~Superb Super Sunday~
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@ least someone here is not bias in the match predictionOriginally posted by lpx88:HT 0-0
FT 2-0
Chelsea Win
even though his heart might wish chelsea to lose since he is a man utd fan but he simply know that logically chelsea will win
good prediction -
Adebayor is up for a war
EMMANUEL ADEBAYOR has declared war on Chelsea ahead of ArsenalÂ’s Sunday showdown at Stamford Bridge. The powerful Gunners striker is already steeling himself for a bruising battle with Blues skipper John Terry. And he promises he will go in with all guns blazing in his bid to win the match for injured pal William Gallas.
Adebayor said: “Sunday will be one of the biggest games in the world and we have to be mentally ready to put up a real challenge to our opponents. “It will be another war and the important thing is to show no fear and enjoy the battle. “I have never played against Terry and Ricardo Carvalho before but I have faced many other powerful defenders and I love the physical challenge.
Adebayor, a £7million signing from Monaco in January, scored the winner at old Trafford in September in the absence of Thierry Henry. Gunners skipper Henry will be missing again on Sunday, while former Chelsea defender Gallas is given only a 20 per cent chance of recovering from a thigh injury in time to play at the Bridge.
“What the boss has said is very important for the team. It shows he has confidence in us and we have to prove he is right. We have to play for him and put all out heart into our performances.”
Yet the Gunners go to the Bridge at the weekend with almost half their strongest team missing. As well as Henry and Gallas, Kolo Toure is suspended and Tomas Rosicky is out with a thigh injury. Lauren is still recovering from a serious knee injury and, to make matters worse, Johan Djourou is struggling with a strained hamstring.
That could mean a return for Swiss centre-half Philippe Senderos, who has suffered in recent times against Chelsea’s Didier Drogba. Yet Gunners keeper Jens Lehmann is sure his defence will be up to the job and said: “If they’re not conceding goals they must be doing well. -
skali Adebayor scored e winning goal..
as he did once in MU home..
uhm but e Blues under Jose still unbeatable at home rite? -
Wenger: 'Please Be Nice To Cashley'
Arsene Wenger has attempted to defuse the explosive reception visiting fans are expected to give Ashley Cole at Stamford Bridge on Sunday by praising his contribution to Arsenal.
Cole's transfer deadline-day move to rivals Chelsea was highly controversial and was the subject of accusations of 'tapping-up' in January 2005.
The England left-back further enraged Gunners fans with the subsequent publication of his autobiography, titled 'My Defence', in which he was highly critical of the club.
The episode saw Cole dubbed 'Cashley' and a section of Arsenal's 3,100 travelling fans are preparing to wave fake £20 notes and inflatable mobile phones during Sunday's crunch Premiership clash.
Police will be on standby to eject any offending supporters with a poster and leaflet campaign - backed by both clubs - warning that homophobic chants will not be tolerated.
"Arsenal do not tolerate any foul or abusive behaviour and we are working closely with both Chelsea and the relevant authorities to ensure that Sunday's match will be played in a safe and positive environment."
Wenger believes himself and Blues boss Jose Mourinho have a duty to reduce tension at big matches - especially in light of an incident last month when a French football fan was shot dead by a plain-clothes policeman.
"I would be happy if Chelsea-Arsenal on Sunday is a fantastic football game and a good promotion for football. "My responsibility is to make sure it is. I would not like any stupid aggression but a feast of football like it can be in England." -
HT 0-0
FT 1-0
Chelsea win -
Half Time: 0 - 0 ..... anhydrouscoppersulphate, lpx88, zocoss, used 1 point
Half Time: 1 - 0 ..... SBS9828X
Half Time: 0 - 1 ...... T.Ryousuke, a-Lost-9uY, LazerLordz
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Full Time: 0 - 0 ....... zocoss
Full Time: 1 - 0 ....... used
Full Time: 0 - 1 ....... stevenliew
Full Time: 1 - 1 ........ anhydrouscoppersulphate, a-Lost-9uY 3 point
Full Time: 2 - 0 ....... lpx88,
Full Time: 1 - 2 ....... T.Ryousuke, LazerLordz
Full Time: 2 - 2 ....... SBS9828X
Draw - anhydrouscoppersulphate, zocoss, a-Lost-9uY, SBS9828X 1 point
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dragg - home win only, never state score for HT & FT
CKeer - away win only, never state score for HT & FT
BÃ¥seline - away win only, never state score for HT & FT
Dead_Man_Inc - away win only, never state score for HT & FT
stevenliew - No HT score - FT and Arsenal win only
sand king - home win only, never state score for HT & FT
joker105 - home win only, never state score for HT & FT
anhydrouscoppersulphate is the first to win all 5 points for our match of the week.
