Not exact matches
They» are even harder to beat when opening the season at Gillette Stadium, but Sunday's 20 - 18 loss to the Arizona Cardinals
ended the
league's longest winning streak in home
openers and was the first loss in a home
opener since the stadium opened.
After enjoying a slick start to their season, with wins over Manchester City in the FA Community Shield and Crystal Palace in the Premier
League opener, Arsenal just had a slight dip in form towards the
end of August.
After an impressive pre-season he was thrown into the deep
end for the Premier
League opener against Liverpool because of the injury crisis and has kept his place since then.
It might be a bit of a stretch to say that Theo Walcott is a secret weapon for Arsenal, as the England international flyer has already showed us some great form in pre-season to back up the brilliant way he signed off at the
end of last season, with a stunning hat - trick in our final Premier
League game and the FA cup final
opener at Wembley against Aston Villa.
It seems as though most people are naming Alexis Sanchez as their Man of the Match after Arsenal beat Middlesborough to
end the dreadful run of away defeats in the Premier
League, but I thought the Chilean had a pretty poor night in general, even though he did score the
opener with a nice free kick and played a part in the winner.
Fans at the Bridge were treated to some superb football and a sixth place finish in the
league was capped with an FA Cup win, the Blues beating Middlesboro 2 - 0 to
end a 26 - year trophy drought, helped by Di Matteo's stunning
opener after just 43 seconds.