PREMIER LEAGUE MATCH
ARSENAL VS TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS 3-0
DATE : October 31th, 2009
VENUE : Emirates Stadium
ARSENAL GOALS :
Download Arsenal Goal by Robin Van Persie - 43" or HERE or HERE
Download Arsenal Goal by Robin Van Persie - 60" or HERE or HERE
Download Arsenal Goal by Francesc Fabregas - 43" or HERE or HERE
Robin Van Persie and Cesc Fabregas Goal (2-0) in One Video
Van Persie Goal (3-0)
FULL MATCH :
Download Full Match Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspurs First Half or HERE or HERE
Download Full Match Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspurs Second Half or HERE or HERE
Download Full Match Arsenal vs Tottenham Torrent
Download Full Match Arsenal vs Tottenham Part 1
Download Full Match Arsenal vs Tottenham Part 2
Download Full Match Arsenal vs Tottenham Part 3
Download Full Match Arsenal vs Tottenham Part 4
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS :
Download Highlights Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspurs Match First Half or HERE
Download Highlights Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspurs Match Second Half or HERE
Download Match Highlights Arsenal vs Tottenham in One Video
EXTRAS :
EXTRA - Gallas Header
Fabregas Chance
Bentley Free Kick
MATCH REPORT :
By Richard Clarke
Time is sometimes used to define football matches.
Arsenal's history includes the "Five-minute Cup Final" and a victory at Anfield famously secured in the 89th minute.
At Emirates Stadium this afternoon, there was a new entry for the annuls - the "11-second derby".
A relatively even first half exploded just before the break. In the 43rd minute, Robin Van Persie touched home a low cross from Bacary Sagna at the near post while the Tottenham defence slept.
The strike clearly raised no alarm bells for the visitors as, straight from the kick-off, the Dutchman won the ball and Cesc Fabregas danced through a couple of slumbering tackles to fire home his sixth goal of the campaign.
There had been precisely 11 seconds of playing time between the goals.
It was an ironic way for Arsenal to take grip of the game, given their own ability to ship needless goals in recent weeks.
The third strike on the hour made sure there would be no more profligacy this time. Arsenal were the first to realise that referee Mark Clattenburg had played an advantage after Benoit Assou-Ekotto had hacked down Eduardo and Van Persie converted Sagna's low cross.
With 20 minutes left the home fans felt comfortable enough to greet every Arsenal touch with an olé . Sterling performances from the likes of Alex Song, Thomas Vermaelen, William Gallas, Fabregas and Sagna had simply broken Tottenham's heart.
This had been billed as the tightest North London derby for some time. In the end that could not have been further from the truth.
The headline change in Wenger's line-up was the return of Manuel Almunia. The keeper had been kept out by a combination of illness and Vito Mannone since the defeat at Manchester City on September 12.
The only other change was Nicklas Bendtner for Emmanuel Eboue on the right of the front three. Perhaps Wenger was looking at attack being the best form of defence today. Given recent results it seemed a reason tack to take.
Spurs were without three of their key offensive threats - Aaron Lennon, Jermain Defoe and Luka Modric - but they arrived at Emirates level on points with Arsenal after a highly-promising start to the season. Optimism was high.
In the opening stages, the gap between the football and the Premier League quality was filled with pure tension.
Arsenal had the better of the few opportunities that came - Bendtner's drive over and Andrey Arshavin's blocked shot - but Spurs had a snapping-at-the-heels attribute they had not possessed in recent years.
However Bentley took that facet too far and was very fortunate not to be booked for a foul on Thomas Vermaelen.
In the 13th minute Clichy robbed the ball in midfield and raced forward in to space. However he was struggling for support once he had reached the area and, from his cross, Arshavin could only scuff a shot into the arms of Heurelho Gomes.
Gallas then glanced a header wide from Van Persie's free-kick. Arsenal were now had a measure of territorial control but they were yet to do anything meaningful with it.
