1-2, Premier League, Reebok Stadium, 24/4 -11
van Persie 48
When Bolton got their penalty right in the beginning of the second half I started going through some tunes on my computer, and then I saw the perfect song, Had Enough by Danko Jones. That song really mirrored my exact emotions, so I felt compelled to put it on, and sure enough, within just that one song, Bolton had time to miss their penalty and Robin scored an equalizer for us! (he now holds a record in the Premier League, the only one to score in seven consecutive away league games).
Obviously I started thinking that it was some kind of sign, that we would turn it around and have the slightest of shots at the league title... Then again, I've always believed in chance, and that was exactly what this proved to be as I put on the song again in the dying minutes hoping for a winner, and it came, to Bolton...
As you'd have figured out by now Bolton took the lead in the second half through some poor marking on a corner. (you would think that we'd learned from that mistake, but Bolton's winner came from some more sloppy defending from a corner).
RvP did give us some hope though, just after Bolton missed their penalty (or rather, Szczesny saved it) van Persie received a ball from Fabregas and took the shot!
Unfortunately as all good things must come to an end so does our title bid, and now we've lost the second place to Chelsea as well... So it seems that we will finish on a disappointingly third place this season.
Injury Update;
-no news really... only that Diaby got injured in the derby, it doesn't seem too bad, though he missed this game.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Tottenham Hotspur vs. Arsenal
3-3, Premier League, White Hart Lane, 20/4 -11
Walcott 5,
Nasri 12,
Van Persie 40
I promised myself I wouldn't be disappointed (well, at least that I wouldn't let my feelings show) no matter how the game ended tonight. I broke that promise pretty much the second the ref blew the whistle,, I started yelling at my sister, my cousin and my friend,, They just wouldn't stop asking how the game went... They must've started thinking I'm some kind of psycho by now,, even I'm starting to believe that there is something like that going on with me, when Tottenham scored the equalizer and my dad shouted out a "Yeess!" I was soo close to hitting him, my arm went up but in the last second I managed to get a hold over myself and let it fall back down, though I did hit him when he made a comment about one of our players later on.
For the neutral watcher this must've been quite a show, 'cause it sure was some great football being played on that pitch, unfortunately for us we once again let a two-goal lead slip, but we didn't lose this time around, so at least that's some improvement.
We were ahead after just five minutes when Walcott broke loose after a great pass from the skipper, and as the defence never were going to catch up with him he slid it past Gomez into the goal!
They equalized two minutes later.
But five minutes after their equalizer we found ourselves ahead once again when Nasri produced a stunning shot that went past Gomez.
Van Persie joined the scorers as a cross from Walcott was first headed at goal, though Gomez saved that one, but the rebound went straight at the Dutch forward who smashed it into the net!
We all now what happened later on in the game with Tottenham scoring again before half-time and then from a penalty.
Injury Update;
-Sagna was back for this game, so some good news.
Walcott 5,
Nasri 12,
Van Persie 40
I promised myself I wouldn't be disappointed (well, at least that I wouldn't let my feelings show) no matter how the game ended tonight. I broke that promise pretty much the second the ref blew the whistle,, I started yelling at my sister, my cousin and my friend,, They just wouldn't stop asking how the game went... They must've started thinking I'm some kind of psycho by now,, even I'm starting to believe that there is something like that going on with me, when Tottenham scored the equalizer and my dad shouted out a "Yeess!" I was soo close to hitting him, my arm went up but in the last second I managed to get a hold over myself and let it fall back down, though I did hit him when he made a comment about one of our players later on.
For the neutral watcher this must've been quite a show, 'cause it sure was some great football being played on that pitch, unfortunately for us we once again let a two-goal lead slip, but we didn't lose this time around, so at least that's some improvement.
We were ahead after just five minutes when Walcott broke loose after a great pass from the skipper, and as the defence never were going to catch up with him he slid it past Gomez into the goal!
They equalized two minutes later.
But five minutes after their equalizer we found ourselves ahead once again when Nasri produced a stunning shot that went past Gomez.
Van Persie joined the scorers as a cross from Walcott was first headed at goal, though Gomez saved that one, but the rebound went straight at the Dutch forward who smashed it into the net!
We all now what happened later on in the game with Tottenham scoring again before half-time and then from a penalty.
