Fight for the four demons and return to your place?

Affected by COVID-19 's epidemic, only Leeds United and Arsenal played successfully in the six Premier League games on Saturday. Arsenal beat Leeds 4-1 away from home after a frenzied half-court malaise at Elland Road. Scoring 4 goals, ranking 4th and leading by 4 points, the familiar feeling of the fans came back. After experiencing all the sufferings at the start of the season, the Gunners who found their form seem to have become the "four demons" again.

When it comes to Arsenal's fourth place, the story can be told for three days and three nights. Once upon a time, Arsenal were the super team wrestling with Manchester United in the Premier League, unbeaten in 49 league games, but after spending a lot of money to build the Emirates Stadium, they had no choice but to embark on a "long way to pay off their debts". The day-to-day days of the unbeaten team turned into selling captains, and winning the league title has become an extravagant hope that they can barely make a living by qualifying for the Champions League.

As we all know, the Premier League has four Champions League places for a long time, and Arsenal have just become a regular visitor. From 2010 to 2014, the Gunners ranked third in the Premier League three times in six seasons and fourth in the Premier League three times. No matter how difficult the situation was, the Gunners always managed to win a place in the Champions League at the last minute. Over time, the name of "fighting for the four Demons" spread widely.

However, Arsenal, famous for its beautiful football, have not been at the top of the stage since they were beaten 5-1 by Bayern Munich in the 17th season of the Champions League in 2016, simply for the reason that the four demons were ousted from the altar in the league. In 2016, the Gunners finished fifth in the Premier League by one point, then drifted away from the top four. For five consecutive seasons, the manager changed from Ars è ne Wenger to Emery to Arteta, with a tepid record.

The economic investment is not as good as that of the competitors, and they do not have enough mature tactical thinking, and even many Arsenal fans have gradually accepted that Arsenal will miss the Champions League for a long time. At the start of the season, such pessimism was particularly strong-the Gunners lost to promoted Brentford in the first three rounds of the Premier League, and then fell to the position of deputy monitor after defeating Chelsea and being bloodwashed by Manchester City respectively. Gun fans can only weep silently as their arch-rival Tottenham Spurs topped the table at the same time.

Three and a half months ago, almost everyone believed that Arsenal would be as lifeless as they have been in the past two seasons, ending up in the middle of the league. But the situation in the Premier League is always hard to guess. Arteta completed his redemption at the height of the end of the class, and he watched Ole Gunnar Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who is also the manager of the DNA, become more secure, for no other reason-the Gunners rebounded.

Since the beginning of September, Arsenal seem to have changed their team. They first won a series of three consecutive league games, surpassed Tottenham unexpectedly in the scoreboard, and then won 10 consecutive victories in all competitions on many fronts, until they met the powerful Liverpool. After that, Arteta's team suffered three defeats in four rounds, which seemed to return to the malaise at the beginning of the season, but soon put things right again.

In the 16th round of the Premier League, when Arsenal beat Southampton 3-0 at Emirates Stadium, the Gunners played a long-lost mercury pool, making people sigh that "beautiful football is back"; in the 17th round of the Premier League, Arsenal beat four direct rivals West Ham United 2-0 at home, the scene was also overwhelmingly dominant, and then that night, the Gunners won a 4-1 victory in Leeds.

Martinelli's strong shot in the penalty area and a single goal ignited the passion of gun fans, and Saka's refraction put an end to the suspense of the game in the first half, although Rafinia used penalty kicks to bring back a city for the White Rose. But soon Erdergao completed the line with Smith Luo, who shot from the air to seal the victory. If you only look at the first half, it seems to be an one-sided game, but even if there are twists and turns in the second half, Arsenal still win easy freehand brushwork. It is worth mentioning that Martinelli's goal was the 7000th goal in the Gunners' history.

With the scoreboard set at 1-4 at Elland Road, Arsenal once again had a taste of victory, and on this night, people enjoyed not only wonderful goals, but also a kind of renewed passion. Of course, Leeds fans are also worthy of respect, in a bad situation of three consecutive defeats and 14 goals, they are singing for their team until the end, a perfect interpretation of football belief has nothing to do with winning or losing loyal philosophy.

In this way, Arsenal have won their third straight win in the Premier League this season. In the past three games, they have scored nine goals and conceded only one goal, regaining the feeling of a strong team. In the case of competitors being bothered by COVID-19 and constantly postponing the competition, the former "four demons" have returned to their familiar position. While returning to courage in the competition, the top management of the club also seems to be getting tough. Obame Yang, who has repeatedly violated the team rules, has been stripped of the captain's armband, showing the determination of the gunmen to administer the army strictly.

There is no doubt that Arsenal are in a wonderful period at the moment, but it is obviously irrational to talk about revival with just three months of performance. You know, five times this season against the big6 team, the Gunners' record is 1-4, the only defeat is the flagging Tottenham at that time, the other four games, suffered a complete defeat and two tragedies, only 2-3 defeat to Manchester United can be said to be a failure.

After a long trough, the road to return to the first group is doomed to be long, but fans can embrace the beauty of the moment. At that moment, red and white came into the eyes and eventually turned into a pious follower. Maybe Arsenal will eventually miss the top four, and maybe the track of recovery will take many years to look for, but it is always a good thing to have hope. Time is long and accompanied by warmth. May Arsenal keep this beauty for a long time. This is the youthful memory of a generation of fans.