Chelsea totally crushed Bolton today, considering Jaaskelainen had made a string of stunning saves earlier to deny mostly Drogba and keep his team in it, 0-5 Chelsea, almost seemed an unfair result, but Chelsea are unstoppable at the moment, kudos to them. Deco n Drogba's goals were sumptuous btw.
There seems to be no sleeping well for Benitez today following Liverpool's 3-1 loss to Fulham. Red cards to Degen n Carragher will compound his misery as they face automatic match bans.
Man United kept their cool to dispatch an at times frustrating Blackburn side. Excellent turn and finish from Berbatov for the 1st goal and a sweet first time finish following Anderson's cross. Owen had a chance to finish by Rooney in the 94' min and pulled it narrowly wide. On another note, I've seen Obertan's clips on youtube but watching him play for the 1st time, I had to wonder, especially after that glaring miss following a typical Man U touch n go. You've got to finish chances like that if you want to stay in a Man U side. Let's give him time tho.
Pompey found the goals with a 4-0 win against Wigan with a hattrick by new signing, Ivoirien Aruna Dindane hat-trick(I have to go look for the goals). Amazing to think Kanu's still playing, wonder what will happen if/when Nigeria don't qualify for the world cup (God help me, my world cup won't be complete without my country).
FIFA U-17 World Cup: FT: GAM 2-2 COL, NED 0-1 IRN, BFA 4-1 CRC, NZL 1-1 TUR. The final group games will be played tomorrow. Btw, Fifa's conducting random MRI testing of the wrists to check ages, so no lying this year. It already claimed 2 players from the UAE.
Ok, time to go watch the Parma AC Milan game live on FSC. Ronaldinho's coming back to form...
Saturday, October 31, 2009
It all went 'orribly wrong for 'Arry.
Considering Harry Redknapp's 'personal opinion' that "Gunners won't win it" and Keane's "You look at the two squads and we're definitely on par," Arsenal's 3 - nil win at the Emirates Stadium was the perfect response to a week of mind games from the Tottenham camp.
With 'Arry missing Luka Modric, Aaron Lennon & Jermaine Defoe, he opted to go for a formation similar to Arsenal's to match them man to man with the big man Crouch up front.
Both sides had had their chances, Gomes saving brilliantly to his left when Fabregas had the goal to his mercy, Totenham's plan seemed to work right up till the 41st min. Eduardo (who came on after Bendtner pulled up with a groin strain) collected the ball on the right flank with no seeming danger and won a throw. Sagna quickly took it and had the ball tapped back to him. With enough time afforded him by Tottenham, Sagna settled and whipped in a cross towards the 6 yard box and Van 'Pepper' Persie raced quickest across King for a great finish.
I was literally still celebrating that goal seeing as I'd settled for a 0-0 HT score and was looking for my phone to text a friend when I saw 'FABULOUS' racing away in celebration. Barely 11 seconds after the restart, he'd scored. 4's his number, 4's the number of men he left in his wake. Palacios seemed to stumble over the ball and FAB collected, skipping past him, holding off Jenas, OLE'd King's diving tackle before steadying himself to slot coolly past Gomes. The goal was reminiscent of Henry's dribbling run against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu a few years ago.
This 2-0 lead at HT was however, fearful. A similar advantage last weekend against West Ham had resulted in a draw. With Arsenal slowly taking control, Wenger was seen at the sidelines screaming at his young charges. Eduardo had missed with Gomes again saving big after he had raced clear and Tottenham seemed to be giving themselves a fighting chance. The breakthrough came in the 60th min though. Following a strong challenge on Eduardo, the ball fell through to Sagna who raced clear and then stopped (as everyone else) to look at the referee who waved play on...Sagna once again steadied himself an drove in a low cross , an ensuing miscommunication between Gomes n King left the ball to an onrushing Persie, who gently tapped in.
That said and done. Arsenal held on for the clean sheet and gave us gunners the chance to 1ce again refer to the 'Spu*s team who haven't beaten Arsenal in the league since November 1999. Talk about being a class ahead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPAvxAgr-aU
Other scores:
With 'Arry missing Luka Modric, Aaron Lennon & Jermaine Defoe, he opted to go for a formation similar to Arsenal's to match them man to man with the big man Crouch up front.
Both sides had had their chances, Gomes saving brilliantly to his left when Fabregas had the goal to his mercy, Totenham's plan seemed to work right up till the 41st min. Eduardo (who came on after Bendtner pulled up with a groin strain) collected the ball on the right flank with no seeming danger and won a throw. Sagna quickly took it and had the ball tapped back to him. With enough time afforded him by Tottenham, Sagna settled and whipped in a cross towards the 6 yard box and Van 'Pepper' Persie raced quickest across King for a great finish.
I was literally still celebrating that goal seeing as I'd settled for a 0-0 HT score and was looking for my phone to text a friend when I saw 'FABULOUS' racing away in celebration. Barely 11 seconds after the restart, he'd scored. 4's his number, 4's the number of men he left in his wake. Palacios seemed to stumble over the ball and FAB collected, skipping past him, holding off Jenas, OLE'd King's diving tackle before steadying himself to slot coolly past Gomes. The goal was reminiscent of Henry's dribbling run against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu a few years ago.
This 2-0 lead at HT was however, fearful. A similar advantage last weekend against West Ham had resulted in a draw. With Arsenal slowly taking control, Wenger was seen at the sidelines screaming at his young charges. Eduardo had missed with Gomes again saving big after he had raced clear and Tottenham seemed to be giving themselves a fighting chance. The breakthrough came in the 60th min though. Following a strong challenge on Eduardo, the ball fell through to Sagna who raced clear and then stopped (as everyone else) to look at the referee who waved play on...Sagna once again steadied himself an drove in a low cross , an ensuing miscommunication between Gomes n King left the ball to an onrushing Persie, who gently tapped in.
That said and done. Arsenal held on for the clean sheet and gave us gunners the chance to 1ce again refer to the 'Spu*s team who haven't beaten Arsenal in the league since November 1999. Talk about being a class ahead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPAvxAgr-aU
Other scores:
| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal | 3-0 | Tottenham | R |
| Bolton | 0-5 | Chelsea | R |
| Burnley | 2-0 | Hull | R |
| Everton | 1-1 | Aston Villa | R |
| Fulham | 3-1 | Liverpool | R |
| Man Utd | 1-0 | Blackburn | L |
| Portsmouth | 4-0 | Wigan | R |
| Stoke | 2-2 | Wolverhampton | R |
| Sunderland | 2-2 | West Ham |
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