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Sunday October 25, 2009 Finished Upton Park

2 - 2

West Ham United

  • Cole 74’
  • Diamanti 80’ (pen.)

Arsenal

  • van Persie 16’
  • Gallas 37’

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  1. West Ham take point off Arsenal

    West Ham take point off Arsenal

    West Ham came back from two goals down to win an unlikely point in a 2-2 draw with Arsenal at Upton Park. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • West Ham United
    • Arsenal
    • 90'+4 There it is! All over in east London and West Ham have grabbed an umlikely point!
    • 90'+2 West Ham make another change... Behrami off, Kovac on.
    • 90' What a save by Green to deny Van Persie! The Hammers keeper gets down brilliantly to paw away the Arsenal striker's header!
    • 88' Arsenal make a change as Eduardo is brought on for Diaby.
    • 87' Spector gets forward well and unleashes a shot! Well blocked by Gallas.
    • 85' RED CARD FOR PARKER! It's a second booking, although what for is a bit of a mystery... Parker cuts off Fabregas, he falls to the floor and accidentally hand balls it.... is that what it's for? Anyway, West Ham down to 10 men!
    • 82' Arsenal make a change... Bendtner on for Eboue.
    • 81' What a turnaround! And who would bet against a West Ham win now?
    • 80' GOAL! WEST HAM ARE LEVEL! It's a great pen from Diamanti who finds the side netting! Mannone was booked for gamesmanship in the build-up, by the way...
    • 79' PENALTY TO WEST HAM AS SONG TANGLES WITH COLE! They've got what they wanted this time! And Diamanti will have a chance to level things up.
    • 78' Here comes another booking, this time for Parker for a tug on Eboue.
    • 76' Big penalty shout for West Ham as Parker bursts into the Arsenal box... Gallas sticks out a leg and Parker goes to ground! But the ref isn't impressed and play goes on...
    • 75' Just what West Ham needed... Collison goes into the book for a foul on Eboue.
    • 74' GOAL! COLE GETS WEST HAM BACK IN IT! Diamanti fires a great free-kick on target which Mannone can only parry back out to the waiting Cole, who applies the finishing touch! Game on!
    • 73' Tomkins heads clear for West Ham and the hosts can break now, with Hines.
    • 72' ARSHAVIN! The Russian fires on target from 25 yards out and this time Green pulls off a great save! Corner to Arsenal!
    • 71' Yellow card for Hines after a poor, poor challenge on Clichy.
    • 69' Eboue gets past his man Ilunga on the far side... but instead of picking a man out, he goes for power and blasts the ball behind for a goal kick.
    • 68' Diamanti is one on one with Arshavin here... and the Russian shows his defensive frailty by bringing the Italian down.
    • 67' Coles turns and fires over from just inside the box! West Ham aren't out of this one yet!
    • 65' Fabregas hits the deck after Diamanti's arm comes up and strikes him in the throat... the Italian comes back and offers his apologies and the ref takes no action.
    • 65' Here comes another change for the Hammers... Franco is replaced by Hines.
    • 63' Ooh! Fabregas goes close with an absolute rasper from 25 yards out! His effort swerves inches wide!
    • 62' Diamanti again goes for goal! But again its wide of the mark... better from the Hammers though...
    • 60' Diamanti gets the home crowd a little more excited with a long-range shot that bounces about a yard wide of Mannone's goal!
    • 59' Arsenal keep the ball so well... and that's what they're doing here... cries of 'ole' go up every time a pass reaches its intended target.
    • 58' That's a poor ball by Spector and Arsenal can launch another attack.
    • 55' Noble comes off and Diamanti comes on as West Ham make a change.
    • 52' Arshavin gets past Spector to the by-line... he fires a cross over, but it's hit a little too hard and Eboue doesn't get anything on it!
    • 51' Noble delivers a free-kick into the Arsenal box now... headed clear by Gallas.
    • 48' Behrami has a little nibble at Fabregas after the Arsenal skipper had beaten him to the ball... no action taken by the ref, other than a free-kick.
    • 47' Arsenal win a corner through Eboue almost immediately but nothing comes of it and West Ham break... and Franco wins a corner!
    • 46' Back underway at Upton Park! No changes to tell you about.
    • 45'+3 There goes the half-time whistle! And Arsenal head in comfortably in the lead. And a few boos ring out for the home side.
    • 45' Three minutes to be added at the end of the first half.
    • 44' Green claims the corner without any fuss!
    • 43' Arsenal win another corner as Van Persie's free-kick is headed behind by Spector.
    • 39' Nobles sees his intial corner come back to him... but his second effort is claimed by Mannone.
    • 38' Cole responds quickly and wins a corner at the other end thanks to some determined play.
