Report: Hull City 1-2 Arsenal
A below-par Arsenal managed to pluck a priceless victory at the KC Stadium on Saturday.
Andrey Arshavin had given the Gunners an early lead but a dubious penalty kick was awarded to the hosts through which Bullard equalized.
George Boateng had been sent off before half-time but a lethargic Arsenal failed to unlock ten-man Tigers’ resistance after the break and it took until deep into injury time to find the breakthrough as Bendtner rebounded home off Denilson’s saved effort.
Unlike Tuesday’s drubbing of Porto, today’s victory was not through a vintage Arsenal display but when it comes to the title race, the ‘V word’ is often ‘vital’ rather than ‘vintage’.
Following an evenly energetic start from either side, Arsenal struck first in the 14th minute when Arshavin danced his way through a pair of Hull defenders to toe-poke the ball past ‘keeper Boaz Myhill. That goal came with a lot of numbers. It was the Russian’s 11th of the season, Arsenal’s 100th of 2009/10 and 800th since the Premier League began.
14 minutes later, Arsenal were pegged back.
Marney teed up an offside Vennegoor of Hesselink in the 28th minute and the striker, right in front of goal, made the most of Campbell’s contact to earn his side a penalty kick.
Jimmy Bullard stepped up and thumped the ball home from the spot as Arsenal were forced to regain ascendancy. And despite George Boateng’s sending off for a second bookable offense just before half-time, the Gunners stuttered in finding a second goal.
After a low-key start to the second half, during which Arsenal failed to make inroads into their numerically inferior opponents, Theo Walcott was introduced at the expense of Eboue.
The winger almost made an immediate impact, bursting down the right before producing a cross that found its way to Arshavin via a touch from Samir Nasri, but the Russian embarrassingly ballooned his shot over.
Hull continued to look good value for a point and even dared for an unlikely winner as they pressured Arsenal in a late spell which saw them win their first corner kick of the half.
As Phil Brown ordered his men to shut up shop, Arsene Wenger tried to fire some sort of urgency into his jaded side with Eduardo replacing Nasri. All the touchline shakes and moves from Wenger looked to have back fired at this point, as those on the pitch slow down tempo.
Into injury time, it had to take a heavy mistake, a case of fortune or a moment of brilliance for Arsenal to secure three points today. The spirited visitors would not undo their hard work with any late mistake, so it was up to Arsenal to utilize their brilliance or find some fortune. Denilson tried to provide the former while Bendtner was at the latter.
The Brazilian sent in a ferocious long-range effort which forced Myhill to palm the ball straight into the path of a lurking Bendnter who pounced home the winner.
It was in the ‘Nick’ of time.
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HHHHAHAHHAHAHAHA KARLOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS BENDTNER SCORED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HAHHAHA
i appreciate that..vary much usama.
i have always said that bendtner has that striker sense,wins balls and all that,but the type of finish he lacks
today he finished that goal….im not going to lie to you ,i completely went berserk,but the the finish was 5.5/10.mate…
he is a youth product and will have to finish and only finish,just finish..critical finishes like torres,villa,…yes today im super happy because he did that..
ps:plz dont think i am criticising him,badly,i appreciate what he has done with my heart..but he made the keeper touch the ball from that distance
bendtner bendtner i told u all!!!!! hahahhahahha. yo randy why couldnt i get in the chat roll???/
Should have been 3-4 goals but still happy to have this 1.
Bendtner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Silence the critics!!!
karlos karlos!! where are u??????????????????????????????????????????????
This should have been over in the first half. Oh well, a win is a win.
Bring on West Ham!!
I’m just short of words. ThankGod we won.
Wooooow, glad we got the 3 points. I think denilson deserves the credit.despite his below par performance in d.m.
Like the previous write I am short of words. however I was crying “SHOOT SHOOT all Thru the 2nd Half. We have guys like Dennilson and Diaby who can pack a wallop from a distance far out. Instead to tip tapped around the area unti they are intercepted or we made a bad pass. The much maligned Dennilson deserves a lot of credit for taking a shot and really making the gaol . Credit the bid Dane for keeping his cool dnd pushing the ball in. I am worried about Eduardo, perhaps he doesn,t get enough playing time but he seems to me to be a spent force – perhaps hasn,t recovered confidence. Hope Summer training will do something for him. Any thots. Up the Gunners . If we beat Spurs and Manu and Chelski draw we may have it made?????? Lawence J Beadle
We looked well off today, but still did enough to warrant the 3 points. I thought the ref had a shocker, and the club should appeal Sol’s yellow. Hopefully Hull will have been assisted on route to the championship where their brand of football belongs. I love that we keep on going until the end, this really does bode well for us.
Oh ye of little faith.I have been saying it all along,and i will repeat it here,that we have as good a chance as Manu and Chelsea of winning the EPL.The game today was a little nerve-wracking,but the lads managed to keep their cool and played right to the end.They deserve praise for pulling it off.Next stop,West Ham.
BENDtner
is by no means a classsy striker
but the fact of the matter is that we do not neeed classsy players…we hav 9 other players excludin Almunia who are classsy enough…..we just need sum1 who can stay in the box…thats it
if whores like Adebayor can score 32 goals then any body who is tall can score 50 goals a season provided they play the entitre season…..bendtner is sum1 like that he remains injury frreee and that is one constant we neeed
btw
I noticed somethin wich is very pissin offff
wen arshavin was playin striker earlier then almunia was hittin all the balsssss properly to the other half
now wen bendtner has come there Almunia is givin paassses to clichy
I mean we need sum1 wid brains
and btw, like DKD said, though I was really relieved.. Bendtner shot from 3 feet out, rebounded off the floor and touch the keeper’s palm. It went it because some Arsenal Fan who happens to be an angel attached some Wings to the ball before Denilson took the shot. Seriously guys.. It brushed the keeper’s palms, both of it…….
THE ARSENAL POINT THAT GET FROM HULL CITY IS VERY GOOD. I APPRECIET ALL ARSENAL PLAYER AND MANGER PROFESER ARSEN WENGER.AND ALSO I WISH THE PERIAMER LEG CUP FOR ARSENAL.THANK YOU.