Eduardo seals Arsenal comeback in Liege

The Croatian, who had a two-game ban for diving overturned on Monday, kneed in the winner for the Gunners who trailed 2-0 after five minutes.
Nicklas Bendtner and Thomas Vermaelen also scored.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger said: "It is always inevitable with Eduardo. "He is a guy who can always turn up on crosses because he has that anticipation. "He gave the ball away for their first goal and we were caught cold by a team who were really ready and started out of the blocks at full power. "Standard played like a cup final tonight with full commitment. "When you go 2-0 down after five minutes, you know you have a big task in front of you. "We fought back with a goal just before half-time and then, in the second half, the game dropped a bit in physical intensity.

"When they got tired, we got set-pieces and took advantage of them.
"We had a lot of players missing tonight through injury so this win shows the strength of our squad and the spirit we have."

The result and the way it was achieved was a massive boost for Arsenal, who had lost their previous two games against Manchester United and City.

Wenger added: "When you are at a big club, you cannot afford to have too many defeats on the trot."

The Arsenal boss claimed the decision to award an early penalty when William Gallas brought down Milan Jovanovic was harsh.

Yet the Belgians moaned that the Gunners' leveller should have been ruled out as Alex Song seemed to handle the ball on to defender Vermaelen, who tapped home from close range.

Wenger added: "The penalty looked harsh but I have not seen it again.
"As for our equaliser, it was impossible to see from the bench."

Liege boss Laszlo Boloni blasted: "They had good help from the referee. Two players were offside and there was also a clear handball from Song."

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Eduardo seals Arsenal comeback in Liege

The Croatian, who had a two-game ban for diving overturned on Monday, kneed in the winner for the Gunners who trailed 2-0 after five minutes.
Nicklas Bendtner and Thomas Vermaelen also scored.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger said: "It is always inevitable with Eduardo. "He is a guy who can always turn up on crosses because he has that anticipation. "He gave the ball away for their first goal and we were caught cold by a team who were really ready and started out of the blocks at full power. "Standard played like a cup final tonight with full commitment. "When you go 2-0 down after five minutes, you know you have a big task in front of you. "We fought back with a goal just before half-time and then, in the second half, the game dropped a bit in physical intensity.

"When they got tired, we got set-pieces and took advantage of them.
"We had a lot of players missing tonight through injury so this win shows the strength of our squad and the spirit we have."

The result and the way it was achieved was a massive boost for Arsenal, who had lost their previous two games against Manchester United and City.

Wenger added: "When you are at a big club, you cannot afford to have too many defeats on the trot."

The Arsenal boss claimed the decision to award an early penalty when William Gallas brought down Milan Jovanovic was harsh.

Yet the Belgians moaned that the Gunners' leveller should have been ruled out as Alex Song seemed to handle the ball on to defender Vermaelen, who tapped home from close range.

Wenger added: "The penalty looked harsh but I have not seen it again.
"As for our equaliser, it was impossible to see from the bench."

Liege boss Laszlo Boloni blasted: "They had good help from the referee. Two players were offside and there was also a clear handball from Song."

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Chief referee 'will apologise to Wenger'

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is set to receive an apology from Premier League referees chief Keith Hackett following his dismissal in Saturday's 2-1 defeat to Manchester United.

League Managers Association chief executive Richard Bevan has spoken to Hackett about the Old Trafford incident which saw Wenger sent to the stands by referee Mike Dean on the advice of fourth official Lee Probert.

And he has been told that Wenger will receive an apology from the Premier Game Match Officials Board which appoints officials to top-flight games in

England.

The Gunners boss caught Probert's attention when he kicked an empty water bottle down the touchline following a disallowed goal for Arsenal in the final minutes.
On the decision to penalise Wenger, Bevan said: "Although correct in 'law', it was completely out of context in the game and it was followed by the nonsense which followed over where Arsene Wenger should sit. "I've spoken to Keith Hackett and he fully recognises the situation was an error and an apology will follow to Arsene Wenger. "Lee Probert totally failed to manage the situation and created a needless pressure point taking the focus away from the pitch in a big event with only a minute to go."

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Chief referee 'will apologise to Wenger'

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is set to receive an apology from Premier League referees chief Keith Hackett following his dismissal in Saturday's 2-1 defeat to Manchester United.

