This month's goal of the month comes a bit early as its an international break at the moment. My vote this month went to Clichy, as it was quite a collector's item, and indeed a great strike as well! I almost found myself voting for van Persie's late equalizer against West Brom last weekend, I just love the passion you can see as he desperately throws himself toward the ball!
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
West Brom vs. Arsenal
2-2, Premier League, The Hawthorns, 19/3 -11
Arshavin 70,
van Persie 77
In the end it was one point gained rather than two points dropped, since we made a great comeback in the final twenty minutes. But I see trouble in the not too distant future if this is how Almunia will act in games to come...
W.B.A scored after just three minutes through a header from a corner, but from then on we dominated in possession and goal-scoring opportunities.
Though as we didn't manage to score it all got really nervy, we were particularly close in the first half when van Persie headed the ball, only for it to hit the crossbar, then the rebound fell nicely to Ramsey, but by the time he got a shot away Carson had already spread himself well to make the save.
In the second half we pushed more and more, but then the unthinkable happened, as a ball was played to Odemwingie (who was closely watched by Squillaci) Almunia went out (!) and completely mistimed the whole thing so Odemwingie could easily just put a daisy-cutter into the net ...
But we created a great comeback, and lots of credit to Arshavin, it really was his amazing shot that set it all into motion, and what a shot it was! And it was nicely set up by Chamakh.
And then came the goal that should have won us the game, had it not been for Almunia, but at least it gave us the one point! It's certainly not van Persie's most beautiful goal, but it was a vital one! He fought hard some yard from the goal and eventually managed to get a foot to the ball which a W.B.A defender seemed to have some trouble getting away!
So it was a bittersweet trip to Birmingham, but we've still got the league in our hands!
Injury Update;
-Fabregas will most probably be back after the international break, hopefully the same applies to Walcott.
-Vermaelen has been ruled out for the entire season, really sad news for us but he'll be back on the pitch for the next season, Djourou is likely to be in the same position, but he might make it back for the last couple of games.
-Not an injury update but Jens Lehmann has returned to cover for Almunia until the end of the season!
-There is no news about Song's injury problem.
Arshavin 70,
van Persie 77
In the end it was one point gained rather than two points dropped, since we made a great comeback in the final twenty minutes. But I see trouble in the not too distant future if this is how Almunia will act in games to come...
W.B.A scored after just three minutes through a header from a corner, but from then on we dominated in possession and goal-scoring opportunities.
Though as we didn't manage to score it all got really nervy, we were particularly close in the first half when van Persie headed the ball, only for it to hit the crossbar, then the rebound fell nicely to Ramsey, but by the time he got a shot away Carson had already spread himself well to make the save.
In the second half we pushed more and more, but then the unthinkable happened, as a ball was played to Odemwingie (who was closely watched by Squillaci) Almunia went out (!) and completely mistimed the whole thing so Odemwingie could easily just put a daisy-cutter into the net ...
But we created a great comeback, and lots of credit to Arshavin, it really was his amazing shot that set it all into motion, and what a shot it was! And it was nicely set up by Chamakh.
And then came the goal that should have won us the game, had it not been for Almunia, but at least it gave us the one point! It's certainly not van Persie's most beautiful goal, but it was a vital one! He fought hard some yard from the goal and eventually managed to get a foot to the ball which a W.B.A defender seemed to have some trouble getting away!
So it was a bittersweet trip to Birmingham, but we've still got the league in our hands!
Injury Update;
-Fabregas will most probably be back after the international break, hopefully the same applies to Walcott.
-Vermaelen has been ruled out for the entire season, really sad news for us but he'll be back on the pitch for the next season, Djourou is likely to be in the same position, but he might make it back for the last couple of games.
-Not an injury update but Jens Lehmann has returned to cover for Almunia until the end of the season!
-There is no news about Song's injury problem.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Manchester United vs. Arsenal
0-2, the FA-cup, Old Trafford, 12/3 -11
Once again we find ourselves with nothing even though we've been the better team by far.. Though it may sound wrong to say that we were the better team even though we got nothing, but with Arsenal anything is possible, isn't that right?
