Arsenal came back from a rusty first half to sway past Everton 3-1.
The Toffees stunned the fans at the Emirates just before the opening 10 minutes when Pienaar exposed Alex Song and gave a not so good cross, which was perfect for Osman to tap in past a dreaming Almunia. They almost scored again when Osman had a chance to chip the ball over Almunia, who came too forward for Arsenal's liking. Osman blasted the ball from 20 yards, only to see it take a late deflection of home debutant Mikael Silvestre for a corner. Even a header by Lescott was chested off the goal line by Gael Clichy.
Almunia was confused and distracted in that half, and was troubled by the Everton strikers. This match summed up probably his worst performance of the season.
Arsenal went into half time down 0-1, with Fabregas and Van Persie looking out of sorts. Toure was injured just before halftime, which forced Wenger into moving Song to central defence and using Eboue as the right back.
An Arsenal corner was not cleared properly in the 48th minute, allowing Silvestre to land the ball into Nasri's feet. Samir Nasri then thrashed in a fierce 25 yard drive, which took a light deflection of Lescott to go past Howard to cancel out Everton's first goal. The Gunners switched into kill mode from there on, attacking the Everton defence who were left dumbfounded. Arsenal were rewarded for their persistent attacking efforts in the 70th minute, when Fabregas passed to Adebayor in the penalty box, whose first touch wasn't that great. He returned the ball to Fabregas, who smacked it, only for it to be saved by Tim Howard, with Van Persie waiting next to him to head the ball in for Arsenal's second. Walcott rounded off the win with a clean finish in the 90th minute. He first used his customary run into the box, passed it to Diaby in front of him, who passed it back to Walcott, for him to place the ball into the bottom left corner.
Highlights!!!
Osman, 9th minute, 0-1
Nasri, 48th minute, 1-1
Van Persie, 70th minute, 2-1
Walcott, 45th minute, 3-1
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