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Swansea 1 Arsenal 2 Match Report and Match Reaction from Wenger and Ramsey

Published 29th September by ArsenalSupremo


Arsenal went back to the top of the Premier League with an excellent hard fought win over Swansea goals from youngster Serge Gnabry and man in form Aaron Ramsey, who produced another MOTM performance which sealed the win for the Gunners and made it 8 consecutive Premier League away wins.

Team Line Ups : 

Swansea : Vorm , Tiendalli , Flores , Amat , Davies, Canas , De Guzman, Dyer , Shelvey (Bony 60,), Routledge (Pozuelo 64,) Michu .
Subs not used: Taylor, Britton, Tremmel, Vazquez, Alfei.
Booked: De Guzman.

Goal: Davies 82

Arsenal : Szczesny, Sagna , Mertesacker , Koscielny , Gibbs, Flamini , Ramsey, Gnabry (Arteta 77), Ozil (Monreal 88), Wilshere (Jenkinson 90); Giroud .
Subs not used: Vermaelen, Fabianski, Bendtner, Miyaichi.
Booked: Flamini, Arteta. 

Goals: Gnabry 58, Ramsey 62

ArsenalSupremo's Man of the match: Aaron Ramsey

Match Stats and Facts  : 

Aaron Ramsey has now scored eight goals in his last eight appearances for Arsenal

Arsenal have equalled a club record eight consecutive away wins in the league

Serge Gnabry is the 97th player (excl. own goals) to score for Arsenal in the Premier League.

At 18 years and 76 days old, Serge Gnabry is the second youngest Premier League goalscorer for Arsenal, behind Cesc Fabregas (17 years and 113)

The record for consecutive away wins in the Premier League is 11, set by Chelsea in 2008

Aaron Ramsey and Arsene Wenger Match Reaction

Exclusive : Swansea 0 Arsenal 2 - Match day experience and review of the game.


20th March 2013 By FlittsTheGunner 

My View
After not travelling to Munich I made my way down to Swansea with a few mates for the 3pm kick off. It was an early start, 8am to be precise but nevertheless Arsenal fans were in high spirits after a solid performance in Munich, which reinvigorated hopes of a TOP 4 finish to save the season.

After a 3-hour train journey from Paddington (Centre of London) and a 20 min walk from Swansea we arrived at the Liberty Stadium. As my 1st time at the Liberty Stadium I must say I was very impressed with the ground and the modern facilities.  The locals were very welcoming and there was a lot of banter between the two and I thoroughly enjoyed my day and will be returning there on our next visit.

Onto the football, as for the 1st half it was extremely dull as a spectator with very limited chances being created from both teams. The highlight of the 1st half was The Ox hitting the bar twice which could give him confidence to regain his form from last season (which he has been along way off this season with very limited opportunities.) Swansea had the biggest threats in the 1st half with an Angel Rangel 1 on 1 being turned for a corner by Koscielny making a miraculous recovery run showing why he was selected ahead of Vermaelen. Swansea’s other big chance was from a mistake from Corporal Jenkinson where he misplaced a pass to Mikel Arteta and Nathan Dyer intercepted. The inform Michu received the ball and luckily for Corporal Jenkinson the ball was skewed inches of the post. Overall the pace of the game was very slow and lacklustre with Arsenal very  happy to sit back and let Swansea keep the ball hence the majority of possession in the 1st half.

The game didn’t seem to light up until the 2nd half where the likes of Cazorla caused havoc amongst the Swansea defenders. It seems despite much experimentation he is suited to the ‘Number 10 Role’ in behind the striker making those incisive runs and through balls for attackers to run on to. The 1st goal was created by Cazorla once again as he threatened to take a shot forcing Swansea players to dive in which opened up a lot of room. The ball was finally played into Giroud where he took an abysmal 1sttouch which let the ball out of his control but he put his body on the line to get the final touch where Monreal scuffed the ball into the net. As they say ‘They all count’ and that goal was decisive in how the game panned out. Later on when Swansea were pushing for the equaliser with very few defenders back Gervinho surprisingly finished a 1 on 1 with the assist coming from Aaron Ramsey who were both substitutions in the ‘70th minute’ It was the perfect away performance and the defence was resolute once again.