We pretty much more or less dominated in possession, and we definitely had more shots on and off goal than United! But no matter how close we got it just wasn't our day and the ball wouldn't go in.
And when we pressed more than ever in the final ten minutes Djourou picked up a serious shoulder injury in a challenge with Hernandez, and had to be stretched off the pitch.
So we were down to ten men and two goals down with something like ten minutes left... What to do? Well, we actually managed to get to some more opportunities, while Ramsey (who came on to make his long awaited comeback in the second half) deputized as centre-half for the remainer of the game, though he did move up to midfield as soon as we had the ball.
In the end you could tell that we had some more tired legs than Man Utd, as they didn't have a midweek clash whereas we had one of the most daunting away games you can ever face, away against Barcelona, widely regarded as the best team in the world.
A couple of weeks ago I believe every Arsenal fan were convinced that we'd bring home a trophy this season (heck, I even thought we could take two!), but not so sure anymore... Though we will definitely have a good go at the league these final weeks! And who knows, if we do well enough in the remaining games we might very well end up with a trophy in may! But to do that we have to start scoring again, would you honestly believe that we haven't scored in the last three games?
Injury Update;
-No idea about Djourou yet, but we can most probably expect him to be out for the next couple of weeks.
-Hopefully Vermaelen will be back, SOON! Haven't heard anything about him since he was expected to be back for the Barcelona clash.
-Looking at the other side of the pitch,, Walcott is hopefully back soon, but don't have any update on it yet.
-Szczesny will be out for about six weeks with a dislocated finger as well as a tendon problem.
-Fabregas had a recurrence of his hamstring problem fifteen minutes into the Barcelona game, and he will have to wait for another couple of games until he returns.
-Song missed both this game and the Barcelona game, but he may make it back for next weekend.
Once again we find ourselves with nothing even though we've been the better team by far.. Though it may sound wrong to say that we were the better team even though we got nothing, but with Arsenal anything is possible, isn't that right?
We pretty much more or less dominated in possession, and we definitely had more shots on and off goal than United! But no matter how close we got it just wasn't our day and the ball wouldn't go in.
And when we pressed more than ever in the final ten minutes Djourou picked up a serious shoulder injury in a challenge with Hernandez, and had to be stretched off the pitch.
So we were down to ten men and two goals down with something like ten minutes left... What to do? Well, we actually managed to get to some more opportunities, while Ramsey (who came on to make his long awaited comeback in the second half) deputized as centre-half for the remainer of the game, though he did move up to midfield as soon as we had the ball.
In the end you could tell that we had some more tired legs than Man Utd, as they didn't have a midweek clash whereas we had one of the most daunting away games you can ever face, away against Barcelona, widely regarded as the best team in the world.
A couple of weeks ago I believe every Arsenal fan were convinced that we'd bring home a trophy this season (heck, I even thought we could take two!), but not so sure anymore... Though we will definitely have a good go at the league these final weeks! And who knows, if we do well enough in the remaining games we might very well end up with a trophy in may! But to do that we have to start scoring again, would you honestly believe that we haven't scored in the last three games?
Injury Update;
-No idea about Djourou yet, but we can most probably expect him to be out for the next couple of weeks.
-Hopefully Vermaelen will be back, SOON! Haven't heard anything about him since he was expected to be back for the Barcelona clash.
-Looking at the other side of the pitch,, Walcott is hopefully back soon, but don't have any update on it yet.
-Szczesny will be out for about six weeks with a dislocated finger as well as a tendon problem.
-Fabregas had a recurrence of his hamstring problem fifteen minutes into the Barcelona game, and he will have to wait for another couple of games until he returns.
