Arsenal takes down Manchester United
Saturday, 08 November 08, 12:01 PM · Comments(4)
With their backs against the wall and the Premier League campaign starting to look shaky, the Gunners delivered a nice little statement to the EPL on Saturday afternoon at the Emirates.
Game on.
Given all the injuries and the awful stretch of play lately, this game against Manchester United easily could have been the latest headache for Arsenal. But despite the lack of a striker, they managed to take advantage of their opportunities and hang on for dear life as the final stoppage time minutes ticked down.
With only Nicklas Bendtner up front, Samir Nasri was a stud in the midfield and ended up with two goals to show for it – although the first was pure luck off Gary Neville’s deflection. But the Gunners were able to utilize their midfield to exploit United with superior spacing several times and counterattack whenever possible. They certainly didn’t control the game, but given the lack of presence up front it was the way they had to win.
And while Arsenal capitalized on their opportunities, United was left to wonder how Ronaldo missed a point-blank volley or Rooney skied a great first-half opportunity over the bar. While playing at the Emirates..........Read the rest at:
http://www.examiner.com/x-642-Soccer-Examiner~y2008m11d8-Arsenal-takes-a-stand
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that win was a very lucky one. look at what happened against city.
it was a flash in the pan
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great win lads, now let us make it the game to spur us on when we have difficult games coming up, although if we preform like that we should come out of smelling of roses
Samir Nasri :) . A great player