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Disappointing. I think the bad weather played a factor, it helped Everton as they were able to stay in the game while we struggled to get our usual passing play going on the slippery surface.

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Goals and Interviews

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Denilson 1-1: Watch :: Download

Pinar 2-1: Watch :: Download

Rosicky 2-2: Watch :: Download

Wenger Interview :: Moyes Interview :: Vermaelen Interview

Arsenal.com Match Report

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First Half Highlights: Watch

Arshavin Interview: Watch

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We had to keep pace, Man Utd, Aston Villa, Man City and Chelsea all won. Liverpool is yet to play.

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Their goal 1-1: Who cares? I hate these shits.

Samir Nasri 2-1: Watch :: Download

Niclas Bendtner 3-1: Watch :: Download

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Before the game:

Rafa’s going to miss this game because he has stones in his kidney…Nasri is back…a win will put the Gunners within 5 points off the leaders…Arsenal are 5th in the table after Villa won yesterday…This is Clichy’s 100th Premier League game

Arsenal Lineup: Almunia, Sagna, Djourou, Gallas, Clichy, Denilson, Fabregas, Song, Nasri, Adebayor, Van Persie
Liverpool Lineup: Reina, Abeloa, Carragher, Agger, Insua, Lucas, Alonso, Rieera, Gerrard, Keane, Kuyt

During the game:

Liverpool wearing some very hideous grey shirts with red shorts which doesn’t help watching this game.

RVP scores a cracker after a long-ball find from Nasri: Watch :: Download

Keane equalizes, we’re playing a tight line all game, finally got cracked: Watch :: Download

Alonso’s cunty tackle on Fabregas results in him being subbed out for Diaby. They’re talking about ligaments, not good. Watch :: Download

Adebayor is sent off for two of the softest yellow cards you’ll ever see: Watch :: Download.

Total bullshit. By this rationale Lucas should’ve been sent off about 8 times by now.

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After the game:

We played inspired football with our captain out and with 10-men, definitely something to be taken from this game. Probably would’ve won it with Fabregas and Adebayor in there for a full 90. The refs love Liverpool, what can you say, remember last year’s Champions League ties? The foul called on Toure and the foul not called on Hleb, that alone pulled Liverpool through and today they got more help.

Arsene Wenger Post Game Interview

Post-Game Analysis and Interviews – Adebayor included

MOTD Highlights

Here’s the Match Report.

After a slow start, Arsenal score off their first corner. Some bad marking fro ‘M’Brough leaves Ade open who powers a downward header. Arsenal look shaky but get the lead.

Adebayor: Watch :: Download

Aliadiere comes back to haunt us again. This little runt is very annoying. The goal is the result of a failed Clichy clearing:

Aliadiere: Watch :: Download

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We’re missing Walcott on the right side, the opportunities to carve them open were there but Denilson lacks the quality to take advantage. His passes into the box are usually lower than they need to be, lack pace and are generally of a poor quality. We didn’t have anybody who could run at Boro’s back four and they defended us rather comfortably.

Arsenal were in cruise control from the first minute of the game, almost expecting the goals to come and the 3 points to follow. Boro was the more motivated side and played with a zeal that the Gunners lacked. Wins against Chelsea and Man Utd are worth nothing if you can’t take care of business against lower table teams. The goal was the result of a bad clearance by Clichy and although he doesn’t make many mistakes, the ones he does make prove to be fatal.

Song makes me as nervous as Senderos used to and that’s no good thing. Him and Silvestre in the back line do not exude any kind of confidence in their play and they’re very touchy-feely in the way they deal with long-balls, runs down the middle and worst of all they leave their challenges rather late. January can’t come soon enough for us, we need to invest in our defense and midfield more than at any other time. Rosicky is out till 2046 and Samir Nasri is in and out of the lineup, leaving the talented by often anonymous Abou Diaby to fill the creative role and that’s not what he’s good at.

Eduardo is making good progress in training and could be part of our league fixtures late in the month so I’m not too concerned about our strike power, Walcott and Nasri’s absence makes them look poorer than they actually are. The game was low on chances for both sides and we have the lack of quality in midfield to blame for it.