    • 37' GOAL! ANOTHER FOR ARSENAL! They just can't stop scoring! This time it's Gallas who rises above Cole to head home from a corner!
    • 34' Cole comes back on, much to the relief of the home crowd.
    • 33' Cole gets up well but his header goes wide of the mark! The striker injures himself in the process though... and he hobbles off for some treatment.
    • 32' Diaby lunges in to make a challenge and West Ham have a free-kick, 25 yards out, dead centre.
    • 30' West Ham have dropped the tempo a little now... and Arsenal are enjoying keeping possession.
    • 28' This time Green looks commanding though and the Hammers keeper punches clear.
    • 27' Corner now for Arsenal... Vermaelen's up there... and that means there's danger.
    • 23' Arshavin looks to play in Van Persie... but the Dutchman is foiled by Upson.
    • 22' It's been a decent response to going down from the hosts... but still they trail.
    • 21' West Ham are pushing for an equaliser here... Mannone is forced into action to to turn Noble's effort round the corner...
    • 16' GOAL! VAN PERSIE OPENS THE SCORING FOR ARSENAL! Sagna delivers a great ball in... Green fails to deal with it, succeeding only in palming the ball straight to Van Persie, who gratefully slots home!
    • 15' Collison goes close after Mannone spills the West Ham man's shot straight back to him! The ball hits the post! But it wouldn't have counted anyway... the flag's up on the far side!
    • 13' Clichy tries to get a cross over now, but it's poor from the Frenchman and the ball sails over Green's bar!
    • 11' Van Persie volleys goalwards! But it's well blocked by Upson! In fact, replays show the ball to have hit Hammers defender on the arm! No penalty though!
    • 8' Mannone is nearly caught in possession as Cole pressures him!
    • 5' Here come West Ham as Noble gets into the Arsenal box... but his prod back across goal is poor and the Gunners can clear.
    • 4' Van Persie fires on goal from a tight angle and Green is forced into tipping over the bar!
    • 3' Noble and Collison combine, it spins away from Gallas to COLE but his shot hits Song and bobbles to safety.
    • 2' Song dinks it into the Hammers box and it causes West Ham problems as Van Persie makes contact, it's going wide but he gets across and tries the backheel but blocked by Tomkins.
    • 1' Match underway at Upton Park! Sagna wins a throw after an surging run down the right.
    • - Nasri returns to the bench for Arsenal after recovering from his broken leg but no changes to the starting XI from the 1-1 draw at AZ midweek.
    • - So Diamanti on the bench for the Hammers with the more phsyical Guille Franco up front.
    • - Arsenal: Mannone, Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Clichy, Eboue, Song Billong, Fabregas, Diaby, Arshavin, van Persie; Subs: Almunia, Nasri, Eduardo, Ramsey, Silvestre, Gibbs, Bendtner
    • - West Ham team: Green, Spector, Tomkins, Upson, Ilunga, Behrami, Parker, Noble, Collison, Cole, Franco; Subs: Kurucz, Kovac, Faubert, Da Costa, Diamanti, Hines, Stanislas
    • - More team news as and when we get it.
    • - Striker Eduardo should be fit to start for Arsenal, while Nicklas Bendtner is rated as 50-50 by Arsene Wenger. Theo Walcott (medial knee ligament), Denilson (back) and Johan Djourou (knee) remain long-term absentees. Lukasz Fabianski and Samir Nasri returned for the reserves in midweek but are unlikely to be rushed back but, like Tomas Rosicky, they all miss out on the trip to Upton Park.
    • - But the good news for Hammers fans is that they have no fresh injury concerns, and they welcome captain Scott Parker back from suspension.
    • - These two sides have met 104 times in the league. West Ham United have won 27, Arsenal 46 and there have been 31 draws.
    • - If the Hammers fail to win today it will be their longest run without a Premier League win under Zola and longest in three years since 11 matches without a victory from December 2006 to March 2007.
    • - Gianfranco Zola's side have not won in their last seven league, since their 1-0 win at Wolves on the opening day of the season - this is the longest current run of any top flight team without a win this season.
    • - West Ham, on the other hand, are second bottom and in desperate need of some points.
    • - Victory for the Gunners would see them leapfrog Tottenham into third place today.
    • - That is the most goals that have ever been scored at this stage of a Premier League season by a club, and most in the top flight in 46 years since Tottenham.
    • - Arsenal head into the game on good form, and Arsene Wenger's side have won six out their opening eight games, scoring 27 goals.
    • - Arsenal make the short trip across the capital for a London derby against West Ham at Upton Park.
  • Summary

