Chapter 35 This Year...

Things are extremely intense in the Premier League at the moment.

As the most explosive and intense division of the five major European leagues.

After the Premier League entered the second half of the league, the smell of gunpowder became even stronger.

The current form of the Premier League is polarizing.

The Manchester City duo are engaged in a fierce battle, and they are both within the winning zone.

The aging Ferguson wants to create Manchester United's glory again in his limited time.

Manchester City, on the other hand, under the leadership of world-famous coach Robert Mancini, is aiming to win the top league championship after 44 years.

The two teams currently have exactly the same points, with Manchester City temporarily at the top of the table with a goal difference advantage.

1: Manchester City, 14 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, 45 points.

2: Manchester United, 14 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, 45 points.

Manchester City is still at the top of the list with one game in hand. For this reason, many people say that 'Manchester City's era has come'.

There are also players in the team such as Aguero, Dzeko, Nasri, David Silva, Balotelli, Yaya Toure, Tevez and so on.

This kind of Manchester City gives people a feeling of being unstoppable.

The same is true for Manchester United, although the overall structure of the team does not seem to be that strong.

But Manchester United still showed staggering fighting power with its spirit.

These two teams form the main theme of the battle for the Premier League championship.

Followed closely by Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal.

Tottenham Hotspur also showed extraordinary stability in the second half. With the deployment of Croatian midfielder Modric and the cooperation of Wales wing Gareth Bale, they also made great progress.

Although it seems that there is still a certain distance from the Premier League championship.

But they are extremely happy to be able to trample their local rivals Arsenal under their feet.

For this reason, Tottenham Hotspur fans even mocked Arsenal.

'Stupid gooners (idiots), only worthy of being at our feet! ’

Gooner evolved from Arsenal fans' gunner.

This is a title used by Tottenham Hotspur fans to mock Arsenal people. However, as the strength gap between the two teams has become wider and wider, Arsenal fans feel that Tottenham Hotspur is not worthy of becoming their mortal enemy.

In order to despise the other party and show that he doesn't care, he took the initiative to call himself "gooner".

But judging from the current situation, Tottenham Hotspur's recent results are getting better and better, while Arsenal has begun to decline.

As the third pole in London, Chelsea, the blue team located in the wealthy crowd, is also having a hard time.

In the league, successive defeats have caused their performance in the standings to plummet.

Problems within the team are even more frequent.

Chelsea want to get back to their glory days.

They want to recreate the history of the Mourinho era that dominated the Premier League.

For this reason, the Russian boss waved his hand, spent money like crazy, and bought a Spanish Saint Infanto Torres.

But he never expected that Torres, who had suffered from injuries, would no longer live up to his former bravery.

Torres was once known as the killer of wealthy families in Liverpool, and many wealthy clubs fell into disgrace at Anfield because of this.

For this reason, the Russian boss also took a special liking to the Spanish Holy Child. For this reason, he spent a large sum of money to bring Torres to Stamford Bridge in a way that created transfer history.

But after a season of competition, they finally discovered that there was a problem with Torres' condition.

To this end, Chelsea has begun the vigorous "activation of Torres" plan.

Mata is here, and he stated at the joining ceremony that his mission is to activate Torres.

Mourinho's junior brother-in-law Villas-Boas is here, and he also said that in his hands, Torres will regain his vitality.

But both of them failed!

Now Torres seems to have lost everything. He no longer has the agility and magic he had back then.

Faced with opportunities again and again, he not only failed to grasp them, but also paid a heavy price for not scoring.

In order to survive at Chelsea, Torres stepped up his pressing in the frontcourt.

Spain's El Nino, who was once full of talent, has now been reduced to a central defender in the frontcourt, and even has the unpleasant nickname of "Dito".

Mata failed to activate Torres.

Villas-Boas was in danger of being fired at a time when the team's performance was plummeting.

Chelsea are waiting for someone to lead them out of this difficult situation.

Corresponding to the Blues is the Reds Liverpool.

As a traditional giant in the Premier League, Liverpool has a glorious history.

This port city in northwest England is still looking for its next glorious moment.

Liverpool have been quiet for a long time.

It has been so long that those eventful years have faded away from memory.

The only thing that reminded them was the flamingo on the chest.

They are still proud of Liverpool!

The Premier League BIG6 have completed gathering at the top of the standings.

Liverpool are at the very end, in sixth position.

This season, Liverpool still failed to create brilliance and could not even enter the European theater.

