3-0, Premier League, Emirates, 24/9 -11
van Persie 46, 72,
Song 89
Congrats to our Captain, Robin van Persie, upon reaching the infamous Arsenal's '100 Club'. He is only the 17th player to make the list during Arsenal's long history! So a great honour for the Dutchman.
Finally I started to recognize the Arsenal! We played some amazing football today, especially in the second half. Though, once again, we had a bad start, where Bolton easily could have gotten the lead if it hadn't been for Szczesny, the Pole produced a stunning save to keep a clean sheet.
In the second half we got the lead at once through Robin van Persie, our very own flying Dutchman! However, the move started rather unpleasant as Gervinho was clipped by a Bolton player, but the ref played advantage and when Ramsey gave him a delicious pass, the captain didn't disappoint, and provided with a stunning shot.
Bolton were reduced to ten men when Wheater pulled at Walcott, and we definitely used the numerical advantage that we now had. Just about midway through the half van Persie doubled our lead as he converted a cross from Walcott.
Just at the end Song sealed the win with a superb strike from a great cut-back from Sagna.
Now it finally feels as though we're coming back from the pre-season, and just in time, next weekend we face Tottenham at White Hart Lane.. And before that we have a Champions League game against Olympiacos on wednesday.
Injury Update;
-Further setback for Wilshere as he'll be going through surgery on Monday, and won't be back until some time around Christmas.
-Benayoun received a slight injury in the midweek game, he has a small chance to return in time for the Tottenham game.
-Both Diaby and Vermaelen are expected to return after the international break that is coming up ahead.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Arsenal vs. Shrewsbury Town
3-1, Carling Cup 3rd Round, Emirates, 20/9 -11
Gibbs 33,
Oxlade-Chamberlain 58,
Benayoun 79
A great come-back win after yet another awful weekend! Oxlade-Chamberlain was amazing! First time I've got a good look at him and he did extremely well!
We had a rather slow start, and found ourselves trailing by one goal before long. However, we got back in the game and Gibbs opened his account for the club with a wonderful header!
After the break we completely dominated the game, the entire second half belonged to us, therefore it wasn't unfair when Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored from long-range, it was a truly superb strike, and his first for the club! Benayoun sealed the game after some great play by the team, and so all goals for the night were first strikes for the goalscorers!
Gibbs 33,
Oxlade-Chamberlain 58,
Benayoun 79
A great come-back win after yet another awful weekend! Oxlade-Chamberlain was amazing! First time I've got a good look at him and he did extremely well!
We had a rather slow start, and found ourselves trailing by one goal before long. However, we got back in the game and Gibbs opened his account for the club with a wonderful header!
After the break we completely dominated the game, the entire second half belonged to us, therefore it wasn't unfair when Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored from long-range, it was a truly superb strike, and his first for the club! Benayoun sealed the game after some great play by the team, and so all goals for the night were first strikes for the goalscorers!
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Blackburn vs. Arsenal
3-4, Premier League, Ewood Park, 17/9 -11
Gervinho 10,
Arteta 33,
Chamakh 85
Its hauntingly frustrating to be an Arsenal fan these days... we should have won this game as we scored two own-goals and on top of that Blackburn got an offside goal allowed.
We had an amazing first half, and I finally started to recognise the club that I've supported for the past three years. Gervinho scored a beautiful opener, and even though Blackburn equalized through some sloppy defending we got back in front before half-time through a great strike from Arteta.
Then came the second half and the team from the first half were nowhere to be seen. Song couldn't do anything about scoring an own-goal from a free-kick, so they were level after just about five minutes. Then Yakubu scored an obvious offside goal, the linesman even had a perfect view of it! And then Koscielny wrapped it up with yet another own-goal following a break from Blackburn.
Chamakh came on and scored a header with something close to five minutes to go, and in the dying minutes Mertesacker came really close to saving the game for us, but unfortunately it was, yet again, not our day in the end.
Injury Update;
-Wilshere will be out for a long time yet, same goes for Vermaelen, and both are sorely missed.
-Sagna hobbled off in the second half, hopefully it isn't anything serious.
-it won't be too long until Diaby is back i should think.
-Rosicky has picked up a knee injury, but I don't think its long term.
Gervinho 10,
Arteta 33,
Chamakh 85
Its hauntingly frustrating to be an Arsenal fan these days... we should have won this game as we scored two own-goals and on top of that Blackburn got an offside goal allowed.
We had an amazing first half, and I finally started to recognise the club that I've supported for the past three years. Gervinho scored a beautiful opener, and even though Blackburn equalized through some sloppy defending we got back in front before half-time through a great strike from Arteta.