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Reminder........
Half Time - 1 point
Full Time - 3 points
Match Result - 1 point -
Chelsea v Arsenal
- Half time 0-1
- Full time 1-1
- draw -
zocoss! me changing full time score to 2-2
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HT leh?Originally posted by SBS9828X:zocoss! me changing full time score to 2-2 -
Ok, so...Originally posted by SBS9828X:zocoss! me changing full time score to 2-2
Half Time: 1 - 0
Full Time: 2 - 2
Draw. -
HT 0-1 Arsenal
FT 1-2 Arsenal -
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Chelsea vs Arsenal
CHELSEA could find themselves nine points behind leaders Manchester United by the time they meet Arsenal in this Sunday showdown between London's two highest placed clubs. It's the 164th competitive meeting and 139th League clash between two sides who have successfully negotiated the group stages of the Champions League.
Unbeaten in four Premiership matches. Won three and drawn one in the top League, since losing 2-1, away to Tottenham on 5 November.
Didier DROGBA is the highest scoring Premiership player this season with 14 goals, eight of which are League goals putting him at the top of the table for the Barclays Golden Boot award, jointly with Nwankwo KANU of Portsmouth, and Kevin DOYLE of Reading.
ARSENAL play London opposition in the Premiership for the third successive match. They're hoping for a similar result to the 3-0 victory over Spurs last Saturday, but that was preceded by a 2-1 loss at Fulham - their third League defeat in a row on the road.
Arsene Wenger's side have a level record against clubs from inside the M25 this season, winning two and losing two.
Lost two of the last three Premiership matches - both away from home.
Won one of the last four League fixtures.
Thierry HENRY and Robin VAN PERSIE are Arsenal's joint top scorers with seven goals each. HENRY leads the way for the club in the Premiership with six goals.
REFEREE
Alan Wiley (Burntwood, Staffordshire)
LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING GAME
Chelsea 1-0 Arsenal
21 August 2005 - Ref: Graham Poll
Chelsea scorer: Drogba 73
HEAD TO HEAD TOTALS
at Chelsea only
League: Chelsea 22 wins, Arsenal 23, Draws 24
Prem: Chelsea 4 wins, Arsenal 5, Draws 5 -
Wenger plays down Chelsea claims
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says Chelsea are "premature" to boast that they will be the world's biggest club by 2014. The Frenchman insists it will take more than success on the pitch to make the Blues the top outfit on the planet.
According to Wenger, Chelsea do not yet possess the rich history, pedigree and fan base of clubs like Real Madrid. "At the moment they are a bit premature to say what they will do," said Wenger, whose Gunners side face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
"Playing the best football is one of the things that makes a club bigger. You also have the natural size of the club built through history. "It will always be that Real Madrid are bigger than Alaves, even if Alaves has a better team for a few seasons.
"Also you have the accumulation of history with players who are faithful to the club. A lot of things come into making a club big. "Arsenal is a club that you could easily underestimate in terms of size because when we built the stadium we had the question, do we make 50,000, 55,000 or 60,000 seats?
"With a good team today maybe even 60,000 is too small. "Whether Chelsea can become the biggest club in the world is also down to the size of the fan base. That takes a very long time to build up." Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon made the claim that the Blues have the potential to be the world's most powerful club by 2014 when he recently laid out his vision for the future of the club.
Gael Clichy is being tipped for a big
future by Arsene Wenger.
Cole is preparing to face his former club for the first time since his acrimonious transfer to Stamford Bridge on transfer deadline day. But Wenger insists Arsenal have the perfect replacement in Gael Clichy and is backing the 21-year-old French defender to match the achievements of his predecessor.
"Clichy is the answer to losing Cole - 100% the answer," said the Gunners boss, who was without the services of Clichy for the first part of the season because of a foot injury. "When we lost Ashley Cole we knew we had Clichy but he was injured. And what he is doing now after being out for so long is quite amazing.
