The Gunners match against Birmingham proved to be tragic as bad refereeing and tackles saw the Gunners a draw.
Wenger fielded a strong squad to start, with Adebayor and Eduardo as strikers, Fabregas and Hleb assisting them and a solid defence. Birmingham were too looking to gain some points to come out of the relegation zone.
Arsenal started off well, passing and dominating the game, until THE TACKLE. 3 minutes into the game, a bad tackle by Martin Taylor saw Eduardo sidelined with a leg injury, after writhing in pain for 8 minutes on field, Taylor getting a straight Red. Shocked at this turn of events, the Gunners looked out of sorts, not dominating and losing the ball.
But bad refereeing saw a good Flamini tackle turn into a freekick as McFadden converted it into a goal. Flamini was left arguing with the referee as the fans could only watch in horror.
But Arsenal came back in the second half, after a Fabregas corner was not cleared by Mark Taylor as Walcott flicked it into the net to level the match. Fabregas struck the post with a shot inside the area as Liam Ridgewell did not intercept the Spaniard’s long pass.
His miscontrol presented the ball to Walcott and the young Englishman dispatched it into the bottom corner of the goal. Arsenal appeared home but they were pegged by controversy at the death.
With the match entering the forth minute of stoppage time, Gael Clichy seemed to have fouled Stuart Parnaby though replays showed that he kicked the ball rather than caused a foul. It took no time for Mcfadden to score the penalty as Birmingham held Arsenal for the second time in the season.
But Arsenal is blameless. Bad refereeing and Eduardo’s injury shocked them so much that they could not concentrate on the game.
In the 3rd minute, Martin Taylor lunged at Eduardo’s knee at him him squarely with studded shoes, right below the knee. This saw paramedics infuse morphine into him to calm the Croatian just two days before his b’day. At this sight, Flamini literally fought with the referee as Fabregas shielded his eyes, unable to see his team mate’s condition as Adebayor screamed for help. Now Eduardo can’t play for the rest of the season.
Good Luck, Eduardo.
Go Gunners!!!!!
McFadden, 28th minute, Flamini "foul"+goal, 0-1
Walcott, 49th minute, 1-1
Walcott, 55th minute, 2-1
McFadden, 90th minute, goal+Clichy "foul", 2-2
Martin Taylor’s horror tackle on Eduardo who breaks his leg, 2nd minute
Bad tackle on Hleb
Adebayor fouled, no penalty
Videos courtesy Arsenalist
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