Apology To Wenger?

Arsene to receive apology, hell yeah he needs an apology for the ref behaviour

League Managers Association chief executive Richard Bevan has spoken to Hackett about the Old Trafford incident which saw Wenger sent to the stands by referee Mike Dean on the advice of fourth official Lee Probert.

On the decision to penalise Wenger, Bevan said: "Although correct in 'law', it was completely out of context in the game and it was followed by the nonsense which followed over where Arsene Wenger should sit."

Bevan has been told that Wenger will receive an apology from the Premier Game Match Officials Board which appoints officials to top-flight games in England.

The Gunners boss caught Probert's attention when he kicked an empty water bottle down the touchline following a disallowed goal for Arsenal.

There was then confusion as Wenger seemed unaware of where he was supposed to go - moving first to the back of Arsenal dugout then starting to walk down the touchline as the whistle was blown.

Bevan added: "I've spoken to Keith Hackett and he fully recognises the situation was an error and an apology will follow to Arsene Wenger.

"Lee Probert totally failed to manage the situation and created a needless pressure point taking the focus away from the pitch in a big event with only a minute to go."

I hope this silence some critics and show how incompetent Mike Dean was on the day.

Apology To Wenger?

Refree Was A Man U Fan And Was Absoulte Disgrace.

We lost the match, I am ready to accept the result, we were unlucky, but my post stress on how ref was biased, who was the ref?

Mike Dean, remember the name, he have a record for awarding penalty in favour of ManUsa. No other ref has awarded more penalty to ManUsa than Mike Dean, the figure is a penalty approximately every single match. Need I say more, people I am happy, really very happy, like Wenger said our team is good enough, now I really feel our team is good enough to cope this season, If any team have to beat Arsenal they have to be lucky otherwise they cannot beat us playing football.

We were the better team throughout the match, Vermaelen is Fantastic, he proved it again. Its not doom and gloom its only the third game of the season and we still have a game in hand. but what is still interesting for me is british media is not talking about the penalty decision that was not given, Mike Dean could not have been better placed to award a penalty for a foul on Arshavin by Fletcher, let us assume he did not bring down Arshavin but wasn't that a hand ball by Fletcher?, and the most interesting fact of the match Fletcher was not booked, If you see the match again and Fletcher performance, he should be booked on more than four or five occasion, but he was not booked and that's the reason why he was throwing himself at everything possible committing foul after foul, had he been booked once he would not have dared to throw himself around the park.

On the other hand, Song was booked for the first foul he committed, Almunia was booked because he touched a player who was already going down, I have no defence for Eboue dive, Van Persie and Sagna booking were a joke, how many times we see Rooney and Scholes raise their arm in anger when ref give the wrong decision, Sagna was booked because he raised his arm when ref was wrong to give ManUsa a throw in. That's sums it up to how biased ref was towards ManUsa, I am not saying we lost because of the ref, We lost simply because we were unlucky on the night.

Now on Diaby own goal, Diaby was good on the night, take nothing away from him, he was strong winning tackles, was not giving the ball away, his dribbling was better but one moment of madness i should say or lack of concentration or over-confidence, it can be any one of the three reason for his own goal, either he lost his concentration or he was too over confident and was trying to head the ball back to Almunia because it seems that way that he was heading the ball towards goal, I don't know what it was but I should say, we should take positives from the game, and the season is still very young. And Wenger sending off was a joke for the last 30 seconds of the match, And I was gutted when ManUsa fan were booing Eduardo. I think they forgot they have a history of diver's.

Let me know what you think,

P.S. do not abuse or post a racist comment.

In Defence Of Eduardo.

Fabregas out for ManUsa clash, which is a big blow for Arsenal as he failed to shrug of his Hamstring injury and for this I blame you Mr Wenger(most of the fan would agree with me), but thats in the past now we have to look forward, Since Cesc is not available we will be playing Diaby(I think) in his place and Ramsey is also injured.

It will be tough against ManU, this will be a real test for our new boy Vermaelen, Rooney will be a real test for him, lets all hope he pass with flying colours,

Now to the debate of the century. Eduardo is the only diver the world of football has seen, he has been diving all these years but was only noticed against Celtic, he even dived when Taylor broke his leg(F*** U Taylor), Gerard, Rooney, Drogba, Ronaldivedo etc etc are players he should need to learn from, that how to play good football without cheating.

Now I am feeling much better, I took out all my frustration in the above paragraph, now for some serious stuff, UEFA acting like a group of Muppet's here, they are charging Eduardo for something which had no outcome on the result and like Arsene said "they are opening a very dangerous door". Hell yeah! they are.

That means every decision a manager feels was incorrect will be challenged by the club and UEFA have to take action against it, if the law that UEFA has charged Eduardo with is it Applicable only in the Penalty box or anywhere near the box where a free kick can result in a goal or anywhere on the field. They have to clearly mention this what the law exactly say, and if this is the case why Ryan Babel was not charged when he fell in the Penalty box which eventually kicked Arsenal out of the CL and was mroe crucial than in DUDU case, and what about Dirk Kuyt when he pulled Hleb inside the box and no penalty was given, shouldn't these players be charged.

I don't know what problem they have with Arsenal in Particular but I completely agree with Arsene in defence of DUDU and I think all fan should. If this is law for everyone than I am cool with it but the way Eduardo has been singled out as if that Penalty won us the Champions League is just not acceptable.

Let me know what you all think

Till then........

Player Rating - Arsenal 3 Celtic 1 And MOTM

Congratulation to all our Players for doing a fantastic job over the two leg, Will not talk about Dudu dive, The reason Arsenal qualified is because they were the better side over the two legs and not because Eduardo won the penalty as most Celtic fans and media thinks.

Player Rating:

Almunia: Was not troubled by the Celtic defence. 6

Sagna : Solid performance going forward as well as defending. 7

Gallas : Well kept Celtic striker's in his pocket and was solid, i loved it when he dribbled past Celtic defender as if he was not there. 7

Vermaelen : I cannot remember a header he failed to win in the entire match. loved his attitude throughout the match. 7

Clichy : Slowly but steadily he is finding his true rythym maybe that long injury lay off helped him learning his mistake and clearly it seems he has been working on it during his re-habiliation. 7

Song : What can I say about him, was not as good as the first leg but very strong in the middle breaking Celtic attack. 6.5

Denilson : Star man, was brilliant throught out the match, he simply frustrated Celtic players, so much so they all started kicking him trying to intimidate him but could not succeed for the first time I saw Denilson actually getting on the face of a player refusing to bow down. I loved his performance. 8

Eboue : Just missed my MOTM award but I can say that this is one of his best performance in the middle of the Arsenal attack, his first touch has improved and his has shown a strong character, took his goal very well

7.5

Diaby : Decent performance from the Frenchmen, helped Song and Denilson well and was strong in midfield. 6

Bendtner : Not bad for the big Dane but one can see frustration on his face for not scoring so far in four matches, did troubled the Celtic defence whenever he had the ball. 6

Eduardo : Controversial penalty won by him, I seriously believe Dudu was not trying to con the ref, he might have caught in two minds and fell over, because I cannot see him exagerrating while diving, he just fell over thats it, overall fantastic performance from him, loved to see him play twice in one week.7

Ramsey: 6

Wilshere : 6

Arshavin: took his goal brilliantly. 6

Let me know who was yout MOTM

Comments and Suggestion are most welcome.

