3-2, The FA-cup: 4th Round, Emirates, 2012-01-29
van Persie 54 (pen), 61 (pen),
Walcott 56
Amazing comeback by the team! It takes a special team to come back from being two-nil down, and even though the confidence may not have been on top we did it and hopefully this will prove to be a real self-esteem booster! Three another amazing comebacks was to see Sagna, Arteta and Henry back in action after their injuries!
We somehow found ourselves two-nil down after the first half, we had dominated both possession and goal-scoring opportunities. Villa was just quite simply more efficient than us and they capitalised on our mistakes.
However, there was a change in luck for the second half. In less than ten minutes we found ourselves ahead! The first goal came when Ramsey was brought down in the box by Dunne, and who else than Robin van Persie scored from the penalty spot. Only two minutes later we got a taste of true luck when Theo Walcott made a great run inside the box, but his effort was turned away by a defender. Yet the defender managed to pick out Theo in the crowd, and the ball bounced off the young winger and into goal! The last goal of the game came, once again, from the penalty spot. Koscielny made a run into the box and was brought down. Robin van Persie stepped up once again and converted the penalty into a goal!
Before the end of the game Arteta, Sagna and Henry all made their first appearances back from injury and thus contributing to the amazing atmosphere at the stadium.
In the 5th round we'll be facing Sunderland or Middlesbrough away from home. It'll be difficult but we've definitely got a good shot at the cup!
Injury Update;
-Wilshere has suffered a setback, and will be out for longer than February.
-Gibbs and Jenkinson are not far away from making their way back into the squad.
-Diaby will be back on the pitch at earliest at the end of February.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Arsenal vs. Manchester United
1-2, Premier League, Emirates, 2012-01-22
van Persie 70
Our third consecutive defeat... Things are looking really glum at the moment and that fourth spot seems to be out of reach this season. But what I can't understand are some of the fans' opinions of the game!
Wenger substitutes Oxlade-Chamberlain (man of the match and supplied the assist for van Persie's equalizer) and the entire stadium starts booing and after the game everybody says that 'Wenger cost us the game' and 'it's the worst substitution I've ever seen' etc. Unbelievable! The kid is 18 years old and it's his first start in the prem! It's amazing that he looked that fresh for 75 minutes! And who are they to question a man that has led this club to tons of major trophies! Sure it was some time ago but have some faith!
And like it's not enough to have a go at the managers, some comments made about the players are just awful! It would seem that the only player not getting scrutinised at the moment is Robin van Persie (great goal today but had loads of opportunities to score more, yet you don't hear as much about his misses as for example Walcott's).
I am ashamed of some of the fellow Gunners who, instead of supporting their team, spends all their energy finding faults and trying to bring their players down. Instead of giving Oxlade-Chamberlain a standing ovation for his contribution and giving Arshavin that little extra boost for coming on virtually everyone starts booing. Do you think that made anyone feel any better...? Do you think Alex felt prouder that everyone booed because he had to be substituted than if they'd have cheered for him...?
Now I shall take some time away from football to try and get past this evening and I hope that Arsenal Football Club will stand united at the next game.
van Persie 70
Our third consecutive defeat... Things are looking really glum at the moment and that fourth spot seems to be out of reach this season. But what I can't understand are some of the fans' opinions of the game!
Wenger substitutes Oxlade-Chamberlain (man of the match and supplied the assist for van Persie's equalizer) and the entire stadium starts booing and after the game everybody says that 'Wenger cost us the game' and 'it's the worst substitution I've ever seen' etc. Unbelievable! The kid is 18 years old and it's his first start in the prem! It's amazing that he looked that fresh for 75 minutes! And who are they to question a man that has led this club to tons of major trophies! Sure it was some time ago but have some faith!
And like it's not enough to have a go at the managers, some comments made about the players are just awful! It would seem that the only player not getting scrutinised at the moment is Robin van Persie (great goal today but had loads of opportunities to score more, yet you don't hear as much about his misses as for example Walcott's).
I am ashamed of some of the fellow Gunners who, instead of supporting their team, spends all their energy finding faults and trying to bring their players down. Instead of giving Oxlade-Chamberlain a standing ovation for his contribution and giving Arshavin that little extra boost for coming on virtually everyone starts booing. Do you think that made anyone feel any better...? Do you think Alex felt prouder that everyone booed because he had to be substituted than if they'd have cheered for him...?
Now I shall take some time away from football to try and get past this evening and I hope that Arsenal Football Club will stand united at the next game.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Swansea vs. Arsenal
2-3, Premier League, Liberty Stadium, 2012-01-15
van Persie 5,
Walcott 69
We weren't focused enough today, now did we have the same will as Swansea.. It was a truly horrific to watch us play today...
van Persie got us off to a brilliant start when he scored from a unlikely opportunity, and after that we got complacent. There is no other way to explain how we completely lost all our play and were more or less lucky to come off with a draw after the first half.
