United meneruskan penguasaannya mereka, Arsenal mengekalkan Rekod Tanpa Kalah

MU terus mengungguli tangga teratas EPL. MEreka menewaskan Tottenham dengan jaringan 5 - 2. MU yang dilihat goyah pada awalnya bangkit serta merta di separuh masa kedua berpunca dari kelemahan penjaga gol Spurs yang dilihat hilang keyakinan diri. Seperti yang dijangkakan oleh moderator, MU akan menjuarai EPL musim ini.

Arsenal meneruskan corak permainan yang hebat dan menarik seterusnya mengekalkan rekod tidak kalah dalam 20 permainan liga berturut-turut. Arsenal dijangka boleh mengulangi pencapai the Invicible team yang dipegang oleh mereka iaitu tidak kalah dalam 49 perlawanan berturut-turut yang mana pasukan MU, Chelsea mahupun Liverpool tidak mampu menciptanya.


Begitulah nampaknya tahun ini. EPL MU, Champion League Arsenal, Liverpool (good try, try again, and again), Chelsea boleh tutup buku (takde harapan nampaknya).

MU juara tahun ni

Aku punya prediction MU akan menjadi juara lagi tahun ni. Tapi nak dapat treble, ke Quantiple ke apa2 pel ke tu semua mengarut je. Sejak dari awal musim aku dah tahu MU punya cita2 tu nampak sangat mengarut dan berangan-angan. Ferguson pun nampak macam dah nyanyuk cakap team yang ada sekarang ni yang terbaik dia pernah ada. Aku tengok lawan team kecik pun huru-hara. Kena belasah dengan Arsenal 2-1 tempat sendiri pulak tu. Tambah aib Liverpool belasah sampai 4-1.

Liverpool pulak bersedialah untuk tak bawak apa-apa piala tahun ni. Champion league dah hanyut, FA dah terbuang, Premier League nampaknya dah semakin tipis. Sepatutnya Liverpool kena bersyukur dapat jaringan minit 93 dari referee rasuah. Ref tak bagi gol bendner yang nampaknya tak offside. Kalau nak kira Liverpool dah kalah dah. Tapi takpe, sebagai budak sekolah yang baru nak belajar, kira Liverpool mendapat malu besar. Al maklumle, penyokong liverpool yang jumpa aku semua cakap besar. Katanya liverpool nak kenduri gol belasah Arsenal. Sebabnya depa kata MU depa belasah 4-1, Real Madrid 4-0 so apalah sangat Arsenal. Akhirnya Liverpool baru sedar, bahawasanya Depa sendiri level entah apa2 ntah.

Selamat berjuang semua. Chelsea boleh tutup buku. Tapi Chelsea nasib depa cerah skit berbanding Liverpool sebab ada Champion League. So, MU le juara nampaknya. Jangan lupa layari Blog http://footballbola.blogspot.com


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'It takes quality to respond the way we did'

'It takes quality to respond the way we did'

On a night of mixed emotions..."I believe it was a game of a frenetic pace, and of top quality. Both teams created many chances and you can see when you play on a good pitch you can play football in the Premier League. Apart from that we are half-happy because we scored four goals but we are half-unhappy because we conceded four. As well, to be 4-3 up with two minutes to go, the team is disappointed. It was another great performance tonight and Liverpool maybe thought a draw was a fair result.

"The big regret we have is that 10 minutes into the second half we a 2-1 down, but not from something created by Liverpool; from balls we didn't clear properly from the back."

On

Andrey Arshavin..."Arshavin can play everywhere, like all great players. He scored four goals but it was at the end of good combination play. He has tricks and a short back-lift and that makes him very dangerous.
"It shows he has a good left foot, but in full confidence he can be relaxed enough to take the goal anyway. I have been in this job a long time and not many players get four goals in a top game like that. I didn't expect him to do that - he has scored seven in seven games.

"On the title race..."It is still very open. It depends on what kind of form Manchester United find because they had a bit of a problem before the interruption of the Champions League so we will see how they come back against Portsmouth."

On responding to the weekend defeat..."I never doubted the character of my players. The fact they came into the dressing room very, very disappointed says a lot about their character. It shows they wanted to win and that we go for it every time. It takes quality to respond like we did today, only three days after the [FA Cup].

"On the goalkeeper's performance..."He was fantastic in the first half but struggled a bit more in the second because I believe we were less dominant from crosses. But overall, Fabianski had a good performance.

"On Bendtner's disallowed goal..."I have just seen it again and it doesn't look offside at all."

