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TUNAANZA...
Former Tottenham man Kevin-Prince Boateng
scored a sensational volley and Manchester City
outcast Robinho bagged a classy brace as Arsenal
were thumped 4-0 by AC Milan in the first leg of
their Champions LeaguE Tie. Alikuwa ni former White Hart Lane
employee who struck the mwaaaah first telling blow at the
San Siro, Boateng smashing a wonderful volley off
the underside of Wojciech Szczesny's bar to spark a rout in Italy. Another former Premier League misfit, Robinho,
then added goals either side of half-time before
Zlatan Ibrahimovic deservedly rounded off the
scoring, winning and converting a 78th-minute
penalty to put the seal on an embarrassing night
for Arsenal. Baada ya mapumziko Mzee Wenger chose to select Thierry Henry maarufu kama Herode on the bench for his last match before the
legendary striker returns to the MLS, with Tomas
Rosicky filling the wide left position. Meanwhile, at
the back Kieran Gibbs was restored to left-back,
allowing Thomas Vermaelen to move into the
centre to fill the void left by Per Mertesacker. Certainly the Arsenal defence did not cope with the
movement of Ibrahimovic and Robinho all night,
and the Serie A giants dominated almost from first
whistle to last after Rosicky's early long-range
effort. Clarence Seedorf rifled into the side-netting in a
brief cameo before he was forced off by injury, and
on 15 minutes Milan had a deserved lead. Boateng
broke from midfield into the inside-right channel
of the Arsenal penalty area, where he cushioned
the ball with his chest before controlling a difficult volley, slamming the ball into the net with such
unerring precision that many fans inside the
ground wondered if the ball had actually crossed
the line. It had, and soon Milan were threatening again,
showing little intention to simply hold on to their
1-0 advantage. Antonio Nocerino drove just over
from distance and Boateng wasted a two-on-one
breakaway, all the while with Mark van Bommel
imperious at the base of the midfield. A second goal always looked likely and it came
gift-wrapped by Ibrahimovic who, not for the first
time, spun into space behind Bacary Sagna to
attack the left side of the Arsenal area. Reaching
the byline at ease with Sagna lazily retreating,
Ibrahimovic clipped a cross back to Robinho with his left foot, and the Brazilian re-adjusted brilliantly
to head past Szczesny. Wenger responded by throwing on the club's
record goalscorer Henry for the anonymous Theo
Walcott, but within four minutes they were 3-0
down. Vermaelen was unfortunate to slip on the
edge of his own area, and Robinho simply allowed
the ball to roll across his body before firing low into the corner past Szczesny. Arsenal waited until the 65th minute to produce
their first moment of quality and it came from
Henry. Using the outside of his boot to flick the ball
into Robin van Persie's path, the Frenchman
allowed his strike partner to volley towards the
bottom corner where Christian Abbiati made a superb one-handed save. However, Wenger had by now thrown caution to
the wind, and Arsenal paid the price when
Ibramovich dropped a shoulder to trick his way
past the hapless Johan Djourou, who could only
pull the giant Swede down. Szczesny guessed right
with the penalty, but it carried too much fizz from the enigmatic right boot of Ibrahimovic, and Van
Persie could not grab Arsenal a lifeline with a
header at the death.
Former Tottenham man Kevin-Prince Boateng
scored a sensational volley and Manchester City
outcast Robinho bagged a classy brace as Arsenal
were thumped 4-0 by AC Milan in the first leg of
their Champions LeaguE Tie. Alikuwa ni former White Hart Lane
employee who struck the mwaaaah first telling blow at the
San Siro, Boateng smashing a wonderful volley off
the underside of Wojciech Szczesny's bar to spark a rout in Italy. Another former Premier League misfit, Robinho,
then added goals either side of half-time before
Zlatan Ibrahimovic deservedly rounded off the
scoring, winning and converting a 78th-minute
penalty to put the seal on an embarrassing night
for Arsenal. Baada ya mapumziko Mzee Wenger chose to select Thierry Henry maarufu kama Herode on the bench for his last match before the
legendary striker returns to the MLS, with Tomas
Rosicky filling the wide left position. Meanwhile, at
the back Kieran Gibbs was restored to left-back,
allowing Thomas Vermaelen to move into the
centre to fill the void left by Per Mertesacker. Certainly the Arsenal defence did not cope with the
movement of Ibrahimovic and Robinho all night,
and the Serie A giants dominated almost from first
whistle to last after Rosicky's early long-range
effort. Clarence Seedorf rifled into the side-netting in a
brief cameo before he was forced off by injury, and
on 15 minutes Milan had a deserved lead. Boateng
broke from midfield into the inside-right channel
of the Arsenal penalty area, where he cushioned
the ball with his chest before controlling a difficult volley, slamming the ball into the net with such
unerring precision that many fans inside the
ground wondered if the ball had actually crossed
the line. It had, and soon Milan were threatening again,
showing little intention to simply hold on to their
1-0 advantage. Antonio Nocerino drove just over
from distance and Boateng wasted a two-on-one
breakaway, all the while with Mark van Bommel
imperious at the base of the midfield. A second goal always looked likely and it came
gift-wrapped by Ibrahimovic who, not for the first
time, spun into space behind Bacary Sagna to
attack the left side of the Arsenal area. Reaching
the byline at ease with Sagna lazily retreating,
Ibrahimovic clipped a cross back to Robinho with his left foot, and the Brazilian re-adjusted brilliantly
to head past Szczesny. Wenger responded by throwing on the club's
record goalscorer Henry for the anonymous Theo
Walcott, but within four minutes they were 3-0
down. Vermaelen was unfortunate to slip on the
edge of his own area, and Robinho simply allowed
the ball to roll across his body before firing low into the corner past Szczesny. Arsenal waited until the 65th minute to produce
their first moment of quality and it came from
Henry. Using the outside of his boot to flick the ball
into Robin van Persie's path, the Frenchman
allowed his strike partner to volley towards the
bottom corner where Christian Abbiati made a superb one-handed save. However, Wenger had by now thrown caution to
the wind, and Arsenal paid the price when
Ibramovich dropped a shoulder to trick his way
past the hapless Johan Djourou, who could only
pull the giant Swede down. Szczesny guessed right
with the penalty, but it carried too much fizz from the enigmatic right boot of Ibrahimovic, and Van
Persie could not grab Arsenal a lifeline with a
header at the death.
