Noel Hunt made it with a header, and Reading had almost booked their passage into the quarter-finals. Or so they thought. Andrey Arshavin played a delightful through ball to Theo Walcott to reduce the deficit to , before half-time. Surely, just a consolation. Giroud made it with a perfectly directed header. Arsenal pressed, but could not find another goal, till the 89th minute when an unmarked Koscielny headed in from a corner.
There were just 5 minutes of extra time for Arsenal to equalize. And they did, as a hopeful ball forward was headed by Chamakh into the path of Walcott who managed to get the ball over the line, despite the Reading player having blocked it. But, there was still drama, as Pavel Pogrebnyak made it from close range, with just 5 minutes left in the second half of overtime. Andrey Arshavin went on another of his run, and Walcott poked the ball home from close range. Walcott had his hat-trick.
Chamakh ensured a grandstand finish as he lobbed, yes, he can do that, Federici to make the scoreline read an incredible Reading 5 Arsenal 7! Arsenal were staring deep into the abyss, 34 minutes into their match against Spurs. Having lost the first leg of the Round of 16 tie to Milan, , and knocked out of the FA Cup, by Sunderland, the Gunners conceded as early as the 4th minute, thanks to some poor defending.
Gareth Bale, then took a dive, in the penalty box, and Adebayor of all people, doubled the lead. The response from Arsenal was ruthless. Bacary Sagna headed powerfully in the 40th minute. And then Spurs were taken to the cleaners, with some emphatic football. Tomas Rosicky and Bacary Sagna exchanged passes, before the Czech finished from close range. A much maligned Theo Walcott, then finished twice in the space of 3 minutes, with some neat goals, to send out a loud message to their neighbours.
This proved to be the turning point for both teams, as Spurs threw away a 10 point lead to a deficit of 5 points, in few weeks time. New User posted their first comment. Log in. Football Listicle. Modified 01 Jan Listicle. Also Read Article Continues below. Edited by Staff Editor. Sort by: Most popular Recent Most upvotes.
Login to post your comment. Show More Comments. What was more shambolic, was that it took Arsenal precisely 92 minutes and 49 seconds to register their first shot on target, which came from 17 year old substitute Serge Gnabry.
Sunderland- Richardson 40, Oxlade-Chamberlain O. Having been trounced in Italy 3 days earlier, a weary Arsenal were well beaten by Sunderland, on a tractor pitch in the FA Cup. Sunderland took the lead through a deflected shot by Kieran Richardson.
Milan took the lead, through Ghanian Kevin Prince Boateng, who unleashed a thunderbolt past Szczesny. Ibrahimovic then set up Robinho twice, before completing the rout himself by winning and converting a penalty. Bradford - Thompson 16; Arsenal - Vermaelen The Bantams truly deserved the result for the enormous effort they put in over the course of minutes. On a questionable pitch, and an extremely cold night, Bradford set about hassling their esteemed opponents, and scored the opening goal on 16 minutes, thanks to school boy marking from Arsenal.
Arsenal huffed and puffed, but barely troubled a well drilled Bradford. There was no creativity, incisiveness and certainly no inspiration. Arsenal got their equalizer on 88 minutes, when Vermaelen headed in a Cazorla cross. The post helped them secure passage into the semi-finals as well, when Vermaelen konked his decisive spot kick on to the post.
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