TALKING POINTS AS SANCHEZ SAILS ARSENAL TO GROUP STAGES

per vying for the ball in a fears encounter

The gunners yesterday night qualified for the UEFA Champions league group stage beating Besiktas 1-0 At the Emirates stadium,it was a highly contested encounter that  saw their Most expensive summer signing Alexis Sanchez score the only goal of the match,Mesut Ozil set him up after a wonderful work in the box by England international jack wilshere.

wilshere drives the ball inches away

wilshere  drove the ball wide in the opening stages of the encounter, sanchez had put the pressure on Besiktas defender gaining the ball in the process before releasing Wilshere, Carzola also came close after he tried a volley to an empty net after the industrious sanchez had snatched the ball from goalkeeper.
Demba Ba Again was handful for the gunners as he Marshaled the gunners right from Midfield, Ba came close to joining Arsenal last summer before Morinho the Chelsea boss stopped the process after Arsenal acquired Mesut Ozil.

Ba again in the thick of things

One stage of the match carzola won the ball at the edge of the box, and it was a sight that Arsenal faithful wanted to see as the two most expensive  club signing Alexis and Ozil were behind the ball,sanchez got the nod as he chipped the ball past the wall only to land safely into Zengin hands

sanchez curls the ball over the wall

major talking points

1. Sanchez is settling in and he was a joy to watch, his energy, constant threat and winning the ball back were amazing, he was the most industrious player int the field, his work rate was second to non,he just has to work only on his positioning and he will be good to go

sanchez swings the leg to score  his first arsenal goal

 2.Wilshere was brilliant in the night carrying the ball forward with a lot of pace and his energy was just immense, there was time he ran thought the entire Besiktas midfield from his half to their half reminding us of what he is capable of doing and the wilshere we envisaged few years back when he was coming through the ranks but again his tackles were scary and one time everyone thought he had brought down Motta down in the penalty box, he has to work on his shooting and scoring Also because that is where Ramsey edges a head of him.

WILLPOWER

3.Carzola is a fighter, the way he won the ball was unbelievable for his size, he kept on fighting and the manager noticed that allowing him to finish the game,he knew he would be of big help when they were defending the soul goal, the critics who said he can't defend bet are eating their own words

4.Mesut Ozil was average but we completely understand because he was subjected to be a winger, which restricts him to detect the game as he usually prefers, Carzola was effective when deployed in the whole where ozil thrives best, its a tricky situation for the manager, but we know le prof will solve

Mesut Ozil in Action verses Besiktas

5.Boss koscienly and Mertasacker pairing at the back was solid and it was instrumental to keeping the clean sheet and it is nice to arsenal faithful seeing that there first choices defensive pairing are still solid, though a defender needs to be brought in in case of an injury to either.

BA misses the ball by inches in the dying minutes

6.Debuchy was again brilliant and made very brilliant saves at the back, he was unlucky to be send off even after he clearly got the ball, one can understand why he was furious to the referee when he was send off and even after the match.

Debuchy given matching orders

7.Chambers can make one imagining of increasing the number of players to be 12 in the pitch because actually he is not a bench material, the way he measured his runs either to go forward or remain was unbelievable for a 19 year old, arsene wenger can be congratulated for this signing and what a player England has got on their hands
8. The referee was ridiculous with some calls he made, he denied Besiktas a penalty in the first half and the sending off of Debuchy was unprofessional.

Debuchy demands for Answers from the referee

Its good to see sanchez start scoring and bedding in well with others, he is a proven goals scorer and it only a matter of time before he stats banging braces and ha-tricks, will he lead Arsenal to major triumph this season? 

sanchez celebrate with wilshere his first Arsenal goal

sanchez misses his 2nd by inches

Arsene wenger knew a single Besiktas goal was enough to throw his side out  of the competition, one can guess how nervous he was seeing his side not adding a goal to kill the game, the four minutes added seemed like a whole hour, The gunners fans know what am talking about..

sigh of relief as gunners sail through

In the end the gunners secured champions league group berth for 17 years in a row and that alone is a great achievement for a manager that had restricted finance and a lot of debts to pay for the new emirates stadium.

Ba consoled by Per

A fears encounter but the gunners came out with the last laugh, now all eyes will be in monaco today to see which teams will be which groups. Marshall Talks: Sports will be keeping you upto date with the event

wilshere tricks sees Ba smile again

Till then, Enjoy your day, Got some HTML and java script practicals in the afternoon to do, rushing now to do  some polishing,

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