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Wigan fightback stuns Arsenal and shatters lingering title chances
Three goals in an incredible 10-minute finale transformed defeat into victory for Wigan Athletic and finally killed off Arsenal’s title bid.

Arsène Wenger and his team appeared to be coasting to a routine win when they led 2-0 in the 80th minute, but then Ben Watson gave Wigan a glimmer of hope and what followed was as remarkable as anything seen all season.

Titus Bramble headed the equaliser with a minute of the 90 remaining, and with Arsenal totally deflated, Charles N’Zogbia had time to plunder the winner.

The denouement was a personal nightmare for Lukasz Fabianski who, making his first appearance of the season in the Premier League, dropped the ball on to Bramble’s head for the goal that deprived Arsenal of the lead. Until that point, they had thrust themselves back into the title race.

Wenger had given up hope of overhauling the top two after the midweek defeat at Tottenham Hotspur, but then Spurs beat Chelsea to kick the door ajar again, and goals from Theo Walcott and Mikaël Silvestre here had set the Gunners’ sights on greater glory than a place in the Champions League.

Arsenal had been further depleted by the loss of Thomas Vermaelen and Manuel Almunia, both added to the list of the walking wounded after the Tottenham game, and unlikely to play again this season.

Poor Fabianski took over in goal, with Silvestre deputising for Vermaelen. Two other changes saw the 19-year-old Craig Eastmond given only his second start in the league, in place of the injured Denilson, and Walcott promoted from the bench to the exclusion of Emmanuel Eboué. Surprisingly, in view of his impact in midweek, there was no place in the starting line-up for Robin van Persie.

As might have been expected, Arsenal were always the better, more cohesive team, but it took them longer than they would have wanted to translate superiority into advantage. The goal they needed to revive their title challenge was delayed until the 41st minute, when Nicklas Bendtner’s through pass bisected the Wigan defence, setting up Walcott, who held off Maynor Figueroa before beating the advancing Chris Kirkland and scoring, left footed, from 10 yards.

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Guardiola praises character of star Messi
MADRID, Apr 7, 2010 (Pal Telegraph)- Barcelona striker Leo Messi scored an incredible four times as his side beat Arsenal 4-1 to qualify for the semifinals of the Champions League on Tuesday night.

The Argentinean showed why he is the best player in the world with a first half hat-trick after the visitors had taken a surprise first half lead.

Both sides went into the game with numerous players missing: Barcelona was without suspended duo of Carles Puyol and Gerard Pique, while Zlatan Ibrahimovich was missing with a calf strain, allowing Bojan to start in attack.

The young striker had scored two goals at the weekend and got the nod ahead of former Arsenal hero Thierry Henry.

The visitors meanwhile had a host of injuries, including Cesc Fabrigas, William Gallas, Alex Song, Andrey Arshavin and young midfielder Alex Ramsey, limiting the options of coach Arsene Wenger, who opted to use Mikael Silvestre in central defense while leaving veteran Sol Campbell on the substitutes’ bench.

The 2-2 draw from the first leg meant that Arsenal had to score to have any chance of qualifying for the last four and although Barcelona began by controlling the play Arsenal did indeed score the first goal.

Abu Diaby robbed possession in midfield, fed Theo Walcott and the winger’s pace allowed him to cross the ball for Nicklas Bendtnaar to score at the second attempt after 19 minutes.

That goal threatened to upset Barcelona, but Messi got them back on level terms just two minutes later. The ball fell kindly to him on the edge of the Arsenal area and he produced an unstoppable left foot shot.

Barca continued to dominate and took the lead after 37 minutes. Eric Abidal cut in from the left and his ball into the area was knocked down by Pedro for Messi to control and beat Manuel Almunia from close range.

There was still time in the half for Messi to complete his hat-trick. As the Arsenal defense pushed forward, he ran onto a smart header from Keita before clipping the ball over a stranded Almunia.

With the tie under control, Barcelona looked to control the game in the second half and reserve energy for next Saturday’s visit to play Real Madrid.

Toure Yaya came into the game to close down space and with Arsenal unable to create chances and Barcelona content to let the clock tick down it made for a dull spectacle.

Three minutes from time, however, Messi made it all worthwhile. Again he found space in the Arsenal half and although Almunia stopped his first shot, Messi slotted the rebound through the keeper’s legs.

Barcelona won 4-1 on the night, 6-3 on aggregate and Messi now has 25 goals in 41 Champions League appearances, making him the club’s record scorer in the competition along with Rivaldo.

Arsenal Vs liverpool Highlights

Arsenal Vs liverpool Highlights, Arsenal (1-0) Liverpool Highlights Video: Arsenal beat Liverpool 1-0, on February 10, 2010 for the English Premier League.

After a first half of stultifying tedium, Abou Diaby scored midway through a hugely exciting second period to move Arsenal to within six points of leaders Chelsea.

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Arsenal Vs liverpool Highlights was first posted on February 11, 2010 at 1:02 pm.

Arsenal Vs Liverpool

Arsenal Vs Liverpool match will be live tonight 10-02-10, Kick-Off 19:45 UK Time. Watch free online live streaming of this EPL football match from Emirates Stadium, London. Highlights and goals video will be available here after the live match telecast. So don’t miss this exciting football match.

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Match Kick-off time: Wednesday 10 February 2010, 19:45 UK Time.

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Previous 5 results for Arsenal

Chelsea – Arsenal 2 – 0
Arsenal – Man Utd 1 – 3
Aston Villa – Arsenal 0 – 0
Stoke – Arsenal 3 – 1
Arsenal – Bolton 4 – 2
Bolton – Arsenal 0 – 2

Previous 5 results for Liverpool

1 – 0 Liverpool – Everton
2 – 0 Liverpool – Bolton
0 – 0 Wolverhampton – Liverpool
2 – 0 Liverpool – Tottenham
1 – 1 Stoke – Liverpool
1 – 2 Liverpool – Reading

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Arsenal Vs Liverpool was first posted on February 10, 2010 at 6:12 pm.

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