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 v Man utd Half time update

Today is our first "Real" test of the season and I am surprisingly confident ahead of our trip to old trafford.

I know of course, I am bias to my beloved Gooners but I believe our recent performances and new found hunger this season may win the day. Of course I am not foolish enough to be writing utd off but I believe their losses of Tevez and Ronaldo could be the key to us overcoming the red devils this season. Rooney has now come to the fold even more and will have to fill the void left by the summer departures in Manchester. There is no denying Rooney is a class act so taming him today is crucial if we are to get a victory.
There was no Cesc Fabregas today bt apart from that we had our first team squad available.

Manuel Almunia
Bacary Sagna
William Gallas
Thomas Vermaelen
Gael Clichy
Denilson
Alex Song
Andrey Arshavin
Abou Diaby
Emmanuel Eboue
Robin Van Persie

Subs: Eduardo
Mikael Silvestre
Aaron Ramsey
Jack Wilshere
Kieran Gibbs
Nicklas Bendtner
Vito Mannone


Both teams started like for like with Fergie deciding to parallel Wengers decision of a 3 man midfield. The start was a good one with both teams setting a good pace in the opening minutes. Rooney as expected looked sprightly along with Arshavin and Eboue who looked to get forward early on. Both teams threatened but didn't produce a good chance on goal and each goalkeeper had little to do until the 9th minute. Rooney flighted a good pass to fletcher in the box but he blazed high from a very good opportunity.

United then produced a passage of possession which did at moments look to threaten the back four but Gallas, vermaelen and Clichy all hampered multiple Utd efforts to et the lead. The next real chance for the gunners came on the 24th minute when Robin van persie had the time to setup a left footed shot in the box but was deflected for a corner. From that corner another chance arose with Arshavin going close to side footing a shot through a wall of utd players in the top corner but just skewed it narrowly over.

The game did start to become littered with misplayed passes on both sides and as a result both sides looked to break and catch the other off guard but the score looked to remain deadlocked until till the second half. How wrong I was because on the 39th minute Arshain picked up a loose ball and rifled a shot outside the box which Ben foster could only deflect in the roof of the net, and what a goal it was!

Manchester united were determined not to go in behind and they had a good chance to equalise with vidic in the congested box but his chance was rapidly cleared away. One player of special mention has to be William Gallas who was fantastic in the first 45mins not putting a foot wrong and taking Rooney out of the game. We go in 1-0 at half time and well deserved.

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Arsenal v Celtic First Half upate

Tonight we started our first game against Celtic in the champions league qualifiers with £20m at stake for both teams progression to the group rounds. The Arsenal team that started was not different to that which demolished Everton at Goodison park on saturday.

Manuel Almunia
Bacary Sagna
Thomas Vermaelen
William Gallas
Gael Clichy
Denilson
Alex Song
Cesc Fabregas
Andrey Arshavin
Robin Van Persie
Nicklas Bendtner


Subs: Vito Mannone
Abou Diaby
Eduardo
Aaron Ramsey
Mikael Silvestre
Emmanuel Eboue
Kieran Gibbs

The start was as to be expected as both teams came out and tried to play good possesion football and each had a number of half chances within the first ten minutes. One the 11th minute Arsenal looked to have scored the opener with Arshavin but he was deemed to be offside . The game still was at a lull until the 18th minute where a a van persie foul was not given and this seemed to liven up the game on the physical side. Celtic still pressed and caused problems for the defence but new recruit Thomas vermaelen was on hand to spurn the majority of Celtic chances.

The teams were locked together at most points during the first 30 minutes and both seemded to give little chance to the other of scoring. Arsenal did look the more likely of the two to score however and they continued to press the Celtic defence with Alex Song defending well as the defensive midfielder blocking the counterattacks. One criticism I would say of the team at half time was that we did have a lot of loose passing around the field and on another day some of those could have been converted to goal chances. The pressure was piling on Celtic but they were the next ones to have their shot at breaking the deadlock on the 40th minute but Almunia was on hand to make sure it wasn't going in. Arsenal However broke from the resulting chance and a Rifled Fabregas free kick got a deflection of Gallas' back and bent into the bottom corner. That was the last real instance of the first half and Arsenal did well to get an away goal.

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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 v Everton Half time update

Hooray, it's the first game of the new season and today we have a good challenge in Everton. It's been an exciting time waiting for the new season and the late kickoff makes it even more anticipated. Anyway here was the opening lineup of the season.

Manuel Almunia
Bacary Sagna
William Gallas
Thomas Vermaelen
Gael Clichy
Alex Song
Denilson
Cesc Fabregas
Andrey Arshavin
Nicklas Bendtner
Robin Van Persie

Subs: Eduardo
Aaron Ramsey
Mikael Silvestre
Vito Mannone
Emmanuel Eboue
Kieran Gibbs
Fran Merida


The opening game was not as explosive as may have been thought between two very competitive teams both looking for an opening day win to kickstart the new campaign. The opening minutes were pretty uneventful with both teams having moments of possession. The deadlock was broken emphatically on the 26th when Bendtner's good work at the edge of the box setup Denilson to curl a perfect shot into the the top corner of Howard's goal. Everton did threaten however, and on the 33rd minute Denilson came to the rescue again from an Everton freekick to clear a Fellaini header of the line. Arsenal did ride the pressure and added a second on the 37th minute with Thomas Vermaelen latching on to a beautifully lofted free kick with a towering header into the box to getting a memorable debut goal.
Arsenal were rampant after the second goal and the third was added on the 40minute mark. Another freekick opportunity outside the box allowed fabregas to find Gallas in the box who cooly headed past Howard to complete a first half destruction of Everton. (Who said we can't do set plays?)

