Match Report:Fulham 2 Arsenal 1
Arsenal suffered back-to-back defeat when they lost unexpectedly 2-1 to FUlham.
Arsenal were again conceded from corner kick at as early as at 5th minute.Arsenal tried to make something good but were conceded again at 19th minute.Arsenal scored back one goal from a fantastic free-kick from Robin .van Persie.
Arsenal was not playing good at this game,with no dangerous attack at first-half.Arsenal just made normal possession and Fulham defended well and attacked dangerously.If there was no free-kick for Arsenal,I wondered if Arsenal will lost 2-0 to a team who had previously normally thrashed 3 to 4-0.Arsenal could not score from 'real attack',like passsing to player and to another player and the striker finished into the net.Or simple,other than corner-kick,free-kick and penalty.
Fortunately,our current competitor were also failed to take the all three points from this mid-week soccer.Portsmouth drew with Liverpool 0-0,Bolton lost to Chelsea 1-0,Everton were thrashed 3-0 at Old Trafford.But this year I can still accept that Arsenal still in transition player.However,if another season is also like that,I don't know what Arsenal will be.
- I have moved to a new site
- Gunners made offer for Mikel Arteta
- What a relieve!!!!!!!!
- Arsenal vs. Portsmouth match preview
- Ooops!!!!We dropped points again
- Aston Villa vs. Arsenal match preview
- Arsenal vs. Liverpool match preview
- Arsenal drew AS Roma in knock-out stage
- Eduardo to make comeback tonight
- How long the transition period could be??
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Fulham vs. Arsenal:Discussion and prediction
Arsenal will face Fulham this Wednesday at Fulham's home.
I hope Gunners will not be disheartened after losing 3-1 to Bolton Wanderers.I remembered when Arsenal 49 match -unbeaten run were broken by Manchester United and since then Arsenal only collected 6 points from 6 games and this caused Chelsea to win the 2004-2005 season Premiership Title.
Arsenal record against Fulham is always good even at Fulham's home.In last 6 matches,Arsenal win all the games and scoring 16 goals with 2 goals with reply.But Arsenal fans like me should not be TOO OVER CONFIDENT THAT ARSENAL MUST DEMOLISH FULHAM by 3 to 4-0.
After a few incident like the CSKA,Middlesbrough,Aston Villa and all matches in Emirates actually,I don't start thinking like"ah,Fulham is just a small team,must thrash them one".
But I think Arsenal could win this game at least.
Monday, November 27, 2006
Premiership analysis
The picture above shows the current Premiership results.
The Trotters curse at Reebok Stadium to Arsenal becomes more powerful when Bolton beat Arsenal 3-1 and this is the first time Arsenal were conceded 3 goals in a match since 2005(if not mistaken).Fortunately Portsmouth were also lost to Newcastle United 1-0 so that Arsenal's distance with Portsmouth were lessen.Manchester United on the other hand drew with Chelsea,which means Man. Utd. is still leading the Premiership by 3 points so far.
Here's the current Premiership standing;
| Pos. | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Man Utd | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 23 | 35 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
| 3 | Bolton | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 24 |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Aston Villa | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Arsenal | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | Reading | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | -2 | 22 |
| 8 | Everton | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 21 |
| 9 | Liverpool | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 21 |
| 10 | Tottenham | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 19 |
| 11 | Wigan | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 18 |
| 12 | Fulham | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 17 |
| 13 | Middlesbro | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 16 |
| 14 | Man City | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 16 |
| 15 | West Ham | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 14 |
| 16 | Blackburn | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 13 |
| 17 | Newcastle | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 13 |
| 18 | Sheff Utd | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 10 |
| 19 | Watford | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -9 | 9 |
| 20 | Charlton | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 9 |
Arsenal could stand back at third place if Chelsea could beat or draw Bolton at Reebok Stadium,Manchester City could beat or draw Aston Villa at Villa Park and Liverpool could beat Portsmouth.
I personally think that Arsenal is out of title race which I think is Manchester United and Chelsea racing to win the Premiership title.What Arsenal can do is perform well in UEFA Champions League and Carling Cup although Carling Cup is small competition,winning the Carling Cup title is still something to proud about.