Meanwhile Tottenham were trying to maximise their assets. In the 18th minute, a long ball forward was nodded down by Crouch for Robbie Keane to race onto. The Irishman clipped it past Vermaelen but Song thundered in a tackle to clear the danger. It was Tottenham's best chance of the game.
Arsenal countered by creating their clearest opportunity. In the 20th minute, Clichy sent Arshavin clear in the left-hand channel. He teased Bassong but the defender did manage to block the Russian's shot. It fell to Fabregas, who swept a first-time shot towards goal. Only an elastic save from Gomes stopped Arsenal going ahead.
Tottenham were starting to play with more confidence but, if anything, their adventure only helped Arsenal. On the half-hour, Fabregas intercepted a clearance from Assou-Ekotto and cleverly fed Van Persie. The Dutchman slid a shot into the sidenetting when he should have tested the keeper.
Nine minutes from the break, Arshavin cut inside beat Bassong and only a timely challenge from Vedran Corluka diverted his shot over the bar. The corner allowed Wenger to swap Eduardo for Bendtner, the Dane had been a passenger since picking up an injury sometime earlier.
It has been nip and tuck all the way so what happened next was highly unexpected.
Defensive sleeping sickness had struck Arsenal in recent weeks and it is clearly a contagious disease.
In the 43th minute, Sagna and Eduardo worked a throw in on the right. The Frenchman crossed low to the near post when Van Persie beat Ledley King to slid in a shot at the near post.
Straight from the kick-off, Arsenal got the second. Van Persie flicked the ball away from Palacios and Fabregas picked it up. He escaped the Honduran's attempt to recover and glided round King before firing home past Gomes.
The keeper had been semi-culpable for the first goal. But he was cruelly exposed for the second. Incredibly there had been only 11 seconds of playing time between the goals.
The Tottenham still seemed to be recovering in the opening stages of the second half.
Arsenal had a couple of decent early chances. First Van Persie crossed and Diaby's shot was blocked by King. Then Gomes made a fine save from Eduardo after the Croatian had escaped down the right-hand channel.
Tottenham roused themselves briefly when Almunia palmed a Bentley free-kick over the bar.
However the third goal on the hour stymied their revival. Assou-Ekotto clattered into Eduardo on the left-hand side and everyone, including the collector Sagna, stopped playing.
However they were wrong to. Referee Clattenburg had not whistled and was playing the advantage. The Frenchman realised first and crossed low into the area. King and Gomes should have cleared the danger between them but the ball deflected off the defender, hit Van Persie and bounced into the unguarded net.
In the wake of the goal, Tottenham rapidly fell apart. Crouch was booked for dissent borne out of frustration and Eduardo somehow contrived to miss the very definition of a one-on-one just past the hour.
The Arsenal fans joyously ran through their repertoire of songs as their team played keep-ball.
Fabregas should have headed home a fourth from a corner with six minutes left. Ramsey might have scored in the dying seconds after Bassong pulled up with an injury.
Still it did not matter. This was a season-affirming victory for Arsenal.
It proves they are still top dogs in North London and did them no harm in the Premier League title race either.
Player Rating & Analysis
By 1970’s Gooner
Granted Spurs were missing pace up front with the absence of Lennon and Defoe but I still think that we would have still run out easy winners in the end.
They were facing two major problems.
One was their inability to gain control of the midfield areas with Huddlestone, Palacios and Jenas unable to counter Song, Diaby and Fabregas.
The other was that the middle of their defence could not cope with Arsenal’s movement. King in particular lacked pace which allowed van Persie to run rings around him.
