Andy Walker's player ratings and match stats: Arsenal 1 Wolves 0
Apr 5 2010 by Andy Walker, Birmingham Mail
★ HAHNEMANN..............8
Had it not been for the American keeper, Wolves would have been on the end of a hammering.
ZUBAR............................7
Tenacious, determined and stuck to his task well.
CRADDOCK.....................7
While the veteran’s performance was far from perfect, you couldn’t fault him for effort.
BERRA............................7
Didn’t do any better or worse than his centre-half partner. Never let Wolves crumble.
ELOKOBI.........................7
Soon got wise to Walcott and helped to cause the winger’s performance to fade.
MANCIENNE....................8
Tremendous. Didn’t put a foot wrong and was willing to throw himself in front of everything.
FOLEY.............................6
Struggled to get into things but that was largely due to it being one-way traffic from Arsenal.
HENRY............................6
Looked up for the battle before being harshly sent off for tackle on Tomas Rosicky.
JONES.............................6
Quiet day as Gunners clamped down on any signs of his creativity from central midfield.
JARVIS............................6
Showed glimpses of the pace and attacking threat that Wolves fans know he possesses.
DOYLE............................6
Has become a master at feeding off scraps as a lone man, but barely a crumb came his way.
SUBSTITUTES:
Edwards (for Jones, 70): Made his first appearance since mid-December following injury. Quickly got into it......6
Keogh (for Doyle, 70): Plenty of effort but audacious attempt from halfway line gifted Arsenal possession seconds before their winner................................6
Ward (for Jarvis, 83)
Not used: Hennessey, Guedioura, Milijas, Iwelumo.
ARSENAL (4-4-1-1): Almunia; Sagna, Campbell, Vermaelen, Silvestre; Walcott, Denilson, Song (Nasri, 72), Eboue (Bendtner, 64); Rosicky; Eduardo (Vela, 79). Not used: Fabianski, Clichy, Diaby, Eastmond.
SENDING-OFF: Henry (foul, 66) – Wolves.
BOOKINGS: Jarvis (foul, 64), Mancienne (foul, 78) – Wolves.
CROWD WATCH.................................6
The old gold and black corner of the ground appeared to enjoy their first visit to The Emirates and taunted Arsenal’s foreign legion with chants of ‘Eng-er-land’. Attendance: 60,067.
REF WATCH.......................................5
A Marriner (West Mids): May have been influenced by Arsenal protests to send Henry off, when a yellow card would have been fairer.
THE MANAGER..................................7
Mick McCarthy came agonisingly close to equalling Wolves’ only previous Premier League points tally.
GAME RATING...................................6
If watching Arsenal bang their heads against an old gold brick wall is your cup of tea, then this was the match for you.
INJURY WATCH
None to report.
WHO’S NEXT UP FOR WOLVES?
Stoke (h) Sunday, 12pm.