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Match Report:Bolton 3 Arsenal 1
We had an exciting first-half especially the the extra-time where Anelka scored a stunning goal against Gunners and Gilberto Silva equalized just after that.
Arsenal were shocked with Faye's header goal.After that,Eboue were pushed harshly to the ground and made controversial because the guy who pushed him just got a yellow card.
After that,Bolton keep dominating the game with attacks.
Arsenal need to be more physical,but please no foul.
In second-half,Arsenal kept attacking and Ljungberg headed to post.However,Anelka punished Arsenal with his 2nd goal at 76th which made Arsenal for the first time of the Premiership this season Arsenal were conceded 3 goals in a game.
Adebayor were also stroke to the post.
We will have to look to overtake Bolton at Wednesday which Bolton will face Chelsea at Reebok Stadium again.
Friday, November 24, 2006
Discussion and Predictiom:Bolton vs. Arsenal
Arsenal will travel to Reebok Stadium to break their record.That record is Arsenal will lost to Bolton every time they travel to Reebok Stadium.
The problem is ARSENAL MUST WIN EVERY GAME in order to catch up or take advantage of M.United's match against Chelsea which either of them must drop points or both will drop points incase it's draw.
Fortunately,Arsenal comeback to beat Hamburg 3-1 last 3 days gave Gunners some confidence otherwise they will go there(Reebok Stadium) with a lost before that match.
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In case you don't know,Bolton's style of playing which is very physical is very disadvantage of Arsenal playing style which very gentle,passing there passing here,playing slowly like Spanish Primera Liga or Italian Series A.
But if Arsenal could win this game,this is very rewarding,we can came closer to Chelsea or the Devils or both,we could keep some distance from Bolton themselves and could even take back to third place in case Portsmouth lost or draw with Newcastle.Newcastle's form seems to coming back,with a drew with Gunners which make Gunners drop to fourth place,I hope Newcastle could help Gunners regain back their third place.
But I really hope that Arsenal could beat Bolton this time,considering Arsenal could drop till to 6-8 place in case Arsenal lose to Bolton.
Gallas could recover sooner.
We have good news from Arsene Wenger when he announced that William Gallas and Tomas Rosicky could recover earlier.
However he said that both of them could not feature for this weekend's crucial game against Bolton Wanderers.
"I don't think Rosicky is ready [for Bolton on Saturday] but he has a chance to be available for Fulham.
"As for Gallas we will see, he will not play against Fulham and Tottenham could be a bit premature but he has a chance to be available for Porto."
On the other hand,Lauren and Abou Diaby will return early of next year.
That's good,they can return earlier so that Arsenal could have better defence as well as attacking.
Wenger responded to FA Charge of improper conduct
Wenger had responded to the FA (Football Association) regarding to his improper conduct with West Ham manager Alan Pardew during recent Arsenal's match against Hamburg.
He has admitted the charge and would like to a personal hearing from FA.
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Fabregas:Walcott is the one of the world's best
Cesc Fabregas quoted that Theo Walcott is one of the world's best.
Theo Walcott came off from the bench during the Arsenal's match against Hamburg and caused terrific havoc among the Hamburg defence and helped Arsenal to win 3-1.
Fabregas quoted
He(Walcott) is the best player of that age playing in the Premiership.When Theo comes on for the last 15 or 20 minutes you can see he can do something. He's so quick, so powerful and showed that once again this evening. For the third goal I thought he had gone too far but he put it perfectly on Baptista's head.He has not asked me for advice, no.He is a very clever boy and he knows more than what a player of his age should know. His family is always close to him and they treat him so well at Arsenal..The advice is always from the boss, from Thierry. I'm just 19. I'm nearly the same age so I can't give him advice.Yeah,Walcott,Fabregas as well as all Arsenal team is growing from time to time.
But he is a great guy and I think getting called up for the World Cup has definitely helped him.
Source:Arsenal.com
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Champions League Group G analysis
Here 's the current Champions League Group G standings
Group G Pld Pts
ARS 5 10
POR 5 10
CSK 5 8
HSV 5 0
Arsenal come back to first place after beating Hamburg 3-1 at Emirates Stadium.CSKA sprang a surprise 2-0 defeat to FC Porto at Lokomotive Stadium.
