"Given the several errors made by Phillips Townkinson's coaching staff in the FA Cup match, the following penalty is imposed..."
Following their match against Stoke City, Arsenal received some good news: the FA has finally delivered a satisfactory verdict regarding the unfair treatment they suffered in their previous FA Cup match against Leicester City, with the refereeing team receiving a six-match ban.
Wenger also gave positive praise to the FA's response in front of the media.
At least receiving a response is a good result, unlike sometimes when many teams' appeals seem to disappear without a trace.
The FA's inaction is well-known; they only care about how to make the Premier League more influential and how to attract more investors to the Premier League.
On April 6, 2018, in the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals, Arsenal hosted Russian Premier League giants CSKA Moscow at the Emirates Stadium.
The match attracted a large number of fans, and the stadium was packed with people, creating a lively and enthusiastic atmosphere.
CSKA Moscow was founded in 1911 and has a history of over a century. The team has won the Soviet League title seven times, the Russian Cup five times, and the Russian Super Cup six times, among other honors.
In addition, the team has participated in the UEFA Champions League many times and achieved remarkable results.
It is worth mentioning that the former "Tsar" Arshavin came from this club.
He was renowned for his exceptional dribbling skills and goal-scoring instincts, and is considered one of the greatest players in Russian football history.
But times have changed, and it seems that the once-prodigy is about to retire.
Because the captain hadn't been in good form these past two days, he wasn't included in the starting lineup for this match. Lei Ming once again took on the responsibility of captain, leading the team to shake hands with each of the opponents.
CSKA Moscow has consistently performed well in European competitions, making them a tough opponent. Therefore, Wenger advised his players to be a little more cautious at the start of the game.
He plans to have the team score as many goals as possible in this match, giving the players as much rest time as possible. After all, playing away against CSKA Moscow is not easy, and playing at home at least gives them some advantages.
After the match started, Arsenal's players tried to probe the defense as instructed by their manager, but unexpectedly, they scored a goal in less than five minutes.
After receiving the ball, Bellerin made a run down the wing. When he was blocked by the defenders, he passed the ball to Ramsey. Although Ramsey was running, he had already observed the positions of his teammates, so he easily passed the ball to Mkhitaryan, who then made a long diagonal pass to the attacking midfielder Aubameyang.
Just when the CSKA Moscow players thought he was going to shoot himself, he made a fake shot and then passed the ball to Lacazette, who followed up and finished the shot.
"Goooooooooooooooooooallll~~~"
"What a beautiful goal! It was absolutely perfect!"
"We Arsenal are skilled in both football and sports, so who dares to say we can't play beautiful football!"
Lacazette ran towards Aubameyang immediately after scoring to thank him for his selfless assist.
"Thank you, Emerick, thank you for the pass! But what I really want is a Premier League goal!"
The opponent could have taken a gamble on that ball, since he had unlimited shooting rights and certainly deserved it. But unexpectedly, Aubameyang selflessly passed it to him, allowing him to finish the shot.
Lacazette was quite excited. The two of them had just discussed it yesterday, and they didn't expect to realize the plan today. Happiness came too quickly, which made him very excited.
Aubameyang hugged him back and patted him on the back, laughing, "Haha, no need to thank me. Your position is better than mine anyway. I don't want to waste such a beautiful attack. Besides, didn't we agree yesterday that I would help you win the Premier League top scorer title? Let's start practicing from this game."
Aubameyang is a very honest person. Since he made a promise yesterday, he will keep it.
He highly approves of Lacazette's character. He knows that the more he helps Lacazette now, the more he might be rewarded next season. Lacazette is not someone who asks for favors easily; he also has his own pride.
Arsenal players embraced each other, celebrating this wonderful moment.
The entire Emirates Stadium erupted when the ball was sent into the CSKA Moscow goal.
No one expected the match to be so exciting right from the start, with the team demonstrating their Premier League dominance in the very first minute against the Russian Premier League giants.
The entire process was almost entirely a series of perfectly coordinated passes, the scene looked so fluid and natural, as if everyone knew exactly where they were supposed to run and who they were supposed to pass to. This kind of football can only be seen in Arsenal in the Premier League.
This powerful penetrating force stunned even the head coach of CSKA Moscow, who had accompanied the team.
He had studied Arsenal's playing style and mentally rehearsed the tactics they might use, but he never expected them to pull this move.
After all, in Arsenal's previous matches, they didn't play possession-based football very often. Most of the time, they relied on simple and direct attacks down the flanks to create opportunities. Their most efficient and frequent method was counter-attacking, where a highly capable goalkeeper would throw out accurate counter-attacking balls to launch quick counter-attacks.
However, the two teams had just started their match when their own team exposed such a fatal weakness.
Faced with Arsenal's well-coordinated penetrating passes, they were completely unable to fight back, which is quite unacceptable for him as the manager.
He never imagined that the gap between his team and Arsenal would be so large.
Although there may be reasons for the attack being delayed, conceding a goal is conceding a goal, and he cannot shirk the responsibility.
Not to mention the opposing coach, even Wenger himself was surprised by the way the goal was scored; the fluid attacking style excited him.
He clenched his fists and hugged his assistant coach, Patrice.
I am very satisfied with the players' performance in this match.
Who says they can't play beautiful football? And who says they can only play beautiful football?
He wanted everyone to know that Arsenal is versatile and that Arsenal never has only one or two attacking strategies!
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