    • 90' What a save by Green to deny Van Persie! The Hammers keeper gets down brilliantly to paw away the Arsenal striker's header!
    • 85' RED CARD FOR PARKER! It's a second booking, although what for is a bit of a mystery... Parker cuts off Fabregas, he falls to the floor and accidentally hand balls it.... is that what it's for? Anyway, West Ham down to 10 men!
    • 80' GOAL! WEST HAM ARE LEVEL! It's a great pen from Diamanti who finds the side netting! Mannone was booked for gamesmanship in the build-up, by the way...
    • 79' PENALTY TO WEST HAM AS SONG TANGLES WITH COLE! They've got what they wanted this time! And Diamanti will have a chance to level things up.
    • 74' GOAL! COLE GETS WEST HAM BACK IN IT! Diamanti fires a great free-kick on target which Mannone can only parry back out to the waiting Cole, who applies the finishing touch! Game on!
    • 72' ARSHAVIN! The Russian fires on target from 25 yards out and this time Green pulls off a great save! Corner to Arsenal!
    • 67' Coles turns and fires over from just inside the box! West Ham aren't out of this one yet!
    • 63' Ooh! Fabregas goes close with an absolute rasper from 25 yards out! His effort swerves inches wide!
    • 60' Diamanti gets the home crowd a little more excited with a long-range shot that bounces about a yard wide of Mannone's goal!
    • 52' Arshavin gets past Spector to the by-line... he fires a cross over, but it's hit a little too hard and Eboue doesn't get anything on it!
    • 37' GOAL! ANOTHER FOR ARSENAL! They just can't stop scoring! This time it's Gallas who rises above Cole to head home from a corner!
    • 33' Cole gets up well but his header goes wide of the mark! The striker injures himself in the process though... and he hobbles off for some treatment.
    • 21' West Ham are pushing for an equaliser here... Mannone is forced into action to to turn Noble's effort round the corner...
    • 16' GOAL! VAN PERSIE OPENS THE SCORING FOR ARSENAL! Sagna delivers a great ball in... Green fails to deal with it, succeeding only in palming the ball straight to Van Persie, who gratefully slots home!
    • 11' Van Persie volleys goalwards! But it's well blocked by Upson! In fact, replays show the ball to have hit Hammers defender on the arm! No penalty though!
    • 4' Van Persie fires on goal from a tight angle and Green is forced into tipping over the bar!
    • 2' Song dinks it into the Hammers box and it causes West Ham problems as Van Persie makes contact, it's going wide but he gets across and tries the backheel but blocked by Tomkins.
    • - Arsenal: Mannone, Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Clichy, Eboue, Song Billong, Fabregas, Diaby, Arshavin, van Persie; Subs: Almunia, Nasri, Eduardo, Ramsey, Silvestre, Gibbs, Bendtner
    • - West Ham team: Green, Spector, Tomkins, Upson, Ilunga, Behrami, Parker, Noble, Collison, Cole, Franco; Subs: Kurucz, Kovac, Faubert, Da Costa, Diamanti, Hines, Stanislas

