Even though Lei Yu was sent off, in the last few minutes, the Gunners still showed unparalleled dominance and dominated Tottenham, who had no fighting spirit at all.
With a score of 2 to 1, this smoke-filled North London derby officially came to an end.
With Lei Yu's brace, Arsenal defeated their opponents in the away game and asserted their dominance on their opponents' territory.
Before the game, the media gave various predictions for this much-anticipated North London Derby.
Especially based on the two games of Arsenal 2-8 Manchester United and Tottenham 5-0 Liverpool, almost everyone looked down on Arsenal and believed that the North London Derby should change its color.
Some people also speculated that without Van Persie as a breakthrough point, the Gunners' offensive capabilities would be greatly reduced, and the Gunners would have to find another way.
But they really didn't expect that Lei Yu would dominate the game alone and become the key to the Gunners' reversal.
After Lei Yu scored the second goal, all the highlights before this game became insignificant.
Whether it was Tottenham's midfield cooperation or Lei Yu's own single shot past the goalkeeper, it was less than one ten thousandth of Lei Yu's midfield lob.
With Beckham's foreshadowing, this goal was given countless emotional points.
When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the fans of the visiting team were still shouting Lei Yu's name at the top of their lungs, even though he himself had returned to the locker room.
On the territory of their mortal enemy, gun fans vented and celebrated unbridled.
After this battle, they have fallen in love with Lei Yu to the core, even no worse than Henry back then.
Just imagine, what could be more attractive than Derby medals such as goals, counterattacks, and red cards?
When every gun fan faces the camera, he will say from the bottom of his heart: "Oh, you bastard, I love thunder so much!"
At the post-match press conference, Lei Yu appeared in front of the media with Wenger wearing a clean jersey.
Even so, the media could smell a hint of champagne from Lei Yu's wet hair.
In the locker room just now, Lei Yu, who won the MVP of the game, almost took a shower with champagne!
In front of many media reporters, Wenger did not hesitate to praise Lei Yu from head to toe.
Reporters knew that Arsenal was serious this time.
Not only did they want Lei Yu to defeat his opponents on the court, they also began to create a new image for Lei Yu off the court.
Think about it, Lei Yu has an advantage that Vieira, Henry, Gilberto Silva and Fabregas do not have.
That means Lei Yu is a product of Arsenal’s own youth training!
After Lei Yu made his statement at the press conference, all London fans began to notice that Arsenal's resources began to be tilted towards Lei Yu.
The special Derby jersey, peripheral products, image endorsements and publicity have been greatly increased. Now on the streets of London, you can see a huge poster of Lei Yu within two steps.
Whether he is repairing shoes or selling food, Lei Yu can always appear in front of tourists wearing Arsenal uniform.
Not only that, Arsenal’s official website also had a carousel of Lei Yu’s goal highlights for several days.
The fans also happily praised it. In their words, every time they see Lei Yu's goal, they feel the urge to worship!
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Arsenal defeated Tottenham in the derby. Lei Yu scored two wonderful goals in the game. This is no longer news.
"Sky Sports" and other media have repeatedly compared Lei Yu's lob kick with Beckham's kick back then in their programs.
The conclusion is that although the distance of Lei Yu's lob is not as good as Beckham's, from the technical difficulty point of view, Lei Yu almost completely defeated Beckham.
When Beckham kicked that kick, there was no defender in front of him.
He took the ball one step forward, adjusted it, and then succeeded in lobbing the ball from a long distance.
But Lei Yu is different.
Lei Yu was almost on the verge of losing the ball before he kicked off. Tottenham players double-teamed and pressed him in all directions. If he was not careful, he might lose the ball.
Under such circumstances, Lei Yu darted from left to right, accelerated from the front of the sideline and then directly launched a lob, catching everyone off guard.
Even Alan Shearer, who was a guest, immediately said after seeing Lei Yu's goal that if he were in Lei Yu's position, let alone shooting directly from such a long distance, it would be nice to be able to protect the ball!
Precisely because of Beckham's goal for comparison, Lei Yu's shot was directly selected as the Premier League's best goal of the decade. In addition, there are various other highlights.
The most famous among them is Puskas.
There have been many midfielder lob goals around the world in the past season, but this one is the only one that can score a lob while being chased and intercepted by many opponents!
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In a derby match, Lei Yu gained a lot of honors.
With Arsenal interested in cultivating Lei Yu into the new spearhead, Arsenal immediately appealed against Lei Yu's red card after the game.
the reason is simple.
You, the referee, can go across half-court and personally pick up a water bottle that fell on the field. Why can't our players go to the corner and pick up a pair of pure cotton pants that may affect the rolling of the football?
It's also about clearing away debris in the field. Why can you, the referee, do it but our players can't?
Is this too much of a double standard?!
After Arsenal called on a large group of fans to condemn the incident, the FA responded on the third day.
The FA's response angered Arsenal fans, who dismissed Arsenal's appeal.
The reason is also very simple, it is this matter: "We referees can do it, but you players can't!"
Not only that, the FA also imposed more comprehensive penalties on Lei Yu for this game.
Among them, Lei Yu was directly fined 10,000 yuan for his contempt for the home team fans and snatching the referee's penalty tools.
As for the red card, the Football Association did not exempt Lei Yu from the red card, but directly declared the red card valid and banned him for one game.
This announcement immediately aroused dissatisfaction among Arsenal fans. Arsenal immediately launched a public relations campaign and announced that the fine would be paid by the club.
Amid the anger of gun fans, the Football Association issued another announcement one after another.
This time, it is a punishment imposed on the referee of this game.
The reason was that "the law enforcement was unfair and the punishment was somewhat biased." Not only was the referee fined 20,000 yuan, but the referee's referee certificate was also temporarily withheld. He would need to take a re-examination before he can return to the game. That would be half a season at the earliest.
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The Football Association's method of each taking responsibility has been around for a long time. Their tenet has always been "No one can appeal, I am the boss", "Both of you are at fault and you both have to pay me a fine"!
Seeing that the referee had also been punished, the excited Gunners fans calmed down and focused on the game again.
As for Lei Yu himself, he went to the hospital to take a CT scan after the game, and the result shocked everyone present.
Modric almost injured Lei Yu's Achilles tendon with a shovel. Fortunately, Lei Yu's skin was rough and thick, so he only had a large piece of flesh shoveled off and escaped the disaster.
After Wenger learned the truth of the matter, he immediately chose to give Lei Yu a holiday. In this way, Lei Yu received his first red card in his career in exchange for his first holiday at Arsenal.