Injury Update;
-Sagna was back for this game, so some good news.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Arsenal vs. Liverpool
1-1, Premier League, Emirates, 17/4 -11
Van Persie 90 + 8
In times like this I can only do what any other fan can do, curse the referee! When you are one-nil up in the 98th minute of eight minutes of stoppage time you would say that the game is won, but enter *whatever the fuck his name was*! He gives them a freekick in the 99th minute, and when they've taken that freekick, time to blow the whistle? No, lets just wait and see what happens next and Eboue stumbles over a player in the box and they get a penalty in something like the 101st minute...! I suppose that this really personifies what everyone is saying about every game toward the end of the season is a cup final... Only that this time there was no winner.
We've got the game going for us, just not any goals, but we can at least choose to look at things in a positive manner (even though this means another season without any trophies), when Cesc was brought down in the box Robin scored a goal for the Arsenal at the Emirates! This penalty was the first goal at our own ground for quite some time... Yayy...
Some more good news though, both Szczesny and Djourou (as well as Song who came on from the bench late on in the game) was back for this game... But I suppose that it doesn't make any real difference,, the season is more or less over for us now... Damn,, I would have liked my visit to the Emirates in May to actually mean something... Well, maybe we'll have to fight for the honor of being runners-up now..?
Van Persie 90 + 8
In times like this I can only do what any other fan can do, curse the referee! When you are one-nil up in the 98th minute of eight minutes of stoppage time you would say that the game is won, but enter *whatever the fuck his name was*! He gives them a freekick in the 99th minute, and when they've taken that freekick, time to blow the whistle? No, lets just wait and see what happens next and Eboue stumbles over a player in the box and they get a penalty in something like the 101st minute...! I suppose that this really personifies what everyone is saying about every game toward the end of the season is a cup final... Only that this time there was no winner.
We've got the game going for us, just not any goals, but we can at least choose to look at things in a positive manner (even though this means another season without any trophies), when Cesc was brought down in the box Robin scored a goal for the Arsenal at the Emirates! This penalty was the first goal at our own ground for quite some time... Yayy...
Some more good news though, both Szczesny and Djourou (as well as Song who came on from the bench late on in the game) was back for this game... But I suppose that it doesn't make any real difference,, the season is more or less over for us now... Damn,, I would have liked my visit to the Emirates in May to actually mean something... Well, maybe we'll have to fight for the honor of being runners-up now..?
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Blackpool vs. Arsenal
3-1, Premier League, Bloomfield Road, 10/4 -11
Diaby 17,
Eboue 20,
van Persie 75
We are back on track and ready to give it all in the last seven games of this season! The chances of bringing the title to the Emirates have shrunk radically since the last three games that we have drawn in, but we've still got a go at it, though I'd say we pretty much have to win everyone of the last games... And we'd still need some help from another team to take points from United.
It's still frustrating to watch the team though, we still can't seem to convert enough chances! We create so much but just don't score enough, we could have been five-nil up after the fist half, instead we had "only" scored two!
The goals were really easy on the eye though, the first came when van Persie played the ball across the box and Diaby managed to slot it in! Then there were some nice link-up play between Wilshere and Eboue that led to Eboue getting the opportunity to score from a really good shot.
Quite early in the second half Blackpool got one back after some chaos in our box, but we didn't budge and with just about fifteen minutes left van Persie sealed the game after Fabregas had played Walcott completely free on the right-hand side and the young English winger didn't disappoint with his cross to van Persie, and the Dutchman cooly placed the ball past the 'keeper.
The one player that to me really proved the difference from the latest games were Fabregas, he started this game after a while on the sidelines and he created pretty much everything we had going forward! Some of his passes were just breath-taking, he certainly seem to be getting back to his best, and how we need it now for the last games.
Injury Update;
-Almunia got some kind of injury just before the game, so Lehmann started the game in goal for us, what really concerns me now is that we've got four goalkeepers injured.. FOUR goalkeepers at the same time... Has that ever happened before...? not that I know of anyway... The injured ones are Fabianski, Mannone, Szczesny and now Almunia...
-Good news though as both Szczesny and Djourou looks to be back in training next week.
-Song picked up a knee injury against Blackburn, but he will most probably be back for the Liverpool clash next Sunday.
Diaby 17,
Eboue 20,
van Persie 75
We are back on track and ready to give it all in the last seven games of this season! The chances of bringing the title to the Emirates have shrunk radically since the last three games that we have drawn in, but we've still got a go at it, though I'd say we pretty much have to win everyone of the last games... And we'd still need some help from another team to take points from United.
