Arsenal bolstered their chances of qualifying for the Champions League next season, with a commanding 3-0 victory against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux on Wednesday.
The win kept the Gunners at the third spot in the league table, and put them in a strong position to finish ahead of Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786, in a race to make it into the European competition next season.
In the post match conference, Arsenal’s boss Arsene Wenger said, “We’ve still got a long way to go at least we’re in a strong position now. It is looking good but when you have my experience you’re always cautious. The target is to win our games, starting
with the next one.”
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Yossi-Benayoun-c37520 grabbed the third goal in the second half to complete the Wolves annihilation
on the night.
The match was also marred by a controversy as the hosts lost Sebastien Bassong in the 8th minute, after the player was shown a straight Red Card for denying Walcott a clear goal scoring opportunity.
The win was Arsenal’s ninth in the last ten games and in contrast, the Wolves suffered their seventh successive defeat in the league.
The Arsenal skipper Van Persie scored the first goal for the Gunners from a penalty kick, after Bassong tripped Walcott inside the area. The Dutchman comprehensively beat the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wolves-c40952 goalkeeper, Wayne Hennessey and ended his run of four matches without a
goal.
With a player and a goal down, the home side were dealt with another blow only a minute later. Van Persie picked up a pass to a charging Walcott, who curled the ball into the bottom right corner of the goal, from inside the penalty box.
Even though the home side were pegged down by an utterly dominant http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 team, they had a rare opportunity in the first half through a corner, but Christophe Berra failed to find the target from his header.
Arsenal started the second half brightly. Aaron Ramsey’s shot was blocked by the Wolves defender Richard Stearman, before http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kevin-Doyle-c20719 with a splendid save. The Arsenal goalie then saved a powerful header from Doyle minutes later,
after Matthew Jarvis had delivered the cross to the Irish footballer.
However, the Wolves were deflated in the 69th minute, as Benayoun slotted the ball home from just outside the area, after picking up a pass from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-Song-c4804.
The goal meant that the Wolves had reached a point of no return, as Arsenal eased to a 3-0 win and opened up a five points lead over fourth placed Tottenham, with five more games to play in the season.
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