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 | Arsenal 5 - 0 Porto (1561)
UEFA Champions League
09/03/2010
Arsenal, without captain Fabregas, bagged the crucial goal to bring the aggregate score to 2-all against Porto after just 10 minutes. Nasri playing a dangerous ball into Arshavin in the box, the Russian was closed down by Helton and Coelho, and Nicklas Bendtner was on hand to slide in the rebound. Porto shot themselves in the foot 15 minutes later when they handed Arshavin possession outside the box, the Russian brilliantly weaved his way into the danger area where he crossed for Bendtner who bagged his second of the game. Andrei Arshavin should have put the tie to bed when Nasri picked the Russian out, unmarked, at the back post but he missed the open net and sent his shot over the bar. (First half highlights here.) After the break Samir Nasri scored one of the goals of the season to put Arsenal 3-up as the Frenchman when on a mazy run past three Porto defence before darting into the box and flashing a bullet into the far corner. The Gunners killed the match with a pacey fourth minutes later, Arshavin lead a counter-attack, carried the ball upfield with Emmanuel Eboue eventually rounding the keeper and coolly finishing. A late Nicklas Bendtner penalty gave the Dane his hattrick goal on a wonderful night for the Gunners. |
|  | Arsenal 3 - 1 Burnley (620)
English Premier League
07/03/2010
Arsenal?s quest for the league title was going well enough at the interval against Burnley after Samir Nasri teed up Cesc Fabregas just after the half hour with a delightful chipped through-ball that the Gunners? captain converted on the half-volley. But Cesc?s match was ended shortly after when he appeared to tweak a hamstring and was replaced by Abou Diaby. (First half highlights here.) Amazingly the Clarets pulled level five minutes after the break, Eboue failed to clear his lines properly and Leon Cort kept the ball in the mixer before David Nugent nipped in and lifted his shot over Almunia. After his difficult week with England, Theo Walcott got himself back in the spotlight for the right reasons when he collected Bendtner pass, took a couple of touches to his left and curled a beauty into the far post. At the death Eduardo played a short corner to Andrey Arshavin who smashed a left-footed shot into the bottom corner. |
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 | Stoke 1 - 3 Arsenal (1854)
English Premier League
27/02/2010
Arsenal let in yet another goal to a Rory Delap throw (their fourth in total), Danny Pugh scoring at the back post after only eight minutes after Shawcross had won the initial header. Just after the half hour a cross from Fabregas was met by a fine header from Nicklas Bendtner to square the match up at 1-1. (First half highlights here.) On 66 minutes, in an incident eerily similar to Eduardo?s injury at Birmingham, Ryan Shawcross launched a shocking challenge on Aaron Ramsey to leave his right leg in a terrible state. Shawcross received a red card and Ramsey was stretchered off. Unlike at Birmingham two years ago, Arsenal went on to win the game. Cesc Fabregas scoring a penalty after a Pugh handball and then tapping his foot three times (for three horrible tackles on Diaby, Eduardo and Ramsey during his time in English football). Thomas Vermaelen added the third during the seven minutes of injury time from a fine cut back by Fabregas. |
|  | Porto 2 - 1 Arsenal (422)
Uefa Champions League
17/02/2010
Arsenal started badly in Porto finding themselves under the cosh from the get-go, Hulk dragging a shot wide after just two minutes. The Gunners were made to look silly in the 11th minute when Silvestre Varela skipped past Clichy down the right and whacked a cross goalwards that stand-in keeper Lukasz Fabianski horribly turned into his own net. Arsenal grabbed the crucial away goal in the 16th minute from the most unlikely source. Vermaelen flicked on a Nasri corner to the back post, Rosicky knocked the ball back into the mixer, and Sol Campbell was perfectly placed to nod the ball over the line. Arsenal conceded a bizarre goal at the start of the second half to caused by Campbell?s needless touch on the ball that Fabianski stupidly picked up to give away an indirect free-kick. Porto took it quickly and Raul Meireles touched the ball to Falcao who scored. Cesc Fabregas appeared to be hit by a missile when trying to take corner. |
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 | Arsenal 1 - 0 Liverpool (1863)
English Premier League
10/02/2010
Arsenal had the better of the chances against Liverpool in the first half but in truth neither side looked like breaking the deadlock in opening 45. Midway through the second half Arsenal struck, Tomas Rosicky swung over a cross from the right and Abou Diaby rose high to crash a header into the Reds? net. The game ended in acrimony when Liverpool were denied a decision after Steven Gerrard?s injury time had free-kick struck Cesc Fabregas? raised hand. |
|  | Chelsea 2 - 0 Arsenal (1204)
English Premier League
07/02/2010
