FA Cup - Arsenal brush aside Burnley

Eurosport - Mon, 09 Mar 07:53:00 2009

Arsenal swept past Burnley with a convincing 3-0 victory in their FA Cup fifth round tie at the Emirates Stadium.

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Carlos Vela repaid his manager Arsene Wenger's faith in handing him a rare start with an exquisite dinked finish over Brian Jensen in the 25th minute.

Eduardo then doubled Arsenal's lead with a stunning volley in the second half, before Emmanuel Eboue finished the game off with aplomb in the 84th minute.

The result was no less than Arsenal deserved after a commanding performance, keeping possession comfortably for long periods, with Owen Coyle's side unable to get a grip on the game.

Eboue dallied at the crucial moment in the eighth minute as he looked to open the scoring with Vela in attendance, but Gary Caldwell made a superb last-ditch tackle to deny the midfielder, who was ten yards out.

But when the deadlock was broken in the 25th minute, it was well worth waiting for. Chris Eagles squandered possession, before Andrei Arshavin broke sharply and fed the ball to the Mexican, who drew Jensen out of his goal and proceeded to dink the ball over the keeper with incredible composure.

Vela almost doubled his individual tally after he was put clean through by Alexandre Song, but a fine saving tackle, this time from Clarke Carlisle denied the striker, who was brimming with confidence.

Eduardo showed he is coming back to full sharpness with a surge through the middle of the Burnley defence, but again Caldwell was on hand to hack the ball away at the vital moment, with the striker about to unleash his shot.

Arsenal keeper Lukasz Fabianski enjoyed a relatively quiet afternoon, but he made a complete hash of coming for a corner just before half-time, missed his punch entirely, with William Gallas sparing his blushes with Martin Paterson lurking ominously.

Eduardo, who was made captain, then doubled his side's lead with a sublime volleyed finish to cap a composed display. Song curled a cross to the back post which the Croat met crisply to beat leave Jensen helpless.

Eduardo then found himself with a free header ten yards out, but failed to net for a second time, heading wide of Jensen's far post with the whole ground expecting to see the net bulging.

Theo Walcott was introduced in the second half along with Aaron Ramsey and Robin van Persie, which reinvigorated the home side, who were beginning to find their play fragmented.

But the pacey winger missed a good chance to score shortly after coming on, streaking through to meet Song's pass, but striking his shot straight into the body of the diving Jensen.

Van Persie then sliced wide horribly from ten yards with the goal at his mercy, but Arsenal were not finished; Eboue scored the home side's third with a powerful finish after Song had backheeled the ball superbly into his path.

Wenger's side will now entertain Hull in the next round after gaining confidence from a convincing display, and buoyed by the return of key players.

Dan Quarrell / Eurosport

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  1. REMAINS NOTHING ARSENAL SHOULD FEAR NO ONE

    From Abba Mai Adda, on Tue 10 Mar 11:01AM

  2. we have slacked in form recently but wen u have lost­ the type of players we have who wouldnt,
    we are on the­ mend we do play the most gifeted football around and we­ dont spend the £30m that outher clubs do,NO NAMES,like­ i have 2,
    we are arsenal and i do beleive,
    thers no­ reason y we cant win the fa cup and ucl, man u­ unbeatabul pmsl.

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  4. can i just say i bet u arsenal fans are so proud of yr­ 1 english player in the starting 11 lmao yid army 4­ life

    From garylocker, on Mon 9 Mar 9:48AM

  5. its time to make the floor burn, with our players­ returning nothing can stop us now, nothing!!!!!!­ champions league and fa cup will be ours!

    From Joseph, on Mon 9 Mar 9:38AM

  6. scuzzhead ur a clown,burnley cant play football?prem­ league teams teams we have played in cups we have..won­ 7 drawn 2 lost 2 pushing for promotion and we have­ played 49 games upto now...

    From jeffbeck, on Mon 9 Mar 8:52AM

  7. well done gunners thats the way we do it.others should­ watch out and a big hand to wenger for a good job you­ are doing.we are behind you.

    From George, on Mon 9 Mar 8:25AM

  8. I don't want to p1ss on anyone's chips here­ but.... it was Burnley.

    Although you have some nice­ games coming up in the prem, Blackburn, Newcastle, Man­ City (home). Whereas Villa have got a tough time with­ Spurs, Liverpool and Man Utd.

    From Ashley B, on Mon 9 Mar 7:49AM

  9. Arenal are back, but just remember, they have hardly­ been far away!
    Chelsea will know their one dimensional­ game will be opened up by flair.

    From El-Tony., on Mon 9 Mar 7:06AM

  10. Arsene Wenger has brought the boys through a spell­ without a good squad and should be praised, not put­ down.

    From El-Tony., on Mon 9 Mar 7:03AM

  11. That's the way we Score!!!!!!!!!

    From Gerald, on Mon 9 Mar 6:55AM

  12. Well,after seeing the likes of Eduardo and Theo the boy­ back in the squad,am now hundred % sure that the­ Gunners are now back to claim there next year champions­ league position.After this week game with Roma and­ qualifying for the last eight,they gonna send a signal­ to the oponent in remaining premiership game.Come on­ Gunners.

    From Paul, on Mon 9 Mar 6:44AM

  13. They were on fire(without the over payed strikers).­ Then the question is this - do we really need Adebuyor.­ When van Persie came on the game slowed down...he­ wanted it all for himself and even got frustrated with­ Walcott when he took a shot. Could he be the problem­ keeping the Gunners from playing like a team - even­ Song was playing well(which doesn't happen often)

    From shane, on Mon 9 Mar 6:43AM

  14. Oh my God! Wat a goal!!!!

    From Engr Tee, on Mon 9 Mar 6:11AM

  15. Don't get me wrong, he is a cheater. So are the­ fricken Squeelers. You see anybody ragging on their­ heroics? The other day,
    I saw a blog about his gossip­ on site named _Seekamillionaire com' for people­ seeking wealthy .

    From jaysea w, on Mon 9 Mar 5:57AM

  16. Brunley are never get pormotied and even if they do­ they will last only one season. They cannot play­ football. My mate Liam is a gooner I hope his side do­ well.

    From Paul, on Mon 9 Mar 4:15AM

  17. what a goal from eduardo...i think he wanted to show he­ had a strong legs after a horror injury.

    From brendon, on Mon 9 Mar 3:52AM
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  19. great result great to see ed and theo back bring on­ roma

    From fordeeamonn, on Mon 9 Mar 12:30AM

  20. Hurrah no Bentdner. Keep him out and we might win more.

    From Vinni, on Mon 9 Mar 12:09AM
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