Manchester City picked up a point at the Emirates in a 0-0 draw that was ill tempered and lacked any real scoring opportunities. While the entrance of Emmanuel Adebayor was met with the customary booing one would expect, the Arsenal faithful inside the Emirates was rather quiet throughout the ninety minutes. About the only thing [...]
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They both teased us mighty this year. Two traditional powers who have not won a league title in six seasons mounted what appeared to be serious title challenges with squads that were less fancied than their rivals. Arsenal and AC Milan made us both believe at points this year that they were back among the [...] We’ve been waiting for the potential of Wigan Athletic to show itself this season. It has in fits and starts, a win over Chelsea, an away win over Aston Villa. But for the most part, Roberto Martinez’s first year in the English Premier League has been disappointing, as his team has underachieved all year long. In [...] Nikolas Bendtner headed home a crucial goal four minutes into stoppage time as Arsenal’s English Premier League title hopes stayed alive with a 1-0 victory over Wolves Saturday afternoon at the Emirates Stadium. Even without Cesc Febregas and Andrei Arshavin, the Gunners completely dominated play, but lacked the scoring punch that those two bring to the [...] Cesc Fabregas (r) consoles Thomas Vermaelen after the Belgian defender is dismissed, (Photo: ZumaPress) For one day, Arsène Wenger can relive the halcyon days of being top of the table as April approaches. If Arsenal continues getting hard-won points like those earned Saturday against West Ham United, their perch atop the English Premier League [...] It looked as if Hull City were going to do an admirable job of holding on for a point versus Arsenal despite playing down a man for 45 minutes. It was not to be, though, and Arsenal finally got their winner in the third minute of extra time. Hull keeper Boaz Myhill did a less [...] It’s FC Porto who leads the Champions League second round tie, but it’s Arsenal most people expect to go through Tuesday nights at the Emirates Stadium. With good reason, of course, Arsenal – despite losing the first-leg of the tie in Portgual 2-1 on a goalkeeping error and a calamitous defensive gaffe on an indirect free [...] |
 
 
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