The Gunners conceded a poor goal after just seven minutes at Stamford Bridge, a quick corner whizzed into the near post where John Terry (who else!) rose unchallenged to flick a ball to the back stick and Didier Drogba stuck the ball over the line. Arsenal came back into the game after falling behind, but a 21st minute Blues counter-attack led by Lampard found Didier Drogba out wide on the right, the Ivorian cut past two Arsenal defenders and drilled a brilliant left foot shot past Almunia for his incredible 12th goal against the Gunners in 12 games. |
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 | Arsenal 1 - 3 Manchester United (3518)
English Premier League
31/01/2010
Following a cagey opening half hour Nani put Manchester United in front when he brilliantly beat three men with a jinking round down the right and saw his mishit cross palmed in by Almunia. Four minutes after the opener, United broke in a flash and Nani played in Wayne Rooney who swept the ball home for the second. Seven minutes into the second half Ji-Sung Park looked to have wrapped up the victory with an easy finish after Carrick had played him in over the top. Thomas Vermaelen pulled one back for the Gunners with ten minutes remaining with an acrobatic effort that deflected off Evans. |
|  | Aston Villa 0 - 0 Arsenal (483)
English Premier League
27/01/2010
Arsenal squandered a chance to stay neck-and-neck on points. Arsenal?s best chance came just before halftime at Villa Park when captain Cesc Fabregas hit the post when Brad Friedel was beaten. The bar also denied Arsenal in the second half when Andrei Arshavin?s shot was parried by Friedel and Tomas Rosicky?s shot came off the underside of the woodwork but did not cross the line. |
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 | Stoke 3 - 1 Arsenal (610)
FA Cup
24/01/2010
Arsenal would have been all too aware of the threat of Stoke?s throw-in master Rory Delap, but poor defending in the north Londoners backline failed to cut out the Irishman?s first effort to hurl the ball into the box and Ricardo Fuller headed home after one minute and twenty seconds. Stoke went on to bully the young Gunners out of the match, but from their first real effort on goal in the 42nd minute Cesc rolled a free-kick to Denilson and his tame shot dribbled into the near post for the equaliser. As the final 15 minutes ticked over, and after Wenger had made a triple substitution in search of a winner, Stoke took the lead for the second time when a powerful run from Sidibie down the right, capped by a brilliant cross, was finished by Ricardo Fuller heading in his second of the match. The nail in the Gunners coffin arrived four minutes from time when Etherington played a delicious pass into the box that Dean Whitehead gobbled up to complete the cupset. |
|  | Arsenal 4 - 2 Bolton (987)
English Premier League
21/01/2010
Gary Cahill gave Bolton a shock lead at the Emirates which was doubled by Matt Taylor from the penalty spot. Tomas Rosicky reduced the arrears just before the break. Arsenal?s equaliser was hugely controversial, Gallas was lucky not to be shown a red card for a terrible tackle on Mark Davies only for the play to carry on and Cesc Fabregas eventually bagged the leveller. The gunners soon moved in front when Bolton fail to clear a corner allowing Thomas Vermaelen to whack a half volley home off the post. Andrei Arshavin wrapped up a terrific comeback with a fourth at the death to send Arsenal top of the league. |
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 | Bolton 0 - 2 Arsenal (1391)
English Premier League
17/01/2010
Bolton were competitive in the opening exchanges against Arsenal, but just before the half hour the Gunners struck when Steinson lost the ball on the edge of his area, Cesc Fabregas picked up possession and had a neat one-two with Eduardo and the returning captain scored. Bolton piled on the pressure after the break, but 13 minutes from time the Trotters were caught out on the counter-attack and Eduardo crossed for Fran Merida to score his first ever goal in the Premier League. |
|  | Arsenal 2 - 2 Everton (992)
English Premier League
09/01/2010
In the only surviving 3pm kick-off in snowy England, Everton sprung a surprise early doors at Arsenal as Leon Osman headed home Landon Donovan?s first ever corner for the Toffees after 12 minutes. The Gunners continued to be off the pace after the goal, but after putting together an attack around the Everton box in the 26th minute, the returning Denilson saw his shot deflect off Osman and into the net. (First half highlights here.) A blizzard took over the Emirates after the break but it failed to break Everton?s stronghold on the match, and just over ten minutes from time the Toffees scored a brilliant and deserved second when Steven Pienaar broke the home offside on the halfway-line, raced 30-yards, and cheekily lifted the ball over Almunia. But Arsenal refused to be beaten, and in the 91st minute a typical attack saw Diaby provide the perfect pass for Tomas Rosicky, whose shot looped off defender Neill and over Howard |
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 | West Ham 1 - 2 Arsenal (264)
FA Cup
03/01/2010
