The Gunners surge

Newcastle United (1) vs Arsenal (3)

Arsenal have again found the touch best. After last week had beatenBlackburn Rovers with four goals without reply, the Gunners now slaughter Newcastle United 3-1.


The Gunners has perfect points at St James Park this steer Arsenal Aston Villa's pursuit in the hunting quota Champions League final tickets. Now, mengantongi The Gunners 55 points in the fourth position Klasemen while the Premier League.



As for Newcastle, defeat Saturday (22/3/2009) is upon them to zona degradation. The Magpies were on the order of 18 to become 29 points.



Fight in progress with a high tempo from the beginning. Nicklas Bendtner's shot is still capable tip The Magpies goalkeeper Steve Harper. Conversely, the opportunity of the action through Newcastle Damien Duff are still out of thin gate sideways Manuel Almunia.



Entering 22 minutes, the Magpies got a gift penalty following a Ryan Taylor had fouls by Almunia. Unfortunately thousand unfortunately, the execution of Obafemi Martins is able to anticipate by Almunia.



Martins back to remove the opportunities in 38 minutes. Habib Beye acceleration begins in the right wing ended with a bait to pull the heart of Arsenal defense, Martins standing direct free kick without the forgiveness of the skin round. Unfortunately, kicking Negerias striker home is still fly.



In two minute pause, Robin van Persie nearly bring benefits for the Gunners do not suppose it kicked arrested by Harper. Score was 0-0 mark down to drink.



Second round run 12 minutes, able to print the Gunners goal. Free kick from Samir Nasri has come Nicklas Bendtner with headed. The ball was swift glide to wicket Harper.



However, the benefits of The Gunners did not stand up to this a minute. Martins penalty with failure to pay print same as goal position using the back of the negligence of The Gunners.



The Gunners never broken charcoal. Result, the tread 63 minutes, they get a goal back benefits. Sodoran obtained from Van persie, abou Diaby to sprint back to the Magpies, and kick hard with finished past Harper. Score 2-1 to The Gunners.



Lapse of three minutes, Van Persie back mengarsiteki The third goal Gunners. Bait even Van Persie from the right side of the Newcastle defense, forward Samir Nasri first time with the kick. Touchdown, the score 3-1 to The Gunners.



In the fight narrowly win over Arsenal serve kick hard again when Diaby only hit wicket Newcastle pole. Score 3-1 to Arsenal is a superior end result.

'I went in early and saw nothing at all'

On Phil Brown's claim that Fabregas spat at Brian Horton's shoes…
"[I saw] nothing. I think we saw a good football team against a Hull team who fought very hard. We needed special qualities and special mental strengths and we have shown that. In the end we won the game and we deserved to win because we created many chances. Hull did throw their body in on every single ball but I don’t know what happened after the game.

"For me football is interesting and it looks to me like you have seen 95 minutes of good football and that is what’s most important."

On asking Cesc about the 'incident'…
“There was no incident. I haven’t seen anything, I went in early and I saw nothing at all.”

On whether he would expect Phil Brown to lie…
"I don’t know what he has seen. You asked me what I have seen and I say nothing. I am here to speak about football and I’m not a specialist who creates newspaper stories or creates minor things that might have happened that I didn’t see. I’m sorry I can’t speak about something I did not see."

On whether the winning goal was offside…
“It is not offside, I am sorry to say. The ball was deflected by the fist of the goalkeeper so consequently the ball comes from an opponent so it’s a normal goal. It touched Djourou first, the goalkeeper after, then it was a foul on Gallas. Penalty! In fact, we should have had two goals.”

On why he didn't shake Phil Brown's hand…
"There was nobody there. After the game I went to shake his hand but there was nobody there. Pat Rice went to see him, but when the game has finished I walk in and wait for the manager; he knows that I will be there. He didn’t turn up so I went to the dressing room. I will shake his hand now I have no problem with that. Of course [I would shake his hand] why not? But when there is nobody why should I wait?"

On whether he put pressure on officials to book players…
“In your opinion did their goalkeeper waste time or not? The groundsman here, or anyone who sits in the stand, can have a better opinion than I have. Or a more objective view anyway because I am sitting on the Arsenal bench. I ask you, did their goalkeeper waste time or not? I am confident that you will say yes. If you ask me can I understand that, of course I can understand that completely.

"I cannot say to the fourth official, of course it is right, let him do it. It is too quick now to slow everything down.”

On rumours of a half-time exchange between him and Brian Horton…
“No. I have been here for 12 years and I have seen a lot of incidents in the tunnel. But you have never seen me in a press conference come out and say ‘he did this’ or ‘he did that’ never. It is very disappointing [that an opposing manager would do that].“

On whether he will investigate any allegation against Cesc…
“I will just stick to what I have said now.”

On reaching the Semi-Final…
“At last we talk about football. Of course we are here because we want to get to the Final. Being 1-0 down and playing against a Hull team who played a real cup game and were in the form of the start of their season tonight. We needed something special to win the game.

"Frankly if you look at the second half, they had one shot on goal from Geovanni who was quite dangerous but apart from that it was one-way traffic.”

On the importance of winning trophies…
“Yes. That is the reproach we get in the newspapers but I believe it is most important to keep our spirit and to focus on improving the quality of our performance in every game. We want to get everybody on board into good shape and we will be dangerous for everybody.”

