Strong team for match v Spurs reserves (R)

[Brodo]

Graham Stack
Justin Hoyte
Martin Keown
Pascal Cygan
Gael Clichy
Ray Parlour
Kanu
Edu
Jerome Thomas
Dennis Bergkamp
Jeremie Aliadiere

Let's hope they kick some bottom!!

[DallasGooner]

Arsenal 4 - Tottenham 0

Aliadiere 10, 16
Edu 41
Thomas 48

[otterulz]

Originally posted by srossen
Aliadiere 10, 16
That's the name I was hoping to see.

Is anyone else surprised that Cygan hasn't played yet? I thought he'd be a shoe in to at least be a reserve, but I guess Toure has impressed pretty well. I wouldn't mind seeing Pascal play though because Keown scares me sometimes. I think Cygan definitely improved towards the end and did a good job filling in while Campbell was suspended.

[dwinkler]

You could say we stomped the Sp*rs out of them...heh.

[Montreux]

Tell me again why Bergkamp is playing with the reserves?

[DallasGooner]

Originally posted by Montreux
Tell me again why Bergkamp is playing with the reserves?

Missed a couple of weeks on training camp so just wanting to keep his fitness up this off week.

At least thats my guess.

[Lanesra]

Originally posted by srossen
Arsenal 4 - Tottenham 0

Aliadiere 10, 16
Edu 41
Thomas 48


Ahh, it's nice to see the kids enjoying themselves.

[Brodo]

Originally posted by Montreux
Tell me again why Bergkamp is playing with the reserves? He's been sub most of the time and unlike most of the others he hasn't been involved in the internationals this week.

[Brodo]

Jeremie Aliadiere struck twice as an experienced Arsenal side overwhelmed Tottenham reserves at Barnet FC on Monday night.

In front of a bumper crowd of over 3,000, Arsenal were ahead after only 10 minutes. Aliadiere jumped with Tottenham defender Paul O'Donoghue for Graham Stack's long clearance. The ball fell nicely for the young Arsenal striker who thumped home from just outside the area.

Six minutes later it was 2-0. Dennis Bergkamp, who buzzed around the Spurs back four to good effect all night, sprayed a 50-yard pass out to right flank. The impressive Justin Hoyte planted the ball into Aliaderie's path with one-touch. The Arsenal striker was similarly efficient with the finish past Tottenham keeper Nicky Eyre.

The same three combined midway through the half but this time Aliadiere could not convert as the ball ran loose in the Tottenham area.

Just before the half-hour, Bergkamp's curling pass released Kanu sprinting through the midfield. The Nigerian jinked past Lee Barnett in fine style but blazed over the bar when he should have tested the keeper.

Until this point, Tottenham had barely tested Stack. The closest they had come was when Barnett robbed the otherwise excellent Ray Parlour and sped into the area before seeing his shot deflect wide.

Still, debutant Stephane Dalmat and Mbulelo Mabizela showed their experience and the visitors pressed before the break. They could have scored when unmarked striker Jamie Slabber produced an air-shot when he should have converted Jonathan Blondel's inviting cross at the far post.

Arsenal made Tottenham pay a minute later when Edu sidefooted home at the far post from Parlour's curling cross.

Jerome Thomas thumped Arsenal's fourth just after the interval but Spurs substitute Mark Yeates stung Stack's hand in reply.

Aliadiere was furiously chasing a hat-trick. He nearly scrambled home a goal after Edu nodded back Bergkamp's corner. Then he forced South Africa captain Mabizela to hurriedly hack behind for corner. And, most notably, the young Frenchman sent a swiveling shot into the arms of Spurs keeper Nicky Eyre when released by Bergkamp.

Spurs nearly got on the score sheet in the dying minutes when Jonathan Blondel tested Stack with a cross shot and John Jackson nodded a header just wide.

But Arsenal had the last opportunity when Edu audacious chip drifted just over the bar with five minutes left.

[michaec]

I saw the goals before I came to work this morning. Aliadiere's pair were a couple of cracking finishes.

I was reading the revirew above when I came across this:Originally posted by Brodo
... Kanu sprinting through the midfield. The Nigerian jinked past Lee Barnett in fine style but blazed over the bar when he should have tested the keeper. Surely this is some kind of joke?!? The words "Kanu" and "sprinting" cannot possibly have been meant to have been put in the same sentence. Although the blazed over the bar bit sounds about right.
:)

[OPArsenal]

42 years, 42 years!!!

Rien mais le Treble!

OPArsenal