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Chapter 529

Chapter 529

"Good job——" Wenger, who was already squatting on the ground watching the game, saw his most important general live up to expectations and scored a goal. He slapped hard on the lawn, then jumped up with his hands open, and shouted loudly. After scoring the goal, Fabregas rushed down the field excitedly, and then plunged into Wenger's arms.

Thousands of Arsenal fans shouted excitedly and sang Arsenal's team anthem loudly, suppressing the boos of the overwhelmingly dominant Newcastle fans for a while.

"Oh, it's just a draw. These guys probably forgot that a draw also means that the championship is ours..." Pei Wei said sourly. Mourinho has ignored him at this time. Arsenal's offensive ability and desire to win are extraordinary. It is not just luck to get a real goal from Newcastle, which is fully defended.

Fortunately, looking at the expressions of the players, there was no negative emotion such as frustration due to the loss of the ball, and Arsenal would not take advantage of the field in the next game.

Mourinho called Gerrard and gave him a few words of advice. The reason why he called Gerrard was firstly because Gerrard was the closest to Mourinho, and secondly, Gerrard might be the one with the strongest desire to win among the Newcastle players on the field. Moreover, although his position in the team was awkward, he still had a high prestige. When an old player like this waved his hand, there would often be crowds of followers.

The Newcastle players looked at the Arsenal players who were still celebrating with cold eyes. Isn't it just an equalizer?We were able to open the scoring in the first half, then we will definitely be able to score again in the second half!This season belongs to us, no matter how many difficulties you create for us, the final victory will still belong to us!

The theory that Mourinho kept instilling before the game that "this will be a great season for us" had an effect. Although he knew there was no basis for it, the lie became a fact after being repeated thousands of times.

After the game restarted, Newcastle, who had been instructed by Mourinho, washed away their defensive slump and began to attack. Newcastle's offensive ability is also quite fearful for Arsenal, especially when Arsenal's defense is definitely not as good as their offense.

The inserted Maicon broke through Gilbert's defense from the side, and then he did not pass directly, but dribbled the ball inward along the baseline. Vermaelen met him.

"Back to defense!" Taylor yelled in the backcourt, Newcastle's players immediately ran back like a tide, and the offensive players in the frontcourt launched a counterattack to slow down Arsenal's attacking speed.

They succeeded, and when Arsenal managed to organize the ball upfield, Newcastle's defense was all in place.

Wenger was relieved. Newcastle's return to defense was indeed timely, but it also indirectly proved that they were still afraid of offense and were unwilling to be overtaken by Arsenal because they still had the last round of the game. This is good news for Arsenal's defense.

However, Wenger is not satisfied with the result of the draw. What he wants is victory. Only victory can allow him to win the league title, and only victory can give Arsenal a psychological advantage in the Champions League final two weeks later.

A score of one to one is absolutely not enough, what he needs is two to one or even more.

Wenger made a gesture of continuing to attack on the sidelines, allowing the players to take advantage of the momentum of the goal just now to continue to press on the onslaught.

Fabregas was in possession of the ball in the midfield, and the goal just now made him excited. Even though Essien was defending next to him, Fabregas still controlled the ball with ease and was not snatched by him.

Noticing this, Gerrard rushed forward and formed a pincer attack with Essien. This is a dangerous person, and he cannot continue to control the ball like this in the midfield, because he might be able to send a deadly straight pass at any time, creating a good chance for his teammates to score.

Seeing Gerrard rushing over and Bostock defending Nasri, Cesc Fabregas immediately made a beautiful pass and found a gap to pass the ball to the unguarded Wilshere!

Gerrard immediately changed his route and rushed towards Wilshere, but Wilshere didn't take the ball too much, and knocked the ball back again to Fabregas who escaped Essien by running!

Fabregas didn't give Essien another chance to defend, and immediately kicked the goal outside the penalty area. The ball flew into the penalty area with a whistling sound. Taylor rushed over from the side and blocked the ball with his body.

The ball flew back to Cesc Fabregas' feet again, but this time Essien would be dead if he couldn't keep up. He blocked all of Fabregas' shots and saw that several Newcastle players around him had formed a siege.

Bella received the ball, then turned around and wanted to forcefully wipe it into the penalty area. Dawson entangled him and used his strong body to make the slightly thin Bella unable to hold the ball. Seeing that he was forced by Dawson to shoot more and more sideways, and the ball became more and more uncomfortable, Bella had to pass the ball out to Nasri who was catching up from the other side.

