Chapter 354 Waiting for Notts County to Make Mistakes
? After Notts County's start-to-win streak came to an end, all the Premier League teams breathed a sigh of relief that this amazing newly-promoted team finally stopped his damning footsteps.
There is no way, when everyone is struggling near the poverty line, Notts County has already rushed to a well-off, who can not have red eyes!
Of course, the miracle that Notts County has created is still amazing, and it has thriving at the top of the Premier League standings. This is the miracle of Notts County.
Before this round of games, Notts County had won all eight games, while Arsenal, who remained unbeaten, had two draws in the eight rounds, and the gap with Notts County reached four points.
However, as the biggest favorite to win the championship, Arsenal have encountered the devil's schedule in recent rounds of the league.
In the sixth round away to Manchester United, the Gunners and the Red Devils scored a goalless draw and achieved a draw.
Arsenal faced off against the Magpies Newcastle in the seventh round, a tough win for Arsenal.
In the eighth round of visiting Anfield to challenge the Red Army Liverpool, the Gunners were tenacious and took away a victory from the away game.
In the ninth round, Arsenal played against the upstart Chelsea at home. Although Arsenal gave Chelsea a lot of opportunities, they still took all three points by means of old-fashioned methods.
In the four tough battles, Arsenal achieved a strong record of three wins and one draw. In the first nine rounds of the league, they won seven and two draws, and the points gap with Notts County remained at two points.
In this way, the gold content of Arsenal's points will be much higher than that of Notts County. After all, Notts County has not encountered so many tough battles. It is impossible to win against weak teams!
After Arsenal, Chelsea has six wins, two draws and one loss. The Blues are third in the standings with 20 points, and there is a gap of four points with Notts County.
As for the most promising Manchester United before the season, they have six wins, one draw and two losses in nine rounds, ranking fourth. Ferguson's team has gradually lost its championship competitiveness.
Of course, no one will underestimate Manchester United. There are examples of people who are behind Newcastle by as many as ten points but finally succeeded in making a comeback.
However, after this round of the league, as Notts County stepped down from the altar, the competition for the Premier League title became simple and blurred.
The media, who originally thought Notts County would always win, also changed their tune and began to fall into the trap, believing that as long as a draw was achieved, Notts County would be relieved, and their tactical play would gradually be affected. As other Premier League teams know, they are slowly no longer possessing absolute strength.
Thus,
Soon Notts County will slip from the top of the standings and give up the top spot. Perhaps in the next round, Arsenal will complete the go-ahead against Notts County.
Notts County can't even beat Fulham, let alone a strong performance against other teams. You know, Fulham is currently a relegation team.
Moreover, Fulham's play style has also inspired many other teams. Since they feel that Notts County is strong, they should just play something extreme. Anyway, they don't want three points, and one point is acceptable. Notts County is fighting against each other. The opponents that Notts County defeated by a big score in front of them can't understand the situation and play against Notts County. How good it is to run for a point honestly!
In the tenth round of the game, Notts County faced Leicester City at home, which became the most important battle.
Everyone wants to know whether Notts County has stepped down from the altar or re-emerged. This Leicester City, which has a natural contradiction with Notts County, is the best touchstone.
As a newly-promoted player, there are still countless people who remember the farce-like game between the two teams in the league last season. The game was over before it even lasted until the end of the game. Even seven players on the Leicester City field were defeated. If it is not enough, the game will naturally end.
And Alonso and Iniesta, the two players who were injured and retired by Leicester City, are also looking for a chance to take revenge. Now that they meet in the Premier League, how can they not be turned upside down?
According to common sense, more people are optimistic about Notts County winning at home. After all, it has the advantage of being home, and the opponent is a newly-promoted horse with limited strength. Even if Fox City also plays the bus, it may not be able to stop Notts County.
The key is that Notts County has a well-organized team and has effective means to score points in the face of the bus strategy, so there is no need to worry about the lack of scoring ability.
Before the game, the two teams that had a bad relationship with each other had not expressed anything yet, but the other guys who had nothing to do with them all stood up and cheered for Leicester City. With the top spot in the standings, if Notts County does not make mistakes, then don't even think about pressing Notts County's head.
Wenger said that Leicester City have the strength to snipe Notts County. As long as they adopt the same tactical arrangement as Fulham, it is not an accident to draw Notts County.
Ferguson said that Notts County has lost its fighting spirit. As long as Leicester City plays its own characteristics, they will be able to defeat Notts County.
Although Ranieri did not have a clear language to express it, the players under his command jumped out one by one. Some said that Notts County's lineup was not deep enough, and some said that Notts County's main players were not physically fit. Anyway, the overall meaning is that Notts County does not. Possessing the strength to win the championship in the Premier League is not as strong as everyone imagines.
Everyone understands their careful thinking. If Leicester City can really attack Notts County, then there is no doubt that they will be the winners. Arsenal can directly surpass Notts County, and Chelsea and Manchester United can also close the gap. Not happy.
But the problem is, Leicester City don't think so.
Leicester City are a very realistic team. Why did they do everything possible to withdraw Notts County last season? It was precisely because they thought Notts County was their biggest opponent in the Premier League. It turned out that the result The same is true, but Leicester City overestimates itself a little, because Notts County does not really regard them as opponents.
And now, although they are also newly promoted to the Premier League, after nine rounds of the league, Notts County has topped the Premier League standings, while Leicester City can only go to the top of the relegation table. The gap here is comparable to the previous one The season is bigger.
By comparing the strength of Notts County and measuring its own strength, Fox City sadly found that even if they exhausted their means in this game, I am afraid they would not be able to cause too much trouble to Notts County. When the players with strong defensive ability returned to the court, their means of strangling Notts County was completely ineffective.
Then, they have to think carefully about whether it is worthwhile to invest a lot of energy in this league.
Although everyone understands the big truth, and knows that the game cannot be won, they must fight tenaciously.
But in reality, not everyone sees it that way. (To be continued.)
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