In the second half we soon fell behind and when Walcott got us back in the game with an amazing finish to a great run, I figured that we would go on to win the game! However, the equalizer lasted for about thirty seconds. A typical example of a team losing its focus, we looked to far ahead that we couldn't sort out our own defence.
This time it just wasn't enough to put a legend onto the pitch to win us the game, Henry did well and his work-rate was amazing (Koscielny fought like crazy as well), but it just wasn't enough this time around.
Injury Update;
-Rosicky came on in the second half, so he's back from injury.
-Arteta picked up an injury prior to the game, I don't know anything of it yet though.
-Vermaelen is expected to return for the next game.
van Persie 5,
Walcott 69
We weren't focused enough today, now did we have the same will as Swansea.. It was a truly horrific to watch us play today...
van Persie got us off to a brilliant start when he scored from a unlikely opportunity, and after that we got complacent. There is no other way to explain how we completely lost all our play and were more or less lucky to come off with a draw after the first half.
In the second half we soon fell behind and when Walcott got us back in the game with an amazing finish to a great run, I figured that we would go on to win the game! However, the equalizer lasted for about thirty seconds. A typical example of a team losing its focus, we looked to far ahead that we couldn't sort out our own defence.
This time it just wasn't enough to put a legend onto the pitch to win us the game, Henry did well and his work-rate was amazing (Koscielny fought like crazy as well), but it just wasn't enough this time around.
Injury Update;
-Rosicky came on in the second half, so he's back from injury.
-Arteta picked up an injury prior to the game, I don't know anything of it yet though.
-Vermaelen is expected to return for the next game.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Arsenal vs. Leeds
1-0, Premier League, Emirates, 2012-01-09
Henry 78
All you need to do is read the scoreline to know what this means to everyone involved with the club. There isn't words to describe the feeling when the King returns to score the winner for us in a cup tie!
The game was rather dismal until he came on, but how it all changed when the Legend took to the pitch! It took Thierry Henry less than ten minutes to win the game for us with a strike that is so often associated with the striker! He was, however, quick to point out that he is not the player he used to be and will not be able to score week in and week out in his post-match interview. What can you say to that..? What a man, what a player.
Injury Update;
-Coquelin picked up a hamstring injury, so the list of full backs (or centre-halves operating as full backs) out injured is currently: Sagna, Santos, Jenkinson, Gibbs, Vermaelen, Djourou, Coquelin... But there is hope that Djourou will return for the weekend's clash against Swansea.
-Wilshere is expected to return in mid-February
Here's the goal that created a fairytale! ::
Henry 78
All you need to do is read the scoreline to know what this means to everyone involved with the club. There isn't words to describe the feeling when the King returns to score the winner for us in a cup tie!
The game was rather dismal until he came on, but how it all changed when the Legend took to the pitch! It took Thierry Henry less than ten minutes to win the game for us with a strike that is so often associated with the striker! He was, however, quick to point out that he is not the player he used to be and will not be able to score week in and week out in his post-match interview. What can you say to that..? What a man, what a player.
Injury Update;
-Coquelin picked up a hamstring injury, so the list of full backs (or centre-halves operating as full backs) out injured is currently: Sagna, Santos, Jenkinson, Gibbs, Vermaelen, Djourou, Coquelin... But there is hope that Djourou will return for the weekend's clash against Swansea.
-Wilshere is expected to return in mid-February
Here's the goal that created a fairytale! ::
Sunday, January 8, 2012
FA Cup 4th Round Draw
If we beat Leeds tomorrow night we will face Aston Villa at home in the 4th round!
A decent draw, even though it is a Premier League opponent I'm confident that we will win, but, as mentioned, full focus on Leeds for now!
Monday, January 2, 2012
Fulham vs. Arsenal
1-2, Premier League, Craven Cottage, 2012-01-02
Koscielny 21
Now we've started the year as bad as it can be... So now it can only get better... right? To be honest we've had this coming for quite some time now... Can't recall the last time we scored more than one goal in a game... To be fair can't recall when we conceded more than once either until this game... But that's what I mean with 'we've had this coming for quite some time now'. It was only a matter of time until we got some referee who seemed to be high during most of the game and had a man sent off outrageously. Am not going to blame it all on the ref though, we should by far be able to keep a lead for about fifteen minutes with ten men.
The most likely outcome of all this is that all other top teams will win tomorrow (Chelsea won earlier today. That sure was a long, glorious return to the top four) and last weekend will weigh itself out. We will most likely even end up worse off than last weekend as Tottenham at least managed a draw last weekend, and now we've lost...
