1 week agoLatest NewsComments Off on Arsenal player ratings: David Raya saves all three-points for Arsenal but Trossard’s woeful deliveries an issue again
ARSENAL finally won a match with ten-men after Myles Lewis-Skelly was controversially sent off.
The wonderkid was surprisingly given a red card for a foul on Wolves star Matt Doherty at the end of the first-half in a decision that was described as “nonsensical”.
Arsenal players regained their composure after losing their cool after Myles Lewis-Skelly was sent off[/caption]
David Raya impressed between the sticks[/caption]
It was the Gunners’ fourth sending off this season and they had not won any of their matches without 11 players this term.
But Arsenal showed their character and battled past Wolves 1-0.
Here is how SunSport rated the players’ performances.
DAVID RAYA – 8/10
Very little to do until the 63rd minute when he brilliantly tipped a deflected Cunha effort wide.
He then stopped Ait-Nouri in a one-on-one in the 84th minute.
MYLES LEWIS-SKELLY – 6
Was having another fine game before being the victim of one of most ludicrous red cards in Prem history. His cynical trip was worthy of a yellow and nothing more.
WILLIAM SALIBA – 7
Arsenal just look so solid with him in this backline. A welcome return from a minor hamstring injury. Kept Cunha at bay.
GABRIEL – 7
Led from the front and put his body on the line. Constantly headed away from danger.
JURRIEN TIMBER – 6
Hit with some nasty challenges that required treatment – including one that had Joao Gomes sent off – but carried on playing and was resolute.
DECLAN RICE – 7
More of a goal threat than in recent weeks and stood up when Arsenal needed him.
THOMAS PARTEY – 7
Steady Eddie for most parts back in his favoured midfield position after spells at right-back this season. Displayed his importance to this side once more.
ETHAN NWANERI – 6
Unfortunately made way at half-time as a sacrificial lamb following Lewis-Skelly’s sending off. Was a lively, creative spark in the first-half.
LEANDRO TROSSARD – 5
In the absence of Bukayo Saka, the Belgian is on corner-taking duty, but his deliveries were woeful. A quiet afternoon that sums up why he is in and out of the team currently.
GABRIEL MARTINELLI – 6
Was lacking that clinical edge in the first half, but came up with the cross after the break that led to Arsenal’s vital opener.
KAI HAVERTZ – 7
Missed two glorious first half chances with his head and another in the second half, but worked tirelessly on his own – especially with Arsenal down to ten.
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RICCARDO CALAFIORI (NWANERI, 45) – 8
The sort of goal that keeps title dreams alive. Added real height and danger aerially, as well as a sweet volley from a tough angle.
1 week agoLatest NewsComments Off on Wolves 0 Arsenal 1: Riccardo Calafiori secures huge win for Gunners after hugely controversial Lewis-Skelly red card
THE 10 men of Arsenal overcame the 12, and then 11, of Wolves to keep their title challenge alive with a Riccardo Calafiori winner.
That is how it must feel for Mikel Arteta, his players, every Gooner and most unbiased observers after referee Michael Oliver made one of the worst decisions ever seen.
Riccardo Calafiori sealed a dramatic win for 10-man Arsenal at Wolves[/caption]
Myles Lewis-Skelly was controversially sent off but Wolves later went to 10 men too[/caption]
Oliver confirmed his status as Arsenal’s least favourite official when he sent off Myles Lewis-Skelly in the first half.
Against all common sense,Oliver ruled the teenager’s cynical trip on Matt Doherty 30 yards from the Wolves goal to be violent conduct.
Somehow VAR let the call stand.
But Arteta’s team channelled their fury. And shortly after Oliver made it 10 v 10 by sending Wolves midfielder Joao Gomes off for a second yellow card, Calafiori scored what could turn out to be a vital goal.
The Italian had come on at half time to replace Lewis-Skelly at left back so it felt like justice of a sort that he turned the ball in neatly after Nelson Semedo’s poor header from a Gabriel Martinelli cross.
But the Arsenal fans who abused Oliver and accused him of making the game all about him will nor forget his latest intervention.
Oliver and Arsenal have history.
On this same ground in February 2022, the referee booked Gabriel Martinelli twice in quick succession for blocking a throw-in and then immediately committing a foul.
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Then earlier in this campaign, he showed Leandro Trossard a second yellow card against Manchester City for kicking the ball away.
But this was arguably the worst decision of them all and could have proved so costly for the Gunners.
Arteta had enough problems anyway.
He welcomed back William Saliba and Ethan Nwaneri for their first starts since injury, but found himself without captain Martin Odegaard and Mikel Merino.
The Spaniard had picked up an unspecified knock while Odegaard had been sent back to London because of illness after travelling to the West Midlands with the team.