Arshavin - I need some more time to settle

Arshavin - I need some more time to settle

By Richard Clarke

Andrey Arshavin has scored or created 11 goals in his eight Premier League starts – but he still feels he has not adapted to English football yet!The Russian hit a quite brilliant quartet in Arsenal’s 4-4 draw at Anfield on Tuesday night. But, incredibly, after the game the 27-year-old suggested it was “difficult” at the moment and he required a bit of breathing space.

“If you look at the first half you never saw me except for one moment when I scored,” he said. “It is difficult for me but I will try and I need time.“Everybody else is ‘common’ to play with each other. I still have to go through pre-season and after that everything will be in a good place.”Arshavin put Arsenal in a very good place four times last night.

Giving them leads at 1-0, 3-2 and 4-3 in a mind-boggling affair at Anfield. However Yossi Benayoun’s injury-time equaliser left the midfielder with mixed emotions.“I feel good but also disappointed because we did not get the result,” he said. “Both teams wanted to win. What can I say, it is unbelievable football - it is England.“I am disappointed because we want to win each game. We want to be at the top, not fourth place.“When we pressed [forward tonight] we played good but when we dropped back it was very dangerous for us because Torres and some tall players won the ball.

They got the second ball and tried to shoot but everybody must take responsibility for losing balls not just the defence and the goalkeeper. Everyone must help.”The result banished some of those FA Cup Semi-Final blues and extended Arsenal’s unbeaten run in the Premier League to 19 games.

Arsène Wenger remains positive in his pursuit of third place however the only chance of silverware is the Champions League, and this was a fillip for next week’s Semi-Final against Manchester United.

“Confidence comes when you win,” said Arshavin. “We drew. It is not good tonight but I think we will go through next week. I hope so but I can’t play and so it is easier for me to say.”

Eurosport - Wed, 15 Apr 23:56:00 2009

Eurosport - Wed, 15 Apr 23:56:00 2009

Cesc Fabregas helped Arsenal see off Villarreal and turned his attention straight to a Champions League semi-final against Manchester United.

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A 3-0 win at the Emirates Stadium handed Arsene Wenger's side a 4-1 aggregate win over the Spanish side and set up a mouth-watering clash with their Premier League rivals.
Theo Walcott opened the scoring with a superb 10th-minute chip before Emmanuel Adebayor and Robin van Persie, with a penalty, put the result beyond doubt.

Fabregas said: "What was really important was that we'd said we wanted to try to score early, keep the pressure on and we did that well.
"At the end 3-0 is quite a fair result, we could have scored a few more but let's not be greedy.
"(Facing Manchester United) is unbelievable for us. What can you say? To be in the semi-final of the Champions League against maybe the best team in Europe, and the world, we would take it for sure."

Wenger praised Walcott's exquisite finish, after watching the England winger transfer his form on the training ground to crucial matches.
"We know he can finish but now he is transferring that to the games. His level of confidence has gone up," Wenger said.

"In training he was always a good finisher but now he is becoming a great finisher in games too."TeamTalk / Eurosport

Champions League - Arsenal storm into semis

Champions League - Arsenal storm into semis
Eurosport - Wed, 15 Apr 21:48:00 2009

Arsenal swept into the Champions League semi-finals with a 3-0 victory over Villarreal at the Emirates Stadium.

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Theo Walcott broke the deadock after 10 minutes before Emmanuel Adebayor and Robin van Persie, from the penalty spot, scored in the second-half to complete a 4-1 aggregate success.
The visitors had Sebastian Eguren sent-off for protesting the spot kick award and the Liga outfit were helpless to prevent the Gunners setting up an all-Premier League last four meeting with Manchester United.

Walcott gave Arsene Wenger's men the vital early goal when Emmanuel Eboue, stepping in for the ill Bacary Sagna at right-back, played a ball down the right flank that was flicked on by captain Cesc Fabregas.

The touch wrong-footed Diego Godin and gave the England winger a sight at goal which he took with some aplomb, dinking the ball audaciously over keeper Diego Lopez.
Walcott continued to give Spain left-back Joan Capdevila a torrid time, producing two dangerous crosses, the first of which ended in Van Persie nodding over and the second seeing the hesitant Gonzalo Rodriguez tread on the ball in the six yard box only to do just enough to avert the danger.