It's still frustrating to watch the team though, we still can't seem to convert enough chances! We create so much but just don't score enough, we could have been five-nil up after the fist half, instead we had "only" scored two!
The goals were really easy on the eye though, the first came when van Persie played the ball across the box and Diaby managed to slot it in! Then there were some nice link-up play between Wilshere and Eboue that led to Eboue getting the opportunity to score from a really good shot.
Quite early in the second half Blackpool got one back after some chaos in our box, but we didn't budge and with just about fifteen minutes left van Persie sealed the game after Fabregas had played Walcott completely free on the right-hand side and the young English winger didn't disappoint with his cross to van Persie, and the Dutchman cooly placed the ball past the 'keeper.
The one player that to me really proved the difference from the latest games were Fabregas, he started this game after a while on the sidelines and he created pretty much everything we had going forward! Some of his passes were just breath-taking, he certainly seem to be getting back to his best, and how we need it now for the last games.
Injury Update;
-Almunia got some kind of injury just before the game, so Lehmann started the game in goal for us, what really concerns me now is that we've got four goalkeepers injured.. FOUR goalkeepers at the same time... Has that ever happened before...? not that I know of anyway... The injured ones are Fabianski, Mannone, Szczesny and now Almunia...
-Good news though as both Szczesny and Djourou looks to be back in training next week.
-Song picked up a knee injury against Blackburn, but he will most probably be back for the Liverpool clash next Sunday.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Arsenal vs. Blackburn
0-0, Premier League, Emirates, 2/4 -11
I've only got one word to sum up this game with, disappointment, I'm honestly close to question whether the players want this trophy or not.
We hardly even showed up for this game, we were really close to scoring several times but just didn't seem up to it in the end.
The first real good chance we had came in the first half when Wilshere were completely clean in the middle of the box, but somehow he wasn't prepared for the pass from Walcott and failed to hit the target.
Nasri got what seemed to be a really serious head injury as close to half of his head swelled up, but he actually kept going throughout the game and didn't seem too bothered by it, it sure looked real nasty though.
We had several more real close chances in the game but as mentioned just didn't seem up to it, and that is certainly not good enough if you want to win the league, and now it's not in our own hands anymore.
Injury Update;
-We had lots of players coming back from injury for this game, Fabregas, Walcott, Song and Diaby.
-Song appeared to be limping towards the end of the game but I haven't heard anything about it.
-Nasri was reportedly just fine, and since he continued to play close to the entire game I don't think there's any reason to worry.
Now I just have one more thing to add, which is really good news for a change, on the 13th of May (now that I think of it, it's Friday the 13th actually...),, anyway, I'll fly to London to stay the weekend and watch Arsenal vs. Aston Villa on the Sunday! Like last year it's a birthday present, and once again it's most certainly the best I've been given!
So it was all smiles here in Sweden before yesterdays dreadful game!
I've only got one word to sum up this game with, disappointment, I'm honestly close to question whether the players want this trophy or not.
We hardly even showed up for this game, we were really close to scoring several times but just didn't seem up to it in the end.
The first real good chance we had came in the first half when Wilshere were completely clean in the middle of the box, but somehow he wasn't prepared for the pass from Walcott and failed to hit the target.
Nasri got what seemed to be a really serious head injury as close to half of his head swelled up, but he actually kept going throughout the game and didn't seem too bothered by it, it sure looked real nasty though.
We had several more real close chances in the game but as mentioned just didn't seem up to it, and that is certainly not good enough if you want to win the league, and now it's not in our own hands anymore.
Injury Update;
-We had lots of players coming back from injury for this game, Fabregas, Walcott, Song and Diaby.
-Song appeared to be limping towards the end of the game but I haven't heard anything about it.
-Nasri was reportedly just fine, and since he continued to play close to the entire game I don't think there's any reason to worry.
Now I just have one more thing to add, which is really good news for a change, on the 13th of May (now that I think of it, it's Friday the 13th actually...),, anyway, I'll fly to London to stay the weekend and watch Arsenal vs. Aston Villa on the Sunday! Like last year it's a birthday present, and once again it's most certainly the best I've been given!
So it was all smiles here in Sweden before yesterdays dreadful game!
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