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Arsenal return to winning ways, Huddersfield maul Wolves
25 Nov 2018
Chapter 1: What were the key moments in Arsenal's 2-1 win over Bournemouth?
Now Iwobi. Kolasinac pulls it back, oh, it's a spectacular own goal from Lerma. Brooks aware Bellerin's coming, lays it off to King! It's Kolasinac who pulls it across and Aubameyang slides it in, and Arsenal restore their lead. And that was their 21st goal in the second half this season. Two more than any other side.
And having got in front from the second time through Aubameyang, this time Arsenal were able to hold Bournemouth at arm's length. Reaction now. The man who scored the winning goal with Jeff Shreves. Over when you've drawn your three previous games, does that make victory even sweeter?
Yeah, of course. I think we knew that it would be a tough game today and it was tough. But it's good to win and be back at home with a win. It's nice.
The winning goal, do you think you were quicker from the free kick? Do you think Bournemouth were still a little bit on the back foot?
Yeah, maybe. I think so. I think Alex gave the ball to Seahawks and I sprinted into the area and then he gave me a good pass.
Arsenal seemed to have the better of the second half. Did you come out with more determination having just conceded a goal?
Yeah, I think the goal before the half-time was... was bad and not bad for for us because uh at the half time we spoke and we knew that in the second half we have to come back with the intensity and uh yeah we we knew that we have to put some uh aggressivity and do better than the first half 17 unbeaten now just a point behind chelsea do you feel that you are building something yeah i think so we
We are following the process. It's a process, you know, and we continue in this way. I think the group is living well. So we try to continue on this way.
Good win. Thanks for talking to us. Thank you. fourth away in the season, as many as they managed in Arsene Wenger's final season in charge of Arsenal. Let's have a look through the goals again for those people who might be just joining us. Alex, there's more than a touch of fortune about their first today.
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Chapter 2: How did Arsenal respond after conceding the equalizer?
Alex made a good point in terms of they shouldn't even be in that area of the pitch, Arsenal, defending a minute into injury time. And Bournemouth, to be fair to them, with the pace, the energy that they possess, they're always willing to get forward. The weight of the pass here from David Brooks is exceptional. And Josh King finishes it really, really well. I think Leno can do better.
I really do. I don't think it's right in that top corner. That's when you want your goalkeeper to save the day for you. But on the reflection of the first half, I thought 1-1 was about right going into the break. Second half, though, Arsenal went on and won the game. Jamie, again coming down Bournemouth's right.
Is there something in that? A little bit, but I think it's a good play as well. The passing is so incisive, it's quick, that there's no doubt at all they get caught Bournemouth defensively, but it's a really good team goal from Arsenal's point of view. This pass here by Iwobi... just completely cuts out Ryan Fraser. He gets his body position completely wrong. The pull by Kolasinac is perfect.
And then you can see that this is a master finisher. You know, he loves those. He's got so many of those in the Bundesliga. He's getting them in the Premier League. That was a great goal. I mentioned the first, I think the equaliser from Bournemouth's point of view was typical Arsenal in some stages, but that was Arsenal at their best. Really good goal.
Had there, though, been VAR here today, it might have been a different story, Alex. Let's have another look at the goal that wasn't for David Brooks.
Yeah, and this is where everyone's talking about VAR because it totally would have cleared it up. But you have to say it's hard for the line-up because when you actually see the initial touch, you can see he's onside, but the amount of players in there, the line-up can't really see that. So it is a hard one, but it should have been a goal.
It took us four or five times to see this back properly. And that's an important point, isn't it? It is, because it's quick to criticise the officials, we're quick to do it. I don't think the fact that Mustafi is so low helps him. He's probably looking across, waist high and above, seeing Brooks, seeing that he's quite off. But, yeah, it's obviously the wrong decision.
And that would have been the lead for Bournemouth. It wasn't the case. Eddie Howe giving his reaction now with Jeff Shreves. Eddie, unfortunately, it's another 2-1 defeat. What did you make of it and the manner of it? Yeah, it was hard.