If we keep the three goal advantage we will finish top of the league from day one!

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Arsenal vs Rangers Half Time update

Arsenal started their last Emirates cup game this year in the knowledge that a draw against Rangers would be enough to lift the Emirates cup, but a win for Rangers would send the trophy to Scotland. Today's Starting 11 was:

Almunia
Eboue
Gallas
Silvestre
Clichy
Wilshere
Fabregas
Song
Arshavin
Merida
Eduardo




Subs:

Bacary Sagna
Tomas Rosicky
Robin Van Persie
Denilson
Aaron Ramsey
Johan Djourou
Nicklas Bendtner
Armand Traore
Sanchez Watt
Wojciech Szczesny

Arsenal had an amazing start today already scoring in the second minute. A well placed ball in the box from Fabregas allowed Arshavin to flick back his pass to the path of Jack Wilshere who added his first goal of this year's pre season campaign setting arsenal off to a flyer. The pressure was too much for Rangers to handle and yet again they were punished by Arsenal's fluency in attack. Fran Merida found himself in alot of space in the middle of the park and slid a perfect pass to Eduardo at the edge of the box who sidefooted a beautiful shot to the left side of the Rangers goal.
The half was mostly dominated by the gooners after the two goal lead but Rangers looked to threaten from a number of set pieces that Arsenal struggled to deal with. Wilshere again had a chance to add his tally on the 40 minute mark with a cheeky chip that could only be tipped over the bar from Mcgregor. Arsenla will be very happy at the break.

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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 Athletico Madrid Half time update

Arsenal Faced Athletico today in their first game of this years Emirates Cup. Arsenal's starting lineup was as follows:

Vito Mannone
Bacary Sagna
William Gallas
Johan Djourou
Emmanuel Eboue
Tomas Rosicky
Denilson
Aaron Ramsey
Armand Traore
Robin Van Persie
Nicklas Bendtner

Subs:
Cesc Fabregas
Eduardo
Alex Song
Mikael Silvestre
Jack Wilshere
Gael Clichy
Andrey Arshavin
Sanchez Watt
Fran Merida
Wojciech Szczesny




Today's game saw the introduction of what looked very strong Arsenal and Athletico sides. Arsenal started with the possible new season front pairing of Van Persie and Bendtner to lead the attack and also the inclusion of Tomas Rosicky was a major boost to the side shaking off reports he had injured himself again. Most notably for the Athletico team was the return of spaniard Jose Antonio Reyes' first return to Arsenal to which he was booed every time he touched the ball. It was Athletico however, who had the best of the opening chances in the game with Sergio Aguero only being able to header on the post when the ball dropped to him in the arsenal box. Arsenal had few guilt edge chances except for a Rosicky goal that was disallowed for a correct offside ruling. The game's pace started to slow down towards the end of the first half until Robin Van Persie found the pass to Eboue who had his shot saved well by new athletico keeper Sergio Asenjo.

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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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Arsenal vs Szombathelyi - HALF TIME score update

The Gunners started their third pre season game against hungarian side szombathelyi this evening with a strong squad, including a start for returning striker Eduardo the most notable of the Arsenal appearances.

The Arsenal team that started was as follows:

Starting 11:

Vito Mannoe
Emmanuel Eboue
Armand Traore
Kolo Toure
Johan Djourou
Denilson
Aaron Ramsey
Alex Song
Jack Wilshere
Eduardo
Nicklas Bendtner

Subs:

Wojciech Szczesny
Bacary Sagna
Mikael Silvestre
Thomas Vermaelen
William Gallas
Philippe Senderos
Robin Van Persie
Andrey Arshavin


The gunners didn't start the game too well, having to withstand a number of good Szombathelyi attacks and almost scoring thanks to a vito mannone mistake. The building Arsenal pressure was becoming too much for the hungarians to handle and the deadlock was broken on 18 minutes when Armand Traore made himself enough space on the left wing to deliver a perfect cross for Bendtner to head into the far post of the szombathelyi net. The pain was to continue for the home side when the Arsenal midfield intercepted a counter attack allowing Niklas Bendtner to find Eduardo at the edge of the box who rifled a well placed shot to the far post of the oncoming keeper to make it 2-0.

More goals were still come before the break as first Eduardo converted his first free kick effort of the game to the bottom left corner of the goal and Bendtner added a second to his tally only three minutes later when he rounded Rozsa Daniel for Arsenal's fourth, bring on the second half!

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Arsenal vs SC Columbia Video Highlights

Here are some video highlights from arsenal's match vs SC Columbia, enjoy.

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