Almunia
I called for Almunia to be brought back after Mannone started making mistakes and although Manuel did not have a lot to do he was there when it mattered, prodding Bentley’s free kick over the bar. 7
Sagna
His crossing was not up to standard in recent games and in previous assessments of the player it was suggested that he does some extra training. He obviously has as his crosses were quite good against Spurs with two of Arsenal’s three goals being direct assists. 8
Clichy
Is returning back to form in recent games with his defensive performance being more evident than his attacking. When he improves this side of his game he will be back to his best. 6
Gallas
Solid performance but the defence was not that troubled during the game. 7
Vermaelen
Another solid performance dealing with Crouch well enough. The real test for Vermaelen will be when he comes up against Drogba. If he manages to mark him out of the game then he will be hailed as an Arsenal great…He did not deserve the yellow card as he actually got the ball without fouling the player.7
Song
I had no doubts a few years ago when I saw him play against Manchester United for Charlton when he was on loan there that he will be an Arsenal great… 8
Diaby
He has reined his natural impulses in a lot lately and when he does that he is so much more effective. That’s what we want him to do really, support Song in the defensive duties, win the ball and give it to someone who can go forward.
There were one or two occasions when with 3-0 up he began trying out his pirouettes and holding onto the ball too much often loosing it. As long as he does that when we are 3-0 up then maybe we will forgive him. 6
Fabregas
Back to his best again scoring a fantastic “opportunistic” goal right from the restart! Opportunistic in the sense that any other player will probably not have gone on that run, passed three players, right after his team have scored.
Most teams tend to relax too much after they scored and that is when they are most vulnerable… But no the little maestro did the opposite. 8
Arshavin
Looks tired to me. A lot of his passes did not find their man and tended to run up blind alleys on some occasions. The good thing about him is that even when he is not at his best he can still be very dangerous as he showed with two shots that took deflections, otherwise they were destined for the back of the net. 6
Eduardo
Much better than Bendtner really. Can hold the ball up, use it intelligently and is more dangerous in front of goal. Why doesn’t Wenger start with him on the wing rather than Bendtner or even Eboue? 7
Van Persie
He is becoming lethal in front of goal after an average start to the season. He is an intelligent player with and without the ball and is now becoming more confident in front of goal. 8
When Rosicky, Nasri and Walcott return Robin and Arsenal will become even more potent up front and if we can keep clean sheets at the back then we have a real opportunity to WIN THE TITLE this season.
Thanks to konig, wigan88, kc123, arsenal 4-ever, fred54, mildy007
ARSENAL VS TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS 3-0
DATE : October 31th, 2009
VENUE : Emirates Stadium
ARSENAL GOALS :
Download Arsenal Goal by Robin Van Persie - 43" or HERE or HERE
Download Arsenal Goal by Robin Van Persie - 60" or HERE or HERE
Download Arsenal Goal by Francesc Fabregas - 43" or HERE or HERE
Robin Van Persie and Cesc Fabregas Goal (2-0) in One Video
Van Persie Goal (3-0)
FULL MATCH :
Download Full Match Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspurs First Half or HERE or HERE
Download Full Match Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspurs Second Half or HERE or HERE
Download Full Match Arsenal vs Tottenham Torrent
Download Full Match Arsenal vs Tottenham Part 1
Download Full Match Arsenal vs Tottenham Part 2
Download Full Match Arsenal vs Tottenham Part 3
Download Full Match Arsenal vs Tottenham Part 4
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS :
Download Highlights Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspurs Match First Half or HERE
Download Highlights Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspurs Match Second Half or HERE
Download Match Highlights Arsenal vs Tottenham in One Video
EXTRAS :
EXTRA - Gallas Header
Fabregas Chance
Bentley Free Kick
MATCH REPORT :
By Richard Clarke
Time is sometimes used to define football matches.
Arsenal's history includes the "Five-minute Cup Final" and a victory at Anfield famously secured in the 89th minute.
At Emirates Stadium this afternoon, there was a new entry for the annuls - the "11-second derby".
A relatively even first half exploded just before the break. In the 43rd minute, Robin Van Persie touched home a low cross from Bacary Sagna at the near post while the Tottenham defence slept.
The strike clearly raised no alarm bells for the visitors as, straight from the kick-off, the Dutchman won the ball and Cesc Fabregas danced through a couple of slumbering tackles to fire home his sixth goal of the campaign.
There had been precisely 11 seconds of playing time between the goals.
It was an ironic way for Arsenal to take grip of the game, given their own ability to ship needless goals in recent weeks.