Eduardo Is No Diver.......Match Thoughts

Well was it a dive, I don't know may be it was a dive but does it matter in this tie and even I saw the video, personally I thought Eduardo was caught in 2 mind and fell over. Even if he dived who cares everyone does that. But what is surprising here is Celtic player are calling for 2 match ban for Eduardo, is this some kind of joke that you want player to be banned just because he won a penalty, I don't think Eduardo have a reputation to cheat on the football field.

Talking about banning Eduardo, UEFA can never do that, simply because they are shit and corrupt, there is no two way about it, what happened with Dogbark last season in the CL semifinal against Barca, he abused in front of millions watching on television, what UEFA does ban him and then later lift the ban on him, but no one is complaining.WHY?

One suggestion to all Celtic players and fans, go home prepare for Europa league because you are not good enough to beat Arsenal (even without the penalty Dudu won ) and stop calling him a cheat because he has no record of diving in his career. So I give him a benefit of doubt and one more thing learn to play football, kicking opposition player is no way of playing football. You all make me laugh when you say that this penalty won Arsenal the CL berth, because Arsenal would have thrashed you even without that penalty. So stop moaning about it

Now about the match, two players where a stand out performer last night
1. Denilson
2. Eboue
these two player where every where on the pitch, Denilson was harrassing the Celtic midfield and his tackling has improved, though his positional sense was always good that too has improved too. Eboue well he is some character, his first touch was good he was creating havoc with his trickery, forcing Celtic players to commit fouls and took his goal very well. If we can recall he was in a similar position in CL quater final against Roma and he made a mess of it, this time he made no mistake, this proves how strong mentally he has become.
But my man of the match is Denilson for his tireless work throughout the 90 min.

Highlights --Arsenal 3 Celtic 1

1st goal Eduardo and First half highlights




2nd goal Eboue




3rd goal Ashavin

Arsenal v Moaning Hoops - Preview & Prediction

The day has arrived when Celtic will play Arsenal and after tonight I hope their players & fans STFU, since the day they were beaten at their home, from Celtic manager, players and even some celtic fan (who believe they were not kicking Cesc all over the park and Cesc was Diving) just cannot seem to keep quiet or I should say they are using this opportunity to make a name for themself by giving interview to every bloody newspaper everyday, so lets hope we not only beat them tonight but thrash them like never before.

Cesc won't be taking part in this fixture, if reports are to be believed Ramsey will be playing in Cesc place and I really hope he does, But my instinct say Ramsey will have to do with a place on bench with Abou Diaby playing today.Rosicky is back in training but will be available for weekend match,Song, Sagna and Clichy are set to return after being rested last weekend against Portsmouth,

Formation is expected to be same 4-3-3 with Arshavin, Van persie and Bendtner upfront and Diaby, Denilson and Song in the middle and with the same back four that faced Celtic in the first leg.

Formation could be somewhat like this

---------------------------------Almunia

-----------------------Sagna Gallas Vermaelen Clichy

----------------------------------Song

--------------------------- Denilson Diaby

----------------------Bendtner Van Persie Arshavin

Prediction : 3 - 0 Arsenal

Let me know whats your prediction and Formation for today

Injury Update and Transfer's

Finally it has been revealed that Cesc will be available for selection against ManU this weekend thats a good news I should say considering that he could have missed for 3 weeks, along with that rumours are that "little Mozart" yes you are right Tomas Rosicky has been training and could be in contention for ManU game. He can be included in the squad at the weekend if our manger is to be believed. That's a positive news.

'Cesc's scan was quite reassuring,' revealed Wenger.

'He has no muscular strain, but it will take a few days to settle down. There is a chance he will be fit for Old Trafford.'

The Arsenal manager continued: 'I rest players who I feel need a rest without considering the game after.

'My target is to win tomorrow's game, it's a massive game for us and after that we will see what we do for the weekend.

'It is not job done, it is job to do, to finish. That is how I approach it.

'Celtic have no choice - they will have to come out and have a go at us.

'We will be faithful to our tactical approach and will try to put them under pressure, play very high up and try to win the game.'

Wenger insists there will be no sense of complacency tomorrow night, even though the odds are stacked against the Scottish side.

'We know there is so much at stake for us. I do not think we are in danger of easing off at all,' he said.

'We know how quickly football can change and that makes it interesting as well.'

The Gunners boss insisted: 'For the success of our season, to be strong at the Emirates is vital.

'Any time you show any weakness at home, it can have big consequences for the rest of the season.'

Well its obvious home game is where one team have to win maximum points. If stats are to be believed ManU won the last 3 title because of excellent home record.

If Arsenal are to win the title this season we have to win 90 percent of the points at home.

Boss is not worried about Cesc absence as he clearly believe that Ramsey can step into Cesc position, this is what Arsene has to say about him.

'It is another chance for Ramsey. It is a big season for him.

'However, do not forget he is only 18.

'I believe his target for this year, I told him before the season, is between 15 and 20 games.

'The way he is developing, he could get that.

It won't surprise me if we all see Ramsey name in the starting line up.

Regarding transfer rumours we are nowhere near signing anyone confirmed Arsene, I hope he don't forget that there is hardly a week left in the transfer market to close.

Celtic tomorrow.

Match preview and Team news to follow

Complacency...................Arshavin

Good morning everyone, not much happening on tuesday like monday but yes, Liverpool lost to Villa last night 3-1, lets see how the media write about Liverpool couple of early defeats compare to what happened with Arsenal last season, Lets not get into that toipc

Arsenal are fantastic at the moment and Arsene rightly asked his lads to not to be complacent, and concentrate on Tomorrow night Celtic game,"We experienced a very physical game over there. We know the job has to be finished, but we are still in a strong position. The result will be determined by the way we play the second leg." We should qualify for the group stages of the champions league.

