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Chapter 660 Chapter 656: Bloodbath Donetsk absenteeism!
That night, Manchester United encountered a strong block from the newly promoted West Bromwich Albion at home, and they finally shook hands with their opponents [-]-[-].

The gap between the Red Devils and Arsenal is getting bigger and bigger.

The next afternoon, another piece of good news came, Chelsea and Villa scored a goalless draw away!

Arsenal lead Chelsea by as many as eight points, and they look like they are riding the dust.

In the championship group, Manchester City beat Blackpool [-]-[-] away, and they tied Chelsea!
Europe once again ushered in a week of double matches, and the midweek Champions League battle resumed.

Some media believe that the real test for Arsenal is coming. They will play two big games in the next four days.

One is the UEFA Champions League home game against Shakhtar Donetsk. The Ukrainian powerhouse is the biggest competitor in the group. They also won two consecutive victories in the first two rounds.

It will be a head-to-head clash between the top two teams in the group.

After this game, Arsenal will go away to challenge Manchester City!
That game will determine whether Arsenal can tie their own unbeaten record of 49 Premier League games!

If they lose at the Manchester City Stadium, they will lose the opportunity to create a new unbeaten record.

The two big battles are coming, and Arsenal fans are both excited and nervous.

There is no such tension in the Arsenal training ground. They have won ten consecutive victories in all competitions in the new season!

The biggest change brought about by the winning streak is that the players have strong confidence.

One less man to fight, can beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, can't Manchester City Football Stadium be crossed?

As for the home game against the Ukrainian powerhouse...the Emirates Stadium is the devil's home game.

Is it difficult to beat them here?
The confidence of the Arsenal players was directly reflected in the interviews with reporters.

Van Persie said: "No matter who the opponent is, we have only one goal now, which is to defeat them!"

Fabregas said: "Our current state is very good, the team has no injuries, and the lineup is neat. These two games are not a big test for us."

The Spaniard certainly didn't expect that what he said would cause him a lot of trouble. Since then, he has become very low-key in front of the media and no longer speaks boldly easily.

At [-] pm on the [-]th, at the Emirates Stadium, the match between Arsenal and Shakhtar Donetsk officially started.

Perhaps for the Premier League game four days later, the Dutch Shuangsha sat on the bench.

After the start of the game, Arsenal launched an attack on the opponent by virtue of their home advantage.

The Ukrainian powerhouse put on a counterattack posture and put most of their energy on defense.

Without Van Persie, the center of the frontcourt, Arsenal's frontcourt operations lost the ease of use in the past; without Chen Fan's sharp breakthrough, Arsenal could not tear apart the opponent's defense simply by relying on cooperation.

In the first half hour of the game, Arsenal had only three shots, which created a record for Arsenal this season.

After witnessing the offense being blocked again and again, Fabregas took the football to the opponent's penalty area in the No. 307 minute of the first half!
The Spaniard broke through two opponents in a row and was about to enter the opponent's penalty area!
Donetsk absentee midfielder Lodigus shoveled and kicked the Spaniard's left ankle with his right foot!

The Spaniard uttered a scream and fell to the turf.

The referee gave Lodigus a red card!
There was chaos on the field, and many players were involved in the conflict.

Fabregas was eventually carried off the pitch and taken to hospital...

The next day, Arsenal officially announced that the Spaniard needed to rest for at least six weeks due to an ankle injury!
This foul made the court full of gunpowder. In the next few minutes of the first half, the players on both sides transformed into boxers and wrestlers...

In just a few minutes, the referee issued four yellow cards in a row!
The two sides ended the first half with a score of zero to zero.

After a 15-minute intermission, players from both sides returned to the court for the decisive battle in the second half.

Arsenal regained their composure after Wenger's intermission adjustment, but Donetsk's absenteeism continued to be a wrestler.

In the 9th minute of the second half, full-back Bogdan Butko received a second yellow card and was sent off!
In the away game, Bogdan Butko could only fight with nine players. Wenger immediately made adjustments and replaced the Dutch Shuangsha on the field at the same time.

This substitution signal tells the world that Arsenal will launch a mad attack!
There was thunderous applause at the Emirates Stadium. The game was too dull in the first half. They hope that the two players can break the deadlock and set off a frenzy of goals.

Chen Fan almost pierced the opponent's goal the first time he touched the ball. His shot from the left side of the penalty area brushed the post and flew out of the baseline.

In the 207th minute of the second half, Arsenal finally broke the deadlock. Song kicked the ball over the head and hit the back. Van Persie, who was standing in an offside position, did not move, and Chen Fan flew from behind him!
Before the football hit the ground, Chen Fan pushed and shot from half sideways!
The football flew past the palm of Donetsk's absentee goalkeeper and flew into the net!
One to zero!

The ball broke Donetsk's psychological defense. Two minutes later, Arsenal made a comeback. Chen Fan crossed the penalty area after breaking through from the wing.

Van Persie leaned on the opponent's defender and pushed with one foot!
Soccer hits the net!

Two to zero!
The Dutch Shuangsha scored successively, and Van Persie helped the team expand its lead.

After the game restarted, Arsenal used a frontcourt press, quickly intercepted the football and launched a blitzkrieg.

Arshavin made a cross from the wing, and the opponent's defender cleared the football out of the penalty area. After Diaby stopped the ball outside the penalty area, he shot a burst!
The football went into the net like a cannonball!

Three to zero!
Arsenal scored three goals in just 3 minutes, and the Emirates Stadium became a sea of ​​joy.

Falling behind by a large score, Donetsk's absenteeism and morale were low. After the game restarted, Arsenal continued to press high.

In the 305th minute of the second half, after receiving a pass from Diaby, Chen Fan handed the football to Sagna who assisted him.

Sarnia and Van Persie in the corner of the penalty area played a cross pass diagonally, two and one, and a kick shot in the penalty area.

The football was blocked by the opponent's goalkeeper, and Arshavin made a supplementary shot!
Four to zero!
Five minutes later, Arshavin made a cross, and Van Persie, who was ambushing in the penalty area, was pushed to the ground by the opponent.

penalty!

Van Persie hit it himself.

Five to zero!
In the No.40 second minute of the second half, the collapsed Donetsk absentee defender made a mistake in his busy schedule and passed the football directly to the feet of Chen Fan in the hinterland. Chen Fan made a direct pass.

Van Persie threw off the opponent's defender, faced the attacking goalkeeper, and pushed and shot in the penalty area!
Six to zero!
Van Persie scored a hat-trick!
In the end, the strong dialogue between the two strongest teams in the group came to an end. Donetsk, who was ranked second before, was defeated by six goals at the Emirates Stadium!

Public opinion was in an uproar. Even if there was a gap between the Ukrainian powerhouse and the Gunners, the gap couldn't be that big.

Are the Gunners too strong, or is Donetsk too weak?

(End of this chapter)