THE FOOTBALL THREAD Vol 2
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Cmon Jaarvis. U know U luv it....
HAHHAHA . NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. i dont . its realli irritating when u watch it over and over and over and over again. its like the DJ[Ludacris] of Santa in the movie "Fred Claus" . he keeps play the "here come santa claus" song. and damn irritating. hahah.
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By Richard Clarke
If a Premier League season is like a marathon then it is around this time of year you start looking for milestones.
When Arsenal beat Tottenham on Saturday to secure themselves top spot at Christmas, the statistics were quickly rolled out. Apparently the last four title-winners had led the table during Yuletide.
"It's important to be top and I hope the statistic proves right," said Arsène Wenger when confronted with the fact. "If it does then let's just go straight to the end of the season now!
"But really I feel it's too early to say. In the last two seasons at this stage there was only one team involved - Chelsea or Manchester United. This year there are more teams in it so it's impossible to say how things will happen. Being top now is no insurance.
"However this is one of the few years we have beaten Tottenham home and away. It's a good sign and it should increase the belief of the team. It shows we can get three points without being at our best."
Indeed. For all their flowing football, it is Arsenal's new-found ability to grind out tough wins in tight situations that has set this title challenge apart from previous versions.
And here's a little more number crunching. Arsenal's season reaches the halfway point at Portsmouth on Boxing Day. A victory in their 19th Premier League game this term would give them 46 points. If they were to get another 46 in the second half of their campaign they would achieve a tally surpassed only once in the history of the competition.
Not that Wenger is willing to assume anything. The Frenchman is in the midst of his 12th annual crush of festive fixtures. December will see Arsenal play as many Premier League games as they will in January and February combined. And the manager wants to end it the right way at Fratton Park and then Goodison Park.
"We know that the Christmas period is heavy for us," he said. "We played Chelsea and Tottenham at home now have Portsmouth and Everton away. Therefore at the end of Christmas we'll know much more about our chances to win the Premier League."
Harry Redknapp's side have fallen away in recent weeks after a surprising start to the campaign.
"In my opinion they are a team who can finish in the top eight," said Wenger. "Whether they can get into the top four? Well perhaps they have dropped too many points at home. But they have an impressive record particularly away from home and the strong side of Portsmouth this year is their physical potential. Their power.
"At the back they have Distin, Pamarot, Johnson and Sol Campbell. They are all very strong and difficult to move. They have a similar strength in the midfield where I feel John Utaka has been a very good buy for them. There is strength with Kanu and Kranjcar while Benjani has been scoring goals this season for them."
AFTER THEIR 4-1 DRUPPING AT POOL, POMPEY WILL BE FIRED UP FOR THIS ONE ...GONNA BE TOUGH!
Arsenal-
By Richard Clarke
If a Premier League season is like a marathon then it is around this time of year you start looking for milestones.
When Arsenal beat Tottenham on Saturday to secure themselves top spot at Christmas, the statistics were quickly rolled out. Apparently the last four title-winners had led the table during Yuletide.
"It's important to be top and I hope the statistic proves right," said Arsène Wenger when confronted with the fact. "If it does then let's just go straight to the end of the season now!
"But really I feel it's too early to say. In the last two seasons at this stage there was only one team involved - Chelsea or Manchester United. This year there are more teams in it so it's impossible to say how things will happen. Being top now is no insurance.
"However this is one of the few years we have beaten Tottenham home and away. It's a good sign and it should increase the belief of the team. It shows we can get three points without being at our best."
Indeed. For all their flowing football, it is Arsenal's new-found ability to grind out tough wins in tight situations that has set this title challenge apart from previous versions.
And here's a little more number crunching. Arsenal's season reaches the halfway point at Portsmouth on Boxing Day. A victory in their 19th Premier League game this term would give them 46 points. If they were to get another 46 in the second half of their campaign they would achieve a tally surpassed only once in the history of the competition.
Not that Wenger is willing to assume anything. The Frenchman is in the midst of his 12th annual crush of festive fixtures. December will see Arsenal play as many Premier League games as they will in January and February combined. And the manager wants to end it the right way at Fratton Park and then Goodison Park.
