals will be a match between Mars and the Earth. The clash between Barcelona and Manchester United will be the most passionate game of the season.
However, the media in Spain are still more optimistic about Barcelona. "World Sports News" believes that msn's state is enough to ensure that the team can score at Old Trafford, and they will definitely show their best offensive state. The Board of Directors faces the most important and most powerless battle of the season. One person can never beat a team.
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