Nasri took a shot before Bostock came up, and Taylor reappeared in Arsenal's shooting path, stretching his foot to block the ball out of the baseline.

"Stephen-Taylor! Newcastle's most trustworthy captain!" The live commentator shouted to heighten the atmosphere in the stadium, and the Newcastle fans also applauded collectively, cheering for Taylor's rescue.

Seeing that the team's goal was temporarily out of danger, the people on the Newcastle bench collectively breathed a sigh of relief. Even though Arsenal won a corner kick, Newcastle was not worried at all. The air defense ability of Newcastle's defense was almost a level higher than Arsenal's offensive ability.Except for tactical corner kicks, there is almost no need to worry about Arsenal being able to win the first point by driving directly into the penalty area.

However, Arsenal immediately shocked Newcastle with this corner kick. Bendtner won the corner kick from Nasri in the previous point. The ball hit the near post heavily and then popped out of the baseline.

"Damn it! You have to pay attention when you set the ball! Do you dare to underestimate such an opponent?" Mourinho's fright was no small matter. He jumped up and roared loudly towards the field.

The stimulated Newcastle players launched a counterattack, but Arsenal's defense was also very solid. Long Bisheng barely managed to get to the top, but Ribery's shot was blocked by Eboue with his body, and Arsenal took advantage of the opportunity to launch a counterattack.

The counter-attack was smooth, with a shot almost before Newcastle could get back to the defense. Thanks to Cech, he made a wonderful save and blocked Vela's shot from the baseline with one hand.

"I wasn't defended just now!" Bendtner was a little dissatisfied with Bella's forced shot just now. Bella made an apologetic gesture to Bendtner, expressing understanding.

The end of the game is not far away. The players of both sides are now fully focused on the game, and all selfish distractions have been far away from their minds. What they think about is how to score another goal in the remaining time of the game and completely solve this opponent in the league!

Seeing another corner kick, Newcastle's defense was not careless this time. Dawson jumped up high and pushed the ball far out of the penalty area at the first point.

After the ball was ejected by Dawson, it fell to the feet of Eboue, who stepped forward to assist. When he was about to pass the ball into the penalty area, he was entangled by Messi who was defending back. At this moment, Essien keenly discovered this opportunity.

Great opportunity to fight back!

In this game, Arsenal did not give Newcastle too many opportunities to counterattack quickly. They did a perfect defense after the attack failed.

After stealing the ball, Essien did not pass the ball, but moved the ball forward and began to break through along the side!

Eboue immediately returned to the defense, intending to intercept the ball halfway to make up for it. Just when he was about to catch up with Essien, Essien suddenly stopped suddenly, and then gave the ball to Gerrard who was following up in the middle.

When Gerrard received the ball, Messi, who was still entangled with Eboue in the backcourt just now, Franck Ribery on the left, Bostock in the center, and Long Bisheng, who hadn't returned to defense just now, had already rushed forward collectively, and Long Bisheng, who was running in the front, had even crossed the center line.

"Return to defense!" Wenger jumped up from the ground and shouted loudly.

"Hurry up!" Mourinho and Pei Wei shouted at the same time.

Their shouts were drowned out by the sudden loud noise above the stands. The Newcastle fans were cheering loudly, while the Arsenal fans let out one after another exclamation.

The Arsenal players were not as unprepared as their fans. As soon as Gerrard got a pass from Essien, Cesc Fabregas rushed over from the side. He planned to entangle Gerrard and create opportunities for his teammates to return to the defense. The best defense is to defend against the enemy outside the country.

Gerrard didn't bother with Cesc Fabregas, he passed the ball back to Essien, and then ran forward. Essien made a transition without a pause, and directly distributed the ball to the left. Bell, who then plugged in, received the ball and started running along the side!

Newcastle's counterattack is never just one or two people participating. It is their style to attack collectively and boldly!

Arsenal retreated without chaos, and the entire defensive formation still performed very well in the high-speed return defense. It gradually moved to the left. Bell did not force a breakthrough, but gave the ball to Gerrard. Gerrard shifted again and passed the ball to Bostock.

At the same time, Franck Ribery and Messi, who were originally on the two sides, suddenly rushed from the side to the ribs, causing Arsenal's full-backs to start to return to the penalty area. At this moment, Bostock found the gap between the two sides, and he passed the ball to the right without hesitation!

