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Arsenal 2 - 1 Manchester United

Arsenal	Team Statistics	Manchester United
2	Goals	1
5	Shots On Target	6
6	Shots Off Target	10
4	Shots Blocked	7
5	Corners	6
1	Offsides	2
18	Fouls	8
3	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
46.1	Possession	53.9
77.2	Passing	81.7
26	Tackles	32
53.8	Tackling	65.6

Arsenal’s title hopes over with defeat to United?

Just eleven games in and Arsenal have suffered as many defeats in the Premier League this season as they did in the entire 2007/08 campaign. With only three defeats last year, Arsenal still came up short in the championship race finishing third behind Chelsea and Champions Manchester United.

Manchester United travel to the Emirates on Saturday as the two heavyweights c lash for the first time this season. Arsenal are currently 1 point behind United (who have a game in hand) and following defeats to Fulham, Hull and Stoke, manager Arsene Wenger is now worried his team may be out of the title race far earlier than expected.

“I don’t know how many more defeats we can afford” Wenger told the Express. “We have to win when we play Manchester United on Saturday.”

Arsenal will be without key players for the clash with Emmanuel Adebayor and Theo Walcott * both picking up injuries in the defeat to Stoke and Robin Van Persie is also suspended. In contrast to the Gunners woes, United’s squad is almost injury free and coming into form; netting 14 times in their last 5 fixtures.

Form is often irrelevant in these types of games but for Arsenal to beat United, they must have their best team available and as it stands, they don’t. Of course it is too early to write Arsenal off but if I was Wenger, I’d aim for a cup; the league may be a little too ambitious.

* Update 4/11: Walcott looks set to recover in time for the match with Adebayor almost certainly missing the game.

Premiership round-up 23rd & 24th August

Saturday 23rd August

Michael Owen came off the bench against Bolton in his first appearance of the season having missed the entire pre-season. The England striker still looked sharp as he scored the only goal to give Newcastle the win at St James’s Park. Newcastle 1 – 0 Bolton.

Hull City remain unbeaten in their debut season in the Premiership after a hard fought draw against Blackburn at Ewood Park. Hull went behind in the 38th minute when Jason Roberts coolly slotted home but within 2 minutes, Hull had equalised when Richard Garcia headed home when what looked like a far post cross dipped into the back of the net. There were very few chances after that and the game ended Blackburn 1 – 1 Hull.

Liverpool took on Middlesbrough at Anfield and when Mido opened the scoring in the 70th minute, it looked like it wasn’t going to be Liverpool’s day. But in the 86th minute, a thunderbolt from Jamie Carragher took a wicked deflection off Pogatetz and ended up in the back of the net. Liverpool would have been fortunate to escape with a draw but in the fourth minute of injury time, skipper Steven Gerrard does what he has done so many times and scored a screamer from just outside the box. Liverpool 2 – 1 Middlesbrough.

Stoke City lead three times at the Britannia Stadium against Aston Villa and after levelling the match twice, Aston Villa fell to an injury time winner from Sidibe giving the newly promoted side their first 3 points of the campaign. Stoke City 3 – 2 Aston Villa.

There was no space in the squad let alone the starting eleven for United target Dimitar Berbatov as Spurs succumbed to their second league defeat in as many games. Kieran Richardson scored a belter from outside the area in the 55th minute before Jenas tapped in the equaliser 18 minutes later. Spurs pushed for the winner but Sunderland new boy Cisse found himself unmarked to head home on 82 minutes giving the Black Cats all three points. Tottenham 1 – 2 Sunderland.

West Brom had the better of a slow first half as they took on Everton at The Hawthorns but were unable to capitalise on any of their chances. In Contrast, Everton made the most of their chances scoring 2 of their 3 shots on target through Osman (65th minute) and Yakubu (76th minute). The Baggies did mange to score from the spot late on but the game ended West Brom 1 – 2 Everton.

Fulham hosted Arsenal in the late kick off of the day and after an opening day defeat to Hull City, Arsenal were by far the bookies favourite. Hangeland put Fulham ahead after 20 minutes and a disappointing (depending on your perspective) Arsenal were unable to recover and the match ended Fulham 1 – 0 Arsenal.

Sunday 24th August

Chelsea travelled to Wigan and when Deco put the visitors ahead with a sublime free kick from the edge of the area, you would be forgiven for thinking this was going to be another rout. But Wigan regrouped and made it difficult for Chelsea and even probably had the better of the chances after that. Unfortunately, they couldn’t break through and the game ended Wigan 0 – 1 Chelsea.

Manchester City coasted to a 3 – 0 victory over West Ham as the Hammers effectively gifted the match to the home team. Noble was sent off in the 38th minute for a handball followed by a stupid sliding tackle and the ten men of West Ham never looked like they were going to compete. It took until the 65th minute for Sturridge to make the breakthrough and when they did, the flood gates almost opened. Elano scored a brace in 6 minutes to compound the misery for the Hammers as they went down without a single shot on target. Manchester City 3 - 0 West Ham.

The opening day of the Premiership

The Premiership kicked off for fourteen teams today as each one hoped to start the new campaign with a win. 12 teams shared 20 goals in what looks to be one of the best Premiership seasons ever..

