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North London Derby on Saturday preview

2009/10/30 22:30:25 網誌分類: 波經

30 Oct

It's North London Derby , it's a clash between 3rd and 4th place.. last year it was 4-4 draw and Spurs levelled in last 5 min from 4-2 down .

While Jermain Defoe is supsended and Aaron Lennon will be out due to injury , their captain Robbie Keane believes the Spurs bench could give them the edge.

''You look at the two squads and we're definitely on a par,'' he said. ''In the last four or five years Arsenal always managed to get ahead of us but if you look now it is even.

''It will be judged at the end of the season but if you look at the bench we have, it is probably a bit stronger than their bench.

''The mentality around the club in previous seasons was that we would be happy to finish fifth or qualify for the UEFA Cup, but there is a different feeling now. The players have the feeling that we want to get to the Champions League.

''You can take away Saturday's game because anything can happen in a north London derby - but we need to be judging ourselves against teams like Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea over a season.

''It's still early days but we're in the top four now. If we can get to Christmas still around there, we'd certainly have every chance.''

Everytime when there is somebody shouting before the game , trying to set a mind game , but u haven't heard any response from Arsenal's players or Wenger , my gut feeling is they are now fully focused and want to rectify their mistakes in last 2 games.. so they just want to show their ability on the pitch..and lets perform tomo !!! Rosicky is still out but fortuately Nasri is back , as I mentioned before , when their BIG 3 Fabregas , Arshavin , Van Persie can play football collectively , and no big mistakes from Almunia (while Fabianski is out so Wenger will give Almunia a go tomorrow) , Vermaelen and Gallas should be able to handle Keane and Crouch well tomo too . I am confident they can win by 2 goals .. it may be 2-0 or 3-1 . It's a rectification after last two disappointing draw and the atmosphere at Emirates will be RED HOT !!! So lets go for it .. and no more own goal Mr Diaby please..

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Persie 2009/11/01 01:39:12 回覆

Extract from Soccernet -- Spurs present Arsenal with derby victory

By Kevin Palmer

MAN OF THE MATCH: Robin van Persie

The Dutchman claims he need to take more of the chances that come his way and he did well to snap up two in this game. His second owed plenty to luck, but the Arsenal No.11 is finally looking like the complete striker.

WHO'S BETTER NOW ROBBIE: Spurs skipper Keane claimed the squad assembled by his boss Redknapp squad is stronger than Arsenal's and yet in the absence of Jermain Defoe, Luka Modric and Aaron Lennon, the back-up stars failed to deliver. David Bentley, in particular, was especially disappointing after he has waited so long for a first team chance.

ARSENAL VERDICT: It's hard to offer a conclusive verdict on the Gunners after a game that was presented to them by generous rivals. Prior to their first goal, Wenger's side appeared to be running out of ideas and they will face bigger tests than this in the months ahead.

TOTTENHAM VERDICT: Basic defensive errors just will not do if Tottenham are to emerge as anything more than a top eight side in the Premier League this season. There are still huge doubts over their self belief to win games of this magnitude.

Persie 2009/11/01 01:19:12 回覆

Van Persie is good, but Cesc Fabregas is class.

Just when everyone took for granted that the next wave of attack belonged to Spus, Cesc stole the ball and started his solo show. While others were like sleepwalking on the pitch, Cesc made the killer punch to finish off the game. Well done, skipper.

Should have been a 5:0 win though.

Liverpool struggled so hard. Without #8 and #9 (and #14), they are ordinary. After losing 2 games at UCL, they have to reserve for the more important mid-week game and planned for a 1-1 draw with Fulham. Yes Torres is class, but Benitez had to rest him for the mid-week game. Then they received two straight red cards and found themselves beaten 3-1, and Benitez is just on the verge of being sacked. I feel for them, I really do.

chanreborn 2009/10/31 23:47:17 回覆

thanks Van Persie , yr cut in time is just neat and precise. thanks Fabregas , your solo goal is great and just kill Spurs before they bounced back at the right time.. the camera nearly missed to catch yr shot.. 50 seconds between 1st and 2nd goal.. total commitment and fully focused in 90 mins. that's what i expected in such an important game , a must win game , a game which would start the momentun again to challenge the title.. the game which can bring the fans back to your team ..

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Wilshere and Szczesny give Arsenal far more authority and guts

By Myles Palmer

Arsenal 2 Barcelona 1

Villa 26, Van Persie 78, Arshavin 83

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The key player in the Nou Camp will be Szczesny.

