Arsenal vs Man Utd Full time report

Both teams lined up as they were at the start of the second half and with just as much energy. We had a very early chance to put it 2-0 with Ben foster stopping a van persie shot just in front of the goal with an instinctive save. We came out probably the better of the two teams after the break with all the team looking for the ball and not afraid to get forward.

Despite Arsenal's pressure it was nited that were to get the next goal.
The game picked up on the 57th minute when Rooney was taken down by Almunia's outstretched arms and subsequently put away the penalty to make it 1-1.

Arsenal almost went ahead again 5 mins later with Van persie hitting the bar from a well shot free kick outside the box. Pain was to follow almost instantly with Diaby when he poorly tried to clear a Giggs pass which he put past Almunia for an own goal what a killer blow.

The game definitley changed with the 3rd goal and Utd looked to gain a stronger grip in the game as the match went on. Wenger did try and change things with the introdction of Bendtner on the 71st minte but Arsenal still struggled to get the equaliser. 8 minutes on Eduardo was introduced and it looked to be Wenger's last attacking option to change the game.

We had few chances after that and we looked to have fizzled out in the last mintes. The last remaining hope was the 5 minutes extra time that was added. Berbatov was the first player to get a chance in extra time but only managed to skew his shot wide of the post to Arsenal's relief. Nani had another on the 94th but missed his second shot from Almunia's first save. Arsene Wenger was dancing on the touchline when he thought van persie had equalised but was deemed offside due to gallas' positioning.

So gutted! we didn't deserve to lose.

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Arsenal 6 vs 1 everton Full time report

Arsenal wasted no time adding to everton's misery in the first half when the gooners added a fourth only 2mins and 15 seconds after the whistle. Captain Cesc Fabregas found himself on the end of a cutting Robin Van persie pass and slotted home to add to the ever expanding scoreline.

The game tempo seemed to slow down during the second half and Arsene Wenger made his first substitution of the season bringing on Eboue for an impressive Nicklas Bendtner. The change seemed to invorigate Arsenal again and a direct throw from Manuel Almunia found fabregas who ran most of the field and blasted his shot to the left of the Everton goal for his second and our 5th! I bet our critics will re-evaluate our title credentials after this performance. We had been brilliant in all positions today and especially our so called problem positions CB and DMF. Vermaelen today was quality and proved his aerial power by his debut goal in the first half, Song today was outstanding as well. He totally dominated the centre of the park and his passing, awareness and tackling were very impressive denying a host of everton chances all game.

Just as the game seemed to draw to a close, Arsenal were determined to add to the scoreline and they did on the 89th minute. Andrey Arshavin twisted his way in the everton box and as his shot hit the woodwork Eduardo had a tap in for his first goal in the premier league since his leg break. The cleansheet was not be added to the performance when Pienaar's saved shot from almunia bounced straight to Saha to tap in the consolation. What a performance and what a statement of intent for the other title hpefulls.

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Arsenal vs Rangers Full time Report

There was only two changes coming at the beginning of the second half with both being in defence, with Denilson and Traore replacing Gallas and Clichy.

Unlike the start, the second half lacked the speed and effectiveness that was displayed at the opening of the game as Arsenal were contained to half chances. This stayed the same until Arsene Wenger made more changes to try and reinvigorate the Arsenal team. Goalscorer Eduardo was replaced by youth prospect Sanchez Watt and Nicklas Bendtner made his first appearence in the game at the expense of the briliant Andrei Arshavin. The substitutes seemd to be working well and the attcking pressure paid off when Aaron Ramsey dinked a beautiful pass to Jack Wilshere who cooly blasted the ball in the top corner for his second of the game.

Immediately after the goal Wenger made further chances by introducing Tomas Rosicky for captain Cesc Fabregas on the 73rd minute. Wilshere had a chance to make get his Hat trick but was rewarded with the Man of the Match award two days in a row helping the gooners lift the emirates cup for the 2nd time in 3 years.

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Arsenal vs Athletico Madrid Full Time update

Arsenal didn't make as many substitutions as predicted at half time with Arsene Wenger introducing Jack Wilshere, Fran Merida and the only senior substitute Gael Clichy for the second half lineup.

Unlike the end of the first half, Arsenal started the half very brightly and dominated with their counterattacking prowess but couldn't get past the very impressive Asenjo saving clear goal chances from both Aaron Ramsey and Merida. The lack of finished product forced Arsene Wenger to introduce his three big guns on 66 minutes Arshavin, Fabregas and Eduardo.
The game started to slow down near the end with Jack Wilshere probably the most threatening of the Arsenal players to try and make a breakthrough, twice jinking his way through the Valencia box only for his end product to be blocked.

Shortly afterwards though it was Valencia that almost scored when Mannone made a meal of a Maxi Rodriguez shot which he almost palmed into the goal from his inital block. The deadlock was soon to be broken when Andrei Arshavin got on the end of a Cesc Fabregas chip in the box which he volleyed in the bottom left corner of Asenjo's goal. The celebrations caught Arsenal out and almost instantly Athletico equalised when German Pacheco intercepted a poor pass to slot cooly past Mannone.

At this time it looked like Arsenal would only scrape a draw but Andrei Arshavin made sure that wouldn't happen. On the 90 minute mark He latched onto a short back header, skipped past the keeper and slid the ball home from a ridiculously tight angle to win the game 2-1.

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Arsenal vs Szombathelyi FULL TIME result

Arsene Wenger unsurprisingly made a number of changes to the first half lineup introducing Van Persie, Arshavin and Vermaelen the most notable of the substitutions.

The second half play was much more dynamic for Arsenal with a number of good build up plays and eloquent passing but the gunners failed to increase their lead until Bendtner was tripped in the box by the oncoming keeper which allowed Van persie to rocket an unstoppable penalty in the roof of the net. All in all Arsene Wenger should be pretty happy with this result especially with the strikers all getting on the scoresheet today but most notably of all Eduardo's two goals will give him a huge boost.

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