During halftime, Sky Sports commentators were still fiercely debating Varane's goal conceded due to a mistake in the final moments of the first half.
"You know, Rafael is only 17 this year, he's even younger than Fly, it's normal to make mistakes playing in the Premier League for the first time."
"We need to give him enough time, at least from this game we can see that Rafael possesses excellent running and jumping abilities."
"His talent is visible to the naked eye, and his future development will definitely not be inferior to Vermaelen!"
Martin Tyler was very optimistic about Varane and began to defend him.
Andy Gray, on the other hand, held a different view:
"I don't think it's a wise choice to have a 17-year-old kid as the starting central defender for a top club."
"Arsène is too impatient; defenders aren't like forwards who can stand out with just a flash of brilliance."
"Defenders need to grow through continuous match experience."
"He's treating Rafael like Fly, which is quite ill-advised."
"Arsenal clearly has other excellent defenders to choose from, why does Arsène insist on a 17-year-old kid starting?"
Hearing Andy's last sentence, Martin couldn't help but mock:
"Please, Arsenal has other excellent defenders to choose from?"
"What kind of bad joke is that."
"Anyone who knows Arsenal knows that currently, the only defenders Arsenal has who are presentable are Koscielny and Vermaelen."
"Now that Vermaelen has been ruled out for the season, Arsenal has no one left to use besides Rafael."
"As for Squillaci, the number 18 signed for 4 million pounds this summer, that's simply a joke!"
"I heard that he displayed all sorts of poor performances during Arsenal's internal training matches, which directly made Arsène not even have the courage to put him on the field for a game."
"It's fair to say that although this season has just started less than a month ago, I can already conclude that this 4 million pound transfer has completely failed!"
"Think about it, Arsène would rather play 17-year-old Rafael than Squillaci, who was bought for 4 million pounds; you can imagine how poor the latter is!"
....
The argument in the studio did not affect the Arsenal players in the locker room at all.
Regarding Varane's mistake, Wenger didn't say much; instead, he praised him for several good defensive plays in the first half.
Varane found that the Boss didn't criticize him, and the tension he had been holding in his heart couldn't help but ease.
As long as the coach didn't dwell on it, his psychological pressure would be significantly reduced.
After the second half began.
Bolton Wanderers defender Steinsson committed a foul on Fly at the edge of the penalty area arc, receiving a yellow card, and the referee also awarded Arsenal a free kick.
Fabregas made a slight adjustment, the ball curled over the wall, just slightly high above the crossbar.
In the 63rd minute of the match.
Fabregas once again played a through ball that penetrated Bolton Wanderers' backline defense.
Fly sped up, preparing to run forward to receive the ball for a one-on-one chance, but he was pulled down from behind by the prepared Gary Cahill.
Because Cahill ruined an excellent one-on-one chance for Arsenal, he was immediately shown a red card and sent off by the referee!
Bolton Wanderers instantly became 10 men playing against 11.
Seeing Fly pulled down, Wenger was afraid he would get injured again, so he quickly substituted him.
The Moroccan Chamakh came on to replace Fly.
Seeing himself substituted, Fly felt a bit annoyed.
Because if not for that pull from behind, he could very likely have scored a brace again!
As a result, he was substituted after scoring only one goal in this match, which was the first time Fly had scored only one goal in a single game since arriving in the Premier League.
It was truly a cliff-like decline!
Although this perception is very 'Versailles' (humblebragging), if other players knew about it, they would probably curse Fly to death.
But this was an undeniable fact!
Because Fly has only played 4 League games so far, the previous three were two braces and one hat-trick.
Only in this game did he score just one goal.
In total, he has scored eight goals in four League games, averaging two goals per game.
Hiss, looking at it this way, you really don't know until you calculate it, and when you do, it's shocking!
Currently, Drogba, who ranks second in the Premier League top scorers list, has only scored 4 goals, which is half of Fly's goal count!
For a moment, Fly didn't know if scoring in the Premier League was too easy, or if he was stronger than he thought!
Of course, this also has something to do with Arsenal's schedule.
After all, in the first four League games, apart from the opening match against Liverpool, which could barely be considered a 'clash of giants',
The other three games were basically 'fishing' (beating weaker teams easily).
In fact, strictly speaking, playing Liverpool was also a kind of alternative 'fishing'.
If they encounter strong teams consecutively later on, Fly's goal efficiency will definitely be discounted.
However, being able to consistently beat weaker teams is not a simple matter in itself.
Because the competition for the League championship is essentially not about who wins more clashes of giants, but about whose ability to beat weaker teams is more consistent.
The reason Arsenal hasn't won the championship in recent years is because their level of beating weaker teams is not as good as Manchester United and Chelsea.
The teams managed by Sir Alex Ferguson and José Mourinho have always been very consistent at beating weaker opponents.
In contrast, Wenger is far behind in this regard.
Fly vaguely remembered that in his previous life, the reason Arsenal eventually fell to fourth place this season was because they collapsed in the later stages.
In the 9 games from the 30th round of the Premier League to the last round, Arsenal only won two games!
What does this mean?
In 9 League games, the maximum possible points they could have obtained is twenty-seven.
However, Wenger only obtained a pathetic ten points in the last 9 games, dropping seventeen points!
This also includes the three points Manchester United 'gave' to Arsenal in the second leg because they had already secured the League championship early.
In other words, the number of wins Arsenal truly earned through their own strength was only one!
And how many points did Arsenal trail the season's champions, Manchester United, by in the end?
Twelve points!
Which is four wins!
If Arsenal had just performed decently in the last month or so, it's hard to say who would have won the championship.
Thinking of this, Fly suddenly felt that his playing style was indeed suitable for beating weaker teams.
With his addition this season, Arsenal is fully capable of challenging for the Premier League title.
"Ah, in the end, it still depends on my performance!" Fly thought smugly to himself.
Back to the match.
After Gary Cahill was shown a red card and sent off, the Bolton Wanderers manager quickly substituted striker Petrov and brought on defender Andy O'Brien.
In the 72nd minute of the match.
Wenger made another adjustment, substituting Wilshere and bringing on Diaby to strengthen the midfield defense.
In the 78th minute of the match.
Arshavin received the ball on the edge of the penalty area and laid it back, Alexandre Song set up the shot, and scored with a long-range effort, extending Arsenal's lead to 3:1.
In the 83rd minute of the match.
Fabregas and Arshavin played a wall pass at the edge of the penalty area arc, Arshavin ran into the box, faced the rushing goalkeeper, and gently passed the ball to the far post.
Substitute Chamakh faced a wide-open goal and gently tapped the ball into the net, securing Arsenal's 4:1 victory.
Accompanied by the final whistle, consisting of two short blasts and one long, Arsenal defeated Bolton Wanderers 4:1 at home, achieving four consecutive League wins.
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