In midweek, Arsenal faced a challenge from West Ham United at home.
This is the twenty-first round of the league.
In this game, Arsenal's main players were eliminated, but the Hammers also caused a lot of trouble for Arsenal.
In the final moments of the game.
The Hammers' No. 9 center Carlton Cole took advantage of a corner kick to help West Ham United tie the game.
Arsenal unfortunately got a 2-2 draw at home.
After this draw, Arsenal fell three points behind Manchester United with one game less!
This game made the Manchester media and fans excited.
The "Manchester Evening News" teased Arsenal in its report: "Now we have reached a familiar moment again: Arsenal is moving away from the championship zone."
However, on Arsenal's side, Wenger said in an interview: "This is the normal ups and downs of the team. It is impossible for us to win 38 games in a row. This is impossible. We now have one game less." The game is three points behind, does that mean anything?"
To be honest, Arsenal fans are actually a little worried.
In recent years, Arsenal's form has repeatedly experienced ups and downs in the middle and late stages of the season.
Either the condition is not good, or there are many injuries.
Once adjustments are made, the league will be over soon.
So he mustered up the courage in the last few rounds and tried his best to finally win fourth place in the league.
This has become a joke among fans all over the world.
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This is not just a joke
However, although Arsenal fans are worried, they are actually more concerned about another thing.
That's the League Cup!
After the team played the twenty-first round of the league, they returned home to face the second round of the League Cup.
In this game, Arsenal even sent more young people from the youth academy to train.
As a result, the team defeated Reading 2-1 at home and advanced to the League Cup final with a total score of 7-3!
The opponent in the final is the Brentford team from the English Championship!
Brentford defeated Aston Villa 1-0 in the away game, and the score was 1-1 in the two home and away legs. They eliminated Aston Villa through a penalty shootout and entered the final!
A team in the Premier League championship group, and a team in the middle of the English Champions League, the second-tier English league.
This huge gap in rankings determines the huge gap in strength between the two sides!
No one will think Brentford can beat Arsenal at Wembley.
"Yello leads Arsenal's youth players towards the League Cup title!"
Arsenal advanced to the League Cup final after knocking out Reading.
All media believe that Arsenal is only half a step away from winning the League Cup!
And almost all the media were surprised, even shocked, by the way Arsenal played in the cup.
There is speculation that in the League Cup final, Arsenal will still use the combination of substitutes, youth training players, and Yello to play in the League Cup.
However, the League Cup final will be held in mid-February, which is still more than a month away, so it is difficult for anyone to predict what will happen in this month.
"Arsenal continued their previous rotation pattern in the second leg of the League Cup semi-finals. They rotated almost everyone except Yello. And it is precisely because of this that even though Arsenal made considerable changes in the lineup Rotation, they still have amazing combat effectiveness. A five-to-two away victory is enough to secure their qualification for the League Cup finals. A two-to-one victory at home is even more impressive. See how Arsenal can win with Yello. In Na's station, the other League Cup semi-final result was that Aston Villa lost to Brentford 0-1 at home. The Brentford team from the English Championship became the team this season. They are a dark horse in the League Cup, but I’m afraid no one thinks they can beat them to the end!”
After the game, the "North London Standard" report was very optimistic.
"It's time to end Arsenal's trophyless era!"
They wrote very passionately at the end of the article.
Although the League Cup is useless, for Arsenal, which has been without a championship for many years, it can be regarded as a break from a long drought.
Arsenal ranks firmly third in the total number of domestic titles in England, behind Manchester United and Liverpool.
but.
Their last championship was the English FA Cup in the 2004-2005 season.
Their last league championship was their undefeated championship season in 2003-2004.
That season was the peak of Arsenal's Premier League era.
From that season to now.
After winning an FA Cup in the 2004-2005 season, Arsenal has not won any significant championship trophy for almost eight years - not counting the Emirates Cup.
So for Arsenal fans.
If we can win a League Cup this season and end the team's years of embarrassment without a championship, it will be something worth celebrating.
not to mention.
Arsenal have not won many championships in the League Cup.
Arsenal have only two League Cup titles in their history.
They were all obtained in very distant times, in the 1986-1987 season and the 1992-1993 season respectively.
