UCL/EPL - Gunners vs Pool
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I cant even slp. this is worst than ganna reject by a girl
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i am extremely heartbreak n disappointing.
this match is exciting as if like a ping pong feeling:0-1 Arsenal yeah
1-1 Sian 1/2
2-1 Liverpool yeah (notice torres scored without looking at goalpost)
2-2 Arsenal yeah! we r in advantage wif away goal rule. Walcott simply unstoppable as he dribbled past three players n assist a goal. MOTM! how can wenger not fielded him?
3-2 Liverpool scored a penalty. wtf! tis is madness! we were robbed of two penalties from the previous two matches n now liverpool get away wif one which is not a penalty? Unluckily Arsenal, damn u Toure n referee! :x
i was praying we could come back wif another away goal but our players were too tired. why didnt our boys focus on passing the ball to walcott?
4-2 Bye Bye UCL shot! tis will be a last UCL match for Arsenal fans to remember as most of us will give amiss to MIO next season.
Congrats to Liverpool! u have beaten us n i hope u can become champion for us.
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I can't sleep sial ... I was wondering how the hack was that considered a penalty and also Adebayor failing to net earlier
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I can bear the shame and pain. Arsenal's kaput.
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Originally posted by 798:
i am extremely heartbreak n disappointing.
this match is exciting as if like a ping pong
feeling:0-1 Arsenal yeah
1-1 Sian 1/2
2-1 Liverpool yeah (notice torres scored without looking at goalpost)
2-2 Arsenal yeah! we r in advantage wif away goal rule. Walcott simply unstoppable as he dribbled past three players n assist a goal. MOTM! how can wenger not fielded him?
3-2 Liverpool scored a penalty. wtf! tis is madness! we were robbed of two penalties from the previous two matches n now liverpool get away wif one which is not a penalty? Unluckily Arsenal, damn u Toure n referee! :x
i was praying we could come back wif another away goal but our players were too tired. why didnt our boys focus on passing the ball to walcott?
4-2 Bye Bye UCL shot! tis will be a last UCL match for Arsenal fans to remember as most of us will give amiss to MIO next season.
Congrats to Liverpool! u have beaten us n i hope u can become champion for us.
I dont want them to win this ucl. They got through this match by luck. I want Barca to win. Let's give Henry his first UCL trophy.
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Originally posted by felirox:
I dont want them to win this ucl. They got through this match by luck. I want Barca to win. Let's give Henry his first UCL trophy.
x2 ... Semi finals would most probably look like this : Manure vs Barcelona and Chelsea vs Liverpool
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Originally posted by felirox:
I dont want them to win this ucl. They got through this match by luck. I want Barca to win. Let's give Henry his first UCL trophy.
for me is any team but manure to win the UCL title. -
Final would be Barca vs Liverpool.
Even though I wanted an Arsenal vs Barca final again. But this is football. Sigh.
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Well done Gunners .
U lost , but with pride .
Keep your head high .
No disgrace losing this way , cos u did gave Liverpool some exciting moment .
That 2-2 good enuf to kill any Liverpool chances getting back .
U don't lose to the ref ...
U don't lose to Senderos ...
U don't lose to Toure ....
U did lost to a home team , almost invincible on a European Night @ Anfield .
The game was done at Emirates .
Special applause to Gunners , to scored 2 goals at Anfield .
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Try again next season ....
but make sure u make it a bigger squad .
U need a Special One , someone bigger tha Henry , Torres or Anelka .
What about David Villa ?
Pay for him , he will do a job at Arsenal .
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Gunners shot down by Reds
Liverpool to face Chelsea in semi-finals after 4-2 win
Liverpool burst into the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League as Rafa Benitez's side claimed a 4-2 second-leg success over Arsenal in a dramatic encounter at Anfield.
A fascinating fixture - the third of the recent trilogy - ended 5-3 on aggregate after last week's first leg at The Emirates ended in a 1-1 draw.
Abou Diaby handed The Gunners a dream start on 13 minutes when he fired past Jose Reina; but Sami Hyypia's thumping header drew the sides level.
