Arsenal hosted at home.
A 4–0 rout of Aston Villa!
Kai once again completed a Premier League hat-trick!
At the same time, he provided an assist for Giroud, who started the match.
Arsenal's Premier League winning streak now stood at 26 consecutive victories!
Throughout the packed February schedule,
the Gunners maintained their exaggerated perfect record across all competitions!
With this three-goal haul,
Kai's season tally had reached an incredible 60 goals!
He also had 65 assists to his name!
60 goals in 26 Premier League matches!
An average of over 2.5 goals per game!
Such terrifying attacking firepower stunned the European media.
The German press was even more shocked.
They had once witnessed the golden era of Gerd Müller, the Bundesliga legend often hailed as a goal machine.
Yet even Müller only scored 40 goals in an entire Bundesliga season.
This season, with 12 Premier League rounds still to go, Kai had already scored 60 goals!
Such extreme firepower made him a headline regular in media outlets worldwide!
In this year, any media or fan following football
could not escape discussions about Kai.
The youngest Ballon d'Or winner in history, unbreakable individual stats, terrifying commercial value!
Many media outlets declared:
Kai was already the football king of the world.
Amidst constant global discussions,
the season's schedule pressed on.
England's football world stirred once again.
The final match of February approached:
the sensational League Cup final!
This season's League Cup final was once again set at the legendary Wembley Stadium,
a stadium filled with epic history.
Wembley had just hosted last season's Champions League final half a season ago.
A month before that, last season's FA Cup final had also taken place there.
Coincidentally,
both finals had featured Manchester United as one of the finalists.
Now, half a season later,
Manchester United returned to Wembley Stadium.
League Cup final!
United fans took a deep breath.
Facing them tonight
was an opponent that put immense pressure on Red Devils fans worldwide:
Arsenal!
In the first half of the season,
Arsenal had routed United 4–0 at home.
Now, meeting again in the League Cup final,
United was determined to reclaim glory.
They would throw everything into the battle,
to stop Arsenal from achieving their championship revival.
February 25.
All of England's football world was in an uproar.
That night in London, streets and alleys resonated with deafening excitement.
The season's first championship clash in England.
The opponents: the current Premier League first and second.
Kai-led Arsenal
would once again face Sir Ferguson's Manchester United
at Wembley Stadium!
For Kai, Manchester United was already an old rival.
Since his debut, he had faced United twice and won both times.
Last season's FA Cup final:
he led Crystal Palace to a 3–2 comeback victory,
overcoming Manchester United to win the FA Cup.
As for Wembley Stadium,
other Arsenal players might not have been familiar with it.
But Kai?
Half a season ago, he had already played here,
making it feel like a home ground.
Under the London night sky,
Wembley was spectacular, lights blazing.
Arsenal fans near the stadium flooded in first,
filling the 90,000-capacity stadium with the Gunners' terrifying red-and-white wave!
United fans from afar were not to be outdone.
Divided by the north and south stands,
over 40,000 Arsenal and Manchester United fans faced each other,
creating a tremendous roar like an avalanche and tidal wave!
"League Cup final! Arsenal vs. Manchester United!"
"An unusual Red Derby!"
"A collision of Mars and Earth!"
Under the night sky at Wembley, the fervent atmosphere swept across the stadium.
Arsenal fans stood united.
This was Arsenal's closest chance at a title in eight years!
This season, they had an epic player, an Arsenal captain who continually made history!
Tonight,
Kai would lead the Gunners onto the League Cup final stage!
For a team long without silverware,
a championship was desperately needed to stabilize morale.
At the pre-match press conference,
Sir Ferguson sat upright, his expression solemn.
"This match is an extremely important step in Manchester United's championship pursuit this season.
On the cup final stage, overcoming this Arsenal side led by Kai will become a milestone for Manchester United!"
"In this match, we will give Kai world-class defensive treatment.
We will make no mistakes.
The humiliation of conceding four goals at the Emirates earlier this season will not happen again!"
The media room erupted in commotion.
World-class treatment for Kai?
It was clear:
Even a manager with over 20 years of experience like Sir Ferguson
felt real pressure facing this Arsenal team.
At this moment, Kai was like a towering mountain before the Red Devils, even a psychological demon.
United fans were tense.
Could Manchester United overcome Kai's dominance?
Since Kai's debut, no United side had ever defeated a team led by him.
Meanwhile, in Arsenal's media room,
Wenger's gaze was sharp and his tone firm:
"Wembley is Kai's home!
Last season, our captain led a Championship side to defeat Manchester United here!"
"Watch closely—Arsenal's first title in eight years will be born tonight!
And our young Gunner King will ascend once again under the eyes of nearly 100,000 fans!"
The journalists in the room erupted in excitement.
The clock struck seven.
Under the London night sky, Wembley Stadium shone brightly.
Arsenal's classic red-and-white flags, emblazoned with guns,
intertwined with Manchester United's Red Devils flags,
fluttered frenetically above the pitch.
The frenzied roar erupted from all corners of the stadium.
Nearly 100,000 fans gathered,
all there to witness this epic League Cup final.
With drumbeat-like war cries,
Kai and Vidic led their respective Arsenal and Manchester United squads out of the player tunnel.
The Wembley crowd's roaring frenzy reached its peak at that moment.
The pre-match entrance ceremony quickly ended.
Both teams lined up in their respective halves.
Under the London night sky,
the referee blew the whistle.
2011–12 League Cup Final—officially underway!
The mountain-and-tsunami-level roar exploded from the stands
and spiraled wildly over Wembley Stadium!
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