倫敦紅藍之戰------阿仙奴 vs 車路士

中場指揮官

Robin van Persie believes champions Manchester United pose a bigger threat to Arsenal's hopes of regaining the Premier League title than Chelsea.

League leaders Arsenal host third-place Chelsea at the Emirates on Sunday, while second play fourth with United meeting Liverpool at Anfield.

Van Persie said: "I just think our biggest rivals at the end of the season are United, because of the quality.

"That is why I think it will be a battle between Arsenal and them."

The Gunners are three points ahead of their London rivals and just one ahead of champions Manchester United.

And 24-year-old Van Persie believes Sir Alex Ferguson's side's strength will prove decisive come the end of the season.

"United have lots of quality players up there who can win games for the team," he said.

"Even when they are playing poorly, they have Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and lots of good strikers who can win games."

United will knock Arsenal off the top of the Premier League should they win at Anfield and remain there if the Londoners are held or beaten by Chelsea later on Sunday.

Red Devils striker Louis Saha rates last year's corresponding fixture with Liverpool, won by John O'Shea in injury time, as one of the highlights of his career and is confident a win at Anfield can strengthen United's title charge.

"Without doubt, it is the most intense atmosphere for a Manchester United player," he said.

"I have played there a few times now but the win we had there last season was amazing. That is one of the greatest feelings I have ever had as a footballer.

"My main memory of last season is that the win at Liverpool kick-started us towards the title. It proved we were strong enough.

"We are going there much earlier in the season this time and there is still a long road ahead. But it does give us a chance to show exactly how good we are."

Dutchman Van Persie, who has recently returned from a long-term knee injury, insists a win for Arsenal is vital if the Gunners are to remain in the hunt for the title they last won in 2004.

"We need to win on Sunday," he added. "It's not about a draw or anything else. We need to win because we are just one point clear of them. That's why we need to win.

"In games against teams like Middlesbrough, you can sort of collect bonus points. You need to win those games so you can, in a worse-case scenario, lose a game against Chelsea or Man United."

TAMTOM

支持車路士

中場指揮官

'Signs look quite good' for Flamini, Fabregas and Hleb

Arsenal v Chelsea
Barclays Premier League
Emirates Stadium
Sun, Dec 16, 2007, 4pm



By Richard Clarke

The “signs look quite good” for Arsenal’s injured midfield trio ahead of the crucial Premier League clash with Chelsea at Emirates Stadium on Sunday.

Mathieu Flamini (thigh), Cesc Fabregas and Alex Hleb (both hamstring) are all back in training and fighting to be fit for what could be a pivotal game in the title race. A decision will be made as late as Sunday morning.

All three collected their injuries during a run of four away games straddling the end of November and the start of December. Arsenal returned home on Wednesday against Steaua Bucharest and, in that game, were able to start Robin van Persie for the first time in two months. He suffered no ill-effects and has been named in the squad but Theo Walcott collected a knock on his knee against the Romanian side. The England winger is definitely out and, of course, question marks remain over those others.

“Who will make it, I don’t know?” said Arsène Wenger at his pre-match press conference. “We know Robin van Persie will be available. As for Mathieu Flamini, Cesc and Alex Hleb, the signs look quite good but we have to make a decision.”

The manager added that if Fabregas was passed fit he would play.

“Theo Walcott is out with a little knee problem,” the Frenchman continued. “That is a question of days and we feel he should be OK for Tuesday maybe.”

[ Friday, December 14, 2007]

#7Kewell

打和啦你地

Siu_Boo

我覺得我地好有可能full team
係無Essien 同Drogba既情況下都幾樂觀

ken809

車仔上呀

henrytam

和波味濃

北倫敦之王

如果full team
和…係可以的

chungundertaker

車仔掃低阿記

中場指揮官

唔知點解,我好有信心今場我地會擊敗車仔.

terry1225

支持和波

yuan

難道這個時候我地要靠軍(膠)刀?

yuren

sopcast/ tvants邊台有得睇

寶寶._.

Almunia; Sagna, Touré, Gallas (c), Clichy; Eboué, Flamini, Fabregas, Rosicky; Helb; Adebayor.

Subs: Lehmann, Senderos, Gilberto, Van Persie, Bendtner.

寶寶._.

1 Petr Cech
20 Paulo Ferreira
33 Alex
26 John Terry (c)
3 Ashley Cole
12 John Mikel Obi
4 Claude Makelele
8 Frank Lampard
24 Shaun Wright-Phillips
7 Andriy Shevchenko
10 Joe Cole

Subs: 23 Carlo Cudicini, 35 Juliano Belletti, 22 Tal Ben-Haim, 21 Salomon Kalou, 14 Claudio Pizarro.

Samaritans

後備唔要中場
擺 Sidwell 好過比列堤
Mikel 大賽分分鐘派膠

寶寶._.

原帖由 Samaritans 於 2007-12-16  11:33 PM 發表
後備唔要中場
擺 Sidwell 好過比列堤
Mikel 大賽分分鐘派膠

所以話5個後備真係唔係幾夠  唔放比列堤 兩閘唔掂又係死

Keith

原帖由 Samaritans 於 2007-12-16  11:33 PM 發表
後備唔要中場
擺 Sidwell 好過比列堤
Mikel 大賽分分鐘派膠

我覺得Mikel紅牌既機會大過派膠...

北倫敦之王

原帖由 Keith 於 2007/12/16 23:37 發表

我覺得Mikel紅牌既機會大過派膠...

Both 都好

Samaritans

原帖由 寶寶._. 於 2007-12-16  11:35 PM 發表

所以話5個後備真係唔係幾夠  唔放比列堤 兩閘唔掂又係死

呃,sor,收番
唔記得左比沙路俾人改造(屈)中場中