Arshavin has been speaking as to why he left Russia even though he was earning a lot more compare to Arsenal

Arshavin said

"I wanted to see what real football looks like. I wanted to see what the game is like when you play for a world-class team and play only on world-class surfaces and meet only star players every week - as opposed to having to travel to play at half-demolished stadiums, sometimes with artificial pitches, where the result of your game can depend on what the referee is feeling like that particular day.

"I'd won pretty much everything in Russia and if I'd stayed it would have been known that Andrey Arshavin was a very good player for Russian football, but he was not required anywhere else in Europe. When I go back I want people to say, 'Yes, there are good footballers in Russia'.".

And he is more interested in Champions league more than premier league

He added: "I want to win the Champions League, I'd prefer that to the Premier League."

So do we Andrei, and this shows how competitive Arshavin is, for him money is not everything. I remember the day he came to London on a snowy day to complete his transfer some newspaper said he is being greedy and becuase of his personal terms the transfer was delayed. I can't see any truth in this.

No Cesc for Celtic match lets hope he should be back to face ManU.

More to follow.

Comments and suggestions are welcome

Arsenal can win the champions league

Another quiet Monday, god i so hate Monday but that's another issue

Diaby is talking these days, people he played well against Portsmouth, well we all know how talented he is, but we also know how frustrating he can be sometimes, and the biggest problem with him is, he is far too inconsistent and get injured too often, but if he stay's fit and play like he did against Portsmouth week in week out. He will be a great asset to the club

This season he has set himself few targets like staying fit(most important), making the squad for next year world cup(first make a place at Arsenal) and winning trophies.

He sounded very optimistic about Arsenal chances this season.

The 23-year-old said: "It was my first full game because I'd had a few injuries in pre-season. So to score two goals and have the team winning was a very good day for me.

"It's given us a lot of confidence. We have some big games coming up in the future and we have to be ready.

"I feel we can definitely challenge everyone this season. We are ready to fight and to get something this year."

"We talk about winning the Champions League, of course. Arsenal is a big club and as a player you want to win that trophy so it's in our mind.”

Waiting news on Cesc Injury will keep you all updated

comments and suggestions are welcome

Another match Another injury & more

Another match another injury, and this time its our captain FAB. I don't understand why Arsene has to play him if he was already carrying a knock, even our Carling cup kids could have beaten Pompey. Then why Arsene have to take a risk, how serious is his injury? we will come to know tomorrow. We need Cesc, may be not for Celtic in midweek but for ManU away we need him for this particular fixture.

I believe Celtic tie is all done and dusted, playing another 90 min is just a formality now, We all know Celtic will be trying to attack us from the word go that's where they will fall victim to Arsenal counter attack. I can't see Celtic scoring a goal at Emirates let alone win the tie.

My major worry is who will play in Cesc place if he is not fit, diaby (no) he cannot be a playmaker, Ramsey (no) not there yet. Only name that comes to my mind is Arshavin right now I feel he can do it but I am pretty sure Wenger will play him on the left, so that's a major concern if Cesc is unfit for saturday.

News of the world says that Arsenal has open contract negotiation with Cesc. Well I can't see any truth in this story, anyway NOTW is shit.

Moving forward to Arshavin, according to him its time Arsene need to strengthen the team, the Russian feel that the sqaud lacks depth, but Wenger has already said that he will be buying a defensive player and personally I think that is what is required right now, to make this squad a genuine title contenders, but our current squad is good, CB is the only position that worries me because we do not have sufficient back up at CB position, in case if Billy G and Verminator get injured.

That's it for now, will keep you updated on Cesc injury and hoping for the same atmosphere as against Pompey, at the CL return leg at Emirates against Celtic.

Let me know what do you think.

[VIDEO]Arsene On Fabregas Injury And Match Highhlights

ARSENAL V PORTSMOUTH MATCH HIGHLIGHTS

ARSENE POST MATCH INTERVIEW

Arsenal Run Riot And Fabregas Injury

Well what can I say, the result was expected Arsenal could have had more, not to mention Portsmouth could also have scored a couple of goals. Result was expected Arsenal were expected to win but with a clean sheet.

I really feel Almunia should have done better he did not read the cross and Kaboul acted first and out jumped Almunia but all this apart Eduardo was looking really very sharp throughout the time he was on the pitch and the first goal he setup for Diaby was fantastic who went on to score the second goal again a classic Arsenal counter attack. then scrappy goal from Gallas who have 3 goals in 3 games now and he is the top scorer for Arsenal and the final goal from Ramsey when he picked up the fantastic Van Persie through ball and once again our strikers did not score, Van Persie free kick was denied by some fantastic goal keeping from James.

All in all a good performance now for the two big matches, Celtic home and Manchester Away. Hope to continuee this form in these fixtures as well.

More injury worries for the gunners as Fabregas was substituted after the first half and Wenger at his post match interview said that Fabregas has a hamstring injury, lets hope its not a serious injury and he should be fit to face Celtic.

More to follow

Prediction/Team News/Preview - Arsenal v Portsmouth

Premier league is back and we are already a game behind. Like Wenger said "we don't want to play catch up with anyone". I really feel that Arsenal should score early because we all know that Paul hart has Already parked his bus in front of Arsenal goal so more time we take to break portsmouth defence more likely it is for our player to get frustrated and make mistake by over committing themself,

Now for some team news, Wenger finally said it, that Vela is carrying an ankle injury and it will take some time to recover.

Eduardo is fit to face Portsmouth on Saturday, having recovered from a groin problem which ruled him out of the Champions League qualifier against Celtic. Well I believe that Eduardo will start this match and let's hope he don't get injured again till the end of the season.

Theo Walcott (back), however, has once again been ruled out. Arsene is right to criticise England U21 coach and Capello for including Walcott in the U21 championship. He warned them about the consequences.

Lukasz Fabianski (knee),Tomas Rosicky (hamstring),Samir Nasri (broken leg) and Johan Djourou (knee) all continue their rehabilitation. Wish them all a speedy recovery.

Portsmouth travel without midfielder Papa Bouba Diop, who faces a possible three to six weeks on the sidelines with a hamstring injury.

The Senegal international is set to undergo a scan to confirm the extent of the problem, but he will definitely sit out the clash at the Emirates Stadium.

Manager Paul Hart remains without Herman Hreidarsson and Steve Finnan, who are also suffering with hamstring problems and are at least two weeks away from returning.

Arsenal Team news:

Almunia, Sagna, Vermaelen, Gallas, Clichy, Song, Fabregas, Denilson, Arshavin, Bendtner, van Persie, Mannone, Eduardo, Eboue, Ramsey, Wilshere, Gibbs, Silvestre.