Arsenal and West Brom was the first kick off of the day and when new signing Samir Nasri slotted home in the 4th minute you would be forgiven for thinking West Brom’s welcome to the Premiership wasn’t going to be pleasant. But West Brom refused to roll over and the match ended Arsenal 1 – 0 West Brom.

Newly promoted Stoke were up against Bolton and were 3 – 0 down by the interval. It took until injury time in the second half for Stoke to score a consolation goal, final score: Bolton 3 – 1 Stoke.

The final promoted team of the season Hull, met Fulham and were quickly one down to a glancing header by Seol Ki-Hyeon. Geovanni levelled the score in the 22nd minute before Folan grabbed the winner in the 81st minute to give Hull a win in their first ever Premier League match: Hull 2 – 1 Fulham.

Paul Ince started his Blackburn reign with a win as his team beat Everton 3 - 2 at Goodison Park. David Dunn put Blackburn in front in the 22nd minute before strikes from Mikel Arteta just before half time and Yakubu in the 64th minute left Rovers 2 – 1 down. Two minutes later, Santa Cruz levelled the game for Blackburn before an injury time winner from Ooijer gave Rovers the win they deserved. Everton 2 – 3 Blackburn.

Dimitar Berbatoz started on the bench for Tottenham when they took on an impressive Middlesbrough at the Riverside. It looked like it was heading for a goalless draw until the 71st minute when Weater put the home team in front. Mido scored a goal against his former club in the 86th to make it two and a late own goal from Robert Huth made the score line a little flattering for Spurs as it ended Middlesbrough 2 – 1 Tottenham.

The final 3pm kick off of the day saw Wigan make the trip to London in a match against West Ham. Dean Ashton struck twice in the opening 10 minutes in front of England boss Fabio Capello. The first half ended 2 – 0 and Wigan came out fighting after the break with an early strike from Amir Zaki giving Wigan a great chance. Ashton was taken off due to a claf problem and has subsequently been removed from the England squad. Despite their efforts, the Lactics couldn’t convert and the match ended West Ham 2 – 1 Wigan.

The final game of the day kicked off at 5:30pm where Liverpool struggled to break Sunderland down for 82 minutes in their match at the Stadium of Light. That was until a superb 20 yard strike from Fernando Torres beat Craig Gordon and it was enough to secure the three points as it ended Sunderland 0 – 1 Liverpool.

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar on the move - destination Old Trafford?

As reports emerge that Arsenal are making Klaas-Jan Huntelaar their top transfer target should Emmanuel Adebayor move on, the player himself has spoken to the Dutch media and named Manchester United as a club he would love to play for.

“I know certain English clubs are following me, like Manchester United, who are very interested in me” he said.

“I love clubs with great history like Ajax. I also love United. They are a club that make me dream, especially as Ruud van Nistelrooy did great things with them.”

Huntelaar currently plays for Ajax but the striker has only one year left on his contract and negotiations over extending his deal have stalled. With plenty of clubs interested, it is looking increasingly likely that the £18 million rated player will be moving in the coming weeks.

Huntelaar is not the sort of player to slot into the silky smooth attacking line up of Manchester United but there is no questioning his ability to score. In 39 appearances for Ajax last term, the prolific hit man found the net 36 times and scored 8 times in 13 appearances for Holland.

Aaron Ramsey snubs United to move to Arsenal

Cardiff City today revealed that teenage sensation Aaron Ramsey will snub a move to Manchester United in order to push through a move to Arsenal next season.

Manchester United, Everton and Arsenal had bids accepted for the midfielder with most expecting Ramsey to move to Old Trafford. However, after talks with Arsene Wenger, he has decided his future lies at The Emirates.

A statement on the Cardiff website read: �Cardiff City were informed on Tuesday morning that Aaron Ramsey’s preferred destination this summer is at the Emirates Stadium with Arsenal. We will now continue the dialogue with the Gunners with view to Aaron’s move being completed.�

Cardiff also revealed that any move to the Gunners would not involve the player being loaned back to Cardiff next season with Arsene Wenger having plans to use the young midfielder next season.

Manchester United 2 - 1 Arsenal

Manchester United	Team Statistics	Arsenal
2	Goals	1
7	Shots On Target	7
8	Shots Off Target	7
2	Shots Blocked	6
6	Corners	5
2	Offsides	2
12	Fouls	10
2	Yellow Cards	6
0	Red Cards	0
53	Possession	47
78.3	Passing	81.9
35	Tackles	40
65.7	Tackling	65

Manchester United 4 - 0 Arsenal

Manchester United	Team Statistics	Arsenal
4	Goals	0
4	Shots On Target	0
12	Shots Off Target	1
0	Shots Blocked	0
6	Corners	0
5	Offsides	1
17	Fouls	5
3	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	1
55	Possession	45
0	Passing	0
0	Tackles	0
0	Tackling	0

Arsenal 2 - 2 Manchester United

Arsenal	Team Statistics	Manchester United
2	Goals	2
6	Shots On Target	3
12	Shots Off Target	8
1	Shots Blocked	1
3	Corners	4
2	Offsides	4
15	Fouls	14
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
55.9	Possession	44.1
82.2	Passing	75.7
23	Tackles	35
65.2	Tackling	82.9

                        

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