League Managers Association chief executive Richard Bevan has spoken to Hackett about the Old Trafford incident which saw Wenger sent to the stands by referee Mike Dean on the advice of fourth official Lee Probert.

And he has been told that Wenger will receive an apology from the Premier Game Match Officials Board which appoints officials to top-flight games in

England.

The Gunners boss caught Probert's attention when he kicked an empty water bottle down the touchline following a disallowed goal for Arsenal in the final minutes.
On the decision to penalise Wenger, Bevan said: "Although correct in 'law', it was completely out of context in the game and it was followed by the nonsense which followed over where Arsene Wenger should sit. "I've spoken to Keith Hackett and he fully recognises the situation was an error and an apology will follow to Arsene Wenger. "Lee Probert totally failed to manage the situation and created a needless pressure point taking the focus away from the pitch in a big event with only a minute to go."

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Fabregas '50-50' for United clash

Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas only has a 50-50 chance of playing against champions Manchester United in the Premier League on Saturday because of a hamstring injury.

The Spaniard missed Arsenal's Champions League playoff victory over Celtic on Wednesday after injuring himself in the defeat of Portsmouth last weekend. "He had a training session today that was quite positive," Arsenal manager Wenger, whose side have scored 10 goals in two league matches, told Arsenal's website. "He will have a definite test tomorrow where we will decide if we include him in the squad or not. Today I would say it is a real 50-50. Yesterday it I would say it was 60-40 against but he looked positive today."

Theo Walcott and Tomas Rosicky are also unlikely to play in the Old Trafford clash, the first meeting between any of the established big four sides this season.

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Fabregas '50-50' for United clash

Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas only has a 50-50 chance of playing against champions Manchester United in the Premier League on Saturday because of a hamstring injury.

The Spaniard missed Arsenal's Champions League playoff victory over Celtic on Wednesday after injuring himself in the defeat of Portsmouth last weekend. "He had a training session today that was quite positive," Arsenal manager Wenger, whose side have scored 10 goals in two league matches, told Arsenal's website. "He will have a definite test tomorrow where we will decide if we include him in the squad or not. Today I would say it is a real 50-50. Yesterday it I would say it was 60-40 against but he looked positive today."

Theo Walcott and Tomas Rosicky are also unlikely to play in the Old Trafford clash, the first meeting between any of the established big four sides this season.

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Man City sign Arsenal striker Adebayor

Manchester City continued their spending spree with the signing of Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor for an undisclosed fee believed to be around £25 million.

As the world was in sleep on friday night one of the least expected transfer took place that of E.Adebayor from Arsenal (North london) to East lands ie Manchester City.

Manchester City who are on a spending spree have already spent around 100 million pounds with the shock signing of Carlos Tevez from arch-rivals Manchester united,Gareth barry,Roque SantaCruz.

The transfer spree is to continue as their manager Mark Hughes is keen to sign John Terry from chelsea and J.Lescott from everton. This is possible as their wealthy Arab owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan has provided his manager with a lotof cash for this summer in order to make his club reach the top of English as well as European football and this has helped Man City beign considered the richest club in the world.


With the rumours in the transfer market to continue and if the rumours come true by chance then Man city will pose a serious threat to the top four position or they might even win the EPL.

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Man City sign Arsenal striker Adebayor

Manchester City continued their spending spree with the signing of Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor for an undisclosed fee believed to be around £25 million.

As the world was in sleep on friday night one of the least expected transfer took place that of E.Adebayor from Arsenal (North london) to East lands ie Manchester City.

Manchester City who are on a spending spree have already spent around 100 million pounds with the shock signing of Carlos Tevez from arch-rivals Manchester united,Gareth barry,Roque SantaCruz.

The transfer spree is to continue as their manager Mark Hughes is keen to sign John Terry from chelsea and J.Lescott from everton. This is possible as their wealthy Arab owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan has provided his manager with a lotof cash for this summer in order to make his club reach the top of English as well as European football and this has helped Man City beign considered the richest club in the world.


With the rumours in the transfer market to continue and if the rumours come true by chance then Man city will pose a serious threat to the top four position or they might even win the EPL.

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