3-0, Premier League, Emirates, 27/12 -09
Fabregas 65, 81,
Diaby 91
Well, there isn't really much to say than one name, Cesc Fabregas.. We didn't look too good in the first half (Cesc was in the bench due to the hamstring problem he picked up against Burnley), but when the captain came in (minute 56), there was a new Arsenal on the pitch!
I don't think it was merely his touch and pass that made the difference, the presence did a lot if you ask me, but of course, without his shooting and passing things wouldn't have taken off.
As mentioned earlier, there isn't much to write about from the first half, but in the second it was all Arsenal, and when Cesc earned us a great free kick opportunity, no one had much to say about who was going to take it.
My dad said just before he struck it that it felt as though it would be a goal, and it was one of the finest free kicks I have ever witnessed, beautifully curved and with great speed.
I just flew up the couch in pure joy, and it was more to come...
After that first goal it felt as though the game were slowly slipping out of our hands, until Walcott led a counter-attack with Cesc by his side, and the pass was superb, almost as good as the amazingly brilliant finish from Fabregas, and that's how this one player turned a game around.. But I'm afraid that was as good as it got, cause during that run (I think it was a 70 yard sprint or something) he must have worsed the hamstring or something, he hobbled off not long after that goal and went straight down the tunnel for treatment, so you could say, brought in - scored a brace - hobbled off, All that in 27 minutes ..
Diaby managed to fire a great shot at the dying minutes, and got a well deserved goal to round things up with.
Injury Update;
-I have no news from Cesc's injury yet, hopefully I can bring some good news on Wednesday.
-Traore was back for this game and did really well.
-Denilson appears to have picked up a back problem again, the same that kept him out for a while earlier in the season.
And I just have to add that I got an Arsenal Membership for Christmas! So now it hopefully won't be long until I can get to Emirates!!
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Arsenal vs. Hull
3-0, Premier League, Emirates, 19/12 -09
Denilson 45 +3,
Eduardo 59,
Diaby 80
Now I'll finally have some peace ahead of Christmas, we have been struggling lately but now I can see the light at the end of the tunnel! We could pass United in the league table if we win our game in hand now, since they lost 3-0 to Fulham earlier in this afternoon.
But we were struggling in the first half, luckily Denilson scored from a freekick, a great shot indeed, but in the second half things didn't really flow at the start...
Hull got a penalty after Silvestre basically just touched Craig Fagan, but the referee wasn't in a good position to see what really happened, so Hull got their penalty, Almunia saved Geovanni's shot, and the rebound was headed off target!
After that we didn't look back and it didn't take long for Eduardo to get his first goal for a while, and after that Hull didn't produce much.
Diaby got one in the end as well, richly deserved since he had a great second half, playing as an offensive midfielder.
So in the end we got ourselves a comfortable victory, a clean sheet as well, so I can say that Boxing Day will look brigher than it did last year, but with incredibly hard opponents, Aston Villa who recently won at Old Trafford.
THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW !!
The draw was on Friday, and I can say that I was basically shaking of anxiety, especially when in the end it was only Arsenal and United left, and one of them were going to get Milan, and the other Porto.
As I have mentioned my dad is a United fan, and we were both hoping desperately that when Porto came up, our team would be the next one to go, and thank the lord it was Arsenal!! So we have an away game on the 17th of February and the home game on the 9th of March!! And United got Milan, mohahaha...
Porto is really good, but I'd much rather face them than Milan!
Injury Update;
-Cesc will only be gone for eight to ten days(he got injured on Wednesday against Burnley), so if everthing goes right he should be back for the Villa clash on boxing day
-Denilson (clearly) was back for this clash, so it wasn't a particulary hard injury!
-Clichy won't be back this year, but he will hopefully be back after New Year's Eve.
-Traore might be back for the Villa game, uncertain though.
(this clip is really hilarious!)