Some side notes:

Abou Diaby – A lot of supporters got on his back after many attempted runs with no end product. I believe we need to stick with him especially when he is fit as we saw at the beginning of the season against Liverpool he put in a MOTM performance opening up the game with his powerful runs running midfielders ragged. Although on his runs he failed to shoot it was very evident what he was trying to do but he simply does not have enough confidence at this given time and a run of games will put him back to his best barring he stays away from the Medical Room!

Gervinho 

Although Gervinho scored a 1 on 1 and had a few piercing runs into the Swansea defence, I still hope he can be flogged in the summer as he is not the answer for our problems at Arsenal FOOTBALL club. His mazey runs are common in his games and I believe even he doesn’t know where he is going sometimes. I am all for getting behind players and would never boo my own player but Gervinho is simply not a football player and I would much prefer to see The Ox out on the pitch than him. As for this business about giving Gervinho a bit of ‘Love’ he is a football player and should learn to take abuse when he is doing bad and take the praise when he is doing well.

I hope you enjoyed my blog! Leave your comments let me know what you think!

Arsenal’s next games- Reading 30th March (H)

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Swansea 0 Arsenal 2 : Post Match Reaction : Carl Jenkinson

18th March 2013 By ArsenalSupremo


Arsenal produced a solid performance away to Swansea and Carl Jenkinson who played in my opinion was one of our best players on the day gave his post match reaction to the game. He revealed that after the game it was the Arsenal masseuse who played the Nacho Nacho Man song in the dressing room after Nacho Monreal scored his first goal for the Arsenal. He also spoke about the win and gaining vital three points. "It’s a huge win. We were buzzing in the changing room because this is a hard place to come to and get a win. I’m delighted and so are the boys, and so we should be. We've come here and won 2-0

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Did you know? Monreal scored with his first ever shot on target in the Premier League.

Swansea 0 Arsenal 2 : Post Match Reaction : Arsene Wenger Press Conference

17th March 2013 By ArsenalSupremo


Arsene Wenger spoke to the media after the 2 0 victory over Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium. Wenger spoke about getting the vital 3 points to keep the top 4 place finish alive. We'll know that at the end of the season. The win was absolutely wanted from us. We couldn't drop points today to have a chance - we are in that situation. We have shown as well that we are up for a fight and we will do that until the end of the season. Find out more on what he had to say in the video below.

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Swansea 0 Arsenal 2 Match Report & Extended Match Highlights (MOTD)

16th March 2013 by Jeff @ArsenalTrend & ArsenalSupremo



Arsenal remained firmly in the race for Champions League qualification after Nacho Monreal and Gervinho secured a 2-0 win at Swansea on Saturday. Arsenal bounced back from their Champions League exit to step up their challenge for a top-four Premier League finish as goals from Nacho Monreal and Gervinho secured a 2-0 win at Swansea City on Saturday.

The win moved Arsene Wenger's side to within two points of fourth-place Chelsea, 24 hours before Rafael Benitez's side face West Ham United at Stamford Bridge. The Gunners struggled to break down Michael Laudrup's side but eventually made the breakthrough when Monreal scored his first goal since arriving at the club in an £8.3 million ($13.2 million, 9.7 million euros) move from Malaga in January.


Then, with Swansea looking for a equalizer, Gervinho secured the win in added time. Wenger had called on his side to display the qualities they had shown in beating Bayern Munich in mid-week, when they went out of the Champions League on away goals. The message appeared to get through, with Arsenal pressing forward immediately and only narrowly failing to match their efforts in Munich, when Olivier Giroud had set them on their way with a third-minute goal. This time the early opportunity fell to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who tricked his way past Swansea right-back Angel Rangel before firing a right-foot shot that rebounded to safety off the crossbar. But Swansea were equally positive in their response and Rangel made his presence felt at the opposite end of the pitch when he broke clear in the visiting area, only to slice his shot wide.


Swansea's victory at Newcastle United two weeks previously had taken the League Cup winners to the 40-point target set by Laudrup at the start of the season, prompting him to set a new target of a top-half finish.His side looked capable of taking the first step towards that mark when Michu turned Per Mertesacker in the 17th minute, only to pull his left-foot shot across the face of Lukasz Fabianski's goal. Fabianski had again been preferred to Wojciech Szczcesny in the Arsenal goal, with Szczesny taking his place on the substitutes' bench alongside Thomas Vermaelen, the club captain.