As Arsenal's defensive formation leaned to the left just now, the full-backs retreated into the penalty area, and there was a huge gap on the right. Maicon, who caught up with the assist in time, received a pass from Bostock, and then began to cut in!

"Maicon has the ball! No one around him is guarding him! There was a mistake in the Arsenal defense on the return!"

Maicon began to forcefully cut in, Gilbert quickly dropped Messi to defend him, and Wilshere, who returned to defend, focused on Messi. At this time, Maicon showed his ability to break through, forced the ball to the bottom line, knocked Gilbert away with his strong body, and smeared into the penalty area along the bottom line!

Arsenal's defensive line was in chaos when they rushed back to defense. Only White was still closely following Long Bisheng. Long Bisheng turned sideways and blocked White behind him. Regardless of White's pull behind him, he pushed hard to the forward point, intending to respond to Maicon's pass.

Several Arsenal players rushed towards Maicon, intending to intercept the ball before he passed the ball, or block his shot with their bodies.

Naturally, Maicon would not be so foolish as to think that he could break through from the double-teaming of several people. His style of breakthrough was open and close. Breakthrough in such a narrow range was not his specialty, so he passed the ball.

The ball passed between the two defenders and flew directly to Long Bisheng's feet. Long Bisheng blocked White behind him, stopped the ball at his feet, and then knocked the ball to the back without looking back.

He doesn't know if there are any players from his team there, but he knows that there are no Arsenal defensive players there!

In fact, this is a part of Newcastle's counterattack tactics that is often practiced. After disrupting the opponent's defense from the wing, there must be players on the other side to respond!

Now the crowd at the front point is densely packed, and correspondingly, there is no one at the back point!

No, there are still people.

Gerrard, who participated in several passes in this attack, appeared in that place. Facing Long Bisheng's pass, all he had to do was lift his foot and shoot...

Ustari just turned his body around, and saw the ball whistling and flying into the goal!

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL—Stephen—Gerrard! He appeared in the position where he should appear most, marking a perfect end to this counterattack! Just a light poke! Compared with the previous pass and cooperation, this shot is not exciting at all, but it is the most important part of this attack! Gerrard's running ability is amazing! His first Premier League title, and now he has done it! If this score is maintained until the end, then Gerrard will win his first league title in his 15-year Premier League career! Gerrard has waited too long for this league title, Stephen, this is what you deserve!"

The commentator of Sky TV made no secret of his praise for Gerrard. Although as a neutral fan, he personally appreciates Arsenal's gorgeous attack, but as an Englishman, he hopes that the captain of the England national team can win a league championship trophy before retiring!

It would be a great pity if the captain of the England national team, who has shown the best competitive state in the past ten years, failed to win a Premier League championship!

After scoring the goal, Gerrard's celebration was also extremely crazy. He roared and rushed to the stands. There was not much joy on his face, but a hideous expression.

This is not only caused by excitement, but also the venting of Gerrard's grievances over the past ten years.

The camera lens clearly captured a tear in Gerrard's eyes. For a moment, even the Arsenal fans in front of the TV were moved by the tears of this football hero.

Seeing Gerrard like this, the other Newcastle players were very interested and did not hinder his personal celebration. They just came up and patted Gerrard on the shoulder when he turned and walked back to express their comfort.

Long Bisheng came up last, Gerrard glanced at him, then smiled, opened his arms and hugged him tightly, thanking him for passing the ball.

"I... didn't know if there was anyone there just now." Long Bisheng said honestly.

"That's why I appeared at that place." Gerald replied in a deep voice.

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"Okay, the league championship is ours." After celebrating, Mourinho turned around and said something awesome.

Although there are still about 10 minutes until the end of the game, after seeing the players celebrating on the field just now, Mourinho has already determined that in the next time, the Newcastle players who have been infected by Gerrard's desire to win the championship will not give Arsenal any chance. You must know that even with Arsenal's offensive ability, if you want to break through Newcastle's defense, you still have to rely on a little luck!

Mourinho firmly believes that Arsenal will not have such luck again!Even if they equalize the score, it just caused some troubles for Newcastle and delayed their championship by a week!

On the other side, Wenger shook his head slightly and closed his eyes.

In the following time, Wenger replaced three people in one breath to strengthen the attack, while Mourinho replaced one person at a time, and another person at a time. Newcastle began to return to defense, trying to pass the time. When the game entered the 3rd minute of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the game!

Two to one, Gerrard scored the most critical goal of the season and won the first league championship in his career as he wished!

(End of this chapter)