Thursday, February 21, 2008

Arsenal's BACK!!! [but they didn't win this time:S ]

It was an exciting clash between Arsenal and Milan, only for it to be a goalless draw.
Arsenal had a flurry of chances, plenty of them, but none went past the goalkeeper.

Arsenal's defence was rock solid, as AC Milan had only two attempts at goal, one was Paolo Maldini's early header and then Gilardino's almost identical effort sometime later.
Arsenal were attacking, all their passes were perfect and fluent, and it was clear from all these things that they were back to their best.

Barca Sagna and Clichy were back for this match, but Arsenal's injury woes continued as Toure walked off with a knee injury after just 7 minutes.

Jens Lehmann made a gigantic throw, which landed right in front of Adebayor, who went forward with the ball only for it to be kicked out by one of the Milan defenders.
Mathieu Flamini and Fabregas looked dangerous, creating chances for the strikers and for themselves, but not capitalising on them. Adebayor missed a golden opportunity for a goal just before half-time when he overhit his supposed pass to Fabregas, which was the Arsenal's last chance in the first half.

The second half started with Arsenal taking most of the possession, and they didn't allow Kaka or anyone else to have the ball. Eboue smashed a decent chance just wide of the post, while Fabregas slashed the ball straight to Kalac.

Hleb had somehow given the ball to Adebayor, who slotted the ball correctly into the net just for it to be called offside.
AC Milan had a chance when the Brazilian prodigy Pato almost scored but substitute Senderos just did enough to deny him the goal.

Eboue barely made contact with Jankulovski in the penalty area, but he was still booked by the referee. The last 15 minutes were tiring for Kalac as he had to continuously save shots from Fabregas and Adebayor.

In the dying seconds of the game, substitute Theo Walcott ran quickly and sprang a cross to Adebayor, whose effort hit the top post, and went out for a corner.
And at the final whistle, Arsenal and AC Milan were 0-0.

Arsenal played really really well, and they deserved to win this match.

Here are the 3 minutes of power packed highlights!! ENJOY!!



Go Gunners!!!

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