Live Team Line-Up

  • West Ham United

    Manager: Gianfranco Zola

    Captain: Scott Parker

    Starting line-up

    • R. Green
    • J. Spector
    • J. Tomkins
    • M. Upson
    • H. Ilunga
    • S. Parker Red Card
    • M. Noble Substitution Out (56′)
    • V. Behrami Substitution Out (90′)
    • J. Collison Yellow Card
    • C. Cole Goal
    • G. Franco Substitution Out (64′)

    Subs

    • J. Faubert
    • A. Diamanti Substitution In56′
    • M. da Costa
    • Z. Hines Substitution In64′ Yellow Card
    • Junior Stanislas
    • P. Kurucz
    • R. Kovác Substitution In90′

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Arsenal

    Manager: Arsène Wenger

    Captain: Cesc Fábregas

    Starting line-up

    • V. Mannone Yellow Card
    • B. Sagna
    • W. Gallas Goal
    • T. Vermaelen
    • G. Clichy
    • A. Song
    • A. Diaby Substitution Out (88′)
    • E. Eboué Yellow Card Substitution Out (82′)
    • C. Fábregas
    • A. Arshavin
    • R. van Persie Goal

    Subs

    • M. Silvestre
    • S. Nasri
    • N. Bendtner Substitution In82′
    • K. Gibbs
    • E. da Silva Substitution In88′
    • A. Ramsey
    • M. Almunia

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

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  1. up the hammers yeah

    From IAN, on Tue 3 Nov 7:51PM
  2. kill west ham die die

    From LEIGH, on Wed 28 Oct 8:24AM
  3. it had been so wonderful game to the side of Arsenal­ from the start. To my lack, and hopefully came the true­ result of my suspect to which Arsenal would loss the­ points and goal average they expected due to too much­ excitemment from most of the players, to meantion but a­ few since the world have seen and most people have­ commented about them. "They are welcome to the top­ position But no crossing the Red Devil­ Teritory".

    Wani Franco Materno-Warrap­ state-Southern Sudan

    From Wani, on Tue 27 Oct 1:50PM
  4. i can't freakin' believe it on how many stupid­ Arsenal fans start bashing their own team just because­ a couple draw ... these freakin idiots start to suggest­ how stupid Wenger is and thinking to sells Arshavin,­ RVP, Fab and the rest of the team ....... quite lucky­ Benitez didn't work for Arsenal .... for you idiot­ out there, (yeah you know who you are) ... stop over­ moaning it's becoming more sickening than the draw­ itself ....

    From Dany, on Mon 26 Oct 6:12PM
  5. It's obvious that some players don't have­ enough quality for EPL and Arsenal. This group of­ players(Diaby, Bendtner, Song(brainless), Eboue) should­ be sold in January or summer 2010, buy a real good­ players and be ready for the next season. This is not­ the first time that somebody ruin the game and result­ because of there mistake! They had more then one chance­ to prove themselves, but they are still making th same­ kind of game!
    With this group, we will not won­ anything!

    From kuzmarin, on Mon 26 Oct 1:56PM
  6. Poor performance arsenal will are disappointed on you,­ but i pray u can win against Spurs next week will need­ winning by fire by force mr Wenger pls let Nasry play­ and Eduardo start marcth. Ebue is not a skyful player,­ then Diaby is also poor, on January BUY a Good PLAYER­ ,Striker, Midfider, difender. thanks ,Akeem

    From Awosaya, on Mon 26 Oct 12:20PM
  7. Diaby and Eboue are not good enough for AFC we had­ chance afteR chance but I said before these guys will­ cost us the PL AW is blind canT he see the statistics­ of the performance of these 2 guys? they should not be­ playing on the AFC first team full stop I am very­ dissapointed with result we were 2 nil up and we almost­ lost the game why does Arsene W said we are goner win­ the PL when we are still vulnerable and we can kill­ games off please dont play Diaby and Eboue! We are­ gonner win shitalll with performances like this one and­ two draws after leading at half time is not good enough­ I am really FCUKed with AW and AFc 4 real

    From Paulo, on Mon 26 Oct 12:08PM
  8. Carlton Cole rules

    From taglover, on Mon 26 Oct 11:46AM
  9. unbelieveable

    i definitly hate diamanti

    From knowsarsene, on Mon 26 Oct 11:02AM
  10. Difference between Arsenal, Chelsea and Man U is that­ Man U and Chelsea would have killed off the game with 2­ or more goals in the second half. Arsenal didn't­ get out of first gear, lazy performance, no pressure in­ midfield, poor game by Arshavin, Fabregas and Diaby.­ Manone just not experienced enough yet, Almunia should­ be playing, he is world class.

