EPL: West Ham Utd vs Arsenal FC
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FULL TIME:
West Ham 0
Arsenal 1
van Persie 12 -
I know.Originally posted by xDD:
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*West Ham 0-1 Arsenal*
Arsenal maintained their place at the top of the Premier League with a controlled victory over West Ham.
Robin van Persie scored the only goal of the game when he rose at the far post to nod in Alexander Hleb's centre.
Hleb was later carried off after a bad tackle by Mark Noble, but Arsenal continued to boss the match.
Van Persie was denied a second when Robert Green tipped his shot onto the post, while West Ham's Dean Ashton had a goal-bound header hacked away.
At times, Ashton provided a stern test Arsenal's back four - but not in the opening 45, when a shot on the turn that went over was his most notable contribution.
Arsenal, far short of the champagne football of recent weeks, appeared to be playing within themselves.
However, in-form striker Adebayor almost scored with the Gunners' first attack when he fizzed a low shot just wide of the post.
And on 13 minutes Adebayor was heavily involved in the opening goal when he held the ball up before laying it off for Hleb to cross and Van Persie to finish the move.
Other than that, there was little to get excited about it the opening half.
Perhaps it was frustration that led to first Lee Bowyer crunching two-footed into Matthieu Flamini and then Noble doing the same to Hleb. Both were booked.
Whereas Flamini shook off his knock, Hleb's match was over and he was replaced by Emmanuel Eboue.
West Ham lost a player, too, with Scott Parker failing to make it out for the second half after suffering knee damage in a challenge with Flamini. Hayden Mullins took his place.
Nine minutes after the break, Arsenal came close to doubling their advantage when Van Persie let fly from the edge of the area but Green managed to divert the effort onto his post.
It had the effect of waking West Ham from their slumber and Ashton should have done better with a free header when an equaliser seemed inevitable, allowing Manuel Almunia to save easily.
Two minutes later former Gunner Freddie Ljungberg thought he had restored parity when he slotted in but his goal was ruled out for offside.
More goalmouth action followed as Adebayor had a low shot pushed away by Green, Ashton sent a drive skidding wide and Adebayor shot tamely after good work by Abou Diaby.
Then Diaby shot just over from the edge of the box and Gael Clichy's low strike had Green scrambling and at full stretch.
West Ham put Arsenal under pressure for a spell, with Ashton a threat in the air.
With 10 minutes remaining, Arsenal lost Adebayor to what looked like a hamstring injury.
And the Gunners would have lost two points as well had Van Persie not been on hand to clear Ashton's header off the line shortly after. -
ahh shite i missed the match! rvp scored? damn shud haven to replace rvp for adebayor! i read adebayor was injured? and lets hope man yooo drop points against birmingham!
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match still on gng... hleb injured again...Originally posted by felirox:ahh shite i missed the match! rvp scored? damn shud haven to replace rvp for adebayor! i read adebayor was injured? and lets hope man yooo drop points against birmingham! -
Was at the Modesto's @ the Liz, another great game by the Arsenal team. Great cheering and heart-wrenching moments.
Bowyer and the other guy who tackled Hleb should have been sent off!!!! especially Bowyer, bookable offense and HANDBALL!
RVP should have score twice instead of once only. I wan that goal post re-measured!!
Flamini played well today with 3 great shots but Fab wasn't at the best of form though(from the observation of the last 6 games)
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Yeah i agree fab made quite a few misplaced passes...but he also made some great passes so i dun fault him a bit
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*Wenger unhappy with Noble*
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has fumed at Mark Noble's challenge on Alexander Hleb, branding it as 'very nasty'.
The Gunners came up against a competitive West Ham United side and were forced to battle hard for a 1-0 victory at Upton Park.
On 27 minutes Noble caught Hleb late with a crunching challenge and was yellow carded for the offence.
Wenger conceded that it may have been an accident, but described his player's bruising as 'unbelievable'.
"To me it looked very nasty, although I haven't seen it again," Wenger said.
Red and bruised
"If it was an accident, it is a very bad accident, because if you see his leg it is unbelievable.
"It is red and bruised from the knee down to the toes.
"We are quite optimistic because Noble is usually a fair player. I don't know if it was an accident or not, but he caught him very well.
"I don't think Hleb will play on Tuesday because he cannot walk properly at the moment."
Deserved
Wenger, though, praised his players' spirit and believes his side deserved the three points.
"We had a bit of apprehension because we lost here last season and this was a big test," he added.
"We started with the handbrake on but the goal helped. We didn't make the same mistake we made at Blackburn.
"We continued to play and move forward and try and score the second goal. Unfortunately we didn't get that but we deserved it." -
the build-up to the goal was fantastic.
congratz, arsenal.
keep the winning streak going. i will love to see another new record set.
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a 38 unbeaten game this season with the new gunners!!
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Yes!! Plus the Champions League, Carling Cup and FA Cup, let's go for a 50 unbeaten run man (hope for the best dude, LOL)..Originally posted by felirox:a 38 unbeaten game this season with the new gunners!!
Cheers.