Wolves started nervously at the back, almost presenting Arsenal with chances to score.
Yet it was the home side who threatened first.
Captain Nelson Semedo’s charge down the right and cross deserved better than Pablo Sarabia volleying the ball over the crossbar.
After that it was all Arsenal.
Leandro Trossard sent in tempting crosses for Kai Havertz twice. The German sent his first header wide but seemed to have got the second right, angling it back across Jose Sa.
But the Wolves goalkeeper kept the ball out with his right leg, probably more by luck than judgement.
Nwaneri wasted a good sight of goal from a free kick 20 yards out but little more happened until Oliver’s moment of madness.
As Wolves tried to break after a poor Declan Rice corner, Lewis-Skelly brought down Matt Doherty with a cynical trip about 30 yards out..
Yellow card, all day long.
Not in Oliver’s world. Out came the red, and Arsenal went ballistic.
There was no way Lewis-Skelly had denied a goalscoring opportunity, even without taking into account it was Doherty who was fouled.
Yet the PGMOL’s explanation that the young Arsenal star wasa guilty of serious foul play was simply nonsense. The challenge was not high, nor was their excessive force or serious danger to Doherty.
VAR Darren England should have told Oliver to think again. But England was the man guilty of the worst error with the technology in Premier League history, when he and his team failed to correct an offside call against Liverpool’s Luis Diaz in the game against Tottenham in September 2023.
Jurrien Timber was booked for his protests and the away fans let Oliver know exactly what they thought of him. You could only have sympathy.
Arteta sent on Riccardo Calafiori for Nwaneri at half time to rebalance his team.
The Arsenal supporters were soon singing, “Michael Oliver, it’s all about you”.
Their team were equally defiant, pinning Wolves back after the break and Rice stung Sa’s hands with a rasping shot.
At the other end, Hwang Hee-Chan, who had replaced the injured Jorgen Strand Larsen in the first half, tested David Raya with an effort from distance.
Then Sarabia could only divert a cross wide. It became end to end stuff.
Havertz headed a Rice free kick over the bar, then Raya made an acrobatic stop from Matheus Cunha.
And from the resulting corner, alleged Arsenal target Cunha could only shoot wide when the ball fell to him just outside the six-yard box.
Then things got interesting. Joao Gomes fouled Timber unnecessarily in the Arsenal penalty area and was shown a second yellow card. 10 v 10, Game very much on.
The inevitable soon happened.
Martinelli curled in a cross and Semedo’s header dropped to Calafiori, who turned it in on the half volley with the kind of poise you don’t expect from a defender.
The Arsenal players ran to celebrate with Arteta, his backroom team and the substitutes, all of them knowing how important a goal it was.
It felt like Wolves had blown their chance, and so it proved.
Rayan Ait-Nouri burst through on the break but Raya came out to make a decent save.
The Arsenal goalkeeper dealt easily with a Cunha effort.
And the Gunners pulled off an against-the-odds, against-the-referee victory that could yet inspire them to overhaul leaders Liverpool.
1 week agoLatest NewsComments Off on Bournemouth 5 Nottingham Forest 0: Dango Ouattara bags stunning hat-trick as Cherries keep up pace in European race
DANGO QUATTARA ran the show as Bournemouth demolished Nottingham Forest.
Justin Kluivert netted the opener against the surprise package team of the Premier League inside nine minutes.
Dango Ouattara bagged a hat-trick against Nottingham Forest[/caption]
He scored all three in the second half of the match[/caption]
Justin Kluivert netted the opener for Bournemouth[/caption]
Antoine Semenyo added a fifth in stoppage time[/caption]
Dango Quattara took the game by the scruff of the neck as he sealed the victory for the hosts.
He netted his first in the 55th minute before adding two more to seal his hat-trick before full-time.
Antoine Semenyo put the cherry on top as he added a fifth in the 91st minute.
The stunning win for the Cherries sees them keep pace in the race for European football.
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1 week agoLatest NewsComments Off on Masked Singer fans spot EIGHT clues that ‘reveal’ Pufferfish is huge nepo baby vocalist with nineties music legend mum
THE Masked Singer fans have spotted EIGHT clues ‘revealing’ Pufferfish’s identity as a nepo baby singer with a nineties music legend mum.
Viewers and judges alike have been wowed by Pufferfish’s performances on the hit ITV show.
The Masked Singer fans have been trying to work out Pufferfish’s identity[/caption]
The performer has impressed fans with their strong vocals[/caption]
It has been suggested singer Mabel could be under the mask[/caption]
Now, singer Mabel has been suggested as the anonymous star under the mask.
Born Mabel Alabama-Pearl McVey, the 28-year-old’s 2019 debut studio album High Expectations was certified platinum.