Gunners drop two points, title chances keep fading. I have some match highlights but don’t feel like putting them up, what’s the point. MOTD Highlights will be posted later, check the Match Report.

During the game:

Emmanuel Adebayor scores: Watch :: Download

First Half Highlights: Watch :: Download

We’re winning ugly which is just as good as winning pretty. It’s a comfortable 1-0 lead because Wigan aren’t threatening but at the same time we’re not dominating either. I’ll take it.

After the game

Game over. Match Report. Commentators piss me off. Eboue got booed, so what?

MOTD Highlights

Arsene Wenger Sky Sports Interview :: Arsene Wenger Longer BBC Interview :: Steve Bruce Interview

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Everton 1-0: Bad, bad defending: Download :: Watch

Samir Nasri equalizes 1-1: Download :: Watch

RVP Header 2-1: Download :: Watch

Theo Walcott 3-1: Download :: Watch

1st Half Highlights: Download

Match Highlights: Download

Match Report

MOTD Highlights

Arsene Wenger and David Moyes post-match interviews

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Arsenal are top of the table pending the Chelsea vs. Man Utd result. Goals from Eboue, Bendtner and Denilson. The game was basically decided in the 20 minutes after Bolton opened the scoring. Arsenal changed gears and dominated with dazzling displays of passing, missed chances, struck posts and finally, goals. Bolton tried to get physical in the second half but Arsenal were tough enough to respond, just like they had done last year at the Reebok. The Davies’ challenge on Clichy was harsh, he got the ball but there was so much more to it. Reminded me of Barton’s tackle on Nasri from a few games back – somewhat legal but unnecessary physical.

Van Persie and Walcott were rested in favor of Bendtner and Eboue. Walcott was brought in late and unleashed on the tired Bolton defense and he had big part in the Denilson goal. Denilson had an excellent game which was only marred by one or two bad tackles and bad passes, something that’s become the norm for him. I thought Walcott made the wrong choice when he laid it off to Adebayor on the right side instead of looking for Denilson initially but it turned out to be the right decision as he was serving as a magnet for the entire Bolton defense. The goal punctuated a fine afternoon for the Gunners.

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Eboue ’26: Watch

Bendtner ’27: Watch

Denilson ’87: Watch

Match Report

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Highlight of the game: Adebayor rubbing that dance in the fuckers face. Enjoy the goals, my favorite is the Walcott one, reminded me of Thierry Henry a bit. You know, coming down the left and angling it away from the goalie into the side-netting. Classic stuff. Eboue wasn’t half-bad today, but then again this is League 2 opposition. Also, check out Gallas on both their goals. Tsk tsk.

• Arsenal.com Match Report
• BBC Match Report – Ends up having PG interviews
• My Arsenal Feed

Nicklas Bendtner 1-0: Download :: Watch

Some Cunt 1-1: Download :: Watch

Robin van Persie 2-1: Download :: Watch

Emmanuel Adebayor: 3-1: Download :: Watch

Very Big Cunt: 3-2: Download :: Watch

Theo Walcott 4-2: Download :: Watch

Emmanuel Adebayor 5-2: Download :: Watch

Emmanuel Adebayor 6-2: Download :: Watch

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I don’t want to sound all doomy but the chances of winning the league are pretty slim. This is our fourth straight league tie, that’s 8 dropped points against some teams threatened by relegation. We have a very tough April where we play away to Manchester United and Chelsea and at home to Liverpool. This is not counting the two Champions League ties against Liverpool. We haven’t been able to get complete points from fixtures that should be routine for us, that’s what’s going to be the difference in the standings.

The only thing to take solace in is that we had a legit goal disallowed and they scored on a clearly offside play. Tough luck yet again.

Champions League beckons. Here’s the Arsenal.com Match Report and here’s the BBC Match Report with some PG comments.

Adebayor goal that was incorrectly given offside Download :: Watch

Aliadiere Offside Goal Download :: Watch

Toure Equalizer: Download :: Watch

MOTD Highlights: Watch :: Watch