"We know that the Christmas period is heavy for us," he said. "We played Chelsea and Tottenham at home now have Portsmouth and Everton away. Therefore at the end of Christmas we'll know much more about our chances to win the Premier League."
Harry Redknapp's side have fallen away in recent weeks after a surprising start to the campaign.
"In my opinion they are a team who can finish in the top eight," said Wenger. "Whether they can get into the top four? Well perhaps they have dropped too many points at home. But they have an impressive record particularly away from home and the strong side of Portsmouth this year is their physical potential. Their power.
"At the back they have Distin, Pamarot, Johnson and Sol Campbell. They are all very strong and difficult to move. They have a similar strength in the midfield where I feel John Utaka has been a very good buy for them. There is strength with Kanu and Kranjcar while Benjani has been scoring goals this season for them."
AFTER THEIR 4-1 DRUPPING AT POOL, POMPEY WILL BE FIRED UP FOR THIS ONE ...GONNA BE TOUGH!
GrimRiffer
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Shit man. I thought Chelsea is going to lose their perfect home record=( But now, damn Sheva!!
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NEVERRRRRRR... sheva was pretty awesome.but he missed his hat trick. hahaha. but i was expecting a win though . ahhh. liverpool's chelsea's competitor now .
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chelsea could have won if not for shev selfishness on the pitch...
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AFC was last team to win at stammford bridge and we will be the next team to do it as well
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Match Report
Barclays Premier League
Fratton Park
Wednesday, December 26, 2007, 7.45pm
Portsmouth0
Arsenal0
By Chris Harris
Arsenal were top at Christmas, but they've been knocked off their perch before the turkey has gone cold.
A goalless draw at Portsmouth, coupled with Manchester United's crushing win at Sunderland, leaves Arsene Wenger's side one point behind the champions at the halfway point of the Premier League season.
Tomas Rosicky, with a swivel and shot in the second half and a last-gasp effort which flew inches wide, went closest to scoring for Arsenal, while Benjani provided Pompey's most dangerous moments. But a draw was probably a fair result.
This was not a night to remember but perspective is needed. Arsenal's tally of 44 points from 19 games has exceeded expectations this season. If they can maintain that standard in the second half of the season, the pre-season title outsiders will be there or thereabouts in May.
Before the game Wenger suggested he would not risk Robin van Persie's thigh strain and so it proved. The Frenchman named the same XI which started against Tottenham on Saturday but opted for rotation among the substitutes with Abou Diaby, Lassana Diarra and Alex Song joining derby hero Nicklas Bendtner on the bench.
There were some familiar faces in the Pompey side with Kanu, Sol Campbell and Lauren starting against their former club. Indeed, the home team fielded three regulars from the 'Invincibles' side compared to just one - Kolo Toure - in the Gunners line-up. Strange indeed.
Arsenal handed out a 5-1 beating to Pompey in the FA Cup here a few years ago but, generally, games between these teams at Fratton Park have been tight encounters. Tonight's meeting followed the rule, not the exception. It was no great surprise - Pompey had failed to score in six hours of Premier League football at Fratton Park and both sides fielded a lone striker for much of the game. It made for a rather dull affair, particularly in the first half.
It might have been a different story had the six-foot-plus Emmanuel Adebayor met Emmanuel Eboue's drilled cross into the box after just 42 seconds. Instead it was the diminutive Cesc Fabregas in the centre-forward position - and the ball merely skimmed off his head.
Eboue created that chance with a driving run into the box and he was at the heart of Arsenal's best early efforts. The Ivorian played a neat one-two with Adebayor after five minutes but his first-time effort whistled well over the bar. Nine minutes later he at least warmed the palms of David James with a low shot from the edge of the box.
At the other end Kanu played Benjani through but his cut-back eluded Sulley Muntari. But neither side had got into their stride and Arsenal's most creative players - Fabregas, Alex Hleb and Rosicky - were struggling to get into the game.
Nico Kranjcar showed good footwork to create a shooting chance from 20 yards after 27 minutes but his fizzing effort flew a yard wide of Almunia's left-hand post with the Spaniard at full stretch. Then Rosicky cut inside and curled a sumptuous effort towards the top corner. James timed his leap to perfection to pluck the ball from the air.