This group is quite complicated.Match Day 6 will be critical game for Arsenal,FC Porto and CSKA Moskva.
Here's the fixtures for Match Day 6
Hamburg vs. CSKA Moskva
Porto vs. Arsenal
Arsenal will travel to Portugal and will be hoping for at least a draw to secure qualification to the second-round.CSKA in the other hand must beat Hamburg to qualify into the second-round.Porto will refuse a draw with Arsenal because if CSKA beat Hamburg,CSKA will rise to 1st place,Arsenal will be at 2nd place I think and Porto will qualify to the UEFA Cup fight.
Hamburg I hope will show some result even they cannot qualify yo the next round.To Hamburg fans,do you will be ashamed that Hamburg lost all the UEFA Champions League matches.If yes,show some result at Match Day 6,make at least a draw with CSKA or even a win is better.
But Hamburg player,good game by you all.You show a great game against Arsenal and even shock Gunners with a stunning goal.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Match report:Arsenal 3 Hamburg 1
Arsenal beat Hamburg 3-1 at Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal as well as I were shocked as early as 4th minute when Arsenal were down 1-0.Oh Man!Is Arsenal is going to lost or drew the match at Emirate Stadium again.
Arsenal as same as the previous matches,generated a lot of attack but the ball seems refused to get in.When I see Hleb kicked the ball into the post I started to worry and thinking why the Hamburg's stroke when hit the bar,it would reflected into the goal,Gunners stroke when hit the post,reflected to out side.I become sad for the first-half.
When the second-half started,things still gong bleak for Arsenal till the 52th minute,which Fabregas pass to Persie resulted an equalizer for Arsenal.I started to think,Arsenal only need to draw in order to be second in the Group G if Arsenal could beat Porto at Matchday 6,Arsenal will qualify into the second-round.But just after that,Henry were booked which means he will miss the important match against Porto this December.Hamburg made some counter-attack but it weren't too dangerous.Lehmann kept the ball neatly.
At 83th minute,Arsenal lead the game when the goalkeeper failed to kept Eboue's shot neatly and instead,it went into the net.
Baptista heads to strengthen the lead when Baptista scored his first goal for Arsenal at 89th minutwe
Monday, November 20, 2006
Premiership Analysis
Here's the current Premiership table;
| Pos. | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Man Utd | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 23 | 34 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 31 |
| 3 | Portsmouth | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 22 |
| 5 | Aston Villa | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 22 |
| 6 | Bolton | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 21 |
| 7 | Everton | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 20 |
| 8 | Reading | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 19 |
| 9 | Wigan | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Liverpool | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 18 |
| 11 | Fulham | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -5 | 17 |
| 12 | Man City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 16 |
| 13 | Tottenham | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 16 |
| 14 | Middlesbro | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 15 |
| 15 | Blackburn | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 13 |
| 16 | West Ham | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 11 |
| 17 | Newcastle | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 10 |
| 18 | Sheff Utd | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -10 | 10 |
| 19 | Watford | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -9 | 9 |
| 20 | Charlton | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 8 |
Arsenal dropped to fourth place after a 1-1 drew with Newcastle.Portsmouth replaced Arsenal at 3rd place after beating the new comer Watford 2-1 at home.The Devils on the other hand managed to salvage their 3 points after beating Sheffield .Utd 2-1.
Let's look at next week Premiership Fixture;
Sat - 25 Nov 06
Charlton v Everton
A Villa v M'brough
Fulham v Reading
Liv'pool v Man City
West Ham v Sheff U
Bolton v Arsenal
Sun - 26 Nov 06
N'castle v Portsm'h
Tot'ham v Wigan
Man Utd v Chelsea
Arsenal will have some tough time facing Bolton especially at Reebok Stadium which Arsenal haven't beat Bolton there for a few years.But of course we all looking for the giants clash at Old Trafford.Chelsea must win the match or The Blues will have hard time chasing Man United which leaves 6 points distance if Chelsea lose the game to the Devils.
But this is the not the decisive match for Arsenal,it is the match against Hamburg.However,CSKA will face Porto at home which means Porto posibility to beat CSKA is very low.If Gunners can beat Hamburg,Arsenal only need to draw with Porto or can even lost(but not too much and beat Hamburg 3-0 or more).
