Taktik Rafa kemaren nyaris berhasil membuat frustasi Wenger boys. Walaupun
persentase possesion kalah tapi shot on target Pool lebih banyak ketimbang
Arsenal.
Cesc Fabregas, this lad is brilliant. Harganya berapa yah di pasaran transfer
pemain sekarang, kayaknya lebih jago daripada pemain tengah Spanyol lain yang
gw pernah nonton. Permainan dia membuat pemain sekelas Rosicky berasa biasa
saja.
YNWA you REDS!!!!!
Duddy Heryudi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Cesc
rescues Anfield point
Spaniard strikes to level early effort from Steven Gerrard
By Graeme Bailey Last updated: 28th October 2007
Cesc: Great goal
A late goal from Cesc Fabregas gave Arsenal a deserved point at Liverpool to
send them back to the top of the Premier League table.
The Reds made a great start as Steven Gerrard fired home a free-kick after
just seven minutes.
Thereafter, Arsenal dominated possession and played some wonderful football -
but they just could not find a way through.
Emmanuel Eboue smashed a shot against the post midway through the second half
and Fabregas put the rebound wide - but the Spaniard made amends with just ten
minutes left.
The leveller came after great play by Alexander Hleb as he delayed his pass to
perfection to find Fabregas's run and he toe-poked the ball home as Jose Reina
was wrong-footed.
It could easily have been a win for Arsenal but Fabregas saw his side-foot
from 20-yards smash against Reina's post.
Early lead
The hosts were intent on giving Arsenal a fierce examination, and when Gerrard
blasted home from 20 yards on seven minutes it was clear the North Londoners
were in for a fierce battle.
Arsenal then tore into Liverpool, causing Sami Hyypia and Jamie Carragher
plenty of problems at the heart of the home defence. Both needed to hurl
themselves at efforts from Rosicky and Kolo Toure.
The hosts were forced into a half-time change. Fernando Torres had seemingly
damaged his calf in a first-half fall - so Peter Crouch, who scored a hat-trick
in this fixture last season, entered the fray and he almost added a second when
his 25-yard effort needed Manuel Almunia to turn it away at full stretch.
Arsenal almost equalised in the 54th minute when Adebayor surged into space on
the right to crack a shot against the foot of a post, the ball bouncing out for
Fabregas to fire over an open goal.
Pressure
Liverpool were now hitting on the break as they soaked up waves of Arsenal
attacks. Crouch won plenty of flick-ons and saw another long-range effort thud
into Almunia's chest.
Gerrard and Voronin then set up Crouch for a run into the box and cross-shot
which flashed just wide.
Arsenal sent on Gilberto and Nicklas Bendtner for Gael Clichy and Emmanuel
Eboue in the 74th minute, just seconds before Kuyt's dipping volley cleared
Almunia and skimmed the top of the net.
But the Gunners levelled after Hleb's run on the left created the space for
Fabregas to squeeze home the equaliser.
Fabregas then hit the post from 20 yards on 86 minutes, with Bendtner firing
the rebound over the bar as the game ended in a draw - which means both
maintain their unbeaten starts to the new season, although Liverpool will
certainly be the happier with the point.
Liverpool Team Statistics Arsenal
1 Goals 1
1 1st Half Goals 0
5 Shots on Target 2
4 Shots off Target 8
3 Blocked Shots 2
4 Corners 1
17 Fouls 11
3 Offsides 3
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
73 Passing Success 83.5
44 Tackles 30
70.5 Tackles Success 83.3
36.8 Possession 63.2
48.6 Territorial Advantage 51.4
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