However, the cheers from the home fans turned to groans just four minutes later as
Arsenal equalised with their first real attack.
The most disappointing thing for me was Wengers excuses after the game, he has protected his players far too long, he had a perfect opportunity to lambast his players, but instead complained that the first goal should have been ruled out for a foul, that chambers getting sent off should have been the 6th sending off of the game and that it was that, that stopped
arsenal equalising and potentially winning the match.
A long ball from Ramsey to Walcott bot take on Blackett and the touch from Blackett takes the ball out of reach of Valdez and
Arsenal equalise!
Not exact matches
Danny Welbeck brought
Arsenal level at 2 - 2, and they were once more saved as substitute Aaron Ramsey
equalised eight minutes from time.
Flamini simply isn't the defensive midfielder that
Arsenal are looking for, he allowed Mohamed Diame to physically dominate him all afternoon and, whilst he was fouled, his reaction for the
equalising goal was pathetic.
Although
Arsenal responded well to a poor first half to get a deserved
equalising goal through Theo Walcott, I think the main reason we came away from Old Trafford with a point was that we only conceded once while Man United were all over us, so I am giving the Man of the Match to Laurent Koscielny who just shaded Mertesacker.
The fact that their
equalising goal late in the second half came as a direct result of an attacking
Arsenal move that we messed up with an awful attempt at a cross by Monreal, with some second rate defending and what looks like an error from the keeper Petr Cech along the way, is just about typical of the way things have been going for the Gunners this year.
Watford have just done
Arsenal a big favour by
equalising against Man United so hopefully they can hold on and we can win to shift all the pressure top Man City.
Arsenal took the lead through a Robin van Persie penalty in the 98th minute, but remarkably there was still time for Liverpool to
equalise as Dirk Kuyt converted from the spot in the 102nd minute.
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Arsenal Will Improve In The Second Half?.
This season should not be another one when the referee blows his whistle for match to start
Arsenal players reverts to training session not knowing its a competitive match to be won just passing the ball around in their half until their opponent starts pounding them then they will be reacting, Wenger should not wait until it is 75 minutes before he will start thinking of making changes to
equalise etc..
Arsenal took the lead twice at the Emirates, with Chelsea
equalising twice to scrape back a 2 - 2 draw.
Liverpool should have got a penalty to
equalise today, with a handball similar to the Fabregas one that
Arsenal were denied.
So
Arsenal managed to beat Bournemouth, despite surviving yet another scare, after they
equalised through a dodgy penalty and this concludes November which starts and ends with victories, the only 2 we recorded in this month.
We can complain too much about the clinical side of the game from
Arsenal this weekend, as the
equalising goal headed in by Olivier Giroud just before injury time came from our one and only shot on target from the Premier League away game against Manchester United.
How can we be contented for a draw after letting liverpool
equalise just 3 days ago.Sorry to say but
arsenal are hardly playing like a champion team.
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With about 30 minutes left of the final
Arsenal home game, what had looked like being a great day for the Gunners was going pear shaped, as our north London rivals Tottenham had pulled a goal back away to Newcastle to make it 2 - 1, while
Arsenal had failed to capitalise on a great early headed goal by Olivier Giroud and Aston Villa were threatening to
equalise.
To make matters worse, the goal which say Peru
equalise and earn themselves a spot in the top five was from an indirect free - kick, which only stood because goalkeeper and
Arsenal team - mate David Ospina made contact with the ball before entering the net.
Courtois, hasn't had much to do so far in this match, came up with a superb save to deny Swiss midfielder Granit Xhaka from
equalising in the Blues» Community Shield match against London rivals
Arsenal.
Ten minutes later
Arsenal were 2 - 1 down and I bet you that he was sitting on his own in the dressing room with his head in his hands when Alexis Sanchez
equalised.
Jack Wilshere MOTM for what failing to control the ball for the best chance we had to
equalise??? LP9 N / A... for your information he made the only short on target in the second half for
Arsenal.