Denilson 45 +3,
Eduardo 59,
Diaby 80
Now I'll finally have some peace ahead of Christmas, we have been struggling lately but now I can see the light at the end of the tunnel! We could pass United in the league table if we win our game in hand now, since they lost 3-0 to Fulham earlier in this afternoon.
But we were struggling in the first half, luckily Denilson scored from a freekick, a great shot indeed, but in the second half things didn't really flow at the start...
Hull got a penalty after Silvestre basically just touched Craig Fagan, but the referee wasn't in a good position to see what really happened, so Hull got their penalty, Almunia saved Geovanni's shot, and the rebound was headed off target!
After that we didn't look back and it didn't take long for Eduardo to get his first goal for a while, and after that Hull didn't produce much.
Diaby got one in the end as well, richly deserved since he had a great second half, playing as an offensive midfielder.
So in the end we got ourselves a comfortable victory, a clean sheet as well, so I can say that Boxing Day will look brigher than it did last year, but with incredibly hard opponents, Aston Villa who recently won at Old Trafford.
THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW !!
The draw was on Friday, and I can say that I was basically shaking of anxiety, especially when in the end it was only Arsenal and United left, and one of them were going to get Milan, and the other Porto.
As I have mentioned my dad is a United fan, and we were both hoping desperately that when Porto came up, our team would be the next one to go, and thank the lord it was Arsenal!! So we have an away game on the 17th of February and the home game on the 9th of March!! And United got Milan, mohahaha...
Porto is really good, but I'd much rather face them than Milan!
Injury Update;
-Cesc will only be gone for eight to ten days(he got injured on Wednesday against Burnley), so if everthing goes right he should be back for the Villa clash on boxing day
-Denilson (clearly) was back for this clash, so it wasn't a particulary hard injury!
-Clichy won't be back this year, but he will hopefully be back after New Year's Eve.
-Traore might be back for the Villa game, uncertain though.
(this clip is really hilarious!)
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Burnley vs. Arsenal
1-1, Premier League, Turfmoor, 16/12 -09
Fabregas 7
Disappointing to loose two points, since everybody else in the title race won their games, so after these two tough away games we have gained 1 point on United, and we are currently sharing third place with Aston Villa, but we still got a game in hand..
Fabregas looked completely awesome, until he got replaced, he was feeling a hamstring injury and will be out for Saturday when we host Burnley.
As I said, Fabregas was brilliant, he stole the ball, made the passes among other things, like his goal, a well placed shot in the bottom corner of Burnley's goal.
And that was our first goal in the first fifteen minutes of the season, so let's just keep them coming!!
But Burnley was given a penalty 21 minutes later, and Graham Alexander converted from the spot, we looked really dangerous afterwards though, but according to me we lost a lot of our offensive when Fabregas left the field, he was the one that kept us running and Ramsey didn't have the best of days, like Walcott who unfortunately weren't at his best..
Injury Update:
-As said Fabregas has picked up a hamstring and will miss Saturdays game for sure, but it is uncertain how long he will be out..
-Denilson and Traore was out of this game, don't know when they'll be back..
-Eboue was back, but an unused substitute, and Diaby started his first game after his injury, so they'll be back.
Fabregas 7
Disappointing to loose two points, since everybody else in the title race won their games, so after these two tough away games we have gained 1 point on United, and we are currently sharing third place with Aston Villa, but we still got a game in hand..
Fabregas looked completely awesome, until he got replaced, he was feeling a hamstring injury and will be out for Saturday when we host Burnley.
As I said, Fabregas was brilliant, he stole the ball, made the passes among other things, like his goal, a well placed shot in the bottom corner of Burnley's goal.
And that was our first goal in the first fifteen minutes of the season, so let's just keep them coming!!
But Burnley was given a penalty 21 minutes later, and Graham Alexander converted from the spot, we looked really dangerous afterwards though, but according to me we lost a lot of our offensive when Fabregas left the field, he was the one that kept us running and Ramsey didn't have the best of days, like Walcott who unfortunately weren't at his best..