I hope we all will not get a game like CSKA where Gunners had so many chances but can't even score a goal.
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Match report:Arsenal 1 Newcastle 1
Arsenal drew 1-1 with Newcastle.
Sudden counter-attack by Newcastle made Arsenal once again behind in Emirates stadium despite dominating the game.No shock for all Arsenal fans because we had experienced it many times,be it with Aston Villa,Middlesbrough and CSKA Moskva.
Persie were injured and was replaced by Henry.
In the second-half Gunners kept generating shots and shots to Newcastle but Shay Given block all the shots.Once a while Newcastle counter-attacked to Arsenal's defence.
The equaliser goal came when Henry scored a free-kick goal,similar to van Persie score against Everton.The attack continued but all of them end as frustation.
Like one of my commenter,Arsenal needs consistency.Last week we could see Arsenal could beat Red giant 3-0 but drew with the third last Newcastle in home.
Besides that,Arsenal need to be careful to counter-attack.Put at least 3 defender in Arsenal's defense.Maybe Gunners already done that but quite a lot of time Arsenal were conceded goal by sudden counter-attack.
Actually Gunners controlling all the match that it played but somehow all of them ended with frustration and anger.But Arsenal style of play will pay one day.
Friday, November 17, 2006
Arsenal vs. Newcastle Utd:Discussion and Prediction
Arsenal will play Newcastle United 12 hours from the time I type this post.
Arsenal record against Newcastle especially at home is better in recent time but overall Newcastle has better record against Arsenal.However,since Wenger has taken charge of the manager of the Gunners,Arsenal has improved tremendously and Newcastle mismanagement made Newcastle worse recently.Newcastle is at 18th place in this season Premiership currently whereas Gunners is third with one game in hand.
Arsenal will need to win this game(actually Arsenal will have to win all games)to maintain the third place or strengthen Gunners third place before facing Bolton at Reebok Stadium.I don't sure whether Arsenal could beat Trotters or not but we must score like we did against the Reds.
Bolton and Aston Villa(both are having same points with Gunners)will face Everton and Wigans respectively and I hope both will have a draw.Sheffield United or the Blades will have hard time facing the roaring Devils although they are facing them at home.
My prediction:Arsenal 2 Newcastle 0
Monday, November 13, 2006
Premiership table analysis
Here's the current Premiership table;
| Pos. | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Man Utd | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 22 | 31 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 28 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 21 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 5 | Bolton | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | Portsmouth | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 20 |
| 7 | Everton | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | Wigan | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Liverpool | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Fulham | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 17 |
| 11 | Reading | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -5 | 16 |
| 12 | Tottenham | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 15 |
| 13 | Middlesbro | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 14 |
| 14 | Man City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 13 |
| 15 | Blackburn | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 12 |
| 16 | West Ham | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 11 |
| 17 | Sheff Utd | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 10 |
| 18 | Newcastle | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 9 |
| 19 | Watford | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 9 |
| 20 | Charlton | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 8 |
Finally,Arsenal climb to to 3rd place after could ever done it last week but Gunners themselves lost to West Ham 1-0 at Upton Park.Fortunately,Sheffield United and Fulham help us to make the Trotters(Bolton) and Portsmouth drop points.Watford were thrashed 4-0 by Chelsea(expected).Manchester United managed to revenge their two time lost to Blackburn Rovers last season when the Devils beat Blackburn 1-0 to keep leading the Premiership table.
Here the next Premiership fixture;
Sat - 18 Nov 06 |  | |||||||
|  | Man City | | v | | Fulham | | |
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| | Arsenal | | v | | N'castle | | |
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| | Chelsea | | v | | West Ham | | |
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| | Everton | | v | | Bolton | | |
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| | Portsm'h | | v | | Watford | | |
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| | Reading | | v | | Charlton | | |
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| | Sheff U | | v | | Man Utd | | |
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| | M'brough | | v | | Liv'pool | | |
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| Sun - 19 Nov 06 | | |||||||
| | Wigan | | v | | A Villa | | |
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| | Blackb'n | | v | | Tot'ham | ||
Firstly,we talk about Arsenal's game against Newcastle United.Arsenal enormous 3-0 win over classic rivals Liverpool will be sure boosting Gunners confidence after 2 draws and a lost despite their dominance in their games.Of course I hope Arsenal could win this game and take some advantage before facing Hamburg at 22nd November and Bolton Wanderers at November 25th.
