De Futebol
August 16th, 2010 | 
Author: Our road woes continue.
We need to find an answer to why Arsenal struggles on the road.
The Gunners escaped with a one all tie with Liverpool at Anfield.
This BS has to stop.
Liverpool was down to ten men.
Then lightening struck when Reds David Ngog broke free just outside the box. Ngog fired a perfect top shelf bullet. This laser beat keeper Manuel Almunia in the 46th minute.
We had the advantage but Arsenal couldn’t crack the Reds “D” code.
At several times in the second half it looked like Liverpool was playing twelve guys.
Then magic presto the match changed in an instant.
The clock was going tic, tic, tic. Time was winding on the match. A loss looked for certain. Gunners Rosicky fired a great cross into the teeth of the goalmouth. Chamakh bumps the ball towards the goal. Chamakh gets tangled with Reds keeper Reina. Reina bats the ball into the back of his own net in the 90th minute to us the equalizer.
Thanks be to God for the Abbott and Costello routine by Pepe Reina.
This huge gaff saved our bacon on this Sunday afternoon at Anfield.
This was a totally underserved one point.
If Arsenal is going to win the title, we need to win on the road.
If not we are sunk big time.
The champs always find ways to win on the road.
Last year EPL Champions Chelsea had the best road record.
Next up for us is newly promoted Blackpool.
The Seasiders are coming off a huge win 4-0 win over Wigan.
The only saving grace is that we are home.
It was good to see both Robin Van Persie and Liverpool’s Fernando Torres return to action.
From what I saw, our guys played too much one on one and didn’t work the ball around for a good shot.
Several times Jack Wilshere, Theo Walcott, Samir Nasri, and Tomas Rosicky had good scoring chances but they could close the deal.
We have to learn how to finish.
Not a good start but I’ll take the one point.
Arsenal needs to improve.
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Tags: Arsenal, Blackpool, Chamakh, Chelsea, David Ngog, De Futebol, De Futebol Brasil, EPL, Fernando Torres, Futebol, Jack Wilshere, Liverpool, Manchester United, Manuel Almunia, Newcastle, Pepe Reina, Reina, Robin Van Persie, Samir Nasri, Tomas Rosicky, Wigan
Bobby Gee
Were it not for the stumble by Liverpool’s goalkeeeper you’d be hanging your head is disgust after the loss instead of a lucky draw.
tophatal …….
You are right. We didn’t deserve the draw. It was pure lucky and stupidity by Pepe Reina. I would rather be lucky that good any day of the week.
Bobby Gee
As the season progresses we’ll see Arsenal come into their own. It normally takes 6 or seven games before we see the teams really find their rhythm within the league.
tophatal …….
A lucky draw for the Gunners, but they deserved it given the way they took the game, need to work on the finish.
Chelsea will be hard to beat yet again this season if they keep playing like this