"It's a good challenge for him because he will be compared to his model. He always said Ashley Cole was his model and tomorrow he will be compared to him. "Clichy has the potential to be as good as Cole. Ashley is playing well at the moment and I am not surprised by that. "When we lost Ashley Cole we lost a player who was 25 years old and that's the best age for a football player. We lost a big player."
One interested observer on Sunday will be Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson. After his side extended their lead at the top of Premiership table to nine points, with Saturday's 3-1 victory over Manchester City, he is hoping Arsenal can do him a favour by beating second-placed Chelsea.
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Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal -
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Chelsea 1 - 1 Arsenal
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Nice build up for Flamini's goal. World class goal by Essien.
The wood-work had become Arsenal's 12th player for today. If that for that, Chelsea would have won the match. -
Flamini has scored twice recently. It's a good sign.
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lehmann pray to some woodwork god man.sibei wasted..
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Young Guns Hold Chelski
Cesc Fabregas tackles Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko as Arsenal
battle to contain Chelsea in the first half
Chelsea could only cut Manchester United's lead to eight points as they were held 1-1 by Arsenal in a thrilling game at Stamford Bridge.
Mathieu Flamini gave Arsenal a surprise lead with 12 minutes to go before Michael Essien levelled with a stunning 35-yard strike six minutes later. But that was only half the story.
In a manic period of injury time, Chelsea hit the woodwork twice as they searched for the winner that their title ambitions desperately required.
First goal-hero Essien hit the underside of the bar from just two yards out following a corner and then, with virtually the last kick of the game, Lampard struck the inside of the post after Jens Lehmann had spilled a shot from impressive substitute Arjen Robben.
Replays showed that Flamini has actually nudged the ball on to the post with a slight touch.
Earlier, Chelsea had edged a closely-contested first half with Lampard hitting the post and Essien seeing a shot cleared off the line.
However, despite having more of the play the Blues had to settle for a point which leaves them eight points off United's pace with just one game in hand now.
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Well... Chelsea were lucky also what... cos the commentator said ashley cole foul the Arsenal player to get the ball who then pass it to essien to score right...Originally posted by Dead_Man_Inc:Nice build up for Flamini's goal. World class goal by Essien.
The wood-work had become Arsenal's 12th player for today. If that for that, Chelsea would have won the match.
So in a way even out lor...
But i must say, i was very impressed with the gunners kids... all very young against the full team of chelsea... Imagine if arsenal had Henry, Gallas, Lauren, Rosicky and Kolo Toure on today... man, this Gunners team is really frightening...
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And make that the Henry of 2004-2005. Blazing fast.
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the commentator was right. cashley cole did commit a foul which led to the equaliser.
and not forgetting the luck essien had to shoot from that distance, since he was less capable of scoring 1m from the goaline.
seem like chelsea needs quite a lot of luck this season to catch up man utd. or shall i say they no longer have the luck? -
Scoreboard 11 Dec 2006
1. zocoss 21pts + 2 =23
2. anhydrouscoppersulphate 17pts + 5 =22
3. T. Ryosuke 21pts
4. used 19pts + 1 =20
5. a-Lost-9uY 13pts + 4 = 17
6. CKeer 16pts
7. sand king 15pts
8. Dead_Man_Inc 14pts
9. Takumi2eLimit 13pts
10. BÃ¥seline 12pts
11.lpx88 11pts + 1 =12
12. SBS9828X 7pts + 1 =8
13. dragg 6pts
14. LazerLordz 5pts
15. OO_OO_OO 4pts
16. stevenliew 4pts
17. bballers 2pts
==========Relegation Zone==========
18. mcfadden 1pts
19. babymac13 1pts
20. joker105 1pts -
I am the new leader on the Scoreboard...
anhydrouscoppersulphate made a big move up the table to 2nd spot with his 5 points overtaking used & our former leader T. Ryosuke.
a-Lost-9uY also move up 3 spots from 8 to 5th... our champion used have fallen 1 place from 3rd to 4th...
lpx88 & SBS9828X remain the same place tho they each gain a point.
The pass few days have seen the top spot changing 3 times... hopefully, i can stay there longer...