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Barton: Gervinho incident kept me from joining Arsenal

By jtom on 22 September 2011 @ 7:45

Joey Barton has revealed that his brawl with Gervinho ended his chance of moving to the Emirates. Arsenal supporters should be praising Gervinho for keeping the QPR thug away from the club.

The incident occurred when Barton was still at Newcastle. During the first match of the season at St James’ Park, Barton picked Gervinho up by his shirt ,and Gervinho gave a slight tap to Barton’s cheek. Barton then dramatically fell to the ground in mock pain, and Gervinho was given a straight red card.

The current QPR thug had this to say to BBC Sport: “If I hadn’t played against Arsenal, I may have signed for them. There were a couple of conversations [with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger] but that’s different to actually signing.

“The Gervinho incident happened and there’s nothing I can do about it now. If it happened again, I’d like to think I’d deal with it differently.

“Things happen for a reason and there’s a lesson to be learned from it. Right now we sit above Arsenal in the table – hopefully that’s the case in May.”

Gervinho is now officially an Arsenal legend. If Barton’s story is true, then the Ivorian striker saved Arsenal from the controversy and drama that Barton brings to a club.

This week, Barton is having an ongoing fight with Wolves midfielder Karl Henry. Next week, Barton will going after another innocent victim. Arsenal aspire to have a sort of class and dignity, and nothing would do more to take away [...]

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22 September 2011 @ 7:45 | Tags: , | Category: Gervinho | Leave a comment

Match Report: Arsenal 2-2 Boca Juniors

By jtom on 30 July 2011 @ 21:10

Arsenal let a two-goal lead slip in the second half against Boca Juniors.  Robin van Persie and Aaron Ramsey were the goal scorers for Arsenal, but the lead was wiped away by goals from Lucas Viatri and Pablo Mouche.  Arsene Wenger spoke after the match about recent transfer speculation.

Gervinho used his electric pace to set up Robin van Persie for the first goal of the match.  The Ivorian put a cross right into the Dutchman’s lap, and RVP finished it off in the 29th minute.  Gervinho was the centre of many Arsenal attacks this afternoon.

Carlos Vela set up Aaron Ramsey for the Gunners’ second goal in the 46th minute .  The Mexican made a brilliant run around three defenders before he was finally taken down.  The ball rolled to Ramsey, and the Welshman fired it into the back of the net.  Ramsey has shown a lot of confidence leading up the the season.

Two quick goals in the second half from Boca Juniors negated all of Arsenal’s hard work.  Juan Roman Riquelme is a midfield general, and he was at the centre of Boca’s attack. 

In the 68 minute, Lucas Vitari cut Arsenal’s lead to one with a powerful shot past Vito Mannone.  The goal was a result of a give-away from Sebastien Squillaci.  How is Squillaci still getting playing time?

Then, three minutes later, Boca substitute Pablo Mouche scored the equaliser, much to the dismay of the Gooner faithful.  Mouche out-muscled Johan Djourou and was alone with Mannone.  The keeper [...]

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30 July 2011 @ 21:10 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Gervinho, Match Report, Players, Transfer News | 3 comments

Gervinho scores two to lead Arsenal to victory

By jtom on 23 July 2011 @ 19:35

Gervinho made his Arsenal debut earlier today in stunning fashion.  The Ivorian striker netted both Arsenal goals as the Gunners surged past FC Cologne 2-1.  Cologne’s only tally came on an embarrassing own goal by Carl Jenkinson.

Jack Wilshere was key in both Gervinho goals.  In the 7th minute, Wilshere unleashed a brilliant through ball that found Gervinho.  The Ivorian lifted the ball over the keeper for the easy finish.  I say easy because that is how it  appeared.  The finish was really very skillful.

Gervinho struck again in the 15th minute.  Jack Wilshere threaded a ball to Theo Walcott, right by a stretching Cologne defender.  Walcott put a low cross into the middle and Gervinho stuffed it in while colliding with the Cologne keeper Michael Rensing.  Rensing had to leave the game after the impact.

Gervinho was substituted in the 29th minute for precautionary reasons.

Near the end of the first half, Cologne were turning up the pressure, and Carl Jenkinson gave in.  Jenkinson, in an attempt to clear a cross, chipped the ball into the air in the direction of his own goal.  The ball looped magically over Szczesny, who could do nothing about it.

The second half flow was disrupted by changes on both sides.  Regulars Robin van Persie, Samir Nasri, and Bacary Sagna made appearences in the second half.  Besides a few crosses from Sagna, the trio did not make much impact on the match.

Lukas Podolski and Milivoje Novakovic were the main attacking threats for Cologne.  Both [...]

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23 July 2011 @ 19:35 | Tags: , , , | Category: Gervinho, Injury News, Match Report, Players | 2 comments