Liverpool is going to play away games next week.If you don't know,Liverpool had lost 5 of their 6 games(including the game against Arsenal)and scored only 1 away goals so far(in Premiership).Benitez and his gang has to recover from Gunner's shot to beat Middlesbrough.
Next is Everton vs. Bolton.I'm not sure who is going to win this game but I'm sure this game is going to be an exciting match.
Sunday, November 12, 2006
3 goals,3rd place and glory for Gunners
Flamini,Toure and Gallas enlightens our gloomy day since 3 match ago.Horray!!!!!!!!!!
Arsenal started attacking as early as first minute but Persie made it hand ball.Instead of scoring a goal,Persie got a yellow card.
At 11th minute,it's the Reds turn to scare us when Crouch kicked the ball into Gunner's net but it's off-side.
Hyppia strikes at 18 minute but it went wide.
At 25th minute,Henry shot the ball into the net but it went neatly into Reina's hand.
Gonzalez shot a first-timer kick but it went just slightly higher than the goal.
At 41th minute,Hleb passed the ball to Fabregas and he crossed it and Flamini did the finishing into the net.No off-side this time.
At 52th minute,Toure strengthened Arsenal lead.
van Persie took a strike but Reina caught the ball neatly.
Gerrard then tried his usual long-shot but this time it went slightly higher than the goal.
At 74th minute,the ref seems to get some injury.Time wasting by the refs
Flamini was tackled by Pennant.Pennant got a yellow card.
Persie takes a corner-kick.Ussualy in Arsenal's game the ball was either went to goalkeepers hand,cleared by defender or someone heads it wide.But this time is different,Gallas heads Arsenal to 3-0 win over Liverpool.
Adebayor ran the ball into Liverpool's defense,no defender this time.But somehow Adebayor strikes into the Reina's leg and it was reflected to the left-side of the field.
A good game by Arsenal,Gunners style of playing finally pays off.
Arsenal has slightly better control in the pitch and I hope they can maintain till the end of this match.If Arsenal could win this match then Arsenal could get back their 'face' after drew with CSKA and Everton and lost to Hammers last week.And Wenger's temper could be cooler.
Half-time report:Arsenal 1 Liverpool 0
Flamini enlightens our gloomy day since 3 match ago.Horray!!!!!!!!!!
Arsenal started attacking as early as first minute but Persie made it hand ball.Instead of scoring a goal,Persie got a yellow card.
At 11th minute,it's the Reds turn to scare us when Crouch kicked the ball into Gunner's net but it's off-side.
Hyppia strikes at 18 minute but it went wide.
At 25th minute,Henry shot the ball into the net but it went neatly into Reina's hand.
Gonzalez shot a first-timer kick but it went just slightly higher than the goal.
At 41th minute,Hleb passed the ball to Fabregas and he crossed it and Flamini did the finishing into the net.No off-side this time.
Arsenal has slightly better control in the pitch and I hope they can maintain till the end of this match.If Arsenal could win this match then Arsenal could get back their 'face' after drew with CSKA and Everton and lost to Hammers last week.And Wenger's temper could be cooller.
Friday, November 10, 2006
Arsenal vs. Liverpool:Discussion and Prediction
Arsenal will face Liverpool at home within 24 hours from the time I type this post.
Two draws and a lost will be really a frustration for all Arsenal fans including me and the most frustrated is Wenger as Gunner did never win despite their domination in most of their games.
Fortunately this disappointment were lessen a little bit last two days when they beat Everton 1-0 and confidence is needed the face Red Giants this weekend.
Did you notice,before Arsenal face big teams they will suffer two draws,one lost and one win.Before Arsenal face Manchester United,Arsenal drew with Aston Villa and Middlesbrough,lost to Manchester City and most of people predicted that Arsenal could never beat Devils in that form and in Old Trafford.For your information,Arsenal had never beat Manchester United since about 5 years ago.And the worst is our King Henry is out in that game.But somehow Arsenal had done it,beat the Devils in the Theatre of Dreams.And after that Gunner's form is back on track after that.