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Chapter 3: What factors contributed to Arsenal's second-half dominance?
I thought Arsenal played well today. I thought they put us under pressure in both halves in different spells. But I thought we held our own and I thought we had some good chances, some good moments towards the end of the game. Jefferson Lerma's shot that hits the post could have been so different. A couple of scrambles at the death of the game. Ultimately, I think we played a good team today.
Do you think you had a perfectly good goal chalked off?
Difficult from my view, I haven't seen the replay of it, I've been told it was very tight if not on, so if that's the case, hugely disappointing because that could have turned the game. You scored a fabulous equaliser, Alan Smith said in commentary it was all about the choice of pass on the breakaway, would you agree with him?
Yeah, we did have our moments on the counter-attack, we had a lot of joy with balls in behind in the first half and as I say we had our moments and with a little bit more quality the game could have been very different. As it was, we scored the own goal, we responded really well. Second half was a difficult game to predict what would happen.
They had a lot of the ball, but we were still dangerous on the counter-attack. Why do you think they were stronger second half? I don't know, it's a difficult one. I think they kept the ball better. We struggled to get hold of the ball in our usual way. When we did, as I said, I thought we looked a threat. I think it's always fine margins at this level.
The winning goal itself, were you slightly on the back foot I'm disappointed with the winning goal because I felt we were in control of that situation. They had a free kick, no immediate danger, but we seemed to just switch off as a team and conceded a poor goal. As we said, it's the best start to the season, but that's now three straight defeats.
Is it important you don't really let the lads get their heads down now and make sure you can lift it? Yeah, I think that's my message to the players afterwards. We're disappointed to lose three in a row. That hurts immensely. But then you have to take into context who you've played. These are tough games. Tougher to come next week. They don't get any easier for us.
But we knew that was a spell of games that we were coming into. And I think it's really important that the players don't lose confidence. Thanks, Eddie. Thank you. And important to remember for Arsenal that this is one of the places they came unstuck last season. Alex, can we look at today and say this is evidence of Arsenal making progress, being harder to beat?
Absolutely, and picking up wins away from home, which was a complete contrast to last season. But I think you have to credit Unai Emery. To change the formation today, because it was a risk coming off an international break, not spending a lot of time with your players, but you can see now why he did it. And it came to light in the second half.
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Chapter 4: What was the significance of the own goal by Lerma?
They get to the ball more. And that's what you've got to do if you want to win any sort of title.
would say well he will look at that today because it is becoming a repeat pattern how Arsenal start and it's lucky that they're still managing to go in at halftime still in a game because that first 20 minutes you're looking at looking at the game and you are Arsenal were totally being exposed in those areas with the wing backs but they managed to still stay in the game and then change in the second half isn't that incredible that they can go so long unbeaten and and still in the Premier League they haven't been in front at halftime
Staggering. Well, we were all getting ready for them being in front, weren't we? And they should have seen that out. And that's another learning curve. But it's just the old habits die hard in some instances. Jamie alluded to the fact that Bellerin at half-time should have got back in for the goal. Jacket, I think, can do better. You need to manage the game on the pitch.
You're one up, minutes to go. Just sit in, play the game out. Because they have got to try on the counter with those front four. But be steady.
It's Moye, steers it into the corner.
Huddersfield have a precious away goal. Looked in from where we were.
We were all looking towards the referee. Oh, wow. It's 2-0, Aaron Moye's done it again. A huge moment for Huddersfield Town.
Games change, don't they, on the tiniest of margins, but having failed to win any of the first ten, it's now two in three for Huddersfield. They were magnificent at Molyneux. Aaron Moy and Philip Billing now with Patrick Davison.
Guys, well played. Philip, we saw the celebrations at the end there. Just how huge a moment do you feel that is in your season? Yeah, you know, it's important for the whole club, us players, you know, to get that confidence. And so, therefore, it was a brilliant performance by everyone, you know.
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