The formation should be somewhat like this

Almunia

Sagne Gallas Vermarlen Clichy/Gibbs

Song

Denilson Ramsey/Fab

Bendtner Arshavin

Eduardo/Van Persie

Prediction : 3 - 0 (Arsenal) Arshavin to score his first goal today

Let me know what formation you think Wenger will play

Calling All Gooners.......Arsenal

Celtic game reminded me of old Highbury days whenever the opposition player's use to walk on the turf of the Highbury statdium, you could see the fear in their eyes, for first few minutes the way they play you can sense the tension, the pressure gripping their mind such was the atmosphere at the Highbury such was the noise at the Highbury. Good old days ain't it?

But since we moved to the Emirates stadium, that passion, that energy seems to have reduced, I agree that our team has been on the downfall since we built our new stadium, but are we forgetting that we are still the same old Arsenal fan, no matter on what stadium are we playing on Emirates or Highbury, the atmosphere made by the Arsenal fan should be same. Such was the noise at parkhead it made an average team like Celtic play well, it helped them raise their level of performance, if we create such atmosphere inside the Emirates week in week out, imagine what it can do to a talented Arsenal team.

Lot have been said about booing our own player inside our own stadium by our very own fan, so I think its time we show that the we can create a better atmosphere than any other team in the premier league, not even in premier league in the entire globe.

For the first game of the premier league, Home team will be supplying you all the red and white scarf as mention on Arsenal(dot)com. So I would request all the Arsenal fan to show their true colours and bring back the old Arsenal day and send a message to all the club around that when they come to Emirates 'winning will not be an option for them' .

Let's intimidate them till the time their legs and mind freeze.

Quick mention of our travelling gooners, they are always fantastic on the road, expecting the same support from all the Arsenal fans at the Emirates.

Arsenal v Portsmouth Preview and Team news tomorrow.

Comments and suggestions are most welcomed

Let me know what you think.

UP THE GUNNERS

Why Arsenal?

I am taking Liverpool name just as a an example to prove my point here that how media is always behind Arsenal ass. I dont know what is the problem that they have with Arsenal.

For e.g.

Rafa bought Aquilani to replace Alonso, well talking about Aquilani, Injuries are part of his CV, people he made 102 apperance for Roma in 5 season, the best being his first season where he made 38 appearance only and the last season he made 20 appearance for Roma in all competition, if a player get injured so often in such a s***** league imagine what will happen when he plays in the most physical football league in the world, but no one talks about it.

Now, Manures lost to Burnley, backpages where filled with this upset but according to most of the Man U a** licking pundits,they believe that its just a minor blip in the title race for ManU and if you listen to Burnley manager he believe's that ManU are still going to win the title,(How?). No one is talking about SAF failure to replace Ronaldo and Tevez. Last season as well when Ronaldo was injured for the begining of the season ManU struggled. Something similar is happening this season but no one write about this.

I remember something similar happened with Arsenal last season when we lost to Fulham 1-0 in the second game of the season but something very opposite was been written by these papers about Arsenal. So one thing I want to know why they are after Arsenal, is it that we have less english player or is it our manger don't spend big or may be we are not a club in heavy dept compared to ManU, Liverpool and Chelsea or could it be because we will surpass ManU, Liverpool and Chelses once the dept on our stadium is cleared as the Richest club in the world generating its own revenue(I am not counting city). What is it that Arsenal is the club most targeted by all critics ?

One last thing, only Chelsea Bench is stronger than Arsenal's and still Arsenal is the is most likely side to drop out of the top four this season.

I would love to hear from you gooner, comments are most welcomed.

Wenger will sign atleast 2 Players.

We are almost into the champions league group stages and I believe all Arsenal have to do is score the first goal in the second leg at the Emirates Stadium, that one goal will kill Celtic spirit and I can't see them even trying to score and I think Arsenal can score few goals in that particular fixture.

Celtic aside we have our opening premier league home game against Portsmouth, well the less I talk about the outcome of the fixture its better we all know what will happen.My point is now how Wenger will rotate the players since we have Celtic home and then Man U away they both are massive games, so looking forward to see Wilshere and Gibbs to play the game this Saturday.

Now people say Wenger is Stubborn he won't spend money in the transfer to strengthen his team, but I say he will now, Once the team is completed the task of beating Celtic at Emirates he will buy probably a Centre back and a Striker, but if wenger is really happy he might even buy a DM a back up for song but I can assure you all that we will see atleast 2 new players.

We all know champions league football get us around 40-45 million, isn't 40 million that we got through Ade and Kolo transfer, this prove's that he was prepared financially if Arsenal fail to qualify for the champions league, as now we are almost through to the Champions league group stages we will see couple of new faces in the Arsenal dressing room.

One more thing about our new recruit Verminator(i like the name), its good to see that all our defender have been praising him and even Almunia is happy with him, like how he keeps his cool and balances the defence so its good that he is having a positive effect on the team-mates.

The End Of An Era At Arsenal

This Blog was Written on ESPN and I really liked the blog except for the end, but all in all it was a good blog, well I thought all of you would like it so I am posting the link of this blog for you all to check out, its about our Invincible team and how the era ended when Kolo Toure left for Man city

To read this blog Click here

Arsenal Players Pledge

I found this nice video of Arsenal Players pledging for the new season. I don't know how many of you have seen this video but i found it interestin especially when Arshavin says 5 goal in 1 match.I hope they fulfill thier pledge

Cesc MOTM - CELTIC 0 ARSENAL 2 - Player Rating

Many will say that it was a lucky win, but I say it was a well deserved win. Because we were the better team throughout the 90 min and even Tony Mowbray accepted it.

First goal by gallas you can say was lucky but what i liked about that goal was Gallas run when he started the run he was on an OFFSIDE position, when RVP11 passed the ball to Cesc he came back in, the way he loose his marker was also very good and he also have every right to claim the goal because I assume the Celtic keeper had covered Cesc shot and one more thing I liked is that Cesc has once again started to take a pot from the distance which usually he avoids so its a positive thing. Talking about the second goal fantastic work by Diaby to dribble past couple of players and feeding the overlapping Clichy and the hard low cross from him found the legs of Celtic skipper Caldwell and into the back of the net, even if Caldwell had left the ball Bendtner was lurking behind him and he would have finished it any how. so great result just have to keep a clean sheet once again when Celtic visit the Emirates.