We had a brilliant first half. We put tons of pressure on Fulham and Koscielny headed us in front when Ramsey provided with a splendid cross.
I have no idea what happened during half time or whatever, but in the second half we hardly ever left our own half of the pitch. Then the ref had the time of his life as he gave Djourou a second yellow card when it in any world (or according to any other ref) wouldn't even have been a first yellow... However, we still ought to have hold on to our lead and got the three points.
So we've started the season with zero points... Brilliant...
Injury Update;
-As Djourou was sent off and Vermaelen is still injured we have now lost our two 'stand in' fullbacks, so let's see how it will look on next Monday against Leeds.
Koscielny 21
Now we've started the year as bad as it can be... So now it can only get better... right? To be honest we've had this coming for quite some time now... Can't recall the last time we scored more than one goal in a game... To be fair can't recall when we conceded more than once either until this game... But that's what I mean with 'we've had this coming for quite some time now'. It was only a matter of time until we got some referee who seemed to be high during most of the game and had a man sent off outrageously. Am not going to blame it all on the ref though, we should by far be able to keep a lead for about fifteen minutes with ten men.
The most likely outcome of all this is that all other top teams will win tomorrow (Chelsea won earlier today. That sure was a long, glorious return to the top four) and last weekend will weigh itself out. We will most likely even end up worse off than last weekend as Tottenham at least managed a draw last weekend, and now we've lost...
We had a brilliant first half. We put tons of pressure on Fulham and Koscielny headed us in front when Ramsey provided with a splendid cross.
I have no idea what happened during half time or whatever, but in the second half we hardly ever left our own half of the pitch. Then the ref had the time of his life as he gave Djourou a second yellow card when it in any world (or according to any other ref) wouldn't even have been a first yellow... However, we still ought to have hold on to our lead and got the three points.
So we've started the season with zero points... Brilliant...
Injury Update;
-As Djourou was sent off and Vermaelen is still injured we have now lost our two 'stand in' fullbacks, so let's see how it will look on next Monday against Leeds.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Arsenal vs. Queens Park Rangers
1-0, Premier League, Emirates, 2011-12-31
van Persie 60
Vital win! This was the game where we put the record straight after the Wolves clash. The two games resembled each other a lot, only this time we didn't make a mistake at the back, so the one goal was enough to grant us the three points on a day when all other top teams dropped points, Man United and Chelsea lost, so now we're fourth! And Tottenham dropped points as well, so third place is definitely within our grasp!
The first half was rather frustrating, especially for the skipper, who had at least three really good goalscoring opportunities. However, in the second half van Persie won us the game! Arshavin passed the ball to the Dutchman who scored comfortably. With this strike he surpassed Henry's club record of 34 goals scored in the calender year.
With that I just have to say that Henry is on the verge of signing a two-month loan move to us! Sounds brilliant!
Injury Update;
-Vermaelen picked up an injury in this game, so we currently have three left-backs out injured.
-Gibbs will soon be back, however, it is likely that we will have to sign another left-back during the transfer window.
van Persie 60
Vital win! This was the game where we put the record straight after the Wolves clash. The two games resembled each other a lot, only this time we didn't make a mistake at the back, so the one goal was enough to grant us the three points on a day when all other top teams dropped points, Man United and Chelsea lost, so now we're fourth! And Tottenham dropped points as well, so third place is definitely within our grasp!
The first half was rather frustrating, especially for the skipper, who had at least three really good goalscoring opportunities. However, in the second half van Persie won us the game! Arshavin passed the ball to the Dutchman who scored comfortably. With this strike he surpassed Henry's club record of 34 goals scored in the calender year.
With that I just have to say that Henry is on the verge of signing a two-month loan move to us! Sounds brilliant!
Injury Update;
-Vermaelen picked up an injury in this game, so we currently have three left-backs out injured.
-Gibbs will soon be back, however, it is likely that we will have to sign another left-back during the transfer window.
Arsenal vs. Wolverhampton
1-1, Premier League, Emirates, 2011-12-27
Gervinho 8
Really disappointing game... When we got the early goal you obviously felt confident that we would win the game. Then we conceded from a corner (once again), but we always looked likely to score, especially in the last twenty minutes. We would have won if it hadn't been for the Wigan 'keeper, who had the game of his life... Naturally...
Gervinho scored a great early strike to give us the lead. The only positive we can take from the game is that we played really well, especially near the end.
Gervinho 8
Really disappointing game... When we got the early goal you obviously felt confident that we would win the game. Then we conceded from a corner (once again), but we always looked likely to score, especially in the last twenty minutes. We would have won if it hadn't been for the Wigan 'keeper, who had the game of his life... Naturally...
Gervinho scored a great early strike to give us the lead. The only positive we can take from the game is that we played really well, especially near the end.
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