Four Arsenal fans arrested at Anfield over city-centre murder investigation

Posted on September 04, 2012 by admin

The night before Arsenal faced Liverpool at Anfield this weekend, it seems that a London scaffolder called Stuart Smith was in Liverpool City Centre with a local girl when he was brutally attacked by a bunch of Arsenal supporters outside the Chameleon club in Back Colquitt Street. The victim was taken to the Royal Hospital but died soon after his arrival.

His female companion, Sophie Cowan, couldn’t believe that no-one came to rescue Mr Smith while he was being set upon. Her father told the press: “She was screaming for someone to help Stuart while he was being attacked.

“I can’t believe no-one came to help. They just let it happen. How can people stand by while this is being done to another human being?”

The attackers escaped that night but after scrutinising city-centre CCTV cameras the police managed to get hold of pictures of the assailants, and after co-ordinating with London police – football intelligence officers – who had travelled up to Liverpool with the fans, and they were on the lookout during the game.

When they were sure of their targets the police moved in and arrested the four Arsenal fans in the away section of the crowd. A police spokesman said: “Merseyside Police can confirm that the arrests of the men yesterday (Sunday September 2) in relation to this matter took place inside Anfield during the Liverpool FC and Arsenal FC football match.

“The men, aged 39, 39, 33 and 27 who are all from the London area, are still being questioned by detectives and remain in custody at this time.”

Today three of those arrested have now been formally charged with murder, and we are awaiting further news of the reasons for the attack….

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Four Arsenal fans arrested at Anfield over city-centre murder investigation

Posted on September 04, 2012 by admin

The night before Arsenal faced Liverpool at Anfield this weekend, it seems that a London scaffolder called Stuart Smith was in Liverpool City Centre with a local girl when he was brutally attacked by a bunch of Arsenal supporters outside the Chameleon club in Back Colquitt Street. The victim was taken to the Royal Hospital but died soon after his arrival.

His female companion, Sophie Cowan, couldn’t believe that no-one came to rescue Mr Smith while he was being set upon. Her father told the press: “She was screaming for someone to help Stuart while he was being attacked.

“I can’t believe no-one came to help. They just let it happen. How can people stand by while this is being done to another human being?”

The attackers escaped that night but after scrutinising city-centre CCTV cameras the police managed to get hold of pictures of the assailants, and after co-ordinating with London police – football intelligence officers – who had travelled up to Liverpool with the fans, and they were on the lookout during the game.

When they were sure of their targets the police moved in and arrested the four Arsenal fans in the away section of the crowd. A police spokesman said: “Merseyside Police can confirm that the arrests of the men yesterday (Sunday September 2) in relation to this matter took place inside Anfield during the Liverpool FC and Arsenal FC football match.

“The men, aged 39, 39, 33 and 27 who are all from the London area, are still being questioned by detectives and remain in custody at this time.”

Today three of those arrested have now been formally charged with murder, and we are awaiting further news of the reasons for the attack….

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Podolski and Cazorla come good for Arsenal at Anfield

Posted on September 02, 2012 by admin

A great day for Arsene Wenger’s new Arsenal team as they took all three points from a visit to Anfield. Things were hardly all one way at the start as Liverpool tried to over-run the Gunners in the first 15 minutes.

But Arsenal slowly and patiently worked their way into the game and it was a brilliant breakaway goal from Podolski that gave the Gunners the lead, although Pepe Reina really should have blocked it from that angle. But Thankyou Pepe! 1-0.

After that, it was end to end stuff with a bit of hassle from that little “censored” Luis Suarez continually trying to get Vermaelen in trouble, but Arsenal held on to the lead until half-time.

Again in the second half Liverpool probably had more of the ball than Arsenal, and certainly had more shots and corners, but it was the little magician Cazorla who snuck behind Liverpools lines with an incisive one-two with Podolski and suddenly we were 2-0 up! This time Reina was even more to blame as it came off his elbow on the floor) and into the net. Thankyou Pepe! 2-0.

Liverpool did put Arsenal under pressure right to the end of the game (Wenger even brought on Santos to replace Podolski!) but Brendan Rodgers side couldn’t find a way through and are stuck on one-point after three games. Whereas Arsenal are unbeaten and haven’t conceded a goal!

Happy Days!

I guess it has to be said that the only bad point was that Giroud fluffed his lines, but he still looked sharp enough. Once he gets one i’m sure many more will follow….

