My light shines on Arsenal

Chapter 205 Benfica’s Challenge
Robin van Persie slowly sat down on the lawn. He saw Sir Alex Ferguson's face turned ferocious with anger, and the Scotsman roared on the sidelines.

The score of [-] to [-] undoubtedly declared the end of Manchester United's hopes of reversal. However, under the angry urging of the Manchester United coach, the Manchester United players still managed to cheer up and pretended to fight Arsenal to the end.

"It doesn't make any sense, does it?" Szczesny smiled, stretched his body, and kicked the ball to Van Persie.

The ball rolled to Van Persie's side. The Dutchman shook his head, put his hands on his knees, stood up slowly, and kicked the ball towards the center circle.

"I don't regret it very much." Van Persie's eyes were complicated, "I just obeyed..."

"The little boy in your heart?" the Polish goalkeeper patted the shoulder of the top scorer he once admired. "Go back, Robin, go back to your teammates. The game is not over yet."

The remaining ten minutes passed in a blink of an eye for the fans at Old Trafford. The Red Devils' die-hard fans roared in anticipation of their home team completing the reversal, but every attack came to nothing.

Manchester United's only offensive method is to keep driving the ball towards Arsenal's penalty area, and Arsenal players also timely recovered to their own half to engage in last-minute offense and defense with Manchester United.

"They're not good at this." Juan Lillo breathed a long sigh of relief, "We can almost celebrate the victory."

"Juan is right." Bergkamp sat leisurely, whistling and watching the game. "There is nothing more pleasant than taking away a victory at Old Trafford."

Chen Yao did not sit down, he insisted on standing on the sidelines and watched the entire game.

Not far away, Ferguson was also standing on the sidelines with his arms folded, watching the time go to the end minute by minute.

The referee's whistle blew.

There is no more "Ferguson time", no miracle of stoppage time.

Manchester United lost [-]-[-] to Arsenal.

Their lead over Manchester City has shrunk to almost negligible proportions, and the situation in the final three rounds of the Premier League has become interesting again.

"Wonderful game." In the Sky Sports studio, Martin Taylor and Hasselbaink were chatting, waiting for the end of the live broadcast. "Sir Alex Ferguson's key battle for the championship ended in failure, and the ownership of the Premier League championship was uncertain. It’s suspenseful.”

"Yes Martin," Hasselbaink said with a smile, "if - I mean if -"

"Jamie, do you mean Arsenal?"

"Yes, if Arsenal can be more stable this season, perhaps the team that suddenly emerges to compete for the championship is Arsenal."

"Coach Chen Yao has brought us a lot of surprises and shocks. No one expected that Arsenal would recover so quickly this season. It seems that he will bring a new era to this team."

"Yes, it is an era that is different from the past, but also has many similarities...Arsenal has already secured the top three in the league, and their only pursuit this season is the Europa League."

……

In the post-match press conference, the Arsenal and Manchester United coaches formed a sharp contrast.

"You seem to be in a very good mood, coach Chen Yao." The reporter interviewing the Arsenal coach joked, "Congratulations on your victory. It seems that it has a high status in your mind." "I am very happy to be here. To win at Old Trafford, you know, beating Manchester United at home is a difficult thing."

Chen Yao pointed to his ears and said with a smile: "I was almost deafened by the shouts of the fans here. We had several opportunities to kill the game, but we failed to seize them. Fortunately, we finally caught it. Chance."

"Coach Chen Yao, do you have any opinion on the referee's decision?" The reporter smiled, "Maybe your team should get a penalty kick."

"I respect the referee's decision. Mistakes are inevitable in every game, aren't they?" Chen Yao said with a smile, "But it will not change the final result. We came to Old Trafford and we won Victory, that’s it.”

Instead, Ferguson's press conference was serious and brief.

"We shouldn't have lost this game. Our offensive organization was poor and we missed a lot of chances in front of goal. Arsenal's goalkeeper, that lad did a great job and if it wasn't for his performance, we might have been able to do it earlier. Kill the game.”

"There were some sloppy moments in our defense and Arsenal seized the opportunity. Their offense was very good. They dared to invest a lot of manpower and run without hesitation, and their tacit understanding and thinking were amazing. Of course. , they are also the luckier side."

"My players? They gave their all. No one needs to be blamed and if there is, it's me. There's no doubt we have to turn this around. We're still in the lead and our destiny is in our hands. We have it in our hands and I believe in the ambition of my players.”

Ferguson did not criticize Manchester United's players at the press conference. He knew that at such a moment, he could say anything in the dressing room, but after walking out of the dressing room, he had to defend his players.

A little bit of psychological shock may break the will of the entire team.

39 years of coaching have made Ferguson old and tired. He has accumulated enough experience in his long life to know what to do when.

But he was tired.

What he wants now is to retire with success, to end his brilliant coaching career with the Premier League championship trophy, instead of being so angry on the sidelines like now, letting the rising blood pressure hit his blood vessels, and then because of a game He failed and was questioned by reporters.

"Speaking of which, Mr. Ferguson, is Coach Chen Yao the youngest coach to have defeated you? There is an age gap of more than 40 years between you." A reporter asked.

Ferguson's expression quickly turned gloomy. He looked at the reporter and uttered a few words coldly: "Young man, you have to understand that when you are over 70 years old, you can still be sitting here and still have the old special skills." Rufford’s respect, that’s the hardest thing.”

After Ferguson finished speaking, he left the venue. However, there was another thought looming in the old Scottish man's mind.

But when he was less than 30 years old, he could not conquer Old Trafford.

……

The situation in the Premier League has basically settled, and the competition between Manchester United and Manchester City has become the final suspense of the Premier League this season.

Arsenal's defeat of Manchester United has continued the suspense until now. This is something that Premier League officials like to see because it can maximize the league's attention.

After defeating Manchester United in midweek, Arsenal met their last opponent on the road to the Europa League final: Benfica.

(End of this chapter)