‘Arsenal’ Archives
Arsenal 6-0 Sporting Braga
Young Cesc Fábregas and Carlos Vela each scored a brace as Arsenal hammered Braga (download). Arsenal have recorded the best winning margin for an opening Group Stage match in Champions League history.
Arsenal 4-1 Bolton
Arsenal celebrated their 1000th goal of Arsene Wenger's managerial reign with a confident win against 10-man Bolton (download). Kevin Davies has been booked against Arsenal more often than against any other Premier League opponent, a whalloping nine times.
Blackburn 1-2 Arsenal
Big Andrey Arshavin bagged the winner for Arsenal as they showed the steel needed to overcome a committed Blackburn (download). Theo Walcott gave the Gunners the lead at Ewood Park, powering an angled shot past Paul Robinson after a slick move, but Mame Biram Diouf tapped in from an El-Hadji Diouf pass as Rovers impressively equalised.
Arsenal 6-0 Blackpool
It was nice while it lasted. Blackpool, who had spent a few hours on top of the Premier League's table last Saturday, experienced the flipside of life among the elite. Theo Walcott scored Arsenal’s first hat-trick in the Premier League since Arshavin scored four at Anfield against Liverpool in April, 2009.
Premier League: the climax!
Thank God that's over, what an awful campaign. Here are my end of season awards: Chancer of the year Big Frank Lampard was the only player to set up more than 100 goalscoring chances in the PL this season (2nd was young Fabregas who managed 95, 3rd was Valencia with 89). Not trying hard enough award Rio Ferdinand committed just two [...]
Weekend footy: 1st – 2nd May
Liverpool 0 - 2 Chelsea Gerrard apparently hadn't realised that his agreement to sign for Chelsea next year didn't mean that he had to already start contributing to their title challenge this season. Utter scouse rubbish. Liverpool 0 - Chelsea 2 - Watch more Sports Videos at Vodpod. Sunderland 0 - 1 Man Utd Nice try but probably [...]
How to take a cheeky penalty (and how not to)
Johan Cruyff on how to do it... Cruyff penalty - Watch more Videos at Vodpod. A couple of poncy French gits on how not to... The Pires-Henry Penalty - Watch more Videos at Vodpod.
Weekend footy: 24th – 25th April
Chelsea 7 - 0 Stoke City Chelsea became the 2nd top flight side since 1945 (along with Wolves in 1962-63) to score 7 or more goals in 3 games in the same season. Prior to this year they had never hit 7 in a single PL game. Chelsea 7-0 Stoke Highlights - Watch more Sports Videos at Vodpod. Manchester United 3 - 1 [...]
Weekend footy: 17th – 18th April
Manchester City 0 - 1 Manchester United Paul Scholes kept Manchester United's hopes alive with a goal deep into injury time. Man Utd’s three wins in the Manchester derby this season have all seen the decisive goal scored in the 90th minute. Ryan Giggs has appeared in all 29 league Manchester derbies since his first league start came against [...]
Wednesday night footy: 14th April
Tottenham 2 - 1 Arsenal Arsenal's title hopes have been extinguished after a disappointing defeat in the north London derby. Tottenham 2 - Arsenal 1 longer highlights - Watch more Sports Videos at Vodpod. The title very unlikely now, admits Wenger... Title very unlikely now - Wenger - Watch more Sports Videos at [...]