But it's just talk only,we need to rely to our skills and determination to win Liverpool this weekend.Steven Gerrard had always perform not quite good when playing against Arsenal.Missing penalty kicks in Anfield and a costly backpass mistake to Theirry Henry makes Arsenal managed to beat Liverpool in Highbury last season.Dirk Kuyt and Crouch and potentially dangerous strikers therefore our backfour Gallas,Toure,Flamini and Clichy perhaps have to work hard defending against them.Just now I went to Arsenal.com website and there is sad news that Tomas Rosicky had to be out for 10 days means he could miss the Liverpool tie this weekend,the Newcastle game and even the Champions League match against Hamburg or short words,the Gunner continuous 3 home matches.
A draw or a lost will be terrible for Arsenal because most likely Arsenal will drop to at least 7th place or more therefore this match is must-win for Arsenal.
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Carling Cup:Everton 0 Arsenal 1
Adebayor scored a late winning goal just 5 minutes before the final whistle to send Gunners further in the Carling Cup Championship.
Although 3 Arsenal players got 1 yellow card each,the Toffees suffered even more when James Mcfadden were sent off.
This will give Arsenal more confidence to face Liverpool this weekend.Almunia was substituted at half-time because of injury.However,he should be fit for the next match against Liverpool incase needed.
tag: Arsenal, Everton, Carling Cup.
Monday, November 06, 2006
Premiership Discussion
Here's the current Premiership table;
| Pos. | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Man Utd | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 21 | 28 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | Bolton | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 18 |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Everton | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 17 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | Fulham | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 16 |
| 10 | Tottenham | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 15 |
| 11 | Wigan | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 14 |
| 12 | Reading | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 13 |
| 13 | Blackburn | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 12 |
| 14 | Man City | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 12 |
| 15 | West Ham | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 11 |
| 16 | Middlesbro | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 11 |
| 17 | Watford | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 9 |
| 18 | Sheff Utd | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 9 |
| 19 | Newcastle | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 8 |
| 20 | Charlton | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 8 |
Although Portsmouth and Bolton lost their game last weekend,Arsenal couldn't take advantage when even themselves suffer a last-minute defeat by the Hammers.Although I knew that Arsenal wasn't playing well,but I didn't expect Arsenal could lost the game.A draw may be a more fair result.
Actually the game is a small matter,but the controversial fight(not a fight actually but just some pushing) between Wenger and Pardew after Harewood scored the winning goal remains in my mind.And most Arsenal player I saw after the match ends were very angry and even refused to exchange jersey with the West Ham player.
Chelsea were actually suffered same thing like Gunners when they lost 2-1 to Spurs(Maybe birthday present to Ferguson)and the worst of all,Chelsea captain John Terry was sent off.
Fortunately,despite Arsenal loss to Hammers,Arsenal can still stay at fifth place when Toffees lost to Fulham 1-0.
Arsenal must win next weekend,even the Reds.A lost will bring Arsenal to 8-9th place maybe.
Here some interesting article to you to read.Enjoy!
Stubbs: 'We've won games playing far worse'(Arsenal.com)
Bonfire Fight(The Sun)
Technorati tag: Premiership, discusson, table, controversial
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Live report:West Ham vs. Arsenal
The match will start soon.
The match starts now
A free-kick for Arsenal,Henry takes it
West Ham counter-attacking,a free-kick for Hammers
West Ham kicked on target but Lehmann saved it.
A corner for West Ham
What a miss-kick from West Ham,what a relief for Arsenal.Another corner by West Ham
It's currently,11th minute
Henry to Persie,Persie shoot but goalkeeper saved it.
Rosicky strike but it goes to the moon
Spector gets a yellow card for tackling Persie
Lehmann miskicked the West Ham's player,fortunately nothing happens
Persie on-side actually,but the ref says it off-side
Henry to Rosicky but Rosicky just shoots it wide.
Clichy gets a yellow card.
A corner for Hammers.
I don't think Arsenal is controlling the match,it seems West Ham has more attacking
A corner for Arsenal.
Persie seems got some injury,hope it is not so serious
A yellow card for Persie,a free-kick for West Ham
3 minutes extra time.
Half time break.
Arsenal is not playing that good today,West Ham has more attacking.
