ARSENAL OR MAN UTD ?
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea
David Young: It was a titanic encounter at the Grove on Sunday and for the first
time for a couple of seasons the Gunners were able to match Chelsea’s
physical power and hold onto their lead. It was a tense and even first
half but things really opened up in the second period with both teams
missing some incredible chances. Arsenal will take a lot of heart from
this result. After losing it Boro it was vital they got back to winning
ways immediately and doing so in such a big game will be a real
confidence booster. William Gallas scoring the winner made victory all
the sweeter.
David Esposto: Even though it was a one-goal victory for the Gunner’s, Chelsea put up
a valiant effort, and created chances but were just unfortunate to not
find the back of the net, with Shaun Wright-Phillip’s getting the
Blue’s best chance late on in the second half. While Petr Cech’s
blunder in first half injury time could be the cause of Chelsea’s
demise, but if it was not for the Czech international, the score line
would’ve definitely looked much different. John Terry’s injury will
definitely put Chelsea on their heels now, as they look onwards to the
New Year without Didier Drogba and now Terry for up to six weeks. In my
opinion Eboue’s tackle was a fair one and he did not intent to injur
the England skipper. Overall, even though the Blue’s came up short,
their performance was not as bad as many may think. They created
chances, but the ball was just not bouncing their way.
Liverpool 0-1 Manchester United
Kevin Brodie: United came to Anfield with a plan to sit back and defend. They would
have been happy with a 0-0 but they ruined their own plan with a well
worked corner that Liverpool were asleep on. It was a poor game for the
neutral and an even worse game for Liverpool supporters. Gerrard,
Torres and Kewell were very poor compared to previous form. Frankly,
I’m fed up with the way we play against this lot. We seemed nervous at
the start and it really never got better. They cleared two off the line
after keeper mistakes and Babel had a great shot fizz wide. We had a
lot of the ball but failed to deliver any real end product. Another
title challenge over.
Charlie Olsen Soccernet reader: This victory delivered a huge psychological blow to our arch-rivals and
their hopes of getting anywhere near a title challenge. Mathmatically
the Reds may be still in the hunt but realistically it’s over. We never
played our best football and Ronaldo was virtually anonymous but the
new boys - Tevez, Hargreaves and Anderson - were outstanding. Vidic and
Rio were excellent at the back and had to be as Van Der Sar had a
shocker…. yet the scouser still couldn’t win.
ONE TEAM ONE VISION I I I