Arsenal have been consistently criticised this season for a lack of defensive stability and physically imposing players, an assessment that Davies seemed to agree with, particularly the Hull City
equalising goal scored by Mo Diame where he charged through the Gunners» defence — albeit seeming to foul Mathieu Flamini in the process.
Even though Arsene Wenger was right in his opinion that
Arsenal were the dominant team in the latter stages of the Community Shield yesterday, even before the referee decided to show the Chelsea and Spain international forward Pedro a red card for his challenge on Mohamed Elneny, you can not get away from the fact that the Blues were ahead at that point or that our
equalising goal came straight after the sending off, so were
Arsenal lucky?
In the previous rounds
Arsenal had been drawn away in every round and in the semi-final trailed Stoke City 2 - 0 before
equalising with a very controversial last minute penalty.
Jermaine Jenas scored before Aaron Lennon dramatically
equalised in stoppage time, after a deflected Luka Modric volley hit the post and fell directly into Lennon's path, leaving the Englishman with a tap - in that left Spurs fans everywhere screaming their heads off, and
Arsenal fans everywhere utterly shell - shocked.
As Andre Gray
equalised, plunging
Arsenal's title hopes in doubt, Wenger - watching from the tunnel - was ushered away by Taylor.
The introduction of Theo Walcott gave
Arsenal added impetus and they
equalised in the 68th minute.
Having
equalised, it was left to the other substitute to win it for
Arsenal.
Arsenal faced Bayern Munich in the International Champions Cup back on the 19th of July and they took a win in that one through a penalty shoot out after Alex Iwobi had
equalised for them in a 1 - 1 draw, three minutes into stoppage time.
Reported
Arsenal target Aleksandr Golovin had
equalised for Moscow with a stunning free kick but Viktor Goncharenko's side were guilty of spurning several other decent chances and have it all to do in a week's time.
Arsenal did
equalise soon via Van Persie but couldn't find a winner for the rest of the match.
Arsenal threw their team forwards in a hope to
equalise, leaving Luna with acres of space to run into after a standard pas through the middle.
It looks as though Nacer Chadli's second - half goal will rob
Arsenal, but Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain
equalises with 15 minutes left.
Despite his long absence, he still has the quality Wenger sees in him by setting up fellow injury victim Andre Santos to score and
equalise for
Arsenal making it 1 - 1.
Asked for his take on the big chance for
Arsenal to
equalise in stoppage time, Davinson explained: «I saw the ball, I tried to anticipate the play but the ball... I don't know what happened with it and it moved a little bit to my left side.
Let's face it — we were the crossbar away from
equalising against
Arsenal with 10 minutes to go.
Olivier Giroud had
Arsenal's best chance to
equalise when he received the ball with his back to goal and turned well before striking his shot against the outside of the post, as the visitors threatened to punish United's profligacy.
Ramsey posted a picture on Instagram of at least six staples in his leg which allowed him to play the full 90 minutes in the Russian capital, where he scored the
equalising goal late on for a 2 - 2 draw on the night that gave
Arsenal a 6 - 3 aggregate win and set up a semi-final against Atletico Madrid.
Theo's goal had provided a much - needed boost to an already improving
Arsenal display, and for large patches of the second half, The Gunners looked very likely to
equalise.
The
Arsenal forward calmly rolled the ball home to
equalise.
Andrey Arshavin scored a fine goal to bring the score back to 2 - 1, and with both Marouane Chamakh & Nicklas Bendtner both summoned from the bench,
Arsenal exploited West Brom's own aerial vulnerabilities to
equalise as Robin Van Persie (who is patently playing whilst unfit) scrambled the ball home after good work from both Arshavin & Bendtner.
He also warmed the hearts of
Arsenal fans, where despite a leg fracture, he scored the
equalising penalty in a 2 - 2 draw with Barcelona in Europe.
Arsenal showed their mental strength after
equalising just 5 minutes after.
Arsenal sub Lukas Podolski
equalised on 81 minutes and Kieran Gibbs gave the visitors the lead with a brilliant volley two minutes later.