Hope Gunners could play better in 2nd half.
SECOND-HALF STARTS NOW
Currently it's 50th minute
A free-kick for Arsenal.
It goes wide.
Corner for Arsenal but Arsenal's player heads it wide.
Hleb was substituted by Eboue.
It's already 71st minute,Arsenal must score!!
It's Sherringham,good defend by the Gunners
Toure shoots,I thought it was goal,but it's side-netting.
West Ham win a free-kick
A corner for West ham
Another corner for Hammers
Henry cross but no body takes theball.
Eboue cross but Adebayor finishes it wide.
Eboue crosses again but the goalkeeper takes it.
Adebayor takes the ball but it's off-side
A goal by Harewood.West Ham 1 Arsenal 0.
Currently it's 90th minute,3 minute extra-time
Disappointing match and result for Arsenal.I know Arsenal couldn't win the game but I didn't expect Arsenal could lose the game.
The game ends,West Ham 1 Arsenal 0
Technorati tag: Live report, Arsenal, West Ham, English Premier League
Friday, November 03, 2006
West Ham .vs Arsenal:Discussion and Prediction
Arsenal will travel to Upton Park at West Ham after a great game but disappointing result in Emirates Stadium against CSKA Moskva.West Ham just get their one victory after losing 6 match in one row.
This is another chance for Arsenal to reap the 3rd place in Premiership.If Portsmouth draw or beaten by Manchester United (a draw will better for Arsenal),Bolton draw or beaten by Wigan (but the possibility is very low but it's possible) and Arsenal beat West Ham,Gunners could stand at 3rd place in Premiership.
If Arsenal could play like it did on CSKA(but no miss),Arsenal could even thrash Hammers at least 3-0.But somehow football is weird,although you are dominate the game but somehow you just cannot get the ball into the goal.If you watch the match between Arsenal and CSKA,you could see a lot of misses and the most funny is the Rosicky miss.How he could kick the ball into goalkeeper's chest when if you could just kicked it straight the ball could went into the net.
However,West Ham is not weak and it's two Argentinian players is very menacing although both of them is not in form and we should be careful with them.But with Arsenal style of playing,I think beating West Ham is not a problem to Gunners.
UPDATED:Portmouth and Bolton are already welcoming Arsenal to 3rd place,it just depends to Gunners to go to it or not
Everything is going the Arsenal's way so far,with the Wigan's 1-0 victory over Bolton Wanderers and the Devils beat Pompey 3-0 at Old Trafford(A present from Portmouth to Ferguson maybe).Fulham sprang a surprise 1-0 win over Everton which means Arsenal's fifth place is very stable and can even jump to 3rd place if Arsenal beat Hammers today.
tag: Discussion, Arsenal, West Ham, Premiership
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Match Report:Arsenal 0 CSKA Moskva 0
Arsenal drew with CSKA 0-0
Although Arsenal deserved a victory in that game(some say Arsenal should beat CSKA 4 or 5-0,there seems got some 'ghost' in Emirates Stadium that helps CSKA.Although that,CSKA sohuld be praised for their inteligence in defending and Arsenal were also received some dangerous conter-attack from CSKA.
Nothing to be blamed for this match because I think Arsenal played correctly in this game but somehow Gunners attack cannot be finished properly.But we have to worry about Arsenal's 3rd place in Group G after FC Porto beat Hamburg 3-1 in Hamburg's home.
Here's UEFA Champions League Group G standing;
| Group G | Pld | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| CSK | 4 | 8 |
| ARS | 4 | 7 |
| POR | 4 | 7 |
| HSV | 4 | 0 |
Actually,if Hamburg only lost 2-1 to Porto,Arsenal still can maintain it's second place with it's alphabet(It's great Arsenal starts with 'a') but Hamburg's performance in Champions League is just dissapointing.
Here next fixture for UEFA Champions League Group G;
Arsenal vs Hamburg
CSKA Moskva vs FC Porto
This will be a relieve for Arsenal.If Arsenal can beat Hamburg,Arsenal must come back to second place or even first place if CSKA draw with Porto.But it's still 3 weeks ahead so we will see Arsenal performance in Premiership.
Hopefully,Arsenal can win the Champions League this season.