West Ham took the lead in first half injury time, Alessandro Diamanti beat the Arsenal offside trap to latch on to a Kovac through ball and the Italian prodded the ball past the onrushing Lukasz Fabianski and into the bottom right-hand corner. Early in the second half Arsene Wenger brought on Diaby and Nasri as he signalled to his charges to step up their game, and the message was answered in the 78th minute as a classic Gunner pass-pass-pass attack was finished off by Aaron Ramsey. The north Londoners took the advantage three minutes later, Eduardo da Silva beat Upson in the air to get on the end of a Vela cross and plant a stunning header in the top corner from about 12 yards out. |
|  | Arsenal 3 - 0 Hull (1683)
English Premier League
19/12/2009
In the last minute of the first half a brilliant Denilson free-kick from 25-yards, over the wall and dipping perfectly into the bottom corner, put Arsenal in front against the Tigers. The Wenger Boys doubled there lead just before the hour, and after Almunia had saved Geovanni?s penalty, as an incisive Gunners attack lead by Diaby was finished by Eduardo da Silva. Ten minutes from time Arsenal netted their third as Abou Diaby cut in from the right, played a one-two with Arshavin, and crashed home a shot from 10 yards. Arsene Wenger?s Arsenal side move back up to third with the win. |
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 | Liverpool 1 - 2 Arsenal (3509)
English Premier League
13/12/2009
All eyes were on referee Howard Webb at Anfield after Steven Gerrard appeared to be hacked down in the box by William Gallas, but not penalty was awarded. Liverpool proceeded to dominate the match, and they were rewarded four minutes from the break when Almunia flapped at a free-kick that allowed Dirk Kuyt to plant home the opener. (First half highlights here.) The Gunners responded early in the second half as a sweeping attack crisscrossing the Liverpool backline was finished by Glen Johnson?s unfortunate own-goal. Johnson?s personal trauma continued in the 58th minute as the full-back was caught napping at the back-post and Andrei Arshavin capitalised with a thundering shot into Reina?s near post. |
|  | Olympiakos 0 - 1 Arsenal (427)
UEFA Champions League
09/12/2009
After a goalless first half in Greece, Olympiakos struck minutes into the second half as Leonardo collected the ball just beyond the halfway line before setting off goalwards and, after no challenge materialised, slotted a shot past Fabianski. |
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 | Arsenal 2 - 0 Stoke (1109)
English Premier League
05/12/2009
Arsenal had the chance to take a second minute lead over Stoke but Andrei Arshavin saw his shot smothered by Sorensen. Arshavin continued his menace up front for the Gunners winning a penalty after 20 minutes but Cesc Fabregas fluffed his chance as Sorensen again cam to Stoke?s rescue. Arsenal eventually scored after 26 minutes as Cesc and Andrei Ashavin combined with the Russian finding the net. Sorensen continued to be Stoke?s saviour after the break denying Arshavin with a smart save down low, and the Russian was then denied by the woodwork after his shot took a deflection onto the bar. Substitute Aaron Ramsey wrapped up the victory with the outside of his right boot to make the points safe for Arsenal. |
|  | Sunderland 1 - 0 Arsenal (778)
English Premier League
21/11/2009
Darren Bent struck 19 minutes from time, making the most of his missed header that rebounded back to him off teammate Fraizer Campbell?s shins, to seal a tight contest after the Gunners had failed to make the most of the possession they enjoyed at the Stadium of Light. |
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 | Wolves 1 - 4 Arsenal (1216)
English Premier League
07/11/2009
Ronald Zubar was unfortunate to turn an Arsenal corner into his own net as the Gunners moved ahead at Wolves. Ten minutes before the break Arsenal struck again, a Wolves attack broke down in the Arsenal half and immediately the visitors went on the counter-attack through Aaron Ramsey and Eduardo with the Cro-zilian eventually seeing his chip deflect off Jody Craddock?s head and over Wayne Hennessey into the net. The match was as good as over by halftime as Arsenal?s captain fantastic, Cesc Fabregas, netted his third goal in as many games by finishing off yet another crisp Arsenal attack. In the 66th minute Arsenal chalked up their 4th as Andriy Arshavin scored from the edge of the box following a Cesc corner. Jody Craddock gave the Molineux crowd something small to smile about with an 89th minute consolation header from a corner. |
|  | Arsenal 4 - 1 AZ Alkmaar (2137)
UEFA Champions League
04/11/2009
The Gunners took a 25th minutes lead against AZ Alkmaar as Cesc Fabregas cut inside onto his right foot and shot through the defender?s legs to beat Sergio Romero at his near post. A fantastic finish from returning Samir Nasri put the Gunners 2-up, Arshavin threaded a pass through to the Frenchman who weaved his way past two defenders to score. The game was over in the 53rd minutes AZ lost possession cheaply in their own half, Arshavin fed Cesc Fabregas and the captain slid home the third. Abou Diaby added a fourth after a lightning counter-attack from the the north Londoners. Jeremain Lens grabbed a late goal on the counter-attack to put the Dutch on the scoresheet. |
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