-Song missed both this game and the Barcelona game, but he may make it back for next weekend.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Barcelona vs. Arsenal
3-1, Champions League, Nou Camp, 8/3 -11
Outrageous from the ref, sure we were outplayed by Barca for most of the game but we kept the score-line down until a certain Swiss referee stepped in! van Persie had picked up one yellow in the first half (which we came out of a goal down), after just about an hour played van Persie was flagged offside, though he didn't noticed and took the shot, the ref showed him red !! Completely unbelievable, there were more than 90 000 people in the stadium shouting and whistling, van Persie was far from the referee, the ref blows his whistle like a second or two before van Persie makes contact with the ball, what the fuck does he think will happen!? You would think that the ref, who is actually in the stadium with the players and can hear all that noise, would understand the situation and avoid ruining the game for us! Not even Wilshere could hear the whistle, and he was virtually next to the referee ! What makes it even worse is that we had actually pulled one back and was currently in the next round of the Champions League! (though it was a Busquets own goal).
But now we must look ahead to the FA cup game at Old Trafford on saturday, now that is a game I'm sure that we can win!
Injury Update;
-Good news is that van Persie didn't have a recurrence of his injury!
-Don't really know much else at the moment, except for the fact that Frimpong will be back and training next week after being out for seven months !
Outrageous from the ref, sure we were outplayed by Barca for most of the game but we kept the score-line down until a certain Swiss referee stepped in! van Persie had picked up one yellow in the first half (which we came out of a goal down), after just about an hour played van Persie was flagged offside, though he didn't noticed and took the shot, the ref showed him red !! Completely unbelievable, there were more than 90 000 people in the stadium shouting and whistling, van Persie was far from the referee, the ref blows his whistle like a second or two before van Persie makes contact with the ball, what the fuck does he think will happen!? You would think that the ref, who is actually in the stadium with the players and can hear all that noise, would understand the situation and avoid ruining the game for us! Not even Wilshere could hear the whistle, and he was virtually next to the referee ! What makes it even worse is that we had actually pulled one back and was currently in the next round of the Champions League! (though it was a Busquets own goal).
But now we must look ahead to the FA cup game at Old Trafford on saturday, now that is a game I'm sure that we can win!
Injury Update;
-Good news is that van Persie didn't have a recurrence of his injury!
-Don't really know much else at the moment, except for the fact that Frimpong will be back and training next week after being out for seven months !
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Arsenal vs. Sunderland
0-0, Premier League, Emirates, 5/3 -11
We're catching up with Man Utd, but perhaps it is going a bit too slow... Always just catching up with one point when we have the chance to gain three,, let's just hope that Liverpool can nick some points off United tomorrow!
Its hard to take just the one point considering all the chances we had, Arshavin had a goal wrongly disallowed for offside, he was as well denied a penalty which should have been his, and this I don't say just because I'm an Arsenal fan, any other football fan would agree with me, I base that on the fact that dad agreed, and he is a United fan!
Slow and Steady seem to be way to go for us this season as we catch up with United at the top. But now it is time to look ahead to the midweek clash in Barcelona.
Injury Update;
-Fabregas and Song are possibles for the Barcelona clash, but they are most probably certain for the United clash in the FA cup next weekend.
-I don't quite know of the extend of Walcott's injury, but in a best case scenario he will be back for the United clash, fingers crossed!
-Wilshere picked up a knock on his ankle, but he will most probably be ready for the game against Barcelona.
We're catching up with Man Utd, but perhaps it is going a bit too slow... Always just catching up with one point when we have the chance to gain three,, let's just hope that Liverpool can nick some points off United tomorrow!
Its hard to take just the one point considering all the chances we had, Arshavin had a goal wrongly disallowed for offside, he was as well denied a penalty which should have been his, and this I don't say just because I'm an Arsenal fan, any other football fan would agree with me, I base that on the fact that dad agreed, and he is a United fan!
Slow and Steady seem to be way to go for us this season as we catch up with United at the top. But now it is time to look ahead to the midweek clash in Barcelona.
Injury Update;
-Fabregas and Song are possibles for the Barcelona clash, but they are most probably certain for the United clash in the FA cup next weekend.
-I don't quite know of the extend of Walcott's injury, but in a best case scenario he will be back for the United clash, fingers crossed!
