Premier League round up: Arsenal and Aston Villa
Arsenal
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has claimed that his side has suffered from psychological injure following their shocking draw against Newcastle United.
Arsenal were in a comfortable 4-goal lead over the Magpies at the St. James Park, but everything changed in the second half. A red card to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Abou-Diaby-c3453 led to Newcastle seeing a ray of hope and at the 87th minute, a Cheik Tiote volley led to the
side drawing 4-4 at full time.
It is considered as the biggest come-from-behind effort from any club in the Premier League. Two penalties from Joey Barton set the tone of the match in the second half, which was followed by a Leon Best goal. Tiote had just one chance to complete the dramatic
comeback and he scored the goal which was worthy enough of the celebrations which followed.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was just dumbfounded with the way his side blew away a 4-goal lead.
“Mathematically, two points; psychologically, the damage is a bit bigger tonight because everybody is, of course, very, very disappointed in the dressing room. But only the future will tell,” stated the Arsenal boss.
Many Arsenal fans and players believed that their draw against Newcastle would rule them out of the title race. However, that was not the case as Manchester United’s undefeated record came to an abrupt end from the unlikeliest of oppositions. The side lost
their first match in nearly 9 months to the relegation-threatened Wolverhampton Wanderers, keeping the title race wide open.
Aston Villa
Aston Villa manager http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gerard-c14664 Houllier claims that it was his side’s complacency in front of goal that led to them drawing the fixture against Fulham.
Villa had the chance to secure all three points against the Cottagers, but Mark Hughes’s men scored a last moment goal to snatch away two vital points from Villa.
“We dropped two points. Had we got a second goal at 1-0 the game would have been over. But we have to be disappointed with ourselves, we have to blame ourselves. I'm disappointed with the result but not the performance. At times we played good football and
are improving. But we need to be more clinical and ruthless. That was also the case when we played Manchester United here,” stated the Villa manager.
Houllier believed that his men start to lose their concentration towards the final minutes of the fixture, which leads to oppositions scoring in those key moments.
Earlier in the 2010-11 season, Manchester United were 2 goals down at Villa park and still managed to draw the fixture thanks to two goals in the final 10 minutes.
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