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Saturday, December 19, 2009

Arsenal 3-0 Hull City: Almunia penalty saves



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Arsenal coach, Arsene Wenger, insists, his team winning the determinants is the goalkeeper, Manuel Almunia. According to him, his team spirit on fire after Almunia thwart a penalty.

The statement relates to the success melibas Arsenal 3-0 Hull City in the Premier League continued at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday (19/12/2009). In the first half, William Gallas, et al appears pressing. But the barrage launched successful defense denied by "The Tigers' appear quite disciplined. New Arsenal thanks to goals scored ahead of Denilson halftime.

Entering the second half, Arsenal still appears pressing. However, when the maximum fruitless effort, the referee with a penalty to punish Arsenal on 56 minutes. Hull awarded a penalty after Craig Fagan was dropped by Mikael Silvestre. Lucky, Almunia managed to break the shot Geovanni. After a heroic appearance Almunia, Arsenal managed to add two goals scored by Eduardo and Abou Diaby.






Wenger said this victory was no action apart from Almunia. He considered, the condition could change if Almunia failed to anticipate such a penalty. According to him, mentally Hull fell after a penalty had failed.

"I know that this game becomes a difficult game because we go through two games against Liverpool and Burnley, and for me the most important thing is winning. We were a bit lucky because Almunia thwart a penalty but after that we deserved to win," explained.

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