"My God! It's happened! A four-goal haul in the Champions League!!"
"Four goals single-handedly! This is terrifying—throughout all of Champions League history, this is something you can count on one hand!"
In the Chinese broadcast booth, commentator Zhan Jun had his hands on his head, eyes wide in disbelief.
"In the Champions League, the only players to score four in a single match were Van Basten, Inzaghi, and in this century Van Nistelrooy and Shevchenko!"
"Every single one of them was the undisputed spearhead of their teams!"
"And now Kai has achieved the same feat—but as a midfielder! This is truly a historic moment!"
The broadcast studio back home erupted in chaos!
"With that goal, Kai's tally in this season's Champions League has already reached a monstrous 20 goals!"
"Seven Champions League matches, twenty goals!"
"An average of nearly three goals per match!!"
"What kind of terrifying scoring efficiency is this?!"
Zhan Jun's voice was shaking with disbelief.
Fans back home were in a frenzy of heated discussion!
Meanwhile, at the stadium itself—
After Kai's stunning free-kick goal, the referee's final whistle soon echoed above the Mestalla!
Full-time!
The first leg of the Champions League Round of 16!
Arsenal, away from home, crushed La Liga powerhouse Valencia 5–0!
In their very first knockout-round match of the campaign, the Gunners delivered a ruthless demolition, sweeping aside one of Spain's "Big Three," the Bats, with terrifying dominance!
After the match, the Mestalla completely transformed into a temple of Arsenal celebration!
Endless cheers surged into the night sky above the stadium!
And Kai—
Once again, he was the absolute protagonist of the night, driving fans into sheer madness!
At the post-match press conference—
Emery sat at the table, his expression utterly dejected.
"This was a disastrous night. The match completely slipped out of our control."
A reporter twisted the knife:
"This was Valencia's first encounter with an English Premier League side this season. To be torn apart 5–0 at home—can you feel the difference, the gap, between La Liga and the Premier League?"
Emery's face instantly darkened.
"This has nothing to do with whether they're from the Premier League! It's simply because Arsenal have Kai! That terrifying player completely dictated the flow of the game!"
"Even if Kai weren't in the Premier League but in La Liga instead, he would dominate this league all the same! Do you understand? It's purely this monstrous player—he alone decided the match!"
"We simply cannot contain him!"
Emery dropped the microphone and stormed out of the media room, face like thunder.
The room erupted into a stir.
From just the first leg of a Champions League knockout tie,
this La Liga manager already seemed to have his confidence shattered by Kai.
He even declared that if Kai played in Spain,
he would dominate La Liga just as he now ruled the Premier League!
Meanwhile, in Arsenal's media room—
Wenger didn't linger long.
He picked out the key point: Kai's breathtaking display.
"As a midfielder, to score four goals in a single Champions League match! I don't think I need to add more. This is the mark of a truly era-defining player—Kai's ceiling is unimaginable!"
"This season, under the leadership of our legendary Ballon d'Or winner, Arsenal will create a grand legacy that will be remembered in the club's history!"
The press room exploded in excitement!
"5–0! Arsenal obliterate the Bats! Gunners unleash a five-goal massacre against La Liga giants!"
"Four goals and one assist! Kai leads Arsenal to conquer the Mestalla!"
"The first midfielder in Champions League history to score four in a single match!"
"Seven matches, twenty goals! The undisputed King of the Champions League!"
"Emery admits post-match: If Kai played in La Liga, he would dominate Spain as well!"
After the Valencia game, the entire European football world erupted into heated discussion!
This was a jaw-dropping, terrifying scoreline!
In their very first Champions League knockout tie against a La Liga opponent,
Arsenal, led by Kai, ruthlessly cut through Valencia, blasting five goals away from home!
At the Mestalla—the so-called temple of La Liga—
they demolished one of Spain's "Big Three," the Bats!
And in this match,
Kai's performance sent European fans and media into absolute frenzy!
A four-goal haul in the Champions League!
Twenty goals in seven matches!
These staggering numbers shook the football world to its core!
Arsenal's first battle against La Liga this season had ended in a statement win of unstoppable dominance!
Many in the media began to speculate:
If third-placed Valencia could be destroyed like this,
then what would happen if Arsenal met Real Madrid or Barcelona, Spain's true giants, in the knockout rounds?
Debate across Europe surged to new heights.
But while the Champions League victory was still fresh, Arsenal's packed February schedule showed no signs of slowing.
The matches kept coming, one after another.
Just two days later—
February 5th, Premier League Round 23!
Arsenal returned to the Emirates,
hosting relegation-threatened Blackburn.
After 22 rounds, Blackburn and Wolves sat rock-bottom, 19th and 20th in the table,
practically doomed to relegation already.
For this match, Wenger rotated heavily.
Kai led Arsenal's second-string lineup.
The result?
A 7–1 demolition of bottom-placed Blackburn!
Kai once again delivered a double hat-trick in the Premier League:
three goals, three assists!
Giroud, starting up front, also scored a hat-trick.
Walcott netted a beautiful one-on-one finish!
And with his three assists in this match,
Kai's Premier League assist tally for the season officially hit a terrifying 60!
Arsenal continued extending their unprecedented winning streak across Europe's top five leagues!
English football was in shock!
Three days later—
February 9th, Premier League Round 24!
Arsenal once again played at home,
this time against Norwich City.
Norwich's players and fans were already numb.
How many times had they faced Kai's teams now?
Last season, they were double-killed by Kai's Crystal Palace.
This season, in the league's first half,
they were destroyed 6–0 by Arsenal under Kai.
Then, not long ago in the FA Cup fourth round,
Kai's Arsenal thrashed them 5–0!
And now, once again in the Premier League,
they walked into the Emirates,
greeted by an avalanche of noise from the Gunners' faithful.
By halftime, Norwich were already down 3–0!
Kai: one goal, two assists!
Even with a half-rotated squad, Arsenal were running riot again!
On the touchline, Norwich's manager looked utterly broken.
He no longer even hoped his side could trouble Arsenal—
he just prayed for the match to end quickly.
The second half was no different—
utterly one-sided.
The mid-table newly promoted side had no way to resist this Arsenal machine.
By full time, Kai had two goals and two assists!
Arsenal cruised to a 4–0 victory with their rotated squad.
The Gunners' Premier League winning streak stretched to a terrifying 24 matches!
The whole of European football was in uproar!
Twenty-four straight wins!
After 24 rounds,
Kai had scored 55 goals,
and delivered an astonishing 62 assists!
He sat unchallenged at the top of both the scoring and assists charts across Europe's top five leagues,
crushing all competition!
Arsenal's super captain, the youngest Ballon d'Or winner in history,
was still, in front of fans and media alike,
madly shattering the limits of what a "football genius" could achieve!
And with Round 24 of the Premier League done,
Arsenal's next big test loomed—
The FA Cup Fifth Round had arrived!
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Any Crystal Palace supporters here? They recently have had a great run