PLAYERS RATING

1. Almunia : Didn't have much to do only one shot on goal from Celtic. He was very well protected by our back four 7

10. Gallas : Brilliant performance once again, got a goal as well , though he was trying to avoid contact with the ball and the highlight of the match was when he intersected the cross from Fortune which was destined to find Celtic player on the other side and boy he looks happy now after the departure of Kolo and he is smiling these days. 7.5

5. Vermaelen : I really don't want to hype his performance but in these last two games he has been fantastic, a no non-sense defender most Arsenal fans been asking for, the way he jumps to win header, considering he is only 6 ft is brilliant, his tackling is fantastic and positional sense is good and the highlight of this match was his brilliant run to deny Scott Brown to take a shot on goal which was destined to be hit at the back of the net. 8

22. Clichy : Another solid game for him was troubled by Celtic pacy winger but he managed him very well was involved in the second goal, Overall pretty decent performance but still have not reached the heights of 07-08 season. 7

3. Sagna : Good game from Sagna as usual need to work on his crossing though he and Nikki B were working good. 7

15. Denilson : Another good performance from the Brazilian, once again he showed why Wenger shows so much faith in him, at the begining he was a bit shaky the reason could be the brilliant park head atmoshphere but as the game went on he was solid in possesion and tackling, he seems to have worked in gym a lot, he has become strong physically, anothere good performance from him this new formation is really helping his game. 7

17. Song : Well what can I say about him, never in my wildest dream i thought Song can be this brillaint, his tackling, positioning, strength I hope Cameroon do not qualify for the ACN. So that Song don't have to leave in January for a month or so. He was excellent from the word go. 8

4 . Cesc : I think Wenger was playing with Celtic coach when he said Fab is 50-50 for the game,

because wenger knew that Celtic will be trying to shut Fabregas at every opportunity and thats exactly what they did but Captain Fab still ran the show just like Xavi for Barcelona he was everywhere and this new formation has given him the freedom to dictate the play, another brillaint performance from the captain and my man of the match for the day. 8.5(star man)

52. Bendtner : Not as good as the previous game but was good helping Sagna a lot in tracking back and winning and intersecting play I really think that he and RVP should change positions 6.5

23. Arshavin : Well our little Russian is taking time to adapt to this new system I suppose. Was not his usual self but worked his sock off for the team and got his foot in whenever required. 6

11. Van Persie : He was also not very effective throughout course of 90 min. He was trying too much to dribble past player and win free kick but it almost backfired in the first half as the celtic could have taken the lead, only for Vermaelen to deny Celtic the goal 6

Celtic 0 - Arsenal 2(Arsenal Learning To Get Results)

Arsenal were Lucky to score 2 goals but no one can deny that Arsenal were strong defensively.
To be fare Vermaelen, Song, Gallas,heroes of the day. I assume he is the no non-sense defender we been looking. With this result we are alomst assured qualification to the champions league group stages.
Match report and rating to follow.

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Jens To Hang His Gloves

One of the member of the Arsenal "Invincibles" Jens Lehmann has announced his retirement at the end of this current season, thus bringing an end to the 21 year footballing career. Jens earned a legendary status at Arsenal after replacing legendary goalkeeper David Seamen. Jens is known for his on-field antics and his bad temperament. Jens was involved in too many controversies on field, fined couple of times by the football association for mis-conduct.

Like throwing the ball at Kevin Philip and he was also involved in that famous Van Nistelrooy incident after his penalty miss and many more but the one that stand out for me was the incident involving Jens and Drogba. Where he proved Drogba that he is not the only one who knows acting in premier league.

Anyways all this incidents aside, I would like to thanks Jens for his service to the Arsenal FC on behalf my friends and all the gooners out there.

European Nights Are Back.

Good morning to all the gooners.

Can't wait for the tonight match against Celtic, the reason why I am looking forward to this match is pretty obvious, one don't have to stress how important it is for Arsenal to qualify for the group stages.

European nights are back!

Same old newspaper coloums where player come out and speak about how they are going to prepare to face their opposition and they are not scared, tactics blah! blah! blah!.

But in case of Celtic everyone from manager to players and even the ground staff(hyperbole) have been speaking about Arsenal. OK you are not scared of Arsenal then why do u keep talking about Arsenal everyday?.

Now I forget to mention former Celtic players as well, for e.g. Alan Thompson, according to him our players are going to face a "culture shock". I don't know what does he mean by that ?

My meassage to all the Celtic players and Fans. Beware the "Men are coming to town".

Team news to follow (I hope Cesc is fit to play)

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Why Arsenal Will Beat Celtic At Parkhead?

Because Arsenal are better than Celtic thats why.

And if I remember Tony Mowbray also beleives in Arsene beautiful football philosophy and thats is the reason why West Brom were relegated from the premier league last season, now I am not saying that Arsene is wrong but One need to have player's of such quality and eyes to spot talent and nurture them and Offcourse 'Arsene Wenger' and there is only one Arsene and fortunately we have him.

Celtic fans are positive since they have never been beaten at home by an English side in champions league.

Wow! thats actually awesome(considering the quality of SPL) but one more thing, they never faced Arsenal at the back of such a brilliant away win that too at goodison park and Everton is a better team on paper and on field than Celtic.

I am surely not expecting an easy game but if our lads can play even 75 % of the way they played against the Toffees then I cannot even imagine Celtic can get a draw against us.

All Arsenal fan will be happy if we can get a 1-1 draw but I am not expecting anything less than a win with a clean sheet, I know this is difficult but why expect less when we have a sqaud to do it.

Can't wait for tuesday.

Celtic Beware ! (The Men Are Coming To The Town)

The boys have finally matured and now they are men. I am surprised by many pundits speaking about lack of experience in the team but I find it hard it hard to figure out how do you gain experience, according to anti-Arsenal pundits the squad is too young to compete at the top level.

This is confusing, now first they say that our lads don't have experience and then they say that they are young. I want to know does playing for long time give a player experience or playing at the top level right up their with the best.

So will they prefer a 27 year old who has been playing in some shitty league or a young 22 year old boy who is been playing with the best since he was 18 or 19 years old, competing at the top level. I would certainly pick the latter.

Anyways I loved it when this pundits were eating their own words after Arsenal destroyed Everton, since they all predicted a home win. I am trying very hard to not get carried away by this result but certainly I am very confident now about the Celtic game just like the team I am taking one game at a time.

Celtic fan were very happy when hoops won against Aberdeen 3 -1 and all the Celtic fans were happy that they will playing the same way against Arsenal. But as soon as they found out about Arsenal result I am wondering what will be going through their mind, also Tony Mowbray is trying hard to show that he is not bothered about Arsenal form. Well I cant blame him though.

Celtic pre-match preview and team news to follow.

and one more thing

ADE STFU

Everton v Arsenal - Match Report

Arsenal produced a stunning opening-day performance to underline boss Arsene Wenger's belief his young stars can win the title.

The Gunners exposed Everton's frailties in defence and the hosts' lack of depth.

The last time Everton lost 6-1 at home was back in 1958, and Arsenal did the damage that time as well.