Injury Update:
-As said Fabregas has picked up a hamstring and will miss Saturdays game for sure, but it is uncertain how long he will be out..
-Denilson and Traore was out of this game, don't know when they'll be back..
-Eboue was back, but an unused substitute, and Diaby started his first game after his injury, so they'll be back.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Liverpool vs. Arsenal
2-1, Premier League, Anfield, 13/12 -09
Johnson (og) 50,
Arshavin 58
What is the shit between Liverpool and Andrey!? He's made the difference once again, with a bloody brilliant shot as well!!
I can't put the feelings to words.. This one little Russian has now kept us in the title-race!! And the reason I say this is cause Chelsea only managed a draw at home against Everton while United lost at home against Villa (who we'll be facing the 27th), so we're back in it!!
To be more precise we are 3 points behind United, with one game in hand, and 6 points behind Chelsea, so with this one game in hand, we are looking strong in the title-race even though there has been a dip in form recently, but now we're back strongly! This was quite some moral booster!!
Back to this one game though, we weren't good in the first, and Dirk Kuyt was able to make it 1-0 in the 41st minute, after a bad clearing from Almunia.
But in the second half (after some shouting from Wenger according to Cesc and Thomas Vermaelen, they said it in a interview just after the game) we really responded with great attitude and Walcott caused the equaliser, he made a great run, causing trouble for Johnson who got a leg in the ball and it slowly rolled in! Talk about luck!! (but I think it was totally fair for us to get some luck since we haven't had much luck in the past weeks).
The second, though, was pure sheer class from a certain Andrey Arshavin, he collected Fabregas' cross and just went for it, and the ball hit the post and went in!! Since it was in the 58th minute and Arsenal aren't the ideal defensive team, so I can hardly say that I expected us to keep it at 2-1! But we did, and now things are looking bright!!
Injury Update:
-Traore hobbled off in the 87th minute, don't know yet if it is serious though.. Hopefully not..
-Eduardo was back, but an unused substitute since we didn't really need a striker after the 58th..
-Diaby was also back and he got his chance in the 70th minute, replacing Theo for some physical presence.
Johnson (og) 50,
Arshavin 58
What is the shit between Liverpool and Andrey!? He's made the difference once again, with a bloody brilliant shot as well!!
I can't put the feelings to words.. This one little Russian has now kept us in the title-race!! And the reason I say this is cause Chelsea only managed a draw at home against Everton while United lost at home against Villa (who we'll be facing the 27th), so we're back in it!!
To be more precise we are 3 points behind United, with one game in hand, and 6 points behind Chelsea, so with this one game in hand, we are looking strong in the title-race even though there has been a dip in form recently, but now we're back strongly! This was quite some moral booster!!
Back to this one game though, we weren't good in the first, and Dirk Kuyt was able to make it 1-0 in the 41st minute, after a bad clearing from Almunia.
But in the second half (after some shouting from Wenger according to Cesc and Thomas Vermaelen, they said it in a interview just after the game) we really responded with great attitude and Walcott caused the equaliser, he made a great run, causing trouble for Johnson who got a leg in the ball and it slowly rolled in! Talk about luck!! (but I think it was totally fair for us to get some luck since we haven't had much luck in the past weeks).
The second, though, was pure sheer class from a certain Andrey Arshavin, he collected Fabregas' cross and just went for it, and the ball hit the post and went in!! Since it was in the 58th minute and Arsenal aren't the ideal defensive team, so I can hardly say that I expected us to keep it at 2-1! But we did, and now things are looking bright!!
Injury Update:
-Traore hobbled off in the 87th minute, don't know yet if it is serious though.. Hopefully not..
-Eduardo was back, but an unused substitute since we didn't really need a striker after the 58th..
-Diaby was also back and he got his chance in the 70th minute, replacing Theo for some physical presence.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Olympiacos vs. Arsenal
0-1, Champions League, Karaiskakis Stadium, 9/12 -09
Disappointing for the youngsters as they played really well and actually had a pretty collected defence with Bartley and Silvestre in the centre, Tom Cruise started for the first time as a full back on the left side (he was really great actually!) and Gilbert took the right side.