Then came the second half and the team from the first half were nowhere to be seen. Song couldn't do anything about scoring an own-goal from a free-kick, so they were level after just about five minutes. Then Yakubu scored an obvious offside goal, the linesman even had a perfect view of it! And then Koscielny wrapped it up with yet another own-goal following a break from Blackburn.
Chamakh came on and scored a header with something close to five minutes to go, and in the dying minutes Mertesacker came really close to saving the game for us, but unfortunately it was, yet again, not our day in the end.
Injury Update;
-Wilshere will be out for a long time yet, same goes for Vermaelen, and both are sorely missed.
-Sagna hobbled off in the second half, hopefully it isn't anything serious.
-it won't be too long until Diaby is back i should think.
-Rosicky has picked up a knee injury, but I don't think its long term.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Arsenal vs. Swansea
1-0, Premier League, Emirates, 10/9 -11
Arshavin 40
Wasn't a convincing win, but immensely important to get the first win of the season! It was interesting to see some of the new boys today, Arteta and Mertesacker started the game whilst Benayoun came on later in the second half, all of them did very well, certainly looks like the manager has done some good investments!
We started the game really well, and almost at once Arteta played a brilliant ball to Ramsey who unfortunately didn't manage to put the ball in the back of the net. It took a mistake from Vorm, the Swansea 'keeper, for us the score in this game, and it happened in the 40th minute. Vorm had just picked the ball up and decided to throw it to the player that was right next to Arshavin, the Swansea defender wasn't prepared for this so the ball bounced on his heel straight to Arshavin who at once scored from a really tight angle! A beautiful finish from the Russian!
We dropped a bit of level in the later first half and second half, which is a bit troublesome but hopefully we will improve til tuesday when we face Dortmund away! Anyway, van Persie did hit the woodwork in the second half but that was just about as close as we got in the second half.
So am definitely looking forward to seeing more of the new boys and hopefully see the entire team improve to bring a title home this season! It will take a lot of hard work but I am sure that we're up for the challenge!
Injury Update;
-Vermaelen will be out for at least one more month as he had to have surgery on his ankle.
-Wilshere won't be back for at least another two months.
-Diaby should be back any week now, so at least some good news! And both Song and Gervinho have now finished serving their suspensions from the Newcastle game!
Arshavin 40
Wasn't a convincing win, but immensely important to get the first win of the season! It was interesting to see some of the new boys today, Arteta and Mertesacker started the game whilst Benayoun came on later in the second half, all of them did very well, certainly looks like the manager has done some good investments!
We started the game really well, and almost at once Arteta played a brilliant ball to Ramsey who unfortunately didn't manage to put the ball in the back of the net. It took a mistake from Vorm, the Swansea 'keeper, for us the score in this game, and it happened in the 40th minute. Vorm had just picked the ball up and decided to throw it to the player that was right next to Arshavin, the Swansea defender wasn't prepared for this so the ball bounced on his heel straight to Arshavin who at once scored from a really tight angle! A beautiful finish from the Russian!
We dropped a bit of level in the later first half and second half, which is a bit troublesome but hopefully we will improve til tuesday when we face Dortmund away! Anyway, van Persie did hit the woodwork in the second half but that was just about as close as we got in the second half.
So am definitely looking forward to seeing more of the new boys and hopefully see the entire team improve to bring a title home this season! It will take a lot of hard work but I am sure that we're up for the challenge!
Injury Update;
-Vermaelen will be out for at least one more month as he had to have surgery on his ankle.
-Wilshere won't be back for at least another two months.
-Diaby should be back any week now, so at least some good news! And both Song and Gervinho have now finished serving their suspensions from the Newcastle game!
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Transfer Deadline Day
This is the first time during my years as an Arsenal fan that we've had this much action in the transfer window! We've signed five players on the very last days! Yeah, you heard me right, Five players!
The first deal to be completed was South Korean captain Chu Young Park (26). Then, on the very last day, we signed three players! Brazilian left-back Andre Santos (28), German centre-half Per Mertesacker (26), midfielder Yossi Benayoun (31) on loan from Chelsea and in the very last minute we completed the signing of Spanish play-maker Mikel Arteta (29) from Everton!
Exactly what we needed, some more experience and class players! Now have a bit more hope for the season!
The first deal to be completed was South Korean captain Chu Young Park (26). Then, on the very last day, we signed three players! Brazilian left-back Andre Santos (28), German centre-half Per Mertesacker (26), midfielder Yossi Benayoun (31) on loan from Chelsea and in the very last minute we completed the signing of Spanish play-maker Mikel Arteta (29) from Everton!
Exactly what we needed, some more experience and class players! Now have a bit more hope for the season!
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