It was difficult to see where a goal was coming from but the game opened up slightly after the break.
Benjani fired the first salvo of the second half, beating Clichy on the outside and testing Almunia at his near post with a rasping drive. But Arsenal pressed forward and, until the hour mark, set up camp in the Pompey half.
Half-chances came and went. Bacary Sagna burst into the box but his cross, directed towards Adebayor, was diverted behind for a corner. Kolo Toure picked up the pieces when the corner was delivered and went down under Richard Hughes' challenge. Steve Bennett waved the penalty claims away. Then Hleb raced past Campbell on the left and reached the byline with Adebayor screaming for a cut-back and Fabregas calling for a far-post cross. Both were denied as Hleb's delivery sliced out of play.
Rosicky was making the difference, exerting more influence on the game after swapping positions with Hleb. But it wasn't one-way traffic. Pompey had their moments too.
Kanu lashed high and wide just after the hour mark and Almunia had to race out of his goal to clear as Benjani homed in a few minutes later. The same striker leapt to meet a left-wing cross with 24 minutes left but his downward header lacked power. Then Kranjcar turned Sagna inside out on the left and fired in low shot which bobbled up off the turf - Almunia did well to hold on.
Wenger replaced Eboue with Diaby and then Hleb with Bendtner but Rosicky looked the most likely, swivelling past Lauren on the left-hand side of the box before poking a left-foot shot wide of James' near post. At the other end Benjani raced clear and knocked the ball past Almunia, but Clichy raced back to clear the danger as the Pompey striker looked to apply the finishing touch.
William Gallas, who has popped up with some vital late goals for Arsenal this season, almost did the trick again two minutes from time. He collected Fabregas' low pass six yards out with Campbell in close attention. His spin was excellent but his shot skewed just over the bar.
Then, with seconds remaining, Fabregas found Bendtner inside the box. He chested the ball down, turned past his marker and prodded the ball towards Rosicky. The Czech star fired inches wide with James beaten. It summed up the game - not bad, but not good enough.
Barclays Premier League
Fratton Park
Wednesday, December 26, 2007, 7.45pm
Portsmouth0
Arsenal0
By Chris Harris
Arsenal were top at Christmas, but they've been knocked off their perch before the turkey has gone cold.
A goalless draw at Portsmouth, coupled with Manchester United's crushing win at Sunderland, leaves Arsene Wenger's side one point behind the champions at the halfway point of the Premier League season.
Tomas Rosicky, with a swivel and shot in the second half and a last-gasp effort which flew inches wide, went closest to scoring for Arsenal, while Benjani provided Pompey's most dangerous moments. But a draw was probably a fair result.
This was not a night to remember but perspective is needed. Arsenal's tally of 44 points from 19 games has exceeded expectations this season. If they can maintain that standard in the second half of the season, the pre-season title outsiders will be there or thereabouts in May.
Before the game Wenger suggested he would not risk Robin van Persie's thigh strain and so it proved. The Frenchman named the same XI which started against Tottenham on Saturday but opted for rotation among the substitutes with Abou Diaby, Lassana Diarra and Alex Song joining derby hero Nicklas Bendtner on the bench.
There were some familiar faces in the Pompey side with Kanu, Sol Campbell and Lauren starting against their former club. Indeed, the home team fielded three regulars from the 'Invincibles' side compared to just one - Kolo Toure - in the Gunners line-up. Strange indeed.
Arsenal handed out a 5-1 beating to Pompey in the FA Cup here a few years ago but, generally, games between these teams at Fratton Park have been tight encounters. Tonight's meeting followed the rule, not the exception. It was no great surprise - Pompey had failed to score in six hours of Premier League football at Fratton Park and both sides fielded a lone striker for much of the game. It made for a rather dull affair, particularly in the first half.
It might have been a different story had the six-foot-plus Emmanuel Adebayor met Emmanuel Eboue's drilled cross into the box after just 42 seconds. Instead it was the diminutive Cesc Fabregas in the centre-forward position - and the ball merely skimmed off his head.
Eboue created that chance with a driving run into the box and he was at the heart of Arsenal's best early efforts. The Ivorian played a neat one-two with Adebayor after five minutes but his first-time effort whistled well over the bar. Nine minutes later he at least warmed the palms of David James with a low shot from the edge of the box.