-Wilshere picked up a knock on his ankle, but he will most probably be ready for the game against Barcelona.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
February Goal Of The Month
In February Arsenal scored 13 goals, and Van Persie dominated the scoring this time! My personal favorite was his strike against Barcelona, and it was leading the poll at the time I voted!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Arsenal vs. Leyton Orient
5-0, the FA-cup 5th Round Replay, Emirates, 2/3 -11
Chamakh 7,
Bendtner 30, 43, 62 (pen),
Clichy 75
And we're off to Old Trafford once again!
Great game from the team, it contained all a fan could ever want, lots of goals and opportunities to score even more goals! Also great to see that Bendtner seems to find his goalscoring form, he will be needed even more now that van Persie will be gone for at least another three weeks...
As you might've guessed we dominated this game throughout and once again Miquel started the game, this time he was joined by Conor Henderson, who made his first team debut tonight actually! And he certainly had a good game, he is someone to keep an eye out for.
After just seven minutes we broke the deadlock through Chamakh, Rosicky did great to provide a pin-point pass through which the Moroccan international could easily tap in.
Half an hour into the game Bendtner more or less sealed the game when he headed home a cross, the ball went in a perfect arch over the 'keeper.
Just thirteen minutes later Bendtner were at it again, this time he cut inside from the left-hand side and placed the ball beautifully in the back of the net, we have seen him do this before, for example the one he scored against Ipswich at the Emirates earlier this season.
In the second half we slowed down a bit, but when Gibbs showed some great footwork in the box he proved too fast for the defense to handle, so when he was brought down Bendtner stepped forward to complete his hat-trick with an excellent strike from the penalty spot.
Shortly afterwards he was replaced by Wilshere, but that certainly didn't spoil the evening for the young Dane.
Clichy finished the scoring this evening with a great strike from a cross from Eboue which both Chamakh and Wilshere had previously skipped over. This was actually only the Frenchman's second official goal for us!
So after the trip to Barcelona next week we will be heading to Old Trafford!
Injury Update;
-van Persie damaged his knee during the final, and he will be missing for at least another three weeks... Its obviously a huge blow for us...
-Rosicky had to be replaced after 62 minutes after receiving a blow to the head, no idea yet though how long he will be.
Chamakh 7,
Bendtner 30, 43, 62 (pen),
Clichy 75
And we're off to Old Trafford once again!
Great game from the team, it contained all a fan could ever want, lots of goals and opportunities to score even more goals! Also great to see that Bendtner seems to find his goalscoring form, he will be needed even more now that van Persie will be gone for at least another three weeks...
As you might've guessed we dominated this game throughout and once again Miquel started the game, this time he was joined by Conor Henderson, who made his first team debut tonight actually! And he certainly had a good game, he is someone to keep an eye out for.
After just seven minutes we broke the deadlock through Chamakh, Rosicky did great to provide a pin-point pass through which the Moroccan international could easily tap in.
Half an hour into the game Bendtner more or less sealed the game when he headed home a cross, the ball went in a perfect arch over the 'keeper.
Just thirteen minutes later Bendtner were at it again, this time he cut inside from the left-hand side and placed the ball beautifully in the back of the net, we have seen him do this before, for example the one he scored against Ipswich at the Emirates earlier this season.
In the second half we slowed down a bit, but when Gibbs showed some great footwork in the box he proved too fast for the defense to handle, so when he was brought down Bendtner stepped forward to complete his hat-trick with an excellent strike from the penalty spot.
Shortly afterwards he was replaced by Wilshere, but that certainly didn't spoil the evening for the young Dane.
Clichy finished the scoring this evening with a great strike from a cross from Eboue which both Chamakh and Wilshere had previously skipped over. This was actually only the Frenchman's second official goal for us!
So after the trip to Barcelona next week we will be heading to Old Trafford!
Injury Update;
-van Persie damaged his knee during the final, and he will be missing for at least another three weeks... Its obviously a huge blow for us...
-Rosicky had to be replaced after 62 minutes after receiving a blow to the head, no idea yet though how long he will be.
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