In Vermaelen's absence, the centre-back pairing of Laurent Koscielny and Mertesacker had impressed in Munich and the duo again provided a solid barrier in front of Fabianski, denying Swansea for the rest of the first half. And with more luck, the visitors might have reached the interval ahead, as Oxlade-Chamberlain again hit the bar with another long-range effort after good work from the impressive Santi Cazorla three minutes before the break.


Arsenal maintained their momentum after the restart, with Abou Diaby firing over from outside the Swansea box. The home side had looked like a team sat comfortably in mid-table, but they began to show more urgency as the second half progressed, with Michu and Pablo Hernandez firing over from good positions. But it was Arsenal who finally made the breakthrough, three minutes after Wenger had freshened up his side with the introduction of Aaron Ramsey and Gervinho for Oxlade-Chamberlain and Diaby. A period of sustained pressure brought about a corner that Swansea failed to clear effectively. The home defence was then stretched by a strong Cazorla run across the face of goal and when the home side again failed to clear the Spaniard's low cross, Monreal was on hand to finish left-footed. Swansea pressed for an equalizer but were caught out on the break when Ramsey sped down the right before squaring for Gervinho to finish from 12 yards.


The victory is more interesting as Arsenal paid Swansea back in same coin as the reserve fixture was a 2-0 loss at the Emirates. Arsenal are back on track for the Champions League, but still nine more crucial games to go with everything still left to play for. So what do you think of the victory? It certainly hard thought but got thier in the end. Onwards and upwards now as out next fixture is home to Reading. COYG!

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Swansea 0 Arsenal 2 : Post Match Reaction from Arsene Wenger

16th March 2013 By ArsenalSupremo



After a vital 2 0 win over Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger gave his post match reaction to the game to SkySports and praised his side spirit and fight. As second half goals from left back Nacho Monreal and a great counter attacking goal from Gervinho sealed the win for the Gunners.

"We've not always had that belief that you need at this level but the players were determined to give absolutely everything."

"Winning a big game like that (against Bayern), of course, improves your confidence even if it is a frustration to go out. We were up for a battle in Munich and it certainly helped."

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Swansea City 0 Arsenal 2 - Match Pictures COYG!!

16th March 2013 By Arsenal Supremo

Swansea V Arsenal - Match Pictures as Arsenal earned a vital 3 points in a bid for the top 4. COYG

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Brief Report - Swansea City 0 Arsenal 2 - Goals & Analysis COYG!!

16th Match 2013 By Arsenal Supremo


Extended match highlights and Report to come if you don't want to wait that long below are the links to both goals. Fantastic result which hopefully put pressure under Chelsea and Spurs. It was a solid performance away from hope we steadily we were getting better, but we had to wait until the substitutions when the urgency came back to Arsenal as Ramsey and Gervinho both played vital parts in the second half display. What do you think of the game and do you think we can go and finish in the top 4 up next for Arsenal is a home game with Reading

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Swansea V Arsenal Build Up : Exclusive Interview : Santi Cazorla

16th March 2013 By Arsenal Supremo



Here is Santi Cazorla's interview as he reflects on the win over Bayern Munich and stated that the Arsenal must build of the momentum created to secure top 4 for next season.

The positive we take out of the game is that we gave a good account of ourselves against one of the favorites for the Champions League, winning at their stadium,”

“The team can gain momentum from this. We have to use this game as an example for the future and try to play as well as we did against Bayern.

Below find out more what he had to say and please share this interview with your gunner friends. You will get all of the exclusive videos & great match previews and reviews to all Arsenal games on this site so subscribe to our site via email and don't miss out on any of the interview's with all of the Arsenal players. Coming up next on the site is an exclusive interview Olivier Giroud so stay tuned for that. 

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Match Preview : Swansea V Arsenal

15th Match By Jeff @ArsenalTrend Swansea V Arsenal Match Preview 


Much to the consternation of Arsene Wenger and Arsenal, it will be another season without a trophy in north London. Swansea City, though, are still basking in the glory of winning their first such hardware in 101 years and have their eyes on something bigger.

Chomping at the bit to open their most challenging stretch of league play, the Swans try to head into the international break with some momentum on Saturday when they host the Gunners at Liberty Stadium.

