Sorry for unavailability of match preview and match report of last Tuesday’s game against Derby.It’s good to see Gunners win with big margins again,though it’s quite meaningless to our season and it’s against a relegated team.
Persie,Almunia,Flamini,Sagna,Diaby, will be out for this game.I don’t think we need to mention Eduardo until next season.
Technical Details
The only thing I could advise to this game is to be careful with our players,and don’t break Emirates record.We must admit that we have failed this season and we must be prepared for the next season.
I’m currently very busy with my work,especially configuring my new OS,Slackware 12.0
But I’m glad that the configuration went quite OK,and the best is I can see Gunners get three points again.
It’s very long time since I saw Arsenal win games.But too bad,I can’t watch this game.In fact,I can’t watch Arsenal game if the game is between 12 – 2 p.m(London time).
But here’s the highlight;
Highlights Please note that the highlights are not provided by myself.
I’m sorry to say that I didn’t watch the game because I was busy at that time.
After seeing the result,I think our title hope is over already.We better concentrated on Champions League.
I expect Arsenal to win because Liverpool fielded a weakened team against us today.Benitez is probably starting to think about the ‘next game’.
Another strange fact is Bendtner caused Gunners to draw twice against Liverpool,which you could think is bad or good for us.I have no comments regarding this.
Watching Liverpool’s first goal against us,I think it was a simple goal yet we couldn’t do anything about it.We need to defend better.
But the good news was Bendtner’s equaliser could boost up his confidence,after being blamed for his “save” from Gunners’ second goal.
We started the game very well.But it’s home team to score first when Taylor headed handsomely for 1 goal lead for the home team.
Arsenal still kept the possession but it was somehow not good enough for us to equalise.We had some attacks but it was all off target.
Instead,Bolton got even better with 1 man advantage and a 2nd goal for them at 44th minute,when Taylor’s shot was deflected by Gallas and Almunia could not expect it to happen.
Second-Half
AS everyone expected Gunners to attack for all cost,it was all wrong for the first 10 minutes in 2nd half.Bolton had the free-kicks,corners and all sorts of advantages they did not have at 1st half.But fortunately they did not score their 3rd goal.
Walcott and Adebayor’s presence made the difference.Minutes after their presence in the game.Arsenal got their 1st goal when Gallas took advantage of our opponent’s carelessness to defend at left-side of the goal.He just easily slanted the ball into the net.
5 minutes later,Arsenal managed to equalise with a penalty kick.Hleb was taken down in penalty box,and therefore entitle to a penalty kick.Persie,although is said to be ‘rusty’,he’s still good enough to score a penalty kick.
After that,the game was totally open.It was anyone’s game.Attacks were going at both sides.
But it was Gunners who got the 3rd goal at 90th minute.No Bolton players was able to clear Fabregas soft shot in the net.It marked an end to Gunners’ frustration last 5 EPL games.
The tension always there when the Big Four clash,and this game is no different.
Ballack fired a dangerous free-kick at 5th minute,but Almunia did a great save to deny home team a lead.
10 minutes later,it’s our turn to have a chance to score.However,Persie’s shot just went wide.I guess he still finding his touch.
At 16th minute,Ballack again shot a shot but again,Almunia saved the attack.
Terry’s sudden pass to Drogba at 24th minute could be Blues’ best chance to score,but Drogba did not finish it well into our goal.
At 38th minute,Gallas could be scoring 2nd time against his former team but it just went to post.But anyway,it was offside.
Two minutes later,complication happened in front of our goal;lots of players trying to get the ball,but fortunately the ball went away from our goal.
Overall,Chelsea had a better game than us.We again lacked creativity,and again it’s hard to attack against a great defending team without counter-attacking.
2nd half
At 54th minute,Drogba could score with one to one chance but Gallas did a good job to defend against him.
Arsenal scored first at 58th minute,when Sagna headed from a corner-kick to make Gunners lead with 1-0 score against Chelsea.
Ashley Cole had a chance to score an equaliser at 60th minute but his header was just too wide from the goal.
Ballack put his last shot before he’s substituted but Almunia again denied his chance.At 71st minute,Blues equalised with his superb shot and Almunia can’t do anything about this shot.4 minutes later,Anelka too put a hot but his attempt was just too poor.
Drogba again became our killer when he scored the winning goal to make Chelsea lead with 2-1 score.This goal was too,from his great shot.
Chelsea continued the possession,and we were just too weak to score any goals now.
Overall
Chelsea deserved to win this game.They had more possession,and Drogba factor again played a huge role over our 2nd lost game so far this season.
We can’t score even when we had the control,and when we were dominated,the chances to score are microscopic.