The third strike on the hour made sure there would be no more profligacy this time. Arsenal were the first to realise that referee Mark Clattenburg had played an advantage after Benoit Assou-Ekotto had hacked down Eduardo and Van Persie converted Sagna's low cross.
With 20 minutes left the home fans felt comfortable enough to greet every Arsenal touch with an olé . Sterling performances from the likes of Alex Song, Thomas Vermaelen, William Gallas, Fabregas and Sagna had simply broken Tottenham's heart.
This had been billed as the tightest North London derby for some time. In the end that could not have been further from the truth.
The headline change in Wenger's line-up was the return of Manuel Almunia. The keeper had been kept out by a combination of illness and Vito Mannone since the defeat at Manchester City on September 12.
The only other change was Nicklas Bendtner for Emmanuel Eboue on the right of the front three. Perhaps Wenger was looking at attack being the best form of defence today. Given recent results it seemed a reason tack to take.
Spurs were without three of their key offensive threats - Aaron Lennon, Jermain Defoe and Luka Modric - but they arrived at Emirates level on points with Arsenal after a highly-promising start to the season. Optimism was high.
In the opening stages, the gap between the football and the Premier League quality was filled with pure tension.
Arsenal had the better of the few opportunities that came - Bendtner's drive over and Andrey Arshavin's blocked shot - but Spurs had a snapping-at-the-heels attribute they had not possessed in recent years.
However Bentley took that facet too far and was very fortunate not to be booked for a foul on Thomas Vermaelen.
In the 13th minute Clichy robbed the ball in midfield and raced forward in to space. However he was struggling for support once he had reached the area and, from his cross, Arshavin could only scuff a shot into the arms of Heurelho Gomes.
Gallas then glanced a header wide from Van Persie's free-kick. Arsenal were now had a measure of territorial control but they were yet to do anything meaningful with it.
Meanwhile Tottenham were trying to maximise their assets. In the 18th minute, a long ball forward was nodded down by Crouch for Robbie Keane to race onto. The Irishman clipped it past Vermaelen but Song thundered in a tackle to clear the danger. It was Tottenham's best chance of the game.
Arsenal countered by creating their clearest opportunity. In the 20th minute, Clichy sent Arshavin clear in the left-hand channel. He teased Bassong but the defender did manage to block the Russian's shot. It fell to Fabregas, who swept a first-time shot towards goal. Only an elastic save from Gomes stopped Arsenal going ahead.
Tottenham were starting to play with more confidence but, if anything, their adventure only helped Arsenal. On the half-hour, Fabregas intercepted a clearance from Assou-Ekotto and cleverly fed Van Persie. The Dutchman slid a shot into the sidenetting when he should have tested the keeper.
Nine minutes from the break, Arshavin cut inside beat Bassong and only a timely challenge from Vedran Corluka diverted his shot over the bar. The corner allowed Wenger to swap Eduardo for Bendtner, the Dane had been a passenger since picking up an injury sometime earlier.
It has been nip and tuck all the way so what happened next was highly unexpected.
Defensive sleeping sickness had struck Arsenal in recent weeks and it is clearly a contagious disease.
In the 43th minute, Sagna and Eduardo worked a throw in on the right. The Frenchman crossed low to the near post when Van Persie beat Ledley King to slid in a shot at the near post.
Straight from the kick-off, Arsenal got the second. Van Persie flicked the ball away from Palacios and Fabregas picked it up. He escaped the Honduran's attempt to recover and glided round King before firing home past Gomes.
The keeper had been semi-culpable for the first goal. But he was cruelly exposed for the second. Incredibly there had been only 11 seconds of playing time between the goals.
The Tottenham still seemed to be recovering in the opening stages of the second half.
Arsenal had a couple of decent early chances. First Van Persie crossed and Diaby's shot was blocked by King. Then Gomes made a fine save from Eduardo after the Croatian had escaped down the right-hand channel.
Tottenham roused themselves briefly when Almunia palmed a Bentley free-kick over the bar.
