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Wednesday, 26 January 2011

Arsenal 3-0 Ipswich Town Wembley Final To Look Forward To

Arsenal reached the Carling Cup final last night with a comprehensive victory over Ipswich Town. After a disappointing first leg Arsenal had to go for it at the Emirates. Wenger's strong team selection emphasised this point with Van Persie and Cesc both starting. This showed how for once Arsene was taking the Carling Cup seriously and sees it as a trophy which would act as a spark for greater things for the Gunners.

 From the beginning Arsenal dominated possession with Ipswich only really touching the ball when kicking it into Arsenal's half for Djourou and Koscielny to start an attack again. Throughout the match Arsenal had 72% of the possession and this showed in the 3-0 result. For the majority of the first half Arsenal kept getting close but the final ball was lacking with all of the forwards guilty of missed chances and bad decisions. However going in at half-time the players must of still been very confident of getting the victory their performance was warranting. It was simply a case continuing the same way and eventually the chances would be taken.
A sign of what the Dane is capable of doing. 

 Wenger refrained from making any subs at half-time despite having Theo and Samir waiting on the bench. Bendtner was one of the players expected to be substituted but Wenger's decision to keep him on paid off in the 61st minute. Nicklas scored a brilliant goal cutting in from the left hand side and placing the ball in the corner of the net away from Fulop. It was a quality pass from young Jack Wilshere who once again impressed from the middle of the park. The goal should be a huge lift for Bendtner who has struggled for goals recentely and many fans have been criticising his recent performances. Hopefully this goal can act as a catalyst for Bendtner and I'm sure he will now start against Huddersfield in the Fa Cup on Sunday.

Laurent and Johan celebrating the second goal. 
 The opening goal appeared to open the floodgates and Arsenal looked definite of securing their place in the final without having to go to extra time. This proved to be the case as three minutes later Koscielny scored a powerful header from a corner to put the Arsenal 2 goals up and 1 ahead on aggregate.  Ipswich were now well and truly on the back foot and found themselves having to score the goals when their 4-5-1 formation clearly had them set up to defend a lead not to attack Arsenal. In the 77th  minute a magnificent passing move put Fabregas through to clinch Arsenal's place in the final with a cheeky finish through Fulop's legs.

Cesc making sure for the Gunners. 
 The game was now over and Arsenal continued to dominate possession for the remaining minutes to book their place at the new Wembley for the first time. Arsenal will now face either West Ham or Birmingham and a trophy is well overdue for the players and the fans. A first trophy in 5 years would inspire the players to greater things and would keep the critics quiet. However the competition is not over yet and the final won't be easy against either team. For now Arsenal need to concentrate for Sunday's game against Huddersfield and the Everton game that follows on the Tuesday.

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