Their passing, movement and finishing left Everton in shreds, and the north Londoners were three up at the break through Denilson, debut defender Thomas Vermaelen and his centre-back colleague William Gallas.

Everton boss David Moyes had suggested beforehand the Joleon Lescott saga had destabilised his team, but few would have predicted to this extent.

After the interval Cesc Fabregas struck with two fine goals, the result maybe suggesting Moyes should sell Lescott with Manchester City still interested, and spend the money on re-vamping his squad.

Everton included Lescott despite the ongoing saga of Manchester City's attempts to sign him, which prompted Moyes' angry outburst yesterday at the Eastlands club's tactics.

Brazilian striker Jo had recovered from an ankle problem, while Steven Pienaar was passed fit after knee trouble.

Arsenal gave their new Belgian defender Vermaelen his league debut, but were without Theo Walcott (back), Abou Diaby (groin), Tomas Rosicky (hamstring) and Johan Djourou (knee).

But their absences did not seem to matter as they systematically took Everton apart at the back.

Moyes got a heroes' reception from the Goodison Park faithful, and Lescott's name was greeted with far more cheers than jeers from a sell-out crowd.

But Moyes then had to sit and watch as his usually reliable rearguard, admittedly missing the excellent Phil Jagielka, fell apart before his eyes.

Arsenal were sharp from the start and their passing game was quickly on song. And when Phil Neville misplaced a ball in midfield, the Gunners flowed forward before Nicklas Bendtner drove a shot over the bar.

Then Bendtner headed down for Robin van Persie to see his shot on the turn deflected wide by Lescott.

Everton were having to work tremendously hard in midfield to contain the tempo of Arsenal's game and the Toffees barely created a chance in the opening half.

The goal Arsenal had been threatening arrived after 26 minutes. Bendtner surged in from the left before flicking a pass to Cesc Fabregas, who instantly turned the ball into Denilson's path.

The pace of the move left Everton floundering, and the fine strike from the Brazilian from just outside the area dipped and curled into the top corner.

Everton's response was predictably furious and they had Arsenal hemmed into their box for a spell.

Only a goal-line clearance from Denilson following Marouane Fellaini's header from a Leighton Baines corner stopped an equaliser.

Arsenal, though, were cutting through Everton with movement and accurate passing, and after 37 minutes they were two ahead.

Van Persie's free-kick from the right found Vermaelen beyond the far post, and the defender headed back into the bottom corner for a fine debut goal.

Everton's marking for that was dreadful, with Fellaini and Joseph Yobo seemingly at fault. But four minutes later when Gallas headed home another free-kick, this time from Fabregas, the defending was even worse.

The Frenchman had a free run into the six-yard box to guide his header home completely unmarked. Goalkeeper Tim Howard appealed for cover as colleagues stood motionless.

Everton were shell-shocked, and it got worse three minutes after the interval.

Everton were caught by a pitch-length move from Arsenal that ended with Fabregas cruising into the box to send his shot past Howard.

Denilson had started the surge deep on the left and found Van Persie before a neat pass left the Arsenal skipper to do the rest.

Moyes then made a triple substitution. Saha replaced Leon Osman, Dan Gosling came on for Tony Hibbert while Jack Rodwell took over from Jo.

The reshuffle included Neville reverting to full-back from midfield, where he had struggled. Rodwell, Fellaini and Pienaar both had chances as Everton struggled to get some pride back.

Arsenal sent on Emmanuel Eboue for Bendtner after 63 minutes, the game long won.

But Fabregas was not finished. After 69 minutes he collected a throw from Manuel Almunia and ran from inside his own half without facing a tackle to drive home the fifth.

Their jobs done, Arsenal took off Fabregas and Van Persie, sending on Aaron Ramsey and Eduardo.

With the ground emptying fast, and the Gunners' fans in full song, Everton just wanted this embarrassment to end as quickly as possible.

But Eduardo still had time to score the sixth, netting from close in after Andrey Arshavin's shot had come back off a post with two minutes to go.

Everton finally got onto the score-sheet in injury time when Saha netted after Pienaar's shot had been blocked.

Teams:

Everton Howard, Hibbert (Gosling 58), Yobo, Lescott, Baines,Osman (Saha 58), Neville, Cahill, Pienaar, Fellaini,Jo (Rodwell 58).

Subs Not Used: Nash, Vaughan, Duffy, Baxter.

Goals: Saha 90.

Arsenal Almunia, Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Clichy,Fabregas (Ramsey 72), Song Billong, Denilson,Bendtner (Eboue 63), van Persie (Eduardo 72), Arshavin.

Subs Not Used: Mannone, Silvestre, Gibbs, Merida.

Goals: Denilson 26, Vermaelen 37, Gallas 41, Fabregas 48, 69,

Eduardo 88.

[VIDEO]Everton 1 - Arsenal 6 Highlights

Enjoy the highlights of the thumping opening day victory over everton
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Bang! Everton 1 - Arsenal 6

Everton 1 Arsenal 6, yes you heard it right 1-6 is the scoreline, now thats how you start your campaign with a bang tell everyone we are not paying to be in the champions league we are her eto win the league. I know its a long way to go but thats how we will be playing the entire season. Match report to follow.

Everton v Arsenal - Preview and Prediction

Finally the day has come when our team will play the premier league and probably win it against all odds and media criticism about lack of experience and depth. I won't talk about all this stuff because i beleive our team is stronger then manure and liverpool.

Arsenal have won more opening day ties than any other side in the league [11]. The Gunners have never conceded more than one goal in their opening matches in the past 16 years. So history suggest Arsenal usually starts well and this season will not be different.

We have few injuries so everyone says that Arsenal will not win this fixture but I say even everton have their injury Jo is not 100% neither is Fellaini. Later is a very important player for everton in the middle of the park and if he is not fully fit then it only helps Arsenal and as a striker they only have Saha. And their defence as well is lacking, I dont have to stress about what will be going in Lescott mind after he handed the transfer request.

Despite a reputation for struggling against physical sides on their travel, Arsenal boast an unbeaten record of 12 away league games so shoudn't be underestimated.

Neither team would want to lose thier first premeir league fixture draw seems on the card but I think Arsenal will just win it with an odd goal.

prediction 0-1 away win

Eduardo On Target For Croatia

A brace from Ivica Olic helped Croatia to a comfortable victory over Belarus in Minsk, keeping their chances of reaching the World Cup finals very much alive.

Olic headed Croatia into the lead in the 22nd minute and Eduardo doubled their advantage in the second half.

Dimitry Verkhovtsov pulled one back for Belarus nine minutes from time but Olic ended any home hopes of snatching an equaliser with his second of the night just two minutes later.