In the FA Cup, Arsenal has won many championships. So far, Arsenal has won a total of 11 FA Cup championships, second only to Manchester United, which has won 12 times.
Therefore, it is understandable that Arsenal fans are looking forward to a League Cup championship trophy.
January 2013 is a very busy month for any Premier League team.
Especially for a team like Arsenal that has not yet been eliminated from the League Cup.
Finished the League Cup semi-finals.
The next game is another cup match.
It’s the FA Cup this season.
Premier League teams start to join the draw in the third round of the FA Cup.
Arsenal were unlucky as a result.
They drew the Premier League team Everton.
Still on the road.
Because three days after this FA Cup, the team will face a key battle against Liverpool in the 22nd round of the league at home.
Therefore, Arsenal followed the previous model of Yelo plus substitute players and youth team players in this game.
result.
They were beaten 2-1 by Everton at Goodison Park.
Yelo did not score in this game.
This also caused them to be eliminated directly from the FA Cup.
In fact, this is normal. For a team like Everton, they have no worries about relegation and have no hope of entering the Champions League, so they are very motivated in cup competitions like the FA Cup.
Looking back at Arsenal, Yello brought a group of substitutes and youth team players to play in the cup. If you don't pay attention, you will be eliminated.
The two sides attach great importance to the FA Cup at completely different levels.
And after losing this game.
Arsenal's last three games have been a win, a draw and a loss.
This has also led to questions about their status.
Many people feel that Arsenal's good form from the beginning of the season to the present is no longer there.
Arsenal and Yelo have finally entered a "bottleneck period."
And it was under this circumstance that they faced the challenge of Liverpool, whose performance had improved recently and was in quite good form.
Arsenal and Liverpool met in the first round of this season.
This game holds special significance for Yello as it is his first game in England.
And the opponent was not just any Cats and Dogs team, but Liverpool, one of the two giants in England.
At that time, Liverpool had just changed coaches and Rogers had just taken office.
therefore.
Early in the season.
Liverpool's state has fluctuated greatly.
In the first half of the season, they only won three games in the first ten league rounds.
However, after the tenth round of the league, Liverpool's condition began to gradually recover.
They first drew with Chelsea, and then won three consecutive games to climb to seventh place in the standings.
After losing to Manchester United in the fifteenth round of the league.
So far it has been undefeated in six league rounds and has won five consecutive games!
This result allowed them to surpass Tottenham in the 21st round of the league and rank fifth in the league.
And among them.
Liverpool completely abandoned Downing, Pollini and others on the forward line.
Instead, a 3S trident combination was established with Suarez, Sturridge, and Sterling as the main players.
Also in the midfield.
Henderson was corrected and allowed to replace Joe Allen as the main player.
Henderson, Gerrard and Lucas formed a midfield three.
Excellent both offensively and defensively.
If there is a weakness in this Liverpool team, it may be that the two high school defenders who were previously paired with Skrtel and Agger turned too slowly.
The approach Rogers took was to re-activate veteran Carragher, allowing Carragher to appear in more key games this season and use his experience to partner with Agger or Skrtel.
Needless to say, right back Glen Johnson is Liverpool's best right back right now.
At left back.
Spanish veteran Enrique's position was replaced by young player Andre Westang.
This way.
Liverpool quietly completed an upgrade in the hands of Rogers.
This is also the fundamental reason why they have won five consecutive games in the last five rounds of the league.
This Liverpool is definitely not the Liverpool that Arsenal encountered in the first round of the league at the beginning of the season.
Of course.
Arsenal are not the same Arsenal that started the season.
But who makes their recent state seem a little unstable?
on the virtual training ground.
Yelo has recently been studying how to integrate [Beckenbauer's experience] with modern football and his own football abilities.
In the cup, Yello is doing these experiments.
On the field, nothing is simply piled up.
How can you exert your greatest energy.
This in itself requires continuous competition to accumulate and summarize.
The experience value from Beckenbauer will undoubtedly help Yeluo complete this work faster.
Liverpool in this game is a fresh opponent for Yello.
They are completely different than they were at the beginning of the season and are in very good form.
It is certainly not easy to defeat such a team, but Arsenal must do this, because if they continue to lose points, it is very likely that they will be widened by Manchester United and Manchester City.
(End of chapter)