At the other end Kanu played Benjani through but his cut-back eluded Sulley Muntari. But neither side had got into their stride and Arsenal's most creative players - Fabregas, Alex Hleb and Rosicky - were struggling to get into the game.
Nico Kranjcar showed good footwork to create a shooting chance from 20 yards after 27 minutes but his fizzing effort flew a yard wide of Almunia's left-hand post with the Spaniard at full stretch. Then Rosicky cut inside and curled a sumptuous effort towards the top corner. James timed his leap to perfection to pluck the ball from the air.
It was difficult to see where a goal was coming from but the game opened up slightly after the break.
Benjani fired the first salvo of the second half, beating Clichy on the outside and testing Almunia at his near post with a rasping drive. But Arsenal pressed forward and, until the hour mark, set up camp in the Pompey half.
Half-chances came and went. Bacary Sagna burst into the box but his cross, directed towards Adebayor, was diverted behind for a corner. Kolo Toure picked up the pieces when the corner was delivered and went down under Richard Hughes' challenge. Steve Bennett waved the penalty claims away. Then Hleb raced past Campbell on the left and reached the byline with Adebayor screaming for a cut-back and Fabregas calling for a far-post cross. Both were denied as Hleb's delivery sliced out of play.
Rosicky was making the difference, exerting more influence on the game after swapping positions with Hleb. But it wasn't one-way traffic. Pompey had their moments too.
Kanu lashed high and wide just after the hour mark and Almunia had to race out of his goal to clear as Benjani homed in a few minutes later. The same striker leapt to meet a left-wing cross with 24 minutes left but his downward header lacked power. Then Kranjcar turned Sagna inside out on the left and fired in low shot which bobbled up off the turf - Almunia did well to hold on.
Wenger replaced Eboue with Diaby and then Hleb with Bendtner but Rosicky looked the most likely, swivelling past Lauren on the left-hand side of the box before poking a left-foot shot wide of James' near post. At the other end Benjani raced clear and knocked the ball past Almunia, but Clichy raced back to clear the danger as the Pompey striker looked to apply the finishing touch.
William Gallas, who has popped up with some vital late goals for Arsenal this season, almost did the trick again two minutes from time. He collected Fabregas' low pass six yards out with Campbell in close attention. His spin was excellent but his shot skewed just over the bar.
Then, with seconds remaining, Fabregas found Bendtner inside the box. He chested the ball down, turned past his marker and prodded the ball towards Rosicky. The Czech star fired inches wide with James beaten. It summed up the game - not bad, but not good enough.
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I thought the last team to beat Chelsea on their home soil was Charlton during the Carling Cup?
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Clichy - The title race will be tough, but we can win it
Portsmouth 0-0 Arsenal
Barclays Premier League
Fratton Park
Wed, Dec 26, 2007, 7.45pm
By Chris Harris
Nineteen games, 44 points. Arsenal may have slipped off their perch at the top of the Premier League but at the halfway stage of the season it's a case of 'so far, so good'.
Arsene Wenger's side have lost just once and lie one point adrift of the leaders, Manchester United. As far as Gael Clichy is concerned, the title will be within Arsenal's grasp if they maintain their standards in the second half of the season.
"I think it's not too bad," he told Arsenal.com. "It's a shame we couldn't stay top until the New Year but that's the way it is. Manchester United are a strong side, Liverpool and Chelsea as well.
"We know the race for the title is going to be tough. United went in front of us today but let's do a good job at Everton at the weekend. We can be first again in the New Year. It would be great for us and for the fans."
Arsenal were widely regarded as also-rans last summer in the wake of Thierry Henry's departure plus major investment from their title rivals. Indeed, Tottenham were tipped to replace the Gunners in the Premier League's top four.
In that respect Wenger's side have exceeded most pre-season expectations. But is Clichy surprised that Arsenal have set the pace for much of the campaign?
"No, not at all," he insisted. "When you play for a club like Arsenal you just want to win all the games and be the best at the top level.
"Week-in week-out you have to be focused for every game, even in the Carling Cup. You have to be ready because the team needs you. The objective is the same - we have to win, win and win again."