The free-scoring Fernando Torres then struck a classy second for the home side as The Reds appeared to be heading for the final four.
However, Theo Walcott's sensational solo run saw him assist Emmanuel Adebayor, who tapped home to swing the tie back in Arsenal's favour on away goals.
The drama continued to unfold, and Benitez's men made it 3-2 just two minutes later as Steven Gerrard dispatched from the penalty spot after Kolo Toure felled Ryan Babel, before the Dutchman wrapped up the success in injury-time.
Sensational
The Gunners started in sensational style, displaying blistering pace, strength in the tackle and sublime passing skills. Liverpool were stretched every way possible.
Alexander Hleb, in a central role supporting Adebayor, was a constant danger and they were ahead in the 13th minute.
Anfield was stunned into silence as Hleb threaded a ball down the right for Abou Diaby to surge into the box before crashing home a shot between Jose Reina and his near post.
For 30 minutes Arsenal had been impressive and Liverpool struggled against Arsene Wenger's men.
However, they equalised through veteran Hyypia. The 34-year-old, with a newly-signed contract this week, produced a towering header from Gerrard's corner that crashed into the net on the half-hour off Manuel Almunia's post.
Liverpool were buoyed by their leveller and Gerrard flashed a 30-yard shot wide.
Then Arsenal suffered the blow of Mathieu Flamini being carried off after looking to have fallen awkwardly on an ankle. Gilberto came on after 40 minutes. By now Liverpool looked a changed side; steaming forward, their confidence restored.
Agonisingly
Fabio Aurelio's shot was deflected agonisingly wide by Crouch, Torres having provided the cross.
It was the Spain striker, quiet up to that point, who forced Liverpool ahead. Crouch's flick-on reached the Liverpool goal machine in the box, he turned Senderos with ease before firing his shot into the top corner.
Wenger responded by replacing Diaby and Emmanuel Eboue with Robin Van Persie and Theo Walcott, knowing another Arsenal goal would put them through.
Adebayor then missed when clean through before Babel came on for Crouch, who left the field to a standing ovation.
Liverpool switched back to their preferred system, with Gerrard working behind Torres while two holding players protected the midfield.
But with Liverpool on the attack, Arsenal caught them cold on the break. Walcott embarked on an amazing run from his own half before pulling the ball back for Adebayor to drill in the equaliser after 83 minutes.
However, The Reds rallied. Straight from the restart, Babel surged into the box and was brought down by Kolo Toure.
Swedish referee Peter Frojdfeldt pointed to the spot, and with the Kop in hushed agony, Gerrard drove the penalty high into the net.
The end
John Arne Riise came on for Torres, Liverpool desperate for the end now. Another Gunners goal would again see them through.
But with Arsenal up in numbers in Liverpool's box for a free-kick, the ball broke from the mass of players to be belted forward for Babel to outpace Fabregas to gloriously drive home the fourth.
Alvaro Arbeloa came on for a shattered Kuyt, and there was nothing left now from Wenger's men as Anfield celebrated.
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Originally posted by Poolman:
Try again next season ....
but make sure u make it a bigger squad .
U need a Special One , someone bigger tha Henry , Torres or Anelka .
What about David Villa ?
Pay for him , he will do a job at Arsenal .
Nah,Le boss will buy another "youngster" or a player with brittle pair of legs. He's aiming for the year 2050.
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Originally posted by felirox:
Nah,Le boss will buy another "youngster" or a player with brittle pair of legs. He's aiming for the year 2050.
given tis kinda situation, i rather wenger spend big on signing henry n pires back again.n let's not forget number 23 is vacant for the moment, is wenger has a place for beckham in mind? getting him is good for arsenal in term of marketing value n free kick option.
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Good job Liverpool.
Though I prefer not to meet Chelski again...
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simply unlucky gunners and lucky lucky pool... again ref decision on penalty greatly affected the team... but all this would've been avoided with a stronger attack and defence so the team do not hv to be depend on these incidents...
hope wenger reali spend this summer and stop all the we hv this n that already...