Arsenal nearly overturned a massive deficit Wednesday at Bayern Munich in the second leg of their round of 16 tie, rallying with two goals to knot the aggregate 3-3, but the crucial third away goal never came, and the Gunners (13-8-7) became the last English side to be eliminated in the Champions League despite a 2-0 win."Our second goal came a bit too late,'' Wenger said. "Bayern was nervous but we paid the price for not playing well in the first leg.''


Having already been eliminated in all domestic cup competitions - including ousters in the FA Cup and League Cup to lower-tier sides, Arsenal can throw their full attention into the final nine matches in league play to secure a spot in Champions League for next season. The Gunners had a five-match unbeaten streak snapped last Sunday in a 2-1 derby loss at Tottenham and are five points behind fourth-place Chelsea for the last European berth.

"We just have to go into every game focused and try and win every game that we play until the end of the season to try and get back into the Champions League," midfielder Aaron Ramsey told the team's official website.


Arsenal have done a good job following up their midweek matches in league play, going 4-3-0 on their last seven such occasions. Swansea (10-10-9) enter this match on 40 points, four places and seven points behind Arsenal, but this season can already be labeled a smashing success for the Welsh side in just their second season in the top flight. The Swans made a successful transition to new coach Michael Laudrup, found a top scorer in Michu and will be playing at least in the Europa League next season after winning the League Cup.

This will be the fourth competitive meeting between Arsenal and Swansea already this season, with both teams having a W1 D1 L1 record. Now comes a daunting stretch of matches for the Swans, starting with this match and a home match against third-place Spurs after the World Cup qualifying break. The six-match gauntlet concludes with a trip to Stamford Bridge versus Chelsea and a home match against reigning champions Manchester City, and talisman Garry Monk feels the high-profile clashes give the Swans all the incentive they need to surpass last season's total of 47 points and avoid complacency.

"We have got the entire top five to play in the remaining games, and we are targeting more scalps," he told Swansea's official website. "Arsenal are a really good outfit and we've already had some great battles with them this season. "But if we don't maintain our standards for the remaining nine games, then that could take the gloss of our season."

Michu's goals in the 88th and 91st minutes gave the Swans a 2-0 victory at the Emirates in the reverse fixture, but Arsenal gained a measure of revenge by dumping Swans from the FA Cup with a 1-0 triumph at home in a January replay on Jack Wilshire's goal in the 86th minute after the two teams had played to a 2-2 draw at Liberty Stadium.


Predicted line ups from the Guardian 


Swansea's last double over Arsenal came in the 1981-82 season. Arsenal with 10 games left to haul themselves into the top four, and cannot afford a repeat of December's meeting in North London when Michu's late double earned Swansea a 2-0 win.

Do you think the Gunners can do it tomorrow at the Liberty Stadium ? What do you think the score line would be? Please comment & leave us your feedback.

Pre Match Build Up : Arsene Wenger Press Conference Pre Swansea

15tth March By ArsenalSupremo



Arsene Wenger spoke to the media ahead of the vital game away to Swansea where the Arsenal looking to maintain the performance from Munich. Arsene looked back on the win over Bayern, competition for places and didn't want to reveal who would start in goal, was it going to be Szczesny or Fabianski who had a near faultless performance in Munich. Topics also raised was racism in football and what should be done to combat it and finally the excellent form of Swansea's Michu.

On the way is a match preview of the game by Jeff @ArsenalTrend so comeback to have a good read and remember to subscribe via email so you don't miss out on any of the stories on our new Arsenal Fan Site COYG! What do you think is going to happen at the game would love to see your thoughts on the game why not leave a comment and give us your predictions.

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Team News : Swansea V Arsenal

15th March 2013 By ArsenalSupremo


Arsene Wenger revealed his team news ahead of the vital trip away to Swansea in the Premier League. Still not back from injury are Bacary Sagna and Lukas Podolski whereas Jack Wilshere still won't be available until after the international break. The only player back who wasn't at the Bayern game is Nacho Monreal who was ineligible for the game due to being cup tied. 

There is a slight injury concern to Kieran Gibbs who had a reaction to his thigh and may not be risked for the game, which would mean Monreal should be back in the starting line up. 

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