However the third goal on the hour stymied their revival. Assou-Ekotto clattered into Eduardo on the left-hand side and everyone, including the collector Sagna, stopped playing.
However they were wrong to. Referee Clattenburg had not whistled and was playing the advantage. The Frenchman realised first and crossed low into the area. King and Gomes should have cleared the danger between them but the ball deflected off the defender, hit Van Persie and bounced into the unguarded net.
In the wake of the goal, Tottenham rapidly fell apart. Crouch was booked for dissent borne out of frustration and Eduardo somehow contrived to miss the very definition of a one-on-one just past the hour.
The Arsenal fans joyously ran through their repertoire of songs as their team played keep-ball.
Fabregas should have headed home a fourth from a corner with six minutes left. Ramsey might have scored in the dying seconds after Bassong pulled up with an injury.
Still it did not matter. This was a season-affirming victory for Arsenal.
It proves they are still top dogs in North London and did them no harm in the Premier League title race either.
Player Rating & Analysis
By 1970’s Gooner
Granted Spurs were missing pace up front with the absence of Lennon and Defoe but I still think that we would have still run out easy winners in the end.
They were facing two major problems.
One was their inability to gain control of the midfield areas with Huddlestone, Palacios and Jenas unable to counter Song, Diaby and Fabregas.
The other was that the middle of their defence could not cope with Arsenal’s movement. King in particular lacked pace which allowed van Persie to run rings around him.
Almunia
I called for Almunia to be brought back after Mannone started making mistakes and although Manuel did not have a lot to do he was there when it mattered, prodding Bentley’s free kick over the bar. 7
Sagna
His crossing was not up to standard in recent games and in previous assessments of the player it was suggested that he does some extra training. He obviously has as his crosses were quite good against Spurs with two of Arsenal’s three goals being direct assists. 8
Clichy
Is returning back to form in recent games with his defensive performance being more evident than his attacking. When he improves this side of his game he will be back to his best. 6
Gallas
Solid performance but the defence was not that troubled during the game. 7
Vermaelen
Another solid performance dealing with Crouch well enough. The real test for Vermaelen will be when he comes up against Drogba. If he manages to mark him out of the game then he will be hailed as an Arsenal great…He did not deserve the yellow card as he actually got the ball without fouling the player.7
Song
I had no doubts a few years ago when I saw him play against Manchester United for Charlton when he was on loan there that he will be an Arsenal great… 8
Diaby
He has reined his natural impulses in a lot lately and when he does that he is so much more effective. That’s what we want him to do really, support Song in the defensive duties, win the ball and give it to someone who can go forward.
There were one or two occasions when with 3-0 up he began trying out his pirouettes and holding onto the ball too much often loosing it. As long as he does that when we are 3-0 up then maybe we will forgive him. 6
Fabregas
Back to his best again scoring a fantastic “opportunistic” goal right from the restart! Opportunistic in the sense that any other player will probably not have gone on that run, passed three players, right after his team have scored.
Most teams tend to relax too much after they scored and that is when they are most vulnerable… But no the little maestro did the opposite. 8
Arshavin
Looks tired to me. A lot of his passes did not find their man and tended to run up blind alleys on some occasions. The good thing about him is that even when he is not at his best he can still be very dangerous as he showed with two shots that took deflections, otherwise they were destined for the back of the net. 6
Eduardo
Much better than Bendtner really. Can hold the ball up, use it intelligently and is more dangerous in front of goal. Why doesn’t Wenger start with him on the wing rather than Bendtner or even Eboue? 7
Van Persie
He is becoming lethal in front of goal after an average start to the season. He is an intelligent player with and without the ball and is now becoming more confident in front of goal. 8
When Rosicky, Nasri and Walcott return Robin and Arsenal will become even more potent up front and if we can keep clean sheets at the back then we have a real opportunity to WIN THE TITLE this season.
Thanks to konig, wigan88, kc123, arsenal 4-ever, fred54, mildy007