The midfield were filled with Wilshere, Ramsey, Merida and Song, and Walcott were back to handle the attack with Vela!!
After we conceded we had some great chances to score, but so far this young side haven't been able to tuck the final ball home, but hopefully they will take the positives from this game instead of the fact that we conceded one goal.
But we do have the top spot in the group, and next Friday (18th December) the draw for the knockout stages will be made, and here's a list of the teams we could be up against;
-Bayern Munich
-CSKA Moscow
-AC Milan
-Inter Milan
-Porto
-Lyon
-Stuttgart
Personally I'd like to avoid Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Inter Milan and Lyon.. So the chances are slim that the draw will be made to my liking..
Injury Update;
-Gallas, Traore, Fabregas and Arshavin have all picked upp knocks and bruises from the game against Stoke, but they are all likely to feature against Liverpool on Sunday.
-Rosicky will be out for a couple of weeks after the injury he picked up against Stoke.
-Bendtner will not be back until 2010, really disappointing since we don't have so many forwards (especially not tall ones) at the moment.
-Eduardo and Diaby might be back for Liverpool, but Eboue has been ruled out.
Disappointing for the youngsters as they played really well and actually had a pretty collected defence with Bartley and Silvestre in the centre, Tom Cruise started for the first time as a full back on the left side (he was really great actually!) and Gilbert took the right side.
The midfield were filled with Wilshere, Ramsey, Merida and Song, and Walcott were back to handle the attack with Vela!!
After we conceded we had some great chances to score, but so far this young side haven't been able to tuck the final ball home, but hopefully they will take the positives from this game instead of the fact that we conceded one goal.
But we do have the top spot in the group, and next Friday (18th December) the draw for the knockout stages will be made, and here's a list of the teams we could be up against;
-Bayern Munich
-CSKA Moscow
-AC Milan
-Inter Milan
-Porto
-Lyon
-Stuttgart
Personally I'd like to avoid Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Inter Milan and Lyon.. So the chances are slim that the draw will be made to my liking..
Injury Update;
-Gallas, Traore, Fabregas and Arshavin have all picked upp knocks and bruises from the game against Stoke, but they are all likely to feature against Liverpool on Sunday.
-Rosicky will be out for a couple of weeks after the injury he picked up against Stoke.
-Bendtner will not be back until 2010, really disappointing since we don't have so many forwards (especially not tall ones) at the moment.
-Eduardo and Diaby might be back for Liverpool, but Eboue has been ruled out.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Arsenal vs. Stoke
2-0, Premier League, Emirates, 5/12 -09
Arshavin 26,
Ramsey 80
A priceless win, perhaps not the most convincing win, but a priceless win nonetheless..
Arshavin was playing in the central role, since Eduardo picked up a muscular injury in training, and he was good in the role, perhaps not his ideal role, but he had lot's of good chances and earned a penalty for us! Of course he scored as well, but Fabregas took the penalty, and Sorensen made a good block, but it was Arsenal from beginning to end.
It really wasn't the skippers' day though.. Apart from the penalty that was blocked, he had a shot that was cleared off the goal-line, by Eboue! It was just pure, sheer unluck for us.. But at least Fabregas got the assist for Arshavins' goal, and he did some great stuff, so it wasn't all doom and gloom, but the entire team hasn't found the smooth lately.. I certainly hope that they will for the Liverpool game, we can't afford any more losses.. But some good news is that Chelsea lost against Man City last night!
Ramsey finished it up for us, with a great solo performance!
So next team up is Olympiacos, for the youngsters probably, since we're already done for the first place.
Injury Update;
-Like i said, Eduardo has picked up a thigh problem, he might be back for the Liverpool game though.
-Rosicky picked up a groin problem in the first half of the game, and the boss says he will be out for a while, so more trouble on the injury front..