Portsmouth 0-0 Arsenal
Barclays Premier League
Fratton Park
Wed, Dec 26, 2007, 7.45pm
By Chris Harris
Nineteen games, 44 points. Arsenal may have slipped off their perch at the top of the Premier League but at the halfway stage of the season it's a case of 'so far, so good'.
Arsene Wenger's side have lost just once and lie one point adrift of the leaders, Manchester United. As far as Gael Clichy is concerned, the title will be within Arsenal's grasp if they maintain their standards in the second half of the season.
"I think it's not too bad," he told Arsenal.com. "It's a shame we couldn't stay top until the New Year but that's the way it is. Manchester United are a strong side, Liverpool and Chelsea as well.
"We know the race for the title is going to be tough. United went in front of us today but let's do a good job at Everton at the weekend. We can be first again in the New Year. It would be great for us and for the fans."
Arsenal were widely regarded as also-rans last summer in the wake of Thierry Henry's departure plus major investment from their title rivals. Indeed, Tottenham were tipped to replace the Gunners in the Premier League's top four.
In that respect Wenger's side have exceeded most pre-season expectations. But is Clichy surprised that Arsenal have set the pace for much of the campaign?
"No, not at all," he insisted. "When you play for a club like Arsenal you just want to win all the games and be the best at the top level.
"Week-in week-out you have to be focused for every game, even in the Carling Cup. You have to be ready because the team needs you. The objective is the same - we have to win, win and win again."
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Match Report
Barclays Premier League
Goodison Park
Saturday, December 29, 2007, 5.15pm
Everton-
Arsenal-
By Richard Clarke
It has come to something when Arsenal are perceived to be on the slide simply because they are not top of the table anymore.
Arsène Wenger’s team travel to Everton on Saturday evening in search of a little New Year’s resolution having slipped off the summit for the first time in three-and-a-half months with that shot-shy draw at Portsmouth on Boxing Day.
The result left them one point behind Manchester United in the Premier League and open to chin-scratching over-analysis in the newspapers.
As ever, your view depends on the breadth of your perspective. Certainly Fratton Park yielded one point from a very gettable three but it also added up to seven points out of a tough nine if you included the Chelsea and Tottenham games. Or, as Wenger pointed out in his press conference ahead of the Everton game, a very encouraging first half to the campaign as a whole.
“We have 44 points from 19 games in total,” said the Frenchman. “If you multiply that we would have 88. It’s not bad.
“I don’t know if 88 would be enough to win the title. At the moment it doesn’t look like it.
“But we are one point short of Manchester United and have lost once in 19 games. So it is down to who is the most consistent now. Even Chelsea and Liverpool can come back into it.
“[In pre-season] everybody seemed to be predicting we would be in the second half of the table. I feel we are on schedule now but we can do better and that is what we want to achieve.”
Wenger argues his side would still be unbeaten but for a trio of away trips in December — the last of which saw them surprisingly beaten by Middlesbrough.
However the tests to come will drain still further the legs and, just as crucially, the minds of his young side.
“I don’t believe the pressure will play a part,” replied Wenger in response to suggestions that his team will be the most vulnerable of the title-chasers.
“As long as we play as well as we can then we have a great togetherness in the side and we have great talent. When we have had our backs to the wall many times at the start of the season, we have responded.”
William Gallas is available at Goodison Park despite hurting his foot at Portsmouth. Emmanuel Eboue and Theo Walcott are rested while Robin van Persie (knee) has been ruled out until the FA Cup tie against Burnley at the earliest.
But for the outstretched leg of Steven Pienaar, Arsenal would still be top of the Premier League right now. Last Sunday the South African tripped Ryan Giggs to give Manchester United a, perhaps fortunate, 88th-minute winner from the penalty spot.
It is the Toffees’ only defeat since going down 2-1 in the Merseyside derby in October. Their record in the other 14 games since then has been W12 D2 L0.
"We expect a tough test at Everton,” admitted Wenger. “First of all, there's a good atmosphere in the stadium, a good organisation and a tough fighting spirit.
"Also the manager has done extremely well. They have bought wisely and invested a lot. They got Lescott and Jagielka from the Championship and they bought well in the summer with Pienaar and Yakubu. Then they had Arteta and Johnson.
