Saturday, 27 September 2008
Arsenal vs Hull City 1-2, EPL 2008, week 6
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Arsenal Lose The Crown, Beat Up by Surprising Hull City
Arsenal’s youngsters had stolen the headlines all week, and rightly so, for their 6-0 Carling Cup demolition job of Sheffield United. However, Phil Brown and Hull City would have noted, rather ominously, that none of the Carling Cup side made it into the starting lineup for today’s game against Hull.
Yet despite having restored his first team, Arsene Wenger’s side struggled against their newly promoted opponents and endured a frustrating first half which ended goalless despite the home side’s best efforts.
Instead, a profligate Gunners reverted to their old ways, overplaying the ball when often well-placed whilst the visitors defended stubbornly and with a confidence borne of their strong start to the season.
Keeping with the general theme of the week, it was one of Arsenal’s youngest players who had the best chances of the first half.
Theo Walcott had several opportunities to open the scoring for the Gunners but a combination of excellent defending and wanting too much time on the ball denied the young Englishman.
Whilst the Gunners dominated possession and carved out some excellent opportunities they rarely threatened Myhill in the Tigers goal and a frustrated Arsene Wenger could only watch on in dismay.
However, whilst the first half was largely disappointing fare, the second period sparked into life within minutes of the restart with Hull almost taking the lead. The Gunners failed to clear a corner and a speculative shot from Boateng was saved almost on the line by Fabregas’ outstretched leg.
The chance spurred Arsenal into life and less then five minutes they were ahead, albeit through the scrappiest of goals.
Van Persie played Walcott in on the break and he bamboozled several Hull defenders before a low cross was deflected off Adebayor into the path of a combination of Fabregas and McShane who bundled it into the net.
Minutes later and it should have been two. Van Persie set up Eboue but his attempted back heel was deflected into the path of Adebayor, who, with the goal at his mercy, took too much time, and his shot was well defended and deflected high and wide by the Hull defence.
With a lead established Arsenal threatened to overwhelm Hull who were left rocking by the home side’s change in tempo yet they held firm and to the dismay of the home crowd hit back in stunning style.
Geovani put them level on the hour mark, leaving Arsenal to rue their missed chances. A stunning strike from the Brazilian from out on the left, swerved and dipped into the top corner leaving Almunia absolutely no chance and putting the sides back on level terms
Only minutes later and Hull were in dreamland. A corner in from the right found Cousin outjumping Gallas and his header flew over Fabregas on the post and into the back of the net.
A shocked Wenger responded quickly, throwing on Bendtner and Vela as Arsenal pressed forwards searching for an equaliser.
Van Persie came close after being put through by Fabregas but Gallas came even closer, his header coming off the bar and hitting Vela but falling wide. Myhill then tipped over a fine strike from Fabregas in stoppage time as Hull held on for a famous victory to continue their fantastic start to life in the top flight.
Arsenal, meanwhile, fabulous in midweek, trudged off at the final whistle thoroughly dejected leaving Arsene Wenger, who having just his watched his dislodged from the top of the table and conceding again from a set piece, with much to ponder.
Arsenal: Almunia, Clichy, Toure, Gallas, Sagna, Walcott (Vela, 76), Fabregas, Denilson, Eboue (Bendtner, 68), Adebayor, van Persie
Hull City: Myhill, Turner, Dawson, McShane, Ashbee, Zayatte, Boateng (Garcia, 76), Marney, King, Geovanni (Hughes,72), Cousin (Mendy, 79)
GOALS
1-2 Hull (Cousin, 66)
1-1 Hull (Geovanni, 62)
1-0 Arsenal (Fabregas, 50)
Arsenal Kehilangan Tahta, Dihajar Hull 2-1 dikandang Sendiri
Arsenal harus menelan pil pahit. Bertanding di kandang sendiri, mereka malah takluk dari tim berstatus promosi, Hull City, dengan skor 1-2. Hasil ini sekaligus membuat mereka kehilangan posisi tertinggi di klasemen sementara.
Bermain di hadapan pendukung sendiri, Stadion Emirates Stadium, Minggu (28/9/2008) dinihari WIB, Arsenal langsung mengambil inisiatif menguasai permainan. Dengan mengandalkan operan-operan pendek bertempo cepat seperti biasa, beberapa kali pasukan Arsene Wenger sempat mengancam gawang Hull.
Hull sendiri bukannya tanpa perlawanan. Mereka akhirnya bisa keluar dari tekanan pada babak kedua, dan meski sempat teringgal lebih dulu oleh gol bunuh diri Paul McShane, mereka akhirnya bisa membalikkan keadaan lewat kaki Geovanni dan sundulan Daniel Cousin.