The Gunners came close to a second just before the half hour when Van Persie's free-kick was superbly saved by Lopez, diving one handed to his right.
Adebayor should have scored from the rebound but failed to get much purchase on his header and Rodriguez hacked off the line.
Villarreal failed to seriously test a makeshift Arsenal rearguard without Sagna, William Gallas, Johan Djourou and Gael Clichy plus keeper Manuel Almunia.
A scissors kick from Godin was straight at Lukasz Fabianski and the big defender also headed over while former Gunner Robert Pires had a shot from the edge of the area deflected for a corner.

The Londoners started the second-half tentatively but their nerves were eased with a second on the hour.
Fabregas nodded on to Van Persie and the Dutchman picked out Adebayor who escaped the attentions of Godin and poked the ball into the corner for his fourth goal in three starts since recovering from injury.
And the match was settled nine minutes later when Walcott checked inside and was brought down by a sliding Godin.

The big Uruguayan defender took some ball but also the man in his follow through and a spot kick was awarded by German referee Wolfgang Stark. Villarreal were incensed by the decision and Eguren received a second yellow card for dissent.

Van Persie swept a left-footed penalty into the corner past the diving Lopez as Arsenal ended Villarreal's Champions League hopes for the second time in four seasons.

Hebat ARSENAL!!! THE INVICIBLE TEAM IS COMING BACK!!

Champions League - Ronaldo bullet fires United past Porto

Champions League - Ronaldo bullet fires United past Porto
Eurosport - Wed, 15 Apr 22:03:00 2009


A stunning long-range strike from Cristiano Ronaldo sent Manchester United into the Champions League semi-finals with a 1-0 win at Porto.

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The Portuguese powered home a spectacular drive in the sixth minute as the holders secured a tense 3-2 aggregate victory.


United became the first British side to win at the Estadio do Dragao in 23 attempts over 41 years, and their reward is an all-Premier League semi-final against Arsenal.
After a month of shambolic defending and uncertainty, this was the solid, secure United that earlier this season set a record number of consecutive Premier League clean sheets.


Rio Ferdinand must take much credit for this on his return from a groin injury. While he did not have an outstanding game individually, his constant communication appeared to imbue his colleagues with improved positional sense and confidence.
Nemanja Vidic, in particular, looked much improved from his poor displays against Liverpool, Sunderland and the first leg against Porto.


Porto fielded the same starting 11 that performed so admirably at Old Trafford a week earlier, but were without their charismatic coach Jesualdo Ferreira, who served a touchline ban.
The punishment was the result of a misguided appeal against a sanction from earlier in the competition, and Ferreira opted not even to turn up to the stadium, leaving his assistant Jose Gomez to his own devices.


United failed to control the first leg, allowing Porto to snatch a late 2-2 draw, but grabbed the return fixture by the scruff of the neck. Or rather, Ronaldo did.
The winger has been widely criticised for performing below his best this season, but for all the carping he remains a fairly useful player - if not the world's best, then certainly still in the top 10.
He has 20 goals to his name this campaign and has lost none of his sense of occasion.
After five minutes of barracking from the Porto fans - a product of his former association with rivals Sporting Lisbon - Ronaldo unleashed a firecracker from nearly 40 yards that whooshed past Helton into the top-left corner.


Take that, naysayers.
In an instant, all the angst about Mariano Gonzalez's late equaliser in the first leg disappeared.
United had regained the aggregate advantage and could once again lead from the front. Although Porto improved as the half went on, they were reduced to half-chances - the best of these came to Bruno Alves who beat Vidic in the air but sent his header just wide.
United fans held their breath when Wayne Rooney pulled up in pain on 37 minutes after a challenge from Rolando.


The England striker has had a tough history against Portuguese opponents. He suffered a broken metatarsal against Portugal at Euro 2004, then another following a Paulo Ferreira tackle versus Chelsea in 2006. Then he was sent off - after an intervention from Ronaldo - for a stamp at that year's World Cup, again against Portugal.


While United could have been forgiven for fearing the worst, the 23-year-old hobbled around briefly before shaking the injury off.
Porto created little in the second half, but the knowledge that a single home goal would send the holders out meant jitters crept in.


United have not forgotten the late Costinha goal that allowed Jose Mourinho's Porto to topple them in 2004, and the failure to add more breathing space made for a tense finale.
Edwin van der Sar's horribly bobbled clearance on 82 minutes typified the anxiety, yet in truth he had little to do except make some routine saves from Hulk and Lisandro Lopez.
After the pyrotechnics at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday, this was much more like the tense, tight Champions League we know.
But United know what it takes to win and did just enough to set up an all-English semi-final.







ALAH BARU SEBIJIK GOL DAH KECOH GILERR!! TENGOK ARSENAL, BELASAH SAMPAI 3 -0. STEADY JER!!