Chris Maduewesi
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In a match characterised mainly with the debut of Arsenal’s record buy,Mesut Ozil,the Gunners defeated Sunderland 3-1 at the stadium of light to continue with their impressive form so far.
The German international wasted no time in making his mark in the English Premier League,coolly bring down a pass and squaring it for Olivier Giroud to put Arsenal 1-0 up in the 10th minute.
Ozil’s presence was felt in the subsequent minutes,twice making telling passes to Theo Walcott,who couldn’t beat the Sunderland goalkeeper to score the goals.
But Paolo Di Canio’s side started the brighter of both sides in the second half,finding the back of the net to go level.
Laurent Koscielny needlessly fouled Adam Johnson in the box,and Craig Gardner stepped up to equalise for Sunderland from the spot to make the score 1-1.
The momentum swung in Sunderland’s favour and they had decent spells in front of goal,but couldn’t breach Arsenal’s defence.
Arsenal however restored their lead through Aaron Ramsey,who volleyed Carl Jenkinson’s cutback to put Arsene Wenger’s team 2-1 up.
Not quite long a contentious moment came up,Bacary Sagna blatantly impeded Jozy Altidore a goal scoring opportunity and when he wriggled himself out,putting the ball past the line,the referee called it back for a freekick.
Sunderland felt hard-done by with the decision not to have been awarded the goal,and also not sending Sagna off for being the last man.
Arsenal stretched their lead further with Ramsey getting his second of the game ,starting the move and moving into position to collect a pass from Giroud and putting the gunners 3-1 up.
Arsenal with the win moved top of the English Premier League,pending the outcome of Chelsea and Liverpool’s matches.
Results
Fulham 1-1 West Brom
Spurs 2-0 Norwich
Sunderland 1-3 Arsenal
Hull 1-1 Cardiff
Aston Villa 1-2 Newcastle
Stoke 0-0 Man City
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The German international wasted no time in making his mark in the English Premier League,coolly bring down a pass and squaring it for Olivier Giroud to put Arsenal 1-0 up in the 10th minute.
Ozil’s presence was felt in the subsequent minutes,twice making telling passes to Theo Walcott,who couldn’t beat the Sunderland goalkeeper to score the goals.
But Paolo Di Canio’s side started the brighter of both sides in the second half,finding the back of the net to go level.
Laurent Koscielny needlessly fouled Adam Johnson in the box,and Craig Gardner stepped up to equalise for Sunderland from the spot to make the score 1-1.
The momentum swung in Sunderland’s favour and they had decent spells in front of goal,but couldn’t breach Arsenal’s defence.
Arsenal however restored their lead through Aaron Ramsey,who volleyed Carl Jenkinson’s cutback to put Arsene Wenger’s team 2-1 up.
Not quite long a contentious moment came up,Bacary Sagna blatantly impeded Jozy Altidore a goal scoring opportunity and when he wriggled himself out,putting the ball past the line,the referee called it back for a freekick.
Sunderland felt hard-done by with the decision not to have been awarded the goal,and also not sending Sagna off for being the last man.
Arsenal stretched their lead further with Ramsey getting his second of the game ,starting the move and moving into position to collect a pass from Giroud and putting the gunners 3-1 up.
Arsenal with the win moved top of the English Premier League,pending the outcome of Chelsea and Liverpool’s matches.
Results
Fulham 1-1 West Brom
Spurs 2-0 Norwich
Sunderland 1-3 Arsenal
Hull 1-1 Cardiff
Aston Villa 1-2 Newcastle
Stoke 0-0 Man City
Continue reading...