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Arsenal gone through to 4th round of FA Cup

2011/01/20 22:45:32 網誌分類: 波經

20 Jan

After Chelsea's game , here is a recap of Arsenal's game logs..

December

Wed

Barclays Premier League

January					F	A
01	Sat	Barclays Premier League	A	Birmingham City	3	0
05	Wed	Barclays Premier League	H	Manchester City	0	0
08	Sat	The FA Cup	H	Leeds	1	1
12	Wed	Carling Cup	A	Ipswich Town	0	1
15	Sat	Barclays Premier League	A	West Ham United	3	0
19	Wed	The FA Cup	A	Leeds	3	1

for those squad who kept winning games , we found out the core players are Song and Nasri who formed a balance midfield , along with Wilshere , Fabregas and RVP , more or less Wenger's 1st team like that for time being.

Szczesny; Sagna, Djourou, Koscielny, Clichy; Nasri , Wilshere, Song; Fabregas, Walcott , Van Persie .

Lets hope this squad can keep healthy as long as possible and we should have enough depth to cope with 4 fronts (EPL , Carling cup , FA cup and CL) right now.

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/tv-online-leeds-utd-v-arsenal-highlights

Szczesny could become a great goalkeeper

By Myles Palmer

Leeds 1 Arsenal 3

Nasri 5, Sagna 34, Johnson 37, Van Persie 76

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Elland Road was one of Arsenal's early goal games.

One of those games where it's : If we score an early goal, we'll be OK.

Hot and hostile atmosphere, big crowd of 38,000, and Nasri, captain for the night, scored a cool early goal. Slick, quick move, Arshavin low pass to Chamakh, who dummied, the ball broke to Nasri, who showed great composure as he danced in and slotted. A sweet, classy finish by a player is who looks strong, fit and cocky, ready to score against anybody.

Schmeichel had to save a good Chamakh header six minutes later. Released by a long crossfield pass from Koscielny, Sagna crossed low for Bendtner, who checked his run at the wrong moment and could not convert.

Seven minutes later Sagna made it 2-0 with a fierce shot that Kasper Schmeichel got a good hand to and should have saved. Leeds hit back when Bradley Johnson fired a cannonball drive into the corner of the net.

Now the game became an exciting FA Cup tie, as Leeds pulled out all the stops. The next goal was going to be important but it didn’t come before half-time.

Leeds got smart after the interval, pressing high up the pitch to disrupt Arsenal's rhythm and that worked rather well for a while.

Then, in 71, Fabregas and Van Persie came on for Chamakh and Arshavin, with Nasri moving to the left wing.

Bendtner had another stinker but when he measured a cross beyond the Leeds defence, Van Persie produced a textbook header for 3-1.

So a Champions League club beat a Championship club by two goals. If Leeds had been a Premier League club, a replay at Elland Road might have been a difficult game for Arsenal. In the event, they played well, controlled the game and went through to the fourth Round, where they will play Huddersfield at the Emirates.

What's good about 2011 so far?

One thing : Arsenal have a goalkeeper.

We've been hearing for a year that Szeczesny is the best keeper at the club and now we've seen him prove it. He gives me more confidence. I'm delighted that Almunia has gone. He was a clown and Wenger made you pay the highest ticket prices in the world to watch a rubbish goalkeeper for four years.

Almunia never had the equipment to be an Arsenal goalkeeper. Wojciech Szeczesny does and that's good news. Goalkeepers can win you trophies. He could become a great goalkeeper.He's working on his kicking to make it as good as it was when he was at Brentford.

The Guardian was banned from Leeds last night by chairman Ken Bates.

Stoke winger Jermain Pennant left a Porsche at Zaragoza railway station five months ago and forgot about it.

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LEEDS UNITED (4-4-2) Schmeichel; Connolly, O'Brien (Bromby, 66), Bruce, Parker; Snodgrass, Howson, Johnson, Gradel; Paynter (Somma, 68), Watt (Sam, 79).

Subs not used Higgs (gk), Collins, Hughes, McCormack

ARSENAL (4-3-3): Szczesny; Sagna, Djourou, Koscielny, Gibbs; Nasri (Clichy, 83), Denilson, Song; Bendtner, Chamakh (Fabregas, 71), Arshavin (Van Persie, 71).

Subs not used Walcott, Wilshere, Eboué, Shea (gk).

Referee : Mike Dean (Wirral).

Jan 20, 2011

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chanreborn 2011/02/17

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.

Arsenal gone through to 4th round of FA Cup

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