Failed to win again, held goalless draw by Bolton
By omchesunche
@omchesunche (1754)
Indonesia
February 2, 2012 3:43am CST
As we know Arsenal forced to held draw by Bolton Wanderers 0-0 in the Premier League match at the Reebok Stadium on last night. Desiring to keep the chance in the race for the fourth placed to be eligible to championship spot, Arsenal attacked aggresively. Started from the 8th minute, Robin van Persie got a golden opportunity. However, his header from close range can be anticipated well by goalkeeper Adam Bogdan. Throughout the middle of the first half, Arsenal continued to imprison Bolton. Several times Van Persie and Theo Walcott threatened goalkeeper. However, Bolton defens really played with discipline and well organize.
With this result, Arsenal failed to shift liverpool on fifth Premier League standings. "The Gunners" was stucked at seventh position with 38 points.
What do you think about Arsenal performance in this match?
Player composition:
Bolton: Adam Bogdan, Zat Knight, David Wheater, Samuel Ricketts, Gretar Rafn Steinsson, Fabrice Muamba, Nigel Reo-Coker (Darren Pratley 67), Mark Davies (Kevin Davies 89), Martin Petrov, Chris Eagles, David Ngog.
Arsenal: Wojciech Szcz?sny, Laurent Koscielny, Per Mertesacker, Thomas Vermaelen, Bacary Sagna, Mikel Arteta, Alex Song, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Thierry Henry 78), Theo Walcott, Robin Van Persie, Aaron Ramsey (Tomas Rosicky 87).
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2 responses
@sjlskl (3382)
• Singapore
2 Feb 12
Wasteful and incompetence. The Arsenal that we are seeing now is no longer a top four material club, let alone challenging for the title. No frequency, cohesion, lack of hunger, passion and fire. Unless a major overhaul is done to the squad, we will be at best an Europa League team.
@ram_cv (16513)
• India
2 Feb 12
It is a poor run of games for Arsenal. Third straight poor result for Arsenal. They should have won the match with Van Persie hitting the bar and Walcott also creating chances. But they were also lucky as a clear cut penalty was not awarded for Bolton late in the game.
Overall this result moves them to the 7th place behind Liverpool and Newcastle. Looks like Arsenal would not be in Champions League next year.
Cheers!
Ram