-Gallas also picked up a injury, but it doesn't look to serious, the same thing goes to Traore and Eboue, there's a big chance that the three of them will be back for Liverpool though..
Arshavin 26,
Ramsey 80
A priceless win, perhaps not the most convincing win, but a priceless win nonetheless..
Arshavin was playing in the central role, since Eduardo picked up a muscular injury in training, and he was good in the role, perhaps not his ideal role, but he had lot's of good chances and earned a penalty for us! Of course he scored as well, but Fabregas took the penalty, and Sorensen made a good block, but it was Arsenal from beginning to end.
It really wasn't the skippers' day though.. Apart from the penalty that was blocked, he had a shot that was cleared off the goal-line, by Eboue! It was just pure, sheer unluck for us.. But at least Fabregas got the assist for Arshavins' goal, and he did some great stuff, so it wasn't all doom and gloom, but the entire team hasn't found the smooth lately.. I certainly hope that they will for the Liverpool game, we can't afford any more losses.. But some good news is that Chelsea lost against Man City last night!
Ramsey finished it up for us, with a great solo performance!
So next team up is Olympiacos, for the youngsters probably, since we're already done for the first place.
Injury Update;
-Like i said, Eduardo has picked up a thigh problem, he might be back for the Liverpool game though.
-Rosicky picked up a groin problem in the first half of the game, and the boss says he will be out for a while, so more trouble on the injury front..
-Gallas also picked up a injury, but it doesn't look to serious, the same thing goes to Traore and Eboue, there's a big chance that the three of them will be back for Liverpool though..
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Manchester City vs. Arsenal
0-3, Carling Cup, City of Manchester Stadium, 2/12 -09
Like the last game, I don't really think that the score reflected the game, the youngsters played quite well and kept City at bay for 60 minutes or something, but they couldn't keep it up for the entire 90 minutes, but you didn't really expect them to either against City's full squad!
There were nine changes in the squad, and the likes of Vela, Wilshere, Merida, Ramsey & Eastmond replaced players like Arshavin, Fabregas, Denilson, Eduardo and so on.. xD
In the end we lacked a bit of power and efficiency to score and scoring is the only way to win! But they are still young and are mainly playing to mature and get some experience, so next year they'll be back !!
But we were a little unlucky with the goals as well, two distance shots made the difference, and perhaps we passed a bit too much and finished a bit too little, but let's just hope that they'll learn from this game since some of these players will play against Olympiacos next week since we already got the first place in group H!
Injury Update;
-Sagna is back in the squad after picking up a little knock against Chelsea
-Walcott is out for the Stoke game, he has picked up a small hamstring problem, but it is short term
-According to the boss Gibbs and van Persie is recovering fine after their surgeries.
-Neither Clichy, Bendtner or Diaby will be back in the squad.
Like the last game, I don't really think that the score reflected the game, the youngsters played quite well and kept City at bay for 60 minutes or something, but they couldn't keep it up for the entire 90 minutes, but you didn't really expect them to either against City's full squad!
There were nine changes in the squad, and the likes of Vela, Wilshere, Merida, Ramsey & Eastmond replaced players like Arshavin, Fabregas, Denilson, Eduardo and so on.. xD
In the end we lacked a bit of power and efficiency to score and scoring is the only way to win! But they are still young and are mainly playing to mature and get some experience, so next year they'll be back !!
But we were a little unlucky with the goals as well, two distance shots made the difference, and perhaps we passed a bit too much and finished a bit too little, but let's just hope that they'll learn from this game since some of these players will play against Olympiacos next week since we already got the first place in group H!
Injury Update;
-Sagna is back in the squad after picking up a little knock against Chelsea
-Walcott is out for the Stoke game, he has picked up a small hamstring problem, but it is short term
-According to the boss Gibbs and van Persie is recovering fine after their surgeries.
-Neither Clichy, Bendtner or Diaby will be back in the squad.
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