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Match is at 3 pm BST..

After a disappointin weekend wit manu on top hope we bounce bak strongly...wanna see us back on top...hope manu drop points against reading...n want arsenal 2 thrash fulham 5-0 or 6-0...goal difference is gonna matter at the end i feel...

IN ARSENE WE TRUST

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2-1 Arsenal.Hard Fought Battle.Won't be an easy outing.Will have to better than that against Birmingham.

You Will Really Miss Toure!Big Month For Arsenal.
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Excuse me... Sendy played very well yesterday.. He was not at fault for birmingham's goal in any way.

Only thing is that v miss eboue's penetrating runs on the right. Walcott isnt up for it against big defenders

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Half time: Fulham 0 - 2 Arsenal



It's been pretty comfortable. Was a bit alarmed at the team's opening 10 minutes. Didn't seem too settled or calm. They had a bit too much urgency I felt, a desperation even. Passes were off and rushed. Thankful to see the first goal because a frustrating half wouldn't have been good.

After that, the game seemed academic. Still, a few more in the second half will do wonders for the GD.

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An excellent half, after the first goal. Surprised to see Fulham defending at home, when they are trying to get out of the relegation zone. Crosses from the wings headed in, not quite the way we usually play, but this is a message to those who think they can defend against us, and get a point. This is our plan B, if passing doesn't work.


Adebayor's reach is amazing. The 2nd goal was an excellent header, maybe 10 feet in the air .


The away crowd has been fantastic. Outsinging the Cottagers. Senderos' broken nose looked bad, it should have been a sending off for Dempsey for a elbow straight in Sendi's face, if only the referee had seen it.

Reading are playing well against United. Still goalless there. If it stays like this, back on top. Come on Reading.

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I think the elbow might have been a harsh red. He was up in the air and arm out but really didn't swing it, that I saw anyway. A yellow could have been justified. Not the end of the world, Sendy is ok and Arsenal don't need to be a man up.

By the way, where can I get a set of Clichy's wheels. Man he's fast!

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Considering what Arteta got, this one was definitely worse. These days, an elbow gets a straight red. Aynway, true we don't need to be a man up, but this is a good opportunity to close the gap on Man Utd's GD.

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United score. Rooney finishes it off.

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Excellent goal by Rosicky, what commitment to get to the end of that ball and put it in. Commanding performance. Still second, but more of these, and it would be just a matter of time before we get back on top. Everyone had a good game. The commentator's quote "They must be feeling they are back at Highbury" summed it up.

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Ha. I was more entertained by "this is the football equivalent of a leisurely stroll by the Thames for Arsenal". I love English commentators.


Good point to note... Arsenal have played 7 London derbies and have won them all. That's dominance in the good ol' capital.

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This is the way we must play. What a good perfomance.

I have to say I was a bit afraid of the match today morning. Despite of the fact that it would be a boost if we win, we would definitely waste our entire season if we had one more poor perfomance.

This week brought lots of confidents headlines in Arsenal.com. Wenger shouldered the responsability for the disappointing result and then affirmed we would really do better against Fulham. To sum up, the Frenchman spent the whole week saying today's match would really show what his squad is able to do. And that is what I was fearing about the match. Not only the boos but the entire world were putting lots of pressure on the squad, and I really thought that losing today would be a disaster. Luckily, the thing I was fearing about did not happen.

The match had just began and Gael Clichy crossed superbly well right to Emmanuel Adebayor's head. One-nil to The Arsenal. An early lead would give the confidence we needed to keep the pace and just keep playing. And what made me really happy was the fact that we did not lose the focus after taking the lead - just like we did against Birmingham a week ago. And then, Adebayor passed to Mathieu Flamini at the wing, the Frenchman almost lost the possesion of the ball but his commitment to the match - I must say - helped him to complete the pass to Alexander Hleb, who crossed the ball that found Adebayor's head, once again. Two-nil Arsenal. Almost in the end, Cesc Fabregas passed a through ball to Eduardo (and what a pass), the croatian then assisted Tomas Rosicky who scored our last goal and did put Arsenal back on business.

A point I would like to highlight is that our team celebrated together the three goals. They hugged themselves enthusiastically, and that is what we want to see. We want them to stay together, united as a real team. And after watching Flamini's perfomance and commitment while watching the match, I can say I really doubt he is going to leave us.

Keep playing this way and we can beat anyone.