• 23Sep 08

  Arsenal-6-0-Sheffield United

  ARSENAL hit Sheffield United for six as Arsene Wenger's youngsters more than lived up to their hype.

  Mexican striker Carlos Vela scored a hat-trick, while Nicklas Bendtner - at 20 one of the senior men on display - put the young Gunners in command with two first half goals.

  Vela chipped in a wonderful fourth five minutes after the restart, with 16-year-old Jack Wilshere adding a fifth before the 19-year-old South American completed his hat-trick.

  Wenger's youn guns started brightly and a crisp passing move sent Gibbs away down the left, only for his low centre to fly across the six-yard box.

  United forward Danny Webber did well to weave himself into space just outside the Arsenal penalty area but then could not get any power on his shot and the ball bobbled through to Lukasz Fabianski, captain for the night and at 23 the oldest man in the home team.

  Another quick passing Arsenal move on the edge of the area saw Bendtner play in Johan Djourou and the big defender turned to fire a goalbound effort which Paddy Kelly saved at full stretch.

  Bendtner flicked on for Wilshere to collect in the overlap down the right but the teenager rushed his attempted curled shot and hit wide.

  The Dane then showed the rest of the youngsters how it should be done with a fine finish after 31 minutes.

  Vela held off Blades captain Chris Morgan before feeding the ball square to Bendtner just outside the penalty area.

  The 20-year-old took a couple of touches before dispatching a low strike into the bottom right corner for his third goal of the season.

  Arsenal felt they had a strong penalty claim when Morgan slid through on Wilshere but referee Phil Dowd was unimpressed.

  After 42 minutes Ramsey - signed from Cardiff for £5million in the summer - weaved his way into the left of the penalty area before turning and playing a superb backheel to Bendtner who beat Kenny from six yards.

  Before the visitors could regroup and look towards the respite of half-time they were further behind.

  Bendtner turned provider as he chipped a pass through for Vela to run on to down the right.

  The Mexican sprinted into the area before bending a delightful effort into the far corner.

  In the second half Arsenal continued where they had left off as Gibbs stung the keeper's hands with a fierce angled drive from the left of the penalty area.

  The full-back then sent a long pass upfield towards Vela who took the ball on his chest, leaving Morgan chasing shadows, and darted into the box to finish with an audacious chip over the stranded keeper.

  It got worse for the battered Blades when Wilshere drilled in a fifth after 57 minutes.

  Fran Merida's right-wing corner picked out the young Englishman who showed great composure to drill a low shot past Kelly from 22 yards.

  There was no holding back by the rampant Gunners with Djourou heading over at the back post following another deep corner before Bendtner narrowly missed out on his hat-trick when his close-range shot trickled wide.

  But Vela completed his treble with another well-taken effort two minutes from time after running clear down the left onto Ramsey's pass.

  • Posted Sep 23, 2008 2:15 pm GMT
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• 22Sep 08

  last season all over again

  Arsene Wenger saw his Arsenal side move to the top of the Premier League after a 3-1 come-from-behind win over Bolton at The Reebok Stadium.It was just the result the Gunners boss craved with Liverpool being held to a draw and Chelsea not playing until Sunday.

  Bolton, however, made a decent fist of it and went ahead through Kevin Davies.

  Arsenal's response was swift and majestic. Emmanuel Eboue and Nicklas Bendtner turned the game on its head with two goals in two minutes.

  Then Denilson secured the points late on after another swift and decisive counter-attack.

  Eboue's equaliser came after some intense pressure with Emmanuel Adebayor and Alex Song both hitting the post with their efforts.

  It was Bolton who almost took the lead in the third minute with a wonderful piece of vision from captain Kevin Nolan.

  He spotted Manuel Almunia marginally off his line and tried to chip him from 30 yards.

  However, the Spanish goalkeeper got back just in time and tipped Nolan's effort over the crossbar.

  Bolton made the breakthrough in the 14th minute when Jussi Jaaskelainen picked out Davies with a long free-kick and he flicked the ball on to Nolan.

  The midfielder's effort was deflected to safety and Davies was first to react to Joey O'Brien's corner, heading the ball beyond Almunia for his third goal of the season.

  Arsenal were rocked but broke swiftly, only for Denilson's effort from the edge of the area to clear the crossbar.

  Kolo Toure latched on to a good touch from Bendtner in 20th minute but saw his shot go narrowly wide of the post.

  Arsenal then hit the woodwork twice in the space of two minutes through Adebayor and Song as Bolton found themselves under siege.

  The Gunners persistence paid off in the 26th minute with Eboue scoring at the near post after being set up by Bendtner.

  They maintained their momentum two minutes later with Bendtner getting his reward for some unselfish work.

  He got on the end of a cross from Denilson to give Arsenal the lead with his first Premier League goal of the season.

  Eboue almost extended their lead in the 36th minute after linking up with Denilson but his effort was blocked.

  Bolton, however, hit back and five minutes later Ricardo Gardner went on a surging run only for Toure to stop him in his tracks.

  The ball broke to Nolan and he cracked in a good shot but Almunia was again equal to his effort.

  Bolton, however, found themselves on the back foot in the 47th minute when Song raced forward and drilled in a shot that Jaaskelainen did well to parry to safety.

  The Finland international had some harsh words for his defence at allowing Song room to manouvre.

  Adebayor then got away from his marker a minute later but headed wide at the far post following a cross from substitute Johan Djourou.

  Bolton were growing in confidence, however, and Joey O'Brien rattled in a shot from distance in the 59th minute that went narrowly wide.

  Riga Mustapha was quickly into the action after coming off the bench and his effort was turned away at the post by Almunia following a glorious through ball from Nolan.

  The visitors continued to look dangerous on the break and Bacary Sagna shot wide following a corner from Cesc Fabregas in the 67th minute.

  Gretar Steinsson sent a header over for Bolton before Denilson sealed the points three minutes from time, sweeping home a cross from Adebayor.

  • Posted Sep 22, 2008 10:28 am GMT
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• 21Sep 08

  im bored so here is a random post blog

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