Before Marten Skrtel was allowed free rein in
the Arsenal penalty box to snatch an injury time leveller and deny the Gunners a famous and vital away win at Anfield, there may still have been a few Gooners who were hanging on to the hope that this could be the season when Arsenal win the Premier League title again.
If the Gunners top defender misses the match the free - scoring Harry Kane could get much more space in
the Arsenal penalty box.
Not exact matches
I also prefer Giroud as my striker and Walcott on the right, because when Giroud plays as striker
Arsenal tend to play better and more football in the opposition
penalty box.
Just two minutes later Mesut Ozil was judged to have been bundled over in the Stoke City
box on the 88th minute with
Arsenal being awarded their second
penalty in just two minutes.
Just on another note I was listening to Carragher talking about the Liverpool
penalty today I have seen
Arsenal players being chopped in the
box and nothing given and Carragher saying it's not a
penalty but when it comes his beloved Liverpool it's all change.
First of all Alex Song had a screamer of a goal disallowed very early on in the game, and then Winston Reid fell over in the West Ham
box just before half - time, and as he stood up again he tripped Santi Cazorla, a
penalty was given and
Arsenal were given the all - important opening goal.
Arsenal are often punished by these types of cunning tactic, so they must stop Tottenham players before reaching the
penalty box.
Wenger brought on Monreal for Podolski with 15 minutes left and we should have been 2 - 0 up because Vertonghen dragged Kos down in the
box, but
Arsenal don't seem to get
penalties, especially from Mike Dean.
Yes, it was a
penalty, but those are the kinds of fouls in the
box that Dean usually blows off when
Arsenal plays.
Or English FA hates
Arsenal; that's why they deny us clear
penalty when Zabaleta pulled Walcott down inside 18 yard
box»
If we can recall what English fa did when
arsenal fc was under financial crisis in faghonsi time at man u evral will commit FAO in man u eighteen yard
box, ref will blow thesame
penalty against
arsenal in
arsenal 18yard
box; infact how many dramatic incident like that happened in several occasions right there in premiership.
Arsenal carried on the control but Mbemba and Thauvin were both given yellows in the next ten minutes, and we had a clear
penalty ungiven when Bellerin was scythed down in the
box.
Looking at things from an
Arsenal point of view I definitely agree with Arsene Wenger's suggestion that the
penalty awarded against the Gunners today was a soft one and that Moussa Dembele was looking for it when he ran into the
box and into three
Arsenal players that he was never going to get past.
Arsenal looked to be cruising in first gear when 1 - 0 up over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light, but an unlikely turn of events saw the Gunners denied a certain
penalty when Olivier Giroud was dragged backwards in the Sunderland
box, but just a minute later our opponents were on the counter-attack and got given a
penalty of their own when Cech made sure they couldn't score.
26 - year - old Brazilian born Spanish international Costa appeared to hit French defender Koscielny twice during an incident in the
penalty box and then clashed with Gabriel, leading to the
Arsenal centre - back being sent off.
The second half started with a bit more urgency from
Arsenal after Wenger's half - time talk, but Forest soaked it up, and on the hour mark Forest came back into it and came very close to their third goal, but it didn't matter as two minutes later Holding brought down Bereton down in the
box and Forest had a
penalty, and Wenger couldn't even complain to the referee from the stand.
Unfortunately, Rooney must have undiagnosed amnesia as just two years prior, his pitiful collapse in the
penalty box helped Manchester United stop
Arsenal's 49 game unbeaten run in its tracks.
Arsenal escaped a
penalty in their match at the Emirates Stadium against Chelsea as Oscar was flattened by David Ospina as both went for a ball coming into the
box.
Very good examinations and I agree with @Kola,
Arsenal need to calm down and keep their composure when possessing the ball or inside the
penalty box.
I must say even if this rumour is true we definitely do nt need him... i am done with the kind of slow passing game that
Arsenal play with no direction with all the players crowded in opposition
penalty box and have no space to make runs... we need to move on from that slow passing game and start playing a high tempo game with equal emphasis on passing.
And just three minutes later, Eden Hazard went down (clutching his shin) in
Arsenal's
box after the lightest of taps (on the foot) from Hector Bellerin, and slotted the resulting
penalty home, leveling the score.
Liverpool broke on the edge of their own
box and Salah played a one - two with Mane to break into the
Arsenal penalty area.
With Özil, there were none of the short, quick passing combinations, and thus,
Arsenal, so often forced down the middle by a lack of width, didn't have much creativity at the top of the
penalty box.
Gibbs (6)-- Did well going forward, but allowed the dangerous Mackie enough time and space to foray into
Arsenal's
penalty box.
Arsenal's goals coming more from the central area of the
penalty box and fewer from outside the
box
After the ludicrous
penalty decisions that have gone against
Arsenal in recent games with Bournemouth and Stoke, it's baffling that Alexis being kicked and brought down in the
box wasn't a
penalty.
Arsenal should have been handed a
penalty of their own as Mariappa caught Mkhitaryan with a late challenge inside the
box, this time Atkinson gave nothing.
Soon enough,
Arsenal took the lead, as Kieran Gibbs was in plenty of space in Villa's
penalty box.
Arsenal did escape with another
penalty shout, right at the end, when the impressive Cabella, was fouled by Diaby inside the
box, but the referee by now, used to the French side's excessive diving tactics, decided to wave play on.
An aimless ball fell in our
box and what happened next was amazing, but all too familiar...... the
Arsenal defence SHIT themselves, swinging and missing clearances all before that rash challenge resulted in what was nearly a
penalty anyway for the free that suarez took, whereby Eboue gave the rfe a second chance to award a
penalty, go inside the refs head now, hes not going to turn away that Eboue challenge after the soft one he punished Spearing for only mins before.
At the other end, Aguero fired wide before referee Craig Pawson dismissed half - hearted
Arsenal penalty appeals after Nacho Monreal had gone to ground inside the City
box.
And
Arsenal showed typical self - destructing traits when Mertesacker tackled Long in the
box, and bought him down, earned a red card, and have a
penalty, which was duly put away by Morrison, to give West Brom a semblance of chance.
It was end to end stuff at Emirates Stadium.Maitland - Niles was tripped in the
box and
Arsenal screamed for a
penalty, but none was given.