Arsenal suffered back-to-back humiliation as Gunners was beaten again,by three goals to none and by a full-forced Man. City.
Second-half goals from Carloz Tevez,Wright-Philips and Weiss sent us out from Carling Cup.
The moment the game started, it did not look positive to us.We were dominated for most of the time although we did create some attacking chances.Our youth just simply couldn’t cope with City’s physical and experience advantage.I knew that we will lose the game but I didn’t expect to lose 3-0 again,when we just got beaten by same score-line last Sunday.
We need to focue on Stoke City game and I expect some big victory for us.Fortunately,we can say that our second-team lost to Man. City’s first-team.Unfortunately,it’s Arsenal who lost 3-0 against Man. City.
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Two goals and Vermalen’s own goal were definitely gave Gunners a massive setback with 3-to-nil defeat to Chelsea.Drogba’s strike in 41st minute opened the lead over the Gunners.Not a long time after that,Vermalen accidentally presented Anchelloti’s team another goal just before the first-half ended.
In the second half,Gunners put Walcott and soon replaced Eduardo with Vela to speed up the game.But it was Chelsea which scored a third-goal,the goal which was enough to put a cut on Gunners’ hope to get at least a point.The third goal was scored by Drogba through a free-kick.
To sum up the game,Gunners definitely were better in terms of possession but The Blue utilised every chance they had.Chelsea’s back four was very solid and when they were lucky enough,we were simply hopeless and we couldn’t stop the gap from getting bigger and bigger.
Seriously,with 8 points gap(with a game in hand) with Chelsea,our hope of ending our BPL title drought is just microscopic.Hopefully we can score three points against smaller teams;this are more important in Premier League where they award you three points for match won,a point for match drawn and nothing for match lost regardless of which team you played–Big Four or bottom teams.
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A 2-0 victory yesterday is definitely more than enough to send Arsenal top of Group H in Champions League.Both of the goals were scored before the first-half break and to be frank,it’s a boring game although the result was perfectly fine for Arsenal.
Although it was Arsenal who was in control,but S.Liege did put some nice attacks and two of them just unfortunate to hit the tiny little bar instead of the net.But,those attack are the only real attack that Gunners faced.
With this victory,we can rest our players in Olympiakos match and I guess Olympiakos would do the same too since they are qualified to knock-out stage too.
However,Arsenal’s victory will not be in the sports news cover;it will be Liverpool instead.Fiorentina’s 1-0 win against Lyon canceled out Liverpool’s 1-0 win against Debrecen.This should be a sad moment for Liverpool fans, but Europa League is still open.Benitez’s career in Liverpool is still safe however,according to The Sun.I’m not sure if Benitez should be sacked or not,but if Liverpool continues to slack in the performance, he will definitely has to take the blame.
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A goal from Darren Bent was enough to stop Arsenal from getting any point from Stadium of Light.Even Gunners’ goal machine scored an average of 3 goals per game,the machine just couldn’t break Black Cat’s defense.
To be frank,we didn’t deserve to win nor we deserve to lose.But lady luck was with the host.Arsenal couldn’t score a goal from the first-half;that’s a symptom of trouble in Gunners’ game.Although Arsenal was in the driving seat,but Sunderland did spring some surprises from their counter-attacks but Malbranque wasted his only two chances to get ahead before the first-half.Arsenal’s attack on the other hand,did create some beautiful chances but our finishing just wasn’t as good as theirs during game against Everton and Blackburn.
The mode of the game wasn’t changed much in second-half of the game until after 60th minute;Arshavin substituted Ramsey and there’s more attack from Arsenal’s side.But it was Sunderland who got a goal in 70th minute when Frazier banged a cross from Reid’s corner and Darren Bent was there in front of Gunnners’ goal to ensure they got in front with a goal lead.
Worried with a goal down,Wenger brought Vela and Walcott to speed up Gunners’ pace.But Sunderland’s good defending made sure that the score-line didn’t change and Sunderland’s 1-0 lead stayed until the final whistle.
Sunderland did well in this game especially their defense department.They really fought for the possession,strived for attacking chances and the combination of these two outstanding points made BPL’s top scorer team scored nothing in Stadium of Light.
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Arsenal : Diaby 18, 22, Gallas 51, Ramsey 69
Portsmouth : Kaboul 37
Another convincing performance from our squad; our play is quite solid although the same could not be said on Almunia in 37th minute. Gunners tore through Pompey’s defense with passes that cut through Pompey’s defense, dangerous headers and some scary shot.
In 70th minute after Gunners found their fourth, Wenger started to rest some of his players.Arshavin was substituted with Bendtner; Persie was replaced by Merida.After that, Portsmouth’s goal were bombarded with some dangerous shots that came and went ,but none of them went into their goal until the final whistle.
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