On whether Andrey arshavin played with stitches…
“Yes. With seven stitches - he could not put his boot on yesterday but he played tonight and he played well.”

On whether manuel Almunia will miss the Newcastle game…
“Not necessarily. I think he has a good chance to be fit.”

Walcott - We deserved our good fortune

Theo Walcott believes Arsenal deserved their good fortune in Tuesday’s FA Cup Quarter-Final against Hull at Emirates Stadium.

William Gallas appeared to be clearly offside when Johan Djourou flicked on a free-kick from Samir Nasri six minutes from time. But no flag was raised and the French centre back gleefully nodded Arsenal into the Semi-Final date with Chelsea on April 18.

“In a way, the winning goal was the sort of luck you need to win the FA Cup,” said Walcott. “The cameras showed it was offside and it's the referee's decision in the end. We can't do anything about that but we deserved it.

“I suppose that’s the FA Cup for you. As long as you get through it doesn’t matter how you play. We played very well at stages, we got the win and we are going to Wembley which is brilliant for all the lads and the fans.”

The contentious goal secured a breathless comeback. Hull had led through Nick Barmby’s deflected strike after 12 minutes. Arsenal struggled in the first half as Hull tried to kill the tie but they were revitalised after the break. Robin van Persie slammed home the equaliser in the 74th minute then Gallas completed a controversial denouement.

“I thought it was a tough game and all the players gave a 100 per cent,” said Walcott. “I was just getting on with the game but there was quite a bit of time-wasting. When you play against the big teams you try and slow the game down. But there was no animosity about that.”

Fabregas – We can beat anyone in Euro draw

Cesc Fabregas is certain Arsenal can beat any of the other seven clubs in Friday’s Champions League draw.

Of course the Gunners booked their place in the last eight in the most dramatic fashion, beating Roma 7-6 on penalties after a nervy 1-0 defeat at the Stadio Olimpico.

And, after more than three months out with medial knee ligament damage, Fabregas looks likely to be back in first-team action after the international break. That means he could feature in the Champions League Quarter-Final first leg, scheduled for April 7 or 8.

The captain believes his side are in the draw on merit alone, and is confident of further progression whoever the opponent.

“We know it will be tough in the next round, but we also know we can beat any one of them,” Fabregas told the Official Matchday Programme. “Let's see what the draw brings.

“We are in the Quarter-Finals, among the eight best teams in Europe, and we are there on merit. We deserve to be there, and it's serious now. If you want to win this competition you have to beat the best players in the world and now is that time.

“In the first knockout round there are still one or two teams that are not that powerful, but in the Quarter-Finals only the best eight teams are there.

“We are looking forward to that. We have already played against six of the seven other teams left in the Champions League during my time at the Club. Manchester United are the only team we haven't faced before in Europe.”

Win, Champions League zone entry

Successful entry zone Arsenal Champions League, after defeat Blackburn Rovers 4-0 in the Premier League continued at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday (14 / 3). Arsenal are now collecting 52 points and rose to the rank fourth friction Aston Villa. Although both collect the same points, but Arsenal superior goal difference from the Villa.

Andrei Arshavin has begun to find the best games and solidarity with "The Gunners". Emmanuel Eboue together, they each print and a two-goal hero Arsenal victory.

The physical game Blackburn, Arsenal mengunggulinya successful with excess speed and individual skills. Result, the Arsenal goal a successful print quickly printed by Andrei Arshavin in the second minute. After the victim received a Theo Walcott cross from the right wing, Arshavin get the ball to wicket Paul Robinson from close distance.

By the end of the first round, Arsenal continue to attack. However, the defense is still quite a focus Blackburn prevent the error first. In addition, Robinson still inhibit entry of deft shot opponents.

Entering the second round, Arsenal do not reduce the gempuran. Finally, after waiting until to-65 minutes, the score board was changed to the host 2-0. This time, again appear as a printer Arshavin goal of "The Gunners". Robinson nets pick Arshavin in the minutes to-65 and bring "The Gunners" winning 2-0.

This begins the second goal Denilson's passing game to the middle of the field Arshavin on the left side outside the Blackburn penalty box. After receiving the ball, make Arshavin penetration to the penalty. He harrow the field edge, menggocek back Danny Simpson, and finally remove the backlash to the far pole Robinson. In fact, he only got a space shoot very narrow.

Arsenal continued to press the opponent. A number of bait Nicklas Bendtner cross to actually meet targets. Unfortunately, the execution is often weak or Bendtner's melenceng target.

In the minutes to-85, Arsenal rift find it again. Working together one-two-Arshavin Carlos Vela be a decoy to cross the middle. Unfortunately, sliding-kick from Eboue failed to welcome the sweet bait drift in front of the wicket Robinson.

Approximately two minutes later, Eboue pay goal after failing to take advantage of the ball vomit shot that Arshavin will ditepis Robinson.

Arsenal continued to press even though the time to enter the injury time. Take pride in the spirit of this gift by a penalty awarded after the referee Dowd Phillip Vela diganjal by Martin Olsson on the forbidden box. Execution and Emmanuel Eboue to be trusted not to dissipate the opportunity. Arsenal close fight with a big 4-0 victory.