“But we will be up for it. On that front, I have no problem. Let's just say that in the last three games we have not created so many chances but we have played Chelsea, Tottenham and Portsmouth away and we took seven points from nine games. That's not disastrous.”
And a point will not be disastrous at Everton on Saturday either — but it may be made to seem like it. Make no mistake David Moyes’ side should test Arsenal at Goodison Park every bit as much as Chelsea and Tottenham stretched them at Emirates Stadium.
Wenger’s men need to re-trace their steps a little to find that “way to win” the manager talked about earlier on this term. Meanwhile their supporters simply need to keep the faith.
Halfway through the season, the glass is very much half-full rather than half-empty.
Barclays Premier League
Goodison Park
Saturday, December 29, 2007, 5.15pm
Everton-
Arsenal-
By Richard Clarke
It has come to something when Arsenal are perceived to be on the slide simply because they are not top of the table anymore.
Arsène Wenger’s team travel to Everton on Saturday evening in search of a little New Year’s resolution having slipped off the summit for the first time in three-and-a-half months with that shot-shy draw at Portsmouth on Boxing Day.
The result left them one point behind Manchester United in the Premier League and open to chin-scratching over-analysis in the newspapers.
As ever, your view depends on the breadth of your perspective. Certainly Fratton Park yielded one point from a very gettable three but it also added up to seven points out of a tough nine if you included the Chelsea and Tottenham games. Or, as Wenger pointed out in his press conference ahead of the Everton game, a very encouraging first half to the campaign as a whole.
“We have 44 points from 19 games in total,” said the Frenchman. “If you multiply that we would have 88. It’s not bad.
“I don’t know if 88 would be enough to win the title. At the moment it doesn’t look like it.
“But we are one point short of Manchester United and have lost once in 19 games. So it is down to who is the most consistent now. Even Chelsea and Liverpool can come back into it.
“[In pre-season] everybody seemed to be predicting we would be in the second half of the table. I feel we are on schedule now but we can do better and that is what we want to achieve.”
Wenger argues his side would still be unbeaten but for a trio of away trips in December — the last of which saw them surprisingly beaten by Middlesbrough.
However the tests to come will drain still further the legs and, just as crucially, the minds of his young side.
“I don’t believe the pressure will play a part,” replied Wenger in response to suggestions that his team will be the most vulnerable of the title-chasers.
“As long as we play as well as we can then we have a great togetherness in the side and we have great talent. When we have had our backs to the wall many times at the start of the season, we have responded.”
William Gallas is available at Goodison Park despite hurting his foot at Portsmouth. Emmanuel Eboue and Theo Walcott are rested while Robin van Persie (knee) has been ruled out until the FA Cup tie against Burnley at the earliest.
But for the outstretched leg of Steven Pienaar, Arsenal would still be top of the Premier League right now. Last Sunday the South African tripped Ryan Giggs to give Manchester United a, perhaps fortunate, 88th-minute winner from the penalty spot.
It is the Toffees’ only defeat since going down 2-1 in the Merseyside derby in October. Their record in the other 14 games since then has been W12 D2 L0.
"We expect a tough test at Everton,” admitted Wenger. “First of all, there's a good atmosphere in the stadium, a good organisation and a tough fighting spirit.
"Also the manager has done extremely well. They have bought wisely and invested a lot. They got Lescott and Jagielka from the Championship and they bought well in the summer with Pienaar and Yakubu. Then they had Arteta and Johnson.
“But we will be up for it. On that front, I have no problem. Let's just say that in the last three games we have not created so many chances but we have played Chelsea, Tottenham and Portsmouth away and we took seven points from nine games. That's not disastrous.”
And a point will not be disastrous at Everton on Saturday either — but it may be made to seem like it. Make no mistake David Moyes’ side should test Arsenal at Goodison Park every bit as much as Chelsea and Tottenham stretched them at Emirates Stadium.
Wenger’s men need to re-trace their steps a little to find that “way to win” the manager talked about earlier on this term. Meanwhile their supporters simply need to keep the faith.
Halfway through the season, the glass is very much half-full rather than half-empty.
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everton vs arsenal
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we'll see after 90 minutes
everton vs arsenal
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