After what feels like an eternity, we were back into Champions League action, with our home tie versus Bundesliga title-holders Borussia Dortmund. We opened this group phase with a credible 1-1 on their ground back in mid-September, and going one better would send us into the knockout stages, with the possibility of winning the group […]
Category Archives: Match review
With only one away win under our belts in the league this season, we travelled to Norwich City, one the leagues new teams this season and this is how we lined up: Szczesny, Koscielny, Vermaelen, Mertesacker, Andre Santos, Song, Ramsey, Arteta, Walcott, Gervinho, Van Persie. Substitutes: Fabianski, Djourou, Rosicky, Coquelin, Benayoun, Arshavin and Chamakh. It […]
Yesterday we made sure that West Brom had no chance of repeating their last seasons result, a 3-0 home victory saw us finally move our goal tally into the positive, so a good day’s work and a nice way for the players to head off on International duty! We lined up: Szczesny, Jenkinson, Vermaelen, Koscielny, […]
With Saturday’s win at Stamford Bridge fresh in our minds, we were quickly back to Champions League work, opening a new month. Our win at the Velodrome two weeks ago gave us the opportunity to effectively seal qualification to the knockout phase, provided we beat OM in the return leg last night… In the buildup […]
This fixture would tell us more about ourselves than any other recent one. We arrived at the Bridge having won six of our last seven in all competitions, including some credible wins – notably away at the Velodrome in the Champions League and at home versus Stoke last weekend. Chelsea on their patch is a […]
We have a treat today, a match summary from Allezkev who was at The Emirates last night… We lined up: Fabianski, Yennaris, Squillaci, Vermaelen, Miquel, Frimpong, Coquelin, Benayoun, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Arshavin and Park. Substitutes: Mannone, Meade, Boateng, Ozyakup, Aneke, Ryo, Watt We appeared to start out 4 4 1 1, although at times it was 4 […]
Honestly, it was not that long ago. We just recently went a decade unbeaten in league play against them, a record that lasted until early 2010, when they beat us here by an identical score as today. Since then, they have won two of the three league fixtures – including the infamous first win at […]
What a night for our young Englishman, at just 18 years old he scored his first ever Champions League goal and became the youngest player ever to do so! That was possibly the brightest part of this game, other than Santos securing our victory with a second….. None of us really wanted to Alex Song […]
After failing last week to string consecutive league wins together for the first since the beginning of this calendar year, we will try to make it back to back in any competition, and follow our 3-1 Carling Cup third round win over Shrewsbury Town with a similar result against second-from-bottom Bolton Wanderers FC. Last weekend […]
At least that (momentum) was the mantra heading in to this match. We chalked up a first league win (of this season) the past Saturday, and scrapped for a valuable away point in what figured to be the most difficult match of this season’s Champions League group phase. Two positives, with another three points necessary […]
Yesterday we saw the closing act of a season which promised so much up through the end of February but ultimately saw us finish empty-handed. February saw us lose the Carling Cup final in calamitous circumstances, sending our side into a tailspin from which they never really recovered. Exits from the European and FA Cup […]
Our 2010-11 season home programme ends with a slow start, defensive errors which gifted the opposition goals, a wrongly denied penalty, a dubiously chalked-off goal, a belated wake-up, and a Robin goal which ensures we do just enough to lose by a single goal margin… We have seen this all many times this season – […]