She comes from an impressive lineage, being the daughter of Brit Award-winning Swedish singer Neneh Cherry.
Her uncle is singer Eagle-Eye Cherry, while Mabel’s father is music producer Cameron McVey.
Writing online, a fan shared how Pufferfish’s clues could possibly link to Mabel.
They penned: “Mabel? voice may fit.
“Yet another with Food Luck song, which is actually hers. Good luck was sald again tonight.
“She’s written for Four of Diamonds, hence, sparkling clue. Has a BRIT award and performed at the BRITs.
“Very musical family, her mum is Neneh Cherry.
“Worked with 2 acts with 5 then 6 letters in their names like the dice, Harry Styles and Clean Bandit.
Spag Bol – this character was first to be unmasked and was none other than Good Morning Britain host Kate Garraway.
Plus there was one extra unmasking this season, with Giant Joel – a caricature of host Joel Dommett – unveiled as double-double Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah.
Pufferfish followed this up with a rendition of Cyndi Lauper’s classic “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”.
Other names speculated include Netflix star Jenna Ortega, The X Factor legend Dannii Minogue and West End performer Samantha Barks.
Fans will only discover the character’s true identity once the mask comes off.
The Masked Singer airs on ITV1 and ITVX.
Mabel’s mum is Swedish singer Neneh Cherry[/caption]
Her uncle is singer Eagle-Eye Cherry[/caption]
1 week agoLatest NewsComments Off on Inside the ‘Jacuzzi of Death’ where anything that DARES enter will be killed & left to disintegrate in toxic waters
A TERRIFYING salty circle of tragedy known as the “Jacuzzi of Death” is filled with tragic creatures that have been killed in its toxic waters.
This horrifying spot in the Gulf of Mexico is known to kill everything that goes inside it.
The dead zone is a 100-foot-wide “bottomless” pocket filled with toxic substances.
This concoction of methane, excessively salty water, and hydrogen sulphide means nearly everything that crosses its path is killed.
The murderous underwater lake sits nearly 3,000 feet below the Gulf of Mexico.
Its briny waters are so dense the death trap has been dragged to the bottom of the gulf and cannot mix with the rest of the ocean.
This death pool is four times more salty than the ocean waters around it, which ensures these bodies never mix.
Terrifying images reveal how these toxic waters slowly disintegrate the unfortunate crabs and fish that end up in the death zone.
This dangerous spot was found by scientists 10 years ago when they realized creatures would enter never to be seen again.
Erik Cordes of Temple University who discovered the site 3,300ft below the Gulf’s surface toldSeeker.com: “It was one of the most amazing things in the deep sea.
“You go down into the bottom of the ocean and you are looking at a lake or a river flowing.
“It feels like you are not on this world.”
Other scientists pointed out shocking scenes of “pickled” crabs who died in this treacherous death pool, according to The LA Times.
A marine chemist, Scott Wankel, said: “These larger organisms really don’t like to be in this fluid — or maybe they just come here to die.”
The terrifying zone was dubbed a “jacuzzi” as the temperature of this pool is warmer than the waters around it.
Surprisingly only one living creature can survive in these toxic waters.
Mussels can withstand these horrifying conditions and this “jacuzzi” is lined with them.
Colonies of bacteria have also been able to survive in this terrifying underwater spot.
This deadly pool is 3,000 feet below the Gulf of Mexico[/caption]
Only one creature is able to survive in these toxic waters[/caption]
1 week agoLatest NewsComments Off on Liverpool 4 Ipswich 1: Cody Gakpo double keeps Reds six points clear at top… but gap opening up at bottom of table
MO SALAH’S 100th Anfield goal and a Cody Gakpo double maintained Liverpool’s six-point Prem lead.
Dominik Szoboszlai drilled an early opener as the Reds cruised past third-bottom Ipswich – with Jacob Greaves netting a stoppage-time consolation.
Dominik Szoboszlai celebrates his 11th-mintue breakthrough for Liverpool[/caption]
Szoboszlai drilled the Reds in front after a fine Ibrahima Konate pass[/caption]
Mo Salah hails his landmark goal[/caption]
Cody Gakpo made it 3-0 shortly before half-time[/caption]
Salah netted hs 100th Anfield goal amid a first-half rampage[/caption]
Ibrahima Konate’s sweet assist enabled Szoboszlai to fire Liverpool in front n 11 minutes.,
Salah then cracked a landmark strike after Gakpo picked out the strike legend at the backpost.
And Gakpo himself made it 3-0 just before the break.
Ryan Gravenberch capped a fine move by feeding Szoboszlai, whose shot was blocked by Ipswich keeper Christian Walton, only for Gakpo to bundle it home.
The Dutch winger then completed his own double midway through the second period.
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