Arsenal
December Update
Platinum League
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[TD]
Liverpool
[/TD]
[TD]
3
[/TD]
[TD]
Arsenal
[/TD]
[TD]
0
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Juan Bernat[/TD]
[TD]46[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Joe Allen[/TD]
[TD]77[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Diego Godin[/TD]
[TD]87[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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[/TABLE]
Man of the Match - Gerard Piqué
Three second half goals gave Liverpool an easy victory. Only the third game this season where we failed to score.
Platinum League
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Arsenal
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[TD]
2
[/TD]
[TD]
Dortmund
[/TD]
[TD]
1
[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]Alexis Sánchez[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]Arturo Vidal[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Per Mertesacker[/TD]
[TD]81[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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Man of the Match - Gerard Piqué
After Dortmund took an early lead Alexis Sánchez hits his 9th goal of the season. German centre half Per Mertesacker poppedup with his first of the season to win the game for us.
Platinum League
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[TD]
Arsenal
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[TD]
1
[/TD]
[TD]
Barcelona
[/TD]
[TD]
0
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Aaron Ramsey[/TD]
[TD]33[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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Man of the Match - Gerard Piqué
Aaron Ramsey's third strike of the season being the only thing to separate the two sides on a night when Gerard Piqué was outstanding when playing against his ex-team mates.
The Cup - 4th Round 1st Leg
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[TD]
Arsenal
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[TD]
3
[/TD]
[TD]
Juventus
[/TD]
[TD]
3
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Alexis Sánchez[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]Mario Gótze[/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mesut Ózil[/TD]
[TD]21[/TD]
[TD]Carlos Tevez[/TD]
[TD]61[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Felipe Anderson[/TD]
[TD]33[/TD]
[TD]Paulo Dybala[/TD]
[TD]72[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
The fourth round draw could not have been much harder for us when we were drawn against league leaders Juventus. An absolute cracker of a tie took place as both teams fought hard for a 3-3 draw. Juventus probably the happier of the two teams with three away goals to their advantage.
Platinum League
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[TD]Arsenal
[/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[TD]Man Utd
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mesut Ózil[/TD]
[TD]39[/TD]
[TD]Daniel Sturridge[/TD]
[TD]30p[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Nicolás Gaitán[/TD]
[TD]57[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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Man of the Match - Nicolás Gaitán
Our third league win on the trot came through goals from Ózil and Gaitán. This win takes us up to 5th place in the league.
The Cup - 4th Round 2nd Leg
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[TD]Juventus
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[TD]3
[/TD]
[TD]Arsenal
[/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]Carlos Tevez[/TD]
[TD]2p[/TD]
[TD]Theo Walcott[/TD]
[TD]79[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Paul Pogba[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD]Theo Walcott[/TD]
[TD]81[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Carlos Tevez[/TD]
[TD]33[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Another cracking cup tie after a fantastic first leg saw Juventus through to the next round with a 6-5 aggregate win. Theo Walcott's two goals in two minutes lead to an exciting last 10 minutes as we searched for that equalising goal to try and take the game into extra time but the Old Lady held on to progress through.
December player of the month
Gerard Piqué
December top goalscorer
Mesut Ózil (2)
Alexis Sánchez (2)
Theo Walcott (2)