Croatia remain second in Group Six, seven points adrift of leaders England, with the runners-up spot now their principle aim.

Belarus are three points further back but with a game in hand.

The visitors started brightly and could have taken the lead in the 10th minute but when Luka Modric was presented with a decent opportunity the Tottenham midfielder opted to pass instead of shoot and his ball to Olic was woeful.

Belarus almost took the lead against the run of play in the 18th minute as a mistake by Josip Simunic let in Vitaly Kutuzov but Croatia escaped unscathed.

That seemed to give them the boost they needed and Olic headed Niko Kranjcar's corner home four minutes later.

The Bayern Munich new boy could have doubled their lead five minutes later but smashed his effort off the crossbar.

Croatia came out of the blocks quickly after the break but could not find the back of the net.

They eventually doubled their tally in the 69th minute when Darijo Srna crossed from the right and Eduardo coolly slotted the ball home.

Belarus looked to have set up a nervy finale when Verkhovtsov latched onto Srna's mistake and pulled one back for the hosts.

However, two minutes later Eduardo picked out Ivan Rakitic on the right flank who crossed in for Olic to seal the three points

Iniesta + Cash For Cesc!(how about that?)

hello everyone,

Not been posting for past couple of days, Life was little messed up but now its cool.

Barca directors need to shut up now, 100 times(correct me if I am wrong) Cesc came out and said he wont be leaving Arsenal atleast for this season, then why do they have to come and give this stupid interview. This time it Barca's sporting director he says "if the amount is too high we will not try ".

What does he mean by that?

Ok, if they are so desperate for cesc I think Iniesta plus cash should make the deal possible(I know this will never happen its just a thought so people dont take it seriously) anyways Arsene is giving the hint that we will be playing 4-3-3 formation just like Barca, Iniesta fits the bill very well and I personally think Iniesta is better than Fabregas.

Well people, if barca can pay 40million + Eto for Zlatan, who I think has only played for Lower League(Italian league is shit compared to EPL and La Liga) and he is shit in champions league football also his international statistic is shit 2 goals in 3 years and that to he scored it in Euro 2008 agianst Greece and Spain.

If they can do this deal then why not Iniesta + cash. I know this is not possible but I really think Barca need to shut up in Cesc matter for atleast one more season. We all know he will join Barca sometime but not know.

Finally the season is going to begin this saturday and as always I am very optimistic about this season and wish the team all the best for the new season and I hope hope hope we win some silverware.

So Celtic It is !

Arsenal have been drawn to face Celtic in an all-British tie later this month to reach the Champions League group stage.

Celtic, following their victory over Dinamo Moscow earlier this week, face the daunting task of Arsene Wenger's men.

The first leg will take place on August 18 or 19, days after both sides begin their league campaigns.

It is the first time the two clubs will meet in European competition and the prize will be a path to the lucrative stage of the competition.

The play-offs were divided into two groups, with Lyon's clash against Anderlecht among the "non-champions'' ties. Romanian side Timisoara face Stuttgart, Sporting Lisbon and Fiorentina will play each other, while Panathinaikos or Atletico Madrid will make up the other teams that go through.

From the "champions'' route, FC Sheriff play Olympiacos, Salzburg are up against Maccabi Haifa, FK Ventspils face FC Zurich, FC Copenhagen and APOEL of Nicosia face each other, with Levski Sofia and Debrecen the final two teams.

Now this tie can be tricky, luckily the first leg is at celtic park, if our boys can handle the crowd and score atleast a goal, then we can be confident of a great show from Arsenal at the Emirates. Hoping for a good first leg match and all the best lads

What do you guys think ? let me know

Get well soon Tomas and Nasri.

Who could Arsenal Play In CL Play-Off ?

I was too busy with my studies so I did not get time to post any blog. Since tomorrow morning we will find out which team we will be playing against in the play-off round to qualify for the champions league group stage.

The draw will consist of two parts as 20 teams compete for 10 places.

The 10 remaining clubs who did not win their domestic competition - such as Arsenal and Celtic - will compete for five places in the group stage. This is known as the 'non-champions path'.

In this 'path', Arsenal are one of five seeded teams - along with Lyon, Sporting Lisbon, Panathinaikos and Stuttgart - and they will be drawn against the non-seeded teams - Celtic, Ateltico Madrid, Anderlecht, Fiorentina and Timisoara.

The 10 other clubs who did finish champions are allocated to the 'champions path' and follow the same format.

The five winners from each section join the 22 automatic entrants in the group stage.

The play-offs will be played over two legs on Aug 18/19 and 25/26

Uefa Champions League play-offs Non-champions path
Seeded	Unseeded
Arsenal	Fiorentina
Lyon	Atletico Madrid
Sporting Lisbon	Celtic
Panathinaikos	Anderlecht
Stuttgart	FC Timisoara

As you can see Arsenal can face any of the five unseeded team, If we can avoid Fiorentina and Athletico Madrid, then I we should not have much problemo qualifying for the group stage but even if we draw against these two teams it will surely be difficult but I am sure we will make it.

And you don't have to guess that these teams will also want to avoid Arsenal.

more news on Tomas Rosicky Injury soon.....

till then bye.

Chamakh for £15.3m?Man City Might Be Interested Then!

Arsene Wenger has revealed he will not be upping his efforts to take Marouane Chamakh to Arsenal.

The Gunners boss had enquired as to the Bordeaux striker's availability, and has lodged an offer he deems to be acceptable.

However, the French champions are stalling on any possible deal as they hold out for more money from a player Sunderland are also interested in.

Wenger is reluctant to improve his bid and has admitted that, in his eyes, the agreement is dead unless Bordeaux change their stance.

"In five months, if he doesn't prolong his contract, Chamakh will be free to talk to any club and Bordeaux won't get anything," the Frenchman told L'Equipe.

"In the current context, to me, it is over. Let's say that at the moment it is terminated.

"I like Chamakh, he is a forward that attracts me, but I already have (Theo) Walcott, (Nicklas) Bendtner, (Robin) Van Persie, (Andriy) Arshavin and Eduardo. I am in no rush.

"My offer seems fair to me, taking the market into account. Chamakh would be good, but there are other options should we wish to pursue them."

With his patience pushed to breaking point, Wenger will be pleased to here that Bordeaux could be about to lower their demands.

Club chairman Jean-Louis Triaud has revealed that he may be prepared to slash the 18million euro (£15.3m) price tag placed on Chamakh's head.

"I am an admirer of Marouane's qualities and that is why I set the price so high," he said.

"I will admit that the fee I quoted is excessive, but Arsenal's offer is still a long way short.

"I won't say that I will hold out for 18million euros, but Bordeaux need to benefit from this deal as well.