So pray that nothing happens to Arsenal’s goalkeeper between now and Tuesday, March 8th.

Barcelona’s style is cleverly-timed runs onto sharp little passes, which ｃｒｅａｔｅs a lot of one-on-one chances with the keeper.

Wojciech Szczesny’s fine positional judgement makes him a master of making opponents shoot into the side-netting or just past the post.

On the goal, he was a bit unlucky because David Villa, a razor finisher in these situations, slotted between his legs.

By contrast, he got lucky on the loose ball after his save, when the scrambling Messi headed in but was flagged offside. Messi wasn't offside.

For me, Szczesny was Arsenal’s best player last night for that reason. Making Messi miss was the name of the game.

Yes, Koscielny played his finest game in an Arsenal shirt.

Yes, Jack Wilshere played with remarkable authority at the heart of the team. England need to play Jack football, Fabio - not Capello football.

Yes, of course, CL knock-out ties are a game of four halves.

Arsenal lost the first half 1-0 and won the second half 2-0 and halves three and four will roll round 20 days from now.

Arsenal raised their tempo after half-time and the game turned on 68 when Keita and Arshavin came on.

Keita replaced Villa to stiffen Barca's midfield, which was running out of steam, and allowed young Busquets to go ball-hunting further up the field.

Arshavin’s arrival (for Song) allowed him to link in a cool manner with Clichy, who played a killer ball forward into the box with his right-foot and gave Van Persie a chance to hit a mighty left-foot shot on the half- volley inside the near post of Victor Valdes for 1-1.

Valdes has always had flaky moments. That blunder by allowed Arsenal back into a game that Barcelona were still playing mostly in Arsenal's half.

Still, defending deeper can be good. You can only counter-attack if your opponents are in your half of the field. You can attack too much in a game. If you attack less, you often score more.

Frankly, Fabregas, Eboue and Walcott had been crap.

All three played crap. Only a blinkered, badge-kissing nincompoop would say any of those three played well last night.

Arsenal had nothing on the right flank but now, suddenly, that was where the winning goal came from after a fabulous move.

The cool Koscielny picked up the ball in his penalty area, passed to Bendtner, who passed infield to Wilshere, then quickly forward to Fabregas, who instantly released Nasri with a superb ball down the right flank.

Nasri could have tried the obvious with a low cross to the far post but chose instead to play a lovely pass which allowed Arshavin to curl his sidefoot shot behind Abidal and into the net from 15 yards.

That quality goal gave Arsenal their first victory against Barcelona and it set the seal on the pulsating, rocking, thrilling night that the Emirates has needed since 2006.

Sporting Gijon was a factor last night because game was much harder than the Wolves game was for Arsenal .

After two and half years of staggering success, and intensifying pressure, Barcelona are showing signs of burn-out, so Pep has to husband his resources very carefully.

Coming back off an international break, which is mostly where Barcelona ｄｒｏｐ their points, he conceded an early goal at Gijon in a game that was very passionate, intense and physical, since Gijon are fighting for their lives just above the drop-zone.

I was really enjoying the game but as the second half went on I was thinking : This is taking a lot out of Barcelona !

Indeed, it was a helluva battle that was taking a lot out of both sides.

Just as the commentators began to say that David Villa was about to be taken off, he glided onto a wonder-pass from Messi and chipped the keeper from the edge of the box and it finished 1-1.

Success brings a heavy schedule.

The more games you win, the more the pressure is on you. To handle that you need character and guts. Wilshere and Szczesny have given the team a lot more personality and authority than it had last year.

Big characters, big difference.

As Rufus Thomas said, age ain’t nothin’ but a number.

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ARSENAL (4-2-3-1): Szczesny; Eboue, Djourou, Koscielny, Clichy; Song (Arshavin, 67), Wilshere; Walcott (Bendtner, 77), Fabregas, Nasri; Van Persie. Subs not used Almunia (gk), Rosicky, Denilson, Squillaci, Gibbs. Booked Song, Nasri, Van Persie

BARCELONA (4-3-3): Valdes; Alves, Pique, Abidal, Maxwell; Xavi, Busquets, Iniesta (Adriano, 88); Pedro, Messi, Villa (Keita, 67). Subs not used Pinto (gk), Bojan, Mascherano, Milito, Afellay. Booked Iniesta, Pique (misses second leg)

Possession :Arsenal 47% Barcelona 53%

Shots on target Arsenal 8 Barcelona 7

Man of the match: Szczesny.

Referee Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Crowd 59,927.

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