Chapter 1,241 The Battle of Revenge

? Due to the rush of time and worries about their health, Gao's father and mother finally gave up going to the UK to accompany their son and chose to watch Gao Xiaodong's game at home.

Gao Xiaodong had no choice but to spend more time talking to his parents on the phone to express his feelings of missing him.

As the Chinese Spring Festival approaches, the atmosphere of the battle between Manchester United and Arsenal is becoming more and more intense.

In the first leg at Old Trafford this season, Arsenal suffered a disastrous 1-8 defeat, setting a number of embarrassing records that Gunners fans can’t bear to look back on: the largest defeat in the history of a clash with Manchester United, and the club’s largest conceding in 115 years. record, the net goal loss record in away games since the reform of the Premier League, and the score record between the giants of the mainstream European leagues in the past 20 years...

Although Manchester United is stronger than Arsenal, Arsenal has never forgotten the shame of the first round defeat. Both fans and players are looking forward to returning to home court for revenge.

Four months later, the chance for revenge finally came.

Before the game, Henry, the king of the Gunners, who came to rescue during the winter break, issued a declaration of revenge against Manchester United.

"The Gunners are also a wealthy team. We have a glorious history that does not belong to Manchester United. We must defend our honor. 1:8 is not a normal score. Even a British Championship team will not lose that much. This is our shame and we must use this victory to wash away this shame..."

Gunners core Robin van Persie was also bitter about the defeat in the first round. "No team will not lose, but we can't accept that kind of defeat. After that game, I didn't sleep all night. I hope we can win." Prove yourself in this game.”

Professor Wenger is not a very aggressive coach. He reduced the pressure on his players at the pre-match press conference. "Our goal is still to win the fourth place. Revenge is not the most important. Manchester United was not defeated by Manchester City at home. Defeated by a big score? Of course, it is a good thing for the players to have this mentality, and I hope they can stay calm against Manchester United."

Compared with the Gunners, Manchester United is much calmer from top to bottom, and fans are mostly focusing on Ferguson's 70th birthday and whether Pogba can play.

From the perspective of the Red Devils, the first-round victory cannot be replicated, but beating Arsenal away from home is not a big problem.

I think Arsenal was Manchester United's biggest opponent back then, but now Arsenal is just a mid-range team that can no longer pose a threat to Manchester United. Now Manchester United's opponent is their city rival Manchester City.

Manchester United is in very good shape, and Manchester City is in no worse shape than Manchester United. Since Manchester United lost to Manchester City at home,

They have always been beaten by Manchester City in the standings.

Manchester United is going to challenge Arsenal in this round. This is a tough battle. Manchester City is also not easy in this round. Their opponent is Tottenham, and their ranking is still above Arsenal.

For Manchester United and Manchester City, the top two teams in the standings, this round is very important. If Manchester United loses, they may fall behind in the championship. If Manchester City loses, Manchester United will catch up or even overtake.

The game was played at four o'clock in the afternoon, and Manchester United arrived in London in the morning.

There are many Chinese people in London, and there are dragon and lion dances in London neighborhoods. When the Manchester United bus passed by, some people sent blessing words to Gao Xiaodong and the Manchester United team, which gave the battle between Manchester United and Arsenal some Chinese Spring Festival atmosphere.

After the adaptive training, while resting in the hotel, Gao Xiaodong chatted with his parents on QQ video for a while. He saw his uncles and cousins ​​coming to his house, watching TV and making dumplings with his parents. Gao Xiaodong I feel much better.

Gao Xiaodong paid his respects to his uncles and uncles and told them not to stay up late to watch his games. It wasn't until Ferguson came over that Gao Xiaodong closed QQ to take a rest.

At 4 pm on January 23, London time, when the Chinese New Year bell rang, the highlight of the 22nd round of the Premier League, the match between Arsenal and Manchester United kicked off at the Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal's starting lineup

Goalkeeper: No. 13 Szczesny

Defenders: No. 20 Djurou, No. 4 Per Mertesacker, No. 6 Koscielny, No. 5 Vermaelen

Midfielder: No. 17 Song, No. 16 Ramsey, No. 7 Rosicky

Forwards: No. 14 Theo Walcott, No. 10 Robin van Persie, No. 15 Oxlade-Chamberlain

This is an offensive 433 formation.

Arsenal entered 2012 and lost consecutive away games to Fulham and Swansea. This time they returned to home and made three personnel changes. The biggest benefit was the return of Vermaelen, who replaced teenager Mikel as a guest left back. Midfielder Chamberlain started in the Premier League for the first time to replace Arshavin, and Rosicky replaced Benayoun.

The former Gunners King Henry sat on the bench. Although he did not start due to his physical fitness, Henry's sitting there was an inspiration to the Arsenal players.

Manchester United's starting lineup is:

34-Lindegard/4-Jones, 6-Evans, 12-Smalin, 3-Evra/25-Valencia, 10-Gao Xiaodong, 16-Carrick, 17-Nani /19-Welbeck, 9-Rooney

Manchester United has a solid 442 formation, and Pogba, who had high hopes before the game, was also placed on the bench.

Obviously, although Pogba has shined during this period, in Ferguson's view, Pogba is still a bit green, and such a competition is not suitable for a young man like him to start.

When the game started, the Chinese commentator He Hui who came to the live broadcast was very excited, "The New Year's bell rang, and the match between Manchester United and Arsenal also started. This is like the Premier League's gift to our country's Spring Festival. This is In the first game of the Year of the Dragon, I hope Xiaodong can show off his dragon-horse spirit and use victory to present a New Year’s gift to more than a billion compatriots across the country.”

The England commentator at the scene said differently, "Today is the Chinese New Year's Eve, a day for Chinese families to reunite, but our protagonist Gao Xiaodong today has to play a crucial game. For Gao Xiaodong , This is a bit cruel, we hope Gao Xiaodong will not be affected by homesickness and help Manchester United win Arsenal in the away game."

The visiting team Manchester United kicked off first.

Arsenal was bent on revenge. As soon as the game started, the players pressed all over the field to prevent Manchester United from organizing an attack.

In the first minute of the game, Arsenal youngster Chamberlain stole the ball from the left sideline of the frontcourt. He cooperated with Ramsey in the penalty area and then hit Van Persie in the middle to find the backcourt. Evans broke the ball out of the penalty area and Gao Xiaodong returned to defend for the first time. Get the ball in one moment.

Marseille turned around and passed the pressing Arsenal midfielder Rosicky. Gao Xiaodong passed the ball to Nani.

Playing Marseille slalom in front of his home, Gao Xiaodong's bold move attracted a burst of surprise applause from Manchester United fans.

Nani counterattacked with the ball, controlled the ball at the edge of the penalty area and passed it diagonally. Carrick inserted into the penalty area to prepare for the pass. Arsenal defender Joe Ru, who was very focused, made a shovel and cleared the ball.

Alexander. Song grabbed the ball and passed it to Rosicky, who counterattacked with the ball.

Manchester United quickly pressed Rosicky, but Rosicky was not reckless. He passed the ball to the right and handed the ball to Chamberlain.

Chamberlain made a cross from the bottom line at high speed. Manchester United's full-back Evra failed to follow up. The ball flew into the penalty area, but the ball was too close to goalkeeper Lindegaard, who attacked and hugged him.

The game has just begun, but the two sides did not test and directly entered the mode of hand-to-hand combat.

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