Chamakh Jets Into London ?(Like Arshavin)

It is believed that Maraoune Chamakh is in London after refusing to play for Bordeaux as reported on thelondonpaper.com. Chamakh is not happy that his club has rejected 5 million bid by Arsenal and he has threatened to leave the club on a free transfer next season if the club do not accept Arsenal bid

Chamakh was quoted as saying: "I am angry, I am disgusted and I do not understand why they have done that [rejected Arsenal’s bid]”.

"One thing is certain, I will not be signing a new contract - if they will not let me go now, I will leave for free.

"If a solution cannot be found quickly, everyone will lose. Frankly, I really do not want to start the season with Bordeaux."

The French club also rejected an offer from Sunderland, with Blanc claiming it would be a step down for Chamakh to move to the Black Cats.

"Already I am told that Sunderland is not the club for me," the striker continued.

"But since when does a club choose the future of a player? Then my bosses tell me they will let me go to one of the 'Big Four' like Arsenal.

"And then when an offer comes in, it is refused because they want a bigger fee as I have one-year left on my contract."

Ain't this bloke doing the same thing what Arshavin did in January 2009, taking the matter in his own hands and threatning to leave the club if they dont accept Arsenal bid,

I don't know how good is this guy as striker and I don't believe in few you tube video . It is believed that Wenger has been watching this guy for sometime so I hope he is good.

Lets wait and see if joins us.

Arsenal 3 - Rangers 0 - Jack Wilshere show

Teenager Jack Wilshere struck twice as Arsenal beat Scottish champions Rangers to win the Emirates Cup.

The 17-year-old was rewarded for a man-of-the-match display when coming off the bench in Saturday's game against Atletico Madrid with a place in Arsene Wenger's starting XI.

Wilshere grabbed his latest opportunity with both hands to fire the Gunners ahead inside two minutes.

Arsenal never looked back, as fit-again Croatia hitman Eduardo soon made it 2-0 before Wilshere, once more man-of-the-match, wrapped things up with another well-taken strike in the second half.

Both teams had named stronger teams than for their opening games, when Rangers overcame Paris St Germain.

There were starts for regular Gunners goalkeeper Manuel Almunia, captain Cesc Fabregas as well as Andrey Arshavin, who netted twice when coming on as substitute against Atletico.

Rangers brought in keeper Allan McGregor, Kevin Thomson and Steven Naismith, who once had a trial at Arsenal.

It was, though, soon first blood to the English side when youngster Wilshere snatched the lead.

Fabregas' chip into the area found Arshavin, who touched the ball back and it broke for Wilshere.

The 17-year-old calmly struck the ball to the bottom corner, and although McGregor got a hand to it, could not keep the shot out.

Before Rangers could recover, Arsenal were 2-0 up in the 11th minute.

Arshavin knocked a long ball down to Fran Merida, who had far too much space to run into.

The youngster, once on the books of Barcelona, picked out Eduardo on the right side of the penalty box, and the Croatia marksman opened up his body before stroking the ball into the bottom corner.

The Glasgow side finally made some progress when Pedro Mendes got clear down the right, and his pass across goal was cut out by Mikael Silvestre.

Arsenal, though, remained dangerous and Merida was just off target when he let fly from 25 yards.

McGregor made up somewhat for his earlier handling error when he touched over a delicate chip from Wilshere.

As expected both teams made changes at the restart, Armand Traore and Denilson coming for William Gallas and Gael Clichy, while Rangers introduced Lee McCulloch, Kenny Miller and Nacho Novo.

The Scots had an early chance when Novo broke down the right, crossing towards Naismith, with Alex Song making an important block on the loose ball at the far post.

At the other end, Arshavin was just off target following good work from Fabregas.

Rangers, though, continued to look dangerous on the break.

Naismith sent Steven Davis clear down the right after a slip by Song. The midfielder raced forwards to collect the return pass, but could not beat Almunia.

After 62 minutes, Arshavin was replaced by Nicklas Bendtner, with FA Youth Cup winner Sanchez Watt coming on for Eduardo.

Merida then was substituted for Wales midfielder Aaron Ramsey - another promising youngster in the Arsenal squad.

The three young Gunners combined to make it 3-0 on 71 minutes.

Watt chased down what looked a lost cause as Madjid Bougherra attempted to shield the ball out of play.

However, the forward managed to hook it back to Ramsey, who then picked out the run of Wilshere at the far post, the 17-year-old smashing in his second of the afternoon.

The match over as a contest, Arsenal made another change when Rosicky, fit again following some 18 months of injury problems, replaced Fabregas.

There was still time for Kenny Miller to drag a shot wide when put into the penalty area - which just about summed up Rangers' afternoon.

Arshavin Late Strike Secure Win Against Athletico

Russian star Andrey Arshavin emerged off the bench to score twice as Arsenal secured a late 2-1 success over Atletico Madrid in the Emirates Cup.

Arshavin looked to have won the game when he guided home with five minutes remaining, although their Spanish counterparts replied immediately though German Pacheco.

Just when it looked like being a frustrating day's work for Arsene Wenger's men at the Emirates, Arshavin squeezed the ball home from a virtually impossible angle to snatch the victory.

Well the highlight of the match was Jack Wilshere who came in as a second half substitute and lightened the Grove with his dribling ability, hope to see more of him next season.

So good to see Rosicky and Clichy back, since there were lot of rumours about there fitness. I hope there performance should prove their doubter wrong. As for Rosicky what a cool finish that was from him which was corrrectly ruled offside. He showed that class is still there with him just need to get some more games and he should be of and running just like Eduardo.

Will not be rating these matches, Rating will start from the seaon opener against the Toffees.

Hope to see more goals tomorrow against Rangers.

Senderos On His Way To Goodison ?

Manchester City are “close to completing” a £20million deal for Joleon Lescott at Everton after the Merseyside club made a swoop for Arsenal defender Philippe Senderos.

David claiming, that the sheer persistence of the Citizens in trying to lure the England International to the Eastlands Stadium is set to pay dividends, with £20million said to be enough for Lescott to leave Goodison Park.

Apparently the availability of Senderos will allow Mark Hughes to bag his man after having two offers for Lescott rejected by Everton boss David Moyes, who has always been adamant the defender will not be leaving for their League rivals.

It said the Gunners defender had a buy-out clause of £6million, while on loan at AC Milan last term, with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger willing to sell, but could hold out for more from Everton.

Well, if it true then aren't we short of defenders then, may be Arsene have someone in his minds because I seriously never take Arsene on face value, he never reveals his transfer targets and when he does reveal them, he usually buy them so I will give a benefit to Arsene, Infact we all gooners should because he knows where strengthning is needed.