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2-1 Liverpool yeah (notice torres scored without looking at goalpost)
That is normal, but mistake for defender not marking him.
2-2 Arsenal yeah! we r in advantage wif away goal rule. Walcott simply unstoppable as he dribbled past three players n assist a goal. MOTM! how can wenger not fielded him?
That's wenger mistake and cos of failure.
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Originally posted by Poolman:
Well done Gunners .
U lost , but with pride .
Keep your head high .
No disgrace losing this way , cos u did gave Liverpool some exciting moment .
That 2-2 good enuf to kill any Liverpool chances getting back .
U don't lose to the ref ...
U don't lose to Senderos ...
U don't lose to Toure ....
U did lost to a home team , almost invincible on a European Night @ Anfield .
The game was done at Emirates .
Special applause to Gunners , to scored 2 goals at Anfield .
Why u din mention liverpool won cause referee kelong? =)
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what nonsense is this penalty. how can suka suka give pool. -
cause the referee kelong wat, some stupid big mafia pay him money
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Official post match from the boss - arsenal.com
on losing the game...
"It's down to a dodgy decision by the referee I believe but also to a lack of concentration straight away when it was 2-2. We found Babel in the box straight from the kick-off and that's where the concentration dropped a little bit. I believe over the two games it's very difficult to swallow because it's a double disappointment. All the big decisions went against us and with three minutes to go we were qualified against a Liverpool team we feel we created more chances than."on coping with poor decisions...
"I believe that we have to live with that and sometimes you have to swallow it. It is like that but it is very difficult to understand it because it was not a penalty tonight. I watched it clearly again. Last week [the challenge on Hleb] was a real penalty but we have to accept it. As well we have to accept in a game like that where we had so much control, but we were too naive. We lacked a little bit of maturity defensively."on how he felt when Adebayor scored...
"I didn't think it was over, the game is until the end. I'm long enough in the job to know that anything could happen. I thought as well that we could have scored the third goal and we should have scored one before, we had a clear-cut chance to kill the game off."on his team's mental strength...
"The mental strength of the team was fantastic tonight. We came from 2-1 to 2-2, we had a chance to score the third. [The defeat] was not down to mental strengths, it was down to big mistakes defensively. We conceded the first goal on a corner, the second goal I feel we gave Torres too much room. But this team has plenty of talent and potential, they are mentally strong. We just lack maturity in some situations."on whether Liverpool's experience made a difference...
"No, what is happening at the moment is that for several weeks the team is shocked because they feel that everything goes against them at the moment. We lack that little bit of extra confidence because week after week we get disappointment after disappointment."on Arsenal's strong start...
"I feel we played well in the first half. When you play away from home you know you will be a little bit under pressure but it was never really [heavy pressure]. I felt in the last 20 minutes that there was plenty of room to come back and score. But it didn't work and we go home. We lost the game 4-2 but that does not reflect what we produced tonight."on the injury to Mathieu Flamini...
"Flamini has an ankle injury. I don't know how important it was but I felt Gilberto played well when he came on."on picking the players up after this defeat...
"It is very difficult to pick them up because the whole dressing room is completely down. If you lose against a team which is better than you then OK, but that's not the impression we got over the two games. Now we will try to finish the season strongly. We have a big disappointment tonight and a feeling of injustice, so that makes it doubly difficult." -
Originally posted by thongs:
cause the referee kelong wat, some stupid big mafia pay him money
wats done is done... we were cheated of epl n oso ucl.. so jz hope the team go kill some manure players next game... -
u could see wenger's reaction changing when the score was 2-2 to 4-2
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aiya forget it la, flamini leave la, fabregas leave la, we can build a new arsenal.
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Referee kelong ? big mafia pay big money ?
Don't make it so sour la ....
The match was done at Emirates , not Anfield la .
Anfield just a formality .
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LOL, u sure its a clear penalty? pls la, its so hard for us to make it a 2-2 then the freaking referee gave a penalty thanks to babel's nice falling. liverpool dont deserve to be in this semi finals