Gervinhos goal any good?

good ball by song, easy finish after that

blackburn just giving so much space though, robinson keeping them in it

Watching the game now. IMO, Blackburn, Fullham and Norwich to go down.

yakubu! how is it 1-1 lol

fulham wont go down they are too good

swasea(no fire power, best players arent prem class), blackburn and Norwich probably

arteta!

likes blackburn lol

I said fullham cos the only time they haven't won any of their first 4 games in the top flight was in 1951/52 and they got relegated there.

2-2

arsenals defending from set peices is shocking

Birmingham City vs Arsenal

Birmingham took on Arsenal today at St Andrews in one of the biggest games so far this season. After Arsenal won late on vs Man United last Sunday they looked to beat one of their Title Rivalsd today. However Birmingham got off to a fine start, Wilshere found Marcelo down the left and he bombed down the left wing. He then put in a cross in for Van Persie who just headed wide of the post. The Birmingham fans were behind the players and the atmosphere was electric. Birmingham should of went a goal up when Kaka played Van Persie through on goal but the dutchman could only fire against the post. The game then became a midfield battle for a period and this allowed Arsenal to get back in to the game. Sneijder played a ball out wide to Adam Johnson, Johnson cut inside and tried his luck from 25 yards and his shot fizzed against the bar. Arsenal continued to come forward and in the 38th minute they struck. Sneijder found Young out wide, Young curled in a cross and Johnson made a late run and headed home unmarked. Arsenal settled down and kept possesion for the remainder of the half. The second half commenced and Birmingham looked fired up. They went close to an equalizer when Yaya Toure steam rolled through the Arsenal midfield and his shot was brilliantly saved by Lloris. Eto'o came on for Kaka and Birmingham looked dangerous coming forward. Eto'o was inches away of an equalizer when Robben pulled the ball back for him and his shot hit the underside of the bar and out. Birmingham got their reward for all of their pressure when Ji Sung put a corner in aimed for Robben outside of the box and he volleyed it in. Brilliant goal from the dutchman. Arsenal were under the cosh and somehow Birmingham werent awarded a penalty when Robben was brought down by Mexes but the Referee gave a yellow card to Robben. Bad decision by the ref. Birmingham thought they scored when Robben played Van Persie through on goal and he rounded the keeper and scored but the linesman had his flag up. Arsenal finally attacked and how they didn't take the lead only Pato knows. Young smashed a cross across the face of goal and Pato from 5 yards put the ball over. The game went in to the last ten minutes and both teams looked like they were gonna score. Arsenal went forward with Busquets but he lost the ball out too easily in the middle and Yaya Toure came forward. He found Gervinho out wide, Gervinho sped past Coentrao and he put in a cross for Owen but it was cleared only to Yaya Toure who fired Lloris and sent the Birmingham fans in to raptures. There was only a few minutes left and Birmingham put all of their players behind the ball and Arsenal poured players forward. Young hit the bar with a curling shot and in the dying moments Arsenal equalized... but the goal was disallowed. Young put a hanging ball in and Busquets and Cech contested for the ball but Busquets barged in to Cech and headed it in. Busquets ran off celebrating by himself. Cech then booted the ball up and the full time whistle went. Arsenal were finally beat and Captain Rooney couldn't believe it.

Final Score: Birmingham City 2-1 Arsenal

Birmingham Goal Scorers:
Robben 54 (PJS), Yaya Toure 86

Arsenal Goal Scorer:
Johnson 38 (Young)

Birmingham MOTM: Yaya Toure - 8 - Made brilliant runs and was at times unstoppable. Scored one of the biggest goals in Birminghams premier league history.

Arsenal MOTM: Wesley Sneijder - 7 - Created a lot of chances, was Arsenals best player in a weakened team.

3-2 another set peice lol

thanks vince

No problem LSTD

yakubu

4-2

arse-NIL

well they still scored so cant really do that

to be perfectly honest you know they are going to have a shocking season when they cant even win the emirates cup.

hahahah

van aanholt making his wigan prem debut hope he has a good game

4-3 chamakh

going to be very close now lol

could still be 4-5 lol

how did mertesacker miss

great save robinson blackburn hanging on

corner!

chamakh should score but no!

FT!!! blackburn win

what a game that was

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Blackburn

set peices was downfall imo

cant really blame ref for one goal you could have been 3 up inside 20 mins tbh

still think arsenal will ge 4th tbh very early days