With Newcastle United losing 1-2 to Stoke City.
All matches of the Premier League's sixth round have concluded.
In this round, apart from Arsenal's earth-shattering goalfest at home against West Brom, the other giants stumbled.
Chelsea, who had won five consecutive matches in the first five League games this season, suffered a strong resistance from the Blue Moon at Etihad Stadium, losing 0-1 and experiencing their first League defeat of the season.
Sunderland, after drawing with Arsenal in the previous round, followed up by drawing with the Red Army Liverpool, with the score being 2-2. The Red Army failed to win again!
This directly resulted in Liverpool having a record of 1 win, 2 draws, and 3 losses since the start of the Premier League season, accumulating only 5 points.
It can be said that only one month into the season, Liverpool can basically declare another season with nothing.
Premier League hegemon Manchester United was held to a draw at home by Bolton Wanderers again in this round.
After six rounds of the Premier League, Manchester United's record is 3 wins and 3 draws, totaling 12 points.
This performance is absolutely unsatisfactory for Manchester United led by Sir Alex Ferguson!
Because the opponents Manchester United drew with in these three matches were Fulham, Everton, and this round's opponent, Bolton Wanderers.
None of these three teams are traditional powerhouses, and Manchester United dropping points against them is truly unacceptable.
Even excluding Everton, whose momentum has been getting stronger in recent years.
Then losing to Fulham and Bolton Wanderers is also unacceptable!
Sir Alex Ferguson's refusal to be interviewed by reporters after the match shows that he was somewhat upset at this time.
Otherwise, he would definitely take advantage of Arsenal's difficult win and Chelsea's first defeat of the season to put more pressure on those two teams.
To put it bluntly, in the eyes of that Scottish Old Man, Manchester United's opponents in the Premier League are only Arsenal and Chelsea.
As for the other teams, he didn't pay them any mind.
Even Manchester City, who had been taken over by oil tycoons for two years, was still that 'noisy neighbor' in his eyes.
The Abu Dhabi group's financial transformation of Manchester City was not yet fully successful in 2010.
So the red-nosed old man would not temporarily regard this nouveau riche as an opponent.
In short, with the end of the Premier League's sixth round, Arsenal overtook Chelsea and temporarily topped the Premier League with 5 wins and 1 draw, accumulating 16 points.
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September 29th.
Arsenal traveled to Eastern Europe to compete against Partizan Belgrade, the hegemon of the Serbian SuperLiga, in the second round of the Champions League group stage.
Taylor had just been invited to attend Milan Fashion Week three days prior, and Fly did not accompany her in order to maintain his form for the Champions League.
Taylor was very understanding of her man, only saying that she wanted to go with him to the Champions League match on the 29th.
Normally, players are not allowed to have family members accompany them when traveling abroad for away matches.
Fly also didn't want to break the team's rules. As the 'Crown Prince' of Arsenal, taking the lead in violating regulations would have a very negative impact on the team's atmosphere.
Fly would not do something that would tie his own hands, so in the end, Taylor and Fly took two flights at different times.
The plane Taylor took was Dad Li's private jet in the United Kingdom, specifically used by Dad Li's family and trusted subordinates when working in Europe.
Taylor came and used it for personal purposes, and Dad Li's subordinates naturally didn't say much.
After all, no matter how trusted a subordinate you are to the boss, you can't compare to the boss's daughter-in-law!
Especially in a situation where the boss only has one son, the comparison is even less favorable.
Partizan Belgrade is located in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.
Belgrade is situated in the heart of the Balkan Peninsula, at the confluence of the Danube and Sava rivers.
To the north, it borders the Middle Danube Plain, the Vojvodina Plain, and to the south, the Šumadija hills, an extension of the Old Mountain range.
Its geographical location is extremely important, serving as a major land and water transportation route for the Danube and the Balkan Peninsula.
It is also an important link between Europe and the Near East, holding significant strategic importance, earning it the title 'Key to the Balkans'.
Belgrade was also the capital and largest city of former Yugoslavia, and the fourth largest city in the Balkan Peninsula, after Istanbul, Athens, and Bucharest.
This city has two famous football clubs: one is Arsenal's opponent this time, Partizan Belgrade, and the other is Red Star Belgrade.
Arsenal's away match this time is at Partizan Stadium, the home ground of Partizan Belgrade.
As soon as Fly got off the plane, he felt the strong football atmosphere here.
For a country like Serbia, which is not a traditional football powerhouse in Europe, the Champions League every year is the club competition that local fans care about the most.
Especially when Serbian teams are drawn against European giants, the local Serbian fans get very excited!
Because they don't go to watch the game expecting to win; they know that with the strength of Serbian teams, participating in the Champions League is mainly about participation.
They are there to watch the giants play, to see the stars perform on the field.
This is the general view of fans in smaller European countries.
And the players of Partizan Belgrade will also perform very relaxed on the field.
Because they have no pressure regarding results!
For them, just being able to participate in the Champions League is a success!
This is just like the China men's national football team; being able to participate in the World Cup is a great success.
As for expecting any kind of result in the World Cup?
Fans who experienced the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup will not hold any illusions.
From this perspective, it's not as simple as imagined for Arsenal to defeat Partizan Belgrade.
Because Arsenal players have burdens; they must win this match!
On the other hand, Partizan Belgrade doesn't care; they can play freely and go all out.
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"Zhuanger TV Station, Zhuanger TV Station, hello everyone, welcome to the second round of the 2010-2011 UEFA Champions League Group H group stage match between Arsenal Football Club from the Premier League and Partizan Belgrade Football Club from the Serbian SuperLiga."
"Let's take a look at the starting lineups for both teams."
"Arsenal is using a 4-4-2 formation in this match."
"Goalkeeper: Fabianski."
"Defenders: Sagna, Varane, Koscielny, Clichy."
"Midfielders: Alexandre Song, Wilshere, Nasri, Rosicky."
"Forwards: Arshavin, Fly."
"And their opponent, Partizan Belgrade, is using a 5-2-3 formation in this match."
"Goalkeeper: Stojković."
"Defenders: Petrović, Skuletić, Aleksandar Marković, Marko Jovanović, Krstajić."
"Midfielders: Medo, Ilić."
"Forwards: Tomić, Cléo, Periša Pešukić."
"This match will be commentated by Duan Xuan and Tao Wei."
"Alright, the match has started. Attacking from the left side of the screen to the right is the home team, Partizan Belgrade, and attacking from the right side to the left is the away team, Arsenal."
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