    Yes, it wasn't a­ free kick and if that's a penalty then there'll­ be half a dozen every premiership game, but still no­ 3rd or 4th goal against a very poor side.
    This might­ come back and cost us dear. Wenger needs to lose his­ rag with the players, he continues to defend gutless­ and lazy play. I predict again another season without­ winning anything and if we play like that Spurs will­ win by a large margin.

    From Matt, on Mon 26 Oct 10:49AM
  11. Ar least we're back in front of The Totts, which is­ where we belong. I still can't believe that we­ threw away a two goal lead!

    From Sussex BY The Sea, on Mon 26 Oct 10:36AM
  12. sir Arsene wenger, please make sure Arsenal will win­ over spur next match. We don't want draw or losing­ anymore.

    From jerry xy, on Mon 26 Oct 10:14AM
  13. we are verry desampointed by the perfomence of eboue­ and diaby, wenger should have replaced him by nasry,­ before. hope tomorrow you will reflesh our team.­ uburiza aimable from rwanda

    From uburiza, on Mon 26 Oct 9:50AM
  14. mr. wenger pls you are letting us down.. you can­ clearly see that the Russian boy was out of form for­ yesterday's game but you still leave him on the­ field of play. i konw he is good but when is not your­ day is not jus your day.. the other thing that i have­ observed Gallas is losing focus. may he pls stop­ throwing himself to the strikers without a target. he­ was out played by Charlton cole. hands up for Thomas V­ and the rest, lastly let me talk about the goal keeper­ and Diaby. the goal keeper is weak if he is young he­ needs to establish himself first and this incosistency­ of his is costing us the arsenal fans. Diaby u are good­ but you hold the ballfor quiting along time, you drible­ too much and give the ball at the wrong time. i hope­ someone out there wil buy my idea.

    From talamoway, on Mon 26 Oct 9:34AM
  15. Aweful result for Arsenal, how on earth do we think­ that we could be title contenders with a poor­ performance like this?
    Diaby and Eboue, rubbish, get­ them transfered!

    From ANTONIO, on Mon 26 Oct 8:27AM
  16. sould have killed west ham 2 points droped

    From janisvitols, on Mon 26 Oct 8:14AM
  17. Its not often that I question Wenger's judgement­ coz I believe in terms of strategy, he's the best­ manager in the EPL if not all football leagues...BUT,­ bringing in Bendtner, a guy who's proving match­ after match that he's not performing, I didn't­ like that...bring in people who bring results...bring­ in Eduardo, Nasri..Bendtner has been a liability ever­ since he joined the club last season. When we needed­ him he didn't convert when Van persie and Adebayor­ were injured last season...and we had tonnes of draws­ with weak teams at the bottom..awesome crosses from­ Fabregas...he could do nothing! At first I thought it­ was an issue of settling into the Premier league then I­ noticed it was going on for far too long and until­ today, either he hasn't settled in or he just­ doesn't have it. People like Arshavin, Eduardo are­ worth the money put in and are adding value. Anyway,­ back to the match, the Westham goalie made an awesome­ save that probably might have given us the 3 points but­ as someone said earlier we still moved up to third­ place but would have been 1 point behind Man U, with a­ game in hand. Song needs some strong words for his­ excessive fouling and yesterday it cost us an extra 2­ points.

    From Dosh, on Mon 26 Oct 8:09AM
  18. its good for ansernal shame on them

    From george, on Mon 26 Oct 7:37AM
  19. god tham you arsene you should get eboue off for nasri

    From LEIGH, on Mon 26 Oct 7:26AM
  20. I'm delighted WH gained a point; Arsenal are by far­ one of the better sides in the Premier League. Not sure­ this is turning the corner just yet, but a point­ against such sides is more than acceptable. We do­ however need to assert some dominance over those sides­ that languish in the lower reaches of the division. If­ not, it will be a long old season again!

    From ma25667, on Mon 26 Oct 1:27AM
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