Arsene Wenger in facing injuries problems again, but this time it’s from the defensive front. William Gallas is ruled for the rest of the season and with Manuel Almunia and Gael Clichy out for 3 weeks, Arsene is facing a huge problem in the closing stages of the season. But the only thing to cheer about is the scoring form of the gunners. Gone are the games of scoreless draws, gunners are scoring thick and heavy, thanks to Andrei Arshavin what an inspiration player he has been for the gunners of the late and the returns of captain Francesc Fabregas (4 assists in 3 games) and Emmanuel Adebayor (3 goals in first 2 games of his return) are adding to scoring form of Arsenal.
Arsenal will be facing Liverpool an Anfield on 21 April 2009 for their next premier league game after the return leg against Villarreal F C on 15 April and FA Cup Semi-final against Chelsea F C at Wembley on Sunday 18 of April. It will be tough time for Arsenal given the present defensive bench strength of the squad.
So coming to the toughest match of the three, Liverpool F C Vs Arsenal F C at Anfield, if I’m the manager of Arsenal this is how my team line will look like
have gone for 4 - 5 - 1 formation, to strengthen the defense. Kieran Gibbs, Kolo Toure, Mikael Silvestre, Bacary Sagna are the back four with Alexandre Song as the defensive midfielder. Fabregas takes the central field as the playmaker, partnering him would be Denilson. Denilson had a great season so for with 3 goals and 7 assists and winning tackling ratio of over 80% speaks volumes of what he has achieved for gunners this season. And on the left is the Flying Dutchman Robin van Persie and on the right it would the O2 Player of the month Andrei Arshavin. Up front is the target man Emmanuel Adebayor. To beat or salvage a draw against the high flying Reds at their home is a really tough task. For Arsenal to get a result out of this tie depends on how Alexandre Song, Fabregas and Denilson keep possession. If they give away possession cheaply is like asking for trouble. Just keep possession and attack since it’s not advisable to hold back against the likes of Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres and Dirk Kuyt. This is an important match if not the important match of the season for both the sides and title race, so we can expect great football from both the sides.
ps: so gud luck arsenal may the best eleven wins =)
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