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Jenkinson – Arsenal are going to Anfield for all three points

Posted on September 01, 2012 by admin

The Arsenal full-back Carl Jenkinson is really looking forward to going to Anfield this weekend, and believes that despite failing to score in the first two games of the season, Arsenal will be able to take advantage of a more open game to grab all three points.

“Anfield is always a great place to play football, we’re all looking forward to it and we’re going for the three points,” Jenkinson said. “I was only on the bench last year, but the atmosphere and the stadium itself make it a special place.

“Liverpool are an ambitious club, and I am sure they will not sit back at Anfield looking to take a point. Hopefully it will be an open game and maybe that will be of benefit to us because it will open things up a bit.

“It would be a huge statement of intent to win there. Liverpool are a big club but we are just focused on our own game, and hopefully we will execute as we need to and get the three points.”

Liverpool have hardly had the best start to the season either, but they were unlucky not to beat the Champions Man City last weekend. A trip to Anfield will definitely give Arsenal fans a chance to see if the Gunners really can challenge for the title. Nothing less that three points will be enough right now……..

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Arsenal vs Liverpool

The Game

We needed a Pepe Reina late gift to get a point when we played Liverpool in the first game of the season and in a way, that game was indeed the picture of things to come.

Facing a Liverpool team that was going through the tough migration from Benitez to Hodgson – then sacked after failing to properly replace the Spaniard – we went down after David Ngog made no mistake in beating Manuel Almunia at his near post, then indeed needing a goalkeeping mistake to level things up despite playing the whole second half with eleven against ten.

A lot of things changed since then but others stayed the same, such as Arsene’s persistence in highlighting the “mental strength” of his players, the strength funnily enough mentioned after a win but never questioned after a disappointing result.

And I was bewildered at his “we turned the corner” statement after the Blackpool game. I mean after one month without any wins, a month in which we saw some of the problems that have been troubling us for years, considering a win against a relegation-zone team as a sign that we turned the corner is a little bit too much, isn’t it?

Now before you jump to quick conclusions such as that I’m a “glory hunter”, the reason why these comments “annoy” me is because for me, this squad, these players, are good enough to dominate in England and Europe. This, will never happen if our manager insists on saying that we have mental strength and we successfully bounced back from cup exists just because we defeated a struggling relegation-zone team.

Having said that, today’s game, however, could answer some questions, not all, but some of them. The Reds will be determined to keep their positive run going and our defensive department will have in Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez two very difficult clients to deal with.

There will be no room for a lapse of concentration, no room for mistakes and when we get a chance in the final third we will have to take it. And also, yes, it will be important for all those at the Emirates to use their voice in the same way they did when we played Barcelona in the Champions League.

Elsewhere, I’m sure Manchester United’s defeat against Manchester City brought a big smile on the face of many of you but I would be careful as it is not easy to understand how the Red Devils will react, that is, whether they will suffer a mental blow as we did after losing the League Cup Final or react like lions, shifting their focus on their two, remaining targets.

As Arsene said, tomorrow’s game promises to be an open, entertaining game of football and with Chelsea beating West Bromwich Albion away from home yesterday, we desperately need all three points if we are to keep our title hopes alive and not worry about losing the second place in the table.

As always, my favourite line-up is below. Remember you can submit your own at Arsenal Interactive and then share it on Twitter and Facebook.

Favourite line-up

Wojciech Szczesny, Johan Djourou and Alex Song are all back and as it is almost the case when players are back from injuries, one has to be careful.

Arsene confirmed that Wojciech will start in goal in his pre-match press conference adding that Johan and Alex will have to take a late fitness test to decide whether to start or not. In my opinion, Johan has to start if we are to stand a chance against Liverpool’s offensive duo.

As for Alex, I honestly believe Abou can adequately replace him, provided he wakes up on the right side of bed. I was tempted to actually put Alex and Abou in the team alongside Cesc, relegating Jack on the bench, but even if he looked tired against Blackpool, how on earth can you keep out of the team our best player of the season?

Up front, I would start with Samir on the left, Theo on the right and of course Robin up front. Having said that, if Andrey starts in place of Theo I will not be disappointed and that is because we all know the Russian can be a big, big asset when we play against “big” teams.

Finally, the more I think about it, the more I realise there is no room for Nicklas Bendtner in this team and I will not be surprised if he asks to leave during the summer transfer window.