After Torres left, the Uruguayan took up the banner of the team's offense. Suarez and captain Gerrard used hard kicks again and again to lead the team out of the predicament.

But Liverpool's results are still not ideal.

Not to mention their past glory, they are still far away from the European theater.

Especially the offensive arrow figure in the team, Suarez also showed a ready-to-move attitude.

Since Torres left, Suarez, who has been suffering from the lack of Champions League games, has begun to think about leaving Liverpool.

He wants to go to a team that is qualified for the Champions League, any team is fine, as long as it is qualified for the European war!

Liverpool naturally wants to keep Suarez.

And in the entire European football.

La Liga is still in a fierce battle between Messi and Ronaldo.

The Dream Three Army Barcelona led by Messi and Ronaldo are in a fierce confrontation with the Galaxy Battleship Real Madrid.

This year, Atletico Madrid has just welcomed Simeone's arrival and is ready to go.

This year, Ligue 1 is still struggling to pursue the dream Champions League trophy.

This year, Italy has already declined.

This year, Arsenal is quietly changing.

Since the last FA Cup, Lucky has not had a chance to play.

He feels that his performance is very good, but Wenger does not seem to be in a hurry to train himself.

He doesn't know what Wenger thinks.

But Lucky can't force anything.

All he can do now is to train hard, and when Wenger needs or calls him, he can face the game in the best condition.

Since the FA Cup.

Arsenal has ushered in two more games.

Away against Swansea, home against Manchester United.

There is no doubt that both games were lost.

Swansea 3:2 Arsenal.

Arsenal 1:2 Manchester United.

In the 21st round, Arsenal took the lead away from home with the burst bonus of General Van.

But soon after, Swansea scored twice in a row to reverse the score.

In the second half, there were goals between the two sides, and Arsenal lost in the end.

In the home game against Manchester United, Arsenal burst out with a positive desire to fight.

However, in terms of resilience, Arsenal still cannot compete with Manchester United.

In the case of scoring first, Manchester United used two traditional British long passes to break the goal.

This also made Arsenal completely lose the confidence to compete for the championship.

At the same time, it also messed up a revenge battle.

After this game, Arsenal's atmosphere, which had improved slightly before, fell into a trough again.

The players were a little autistic after losing.

When facing weak teams, Arsenal can easily win.

But when facing strong teams, Arsenal becomes a weak shrimp.

The players don't want to be like this, but they just can't find a way to win. No one tells them what to do at that time.

Van Persie is trying hard to turn the situation around.

But he is just himself, he can't lead the players and boost morale.

In this game, Lekai watched the whole game from the bench.

To be honest, it was a bad game.

Forget about other aspects, but they are not qualified in terms of fighting will.

In several confrontations, Lekai can clearly see that some players are afraid when facing Manchester United players.

Even the little tiger Walcott, when facing the 38-year-old Giggs, also chose a conservative way of playing.

And Chamberlain, not to mention, this guy has not yet gotten rid of the shadow of the massacre in the first half of the season, and he has a fearful mentality when facing Manchester United.

Wenger wanted him to break this mentality, so he gave him another chance to start.

But it seemed to have the opposite effect.

After this game, Arsenal had not won in two rounds, and still had 35 points, ranking fifth in the standings, while Chelsea rose one place.

And this game also meant that Arsenal was basically out of the championship zone.

The points of the two Manchester City giants have exceeded the 50 mark.

Wenger is ready to eat the minimum living allowance again, and Arsenal will compete for the European Cup seat with all their strength!

But the blow did not end there.

After losing to Manchester United, Arsenal went to Milan, Italy, where they will play against AC Milan in the Champions League quarter-finals.

The low-spirited Arsenal lost the game 0:4 at the opponent's home court without scoring a goal.

All this seemed to indicate that Arsenal would fall in the Champions League round of 16 again.

But the Arsenal players did not admit defeat.

They wanted to turn the tide at home.

For this reason, the media named this game "Honor Defense Battle".

Lucky also participated in this game as a substitute, but still did not get a chance to play.

Wenger seemed to want Lucky to learn the team's tenacious spirit and watch how these players create miracles.

Arsenal's performance was indeed good.

But they only scored 3 goals.

Yes, three goals, a good performance, but they lost 4 goals in the last round.

The total score of the two games was AC Milan 4:3 Arsenal.

In the Champions League knockout stage, they once again fell in the top 16.

As for Van Persie's previous bold words, such as eliminating Barcelona and reaching the Champions League final, it seemed a bit ridiculous at this time.

After all, they were not even qualified to play against Barcelona.