Gunners supporters at the bar are pleased with the positive moves made by Arsenal’s hierarchy, firmly believing that the squad Arsene Wenger has quietly assembled is extremely capable of winning the Premier League. And Joe Hart only made his first save six minutes later when the City goalkeeper stretched to tip Chris Smalling’s shot wide. “Once you have that in the team, it is not easy to get it, but is shows the belief is there and then you need enough humility to keep it in there”.
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And a serious looking knee injury to Phil Jagielka coupled with Gareth Barry’s dismissal for a second yellow in added time capped their misery.
It was an evenly matched game early on, but Arsenal broke the ice in the 36 minute as a attractive cross from Mesut Ozil scrapped off the top of the head of Olivier Giroud to give Arsenal the 1-0 lead.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hit fans with a few bad news recently when he confirmed that he will not be renewing his contract at the Emirates and will be leaving at the end of his contract in 2017. “I have interesting options”.
Two moments of high quality inside three minutes, courtesy of assists from midfielders Mesut Özil and Santi Cazorla for Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny respectively, settled the issue in favour of Arsenal. “But we needed what we show in the Premier League, to beat Bayern tonight”.
Everton manager Roberto Martinez will speak to Gerard Deulofeu about diving, but is in no doubt the 21-year-old Spaniard has a bright future. “We need to learn from those lessons”.
“I am resolute to commit absolutely until the last day of my contract to bring back big success to this club, and leave as well one day in a position where it can do even better when I leave”, he said.
He added: “After the first game against West Ham nobody would have predicted this”.
“I’m kicking myself”, the former MK Dons defender revealed. Decisions from his point of view have gone against him.
We expected Arsenal to build on the momentum of their performance against Bayern Munich and record a 2-0 win.
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He was sent to the stands during the half-time interval, by which time his struggling champions had already seen Mauro Zarate put the Hammers ahead and lost Nemanja Matic to a red card.