Pertandingan pun ditutup dengan kemenangan 2-1 untuk Hull. Bagi Arsenal, ini merupakan kekalahan kedua mereka musim ini setelah sebelumnya takluk di tangan Fulham Agustus lalu. Hasil ini sekaligus membuat mereka harus merelakan tiga kemenangan berurutan mereka akhirnya terputus. Yang lebih menyesakkan, tentu saja, posisi pemuncak klasemen kini harus berpindah tangan ke rival sekota mereka, Chelsea.
Adapun bagi Hull, kemenangan ini membuat posisi mereka naik ke posisi enam dengan torehan nilai 11 dari hasil tiga kemenangan, tiga hasil seri, dan satu kekalahan.
Jalannya Pertandingan
14 menit pertandingan berjalan The Gunners mendapat peluang melalui sepakan Cesc Fabregas. Namun, tendangan dari jarak sekitar 16 meter itu masih menyamping di sisi gawang Hull yang dikawal olej Boaz Myhill.
Semenit kemudian, gawang Myhill bobol melalui sundulan Emmanuel Adebayor. Tetapi, gol tersebut dianulir karena Adebayor dianggap telah lebih dulu melakukan pelanggaran terhadap Paul McShane yang mengawalnya.
Hull sempat membalas di menit 24. Berawal dari operan Daniel Cousin, Geovanni melepaskan tendangan keras dari luar kotak penalti. Namun, tendangannya belum menemui sasaran karena masih melambung di atas mistar gawang Manuel Almunia.
Lima menit menjelang akhir babak pertama, Emmanuel Eboue mencoba peruntungannya untuk membobol gawang Hull. Usai melakukan sedikit tusukan di luar kotak penalti, ia kemudian melepaskan tendangan kaki kiri. Sial baginya, sepakannya itu masih melenceng tipis di sisi kanan gawang Myhill. Hingga babak pertama berakhir belum ada satu gol pun tercipta.
Arsenal akhirnya membuka keunggulan pada menit 50. Berawal dari solo run Theo Walcott yang menggiring bola hingga ke dalam kotak penalti, bola kemudian disodorkan ke depan gawang Hull. Bola kemudian sempat memantul kaki Adebayor sebelum akhirnya diteruskan Cesc Fabregas ke arah gawang dan mengenai kaki McShane. "Si Kulit Bundar" akhirnya memang sempat disapu oleh seorang pemain Hull, namun terlambat karena ia sudah melewati garis gawang. 1-0 Arsenal memimpin.
Namun, keunggulan sang tuan rumah itu hanya bertahan hingga menit ke-62. Akibat gagal mengantisipasi gerakan Geovanni di luar kotak penalti, Arsenal harus membayar gawangnya dibobol oleh gelandang Hull itu. Gol yang tercipta pun terbilang indah karena Geovanni melepaskan tendangan melengkung ke tiang jauh dan tak mampu dijangkau Almunia.
Tak sampai lima menit, tepatnya pada menit 66, Almunia harus rela gawangnya kembali dibobol. Kali ini melalui cara yang terbilang text book, yakni melalui sepak pojok. Corner kick yang dilepaskan Andy Dawson sukses disundul Daniel Cousin ke tiang jauh dan membalikkan kedudukan menjadi 2-1 untuk keunggulan Hull.
Enam menit menjelang akhir pertandingan, William Gallas nyaris menyamakan kedudukan. Sundulannya di dalam kotak penalti hanya bisa membentur mistar gawang Hull. Bola muntah tersebut lantas mengenai kaki Carlos Vela. Tetapi, bukannya bergulir ke dalam gawang, bola malah meluncur ke luar lapangan. Hingga laga berakhir, skor 2-1 untuk keunggulan Hull tetap tak berubah.
Susunan Pemain:
Arsenal: Manuel Almunia, Kolo Toure, Gael Clichy, Bacary Sagna, William Gallas, Denilson, Cesc Fabregas, Emmanuel Eboue (Nicklas Bendtner 69), Theo Walcott (Carlos Vela 76), Emmanuel Adebayor, Robin Van Persie.
Hull City: Boaz Myhill, Michael Turner, Andy Dawson, Paul McShane, Kamil Zayatte, Ian Ashbee, Dean Marney, Geovanni (Bryan Hughes 73), George Boateng (Richard Garcia 76), Daniel Cousin (Bernard Mendy 80), Marlon King.
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