November
Arsenal fans were graced with a month of
superb football from their favourite stars who are fast becoming the
favourites to take the Premiership title, if they can keep up their current form.
A journey across the capital saw Arsenal take on Fulham at the Cottage, in a game that was dominated from start to finish from the
performing Gunners. Ozil opened the scoring after 14 mins before Giroud Smashed home a Header from a quick corner on 37 min. Fulham then gifted Arsenal the 3rd mid way through the 2nd half with an OG, he game was then finished off by Mathieu Flamini who has seen 1st team opportunities hard to come by with the signing of Matuidi. Fulham grabbed a consolation goal at the death with the game finishing 4-1.
Arsenal then hosted Dortmund and were looking for a better result than the previous encounter which saw them thrashed 5-1 by the Germans. The game provided a
fierce battle with no fewer than nine yellow cards being shown, Dortmund took the lead on the stroke of half time before rb Bacary Sagna found himself in an unusual goal scoring position but he didn't fail to take the chance and levelled up the score. With Dortmund already through
Arsenal only needed the point to secure Qualification so rather than attack both teams sat back for the remainder and settled for a 1- draw.
Next up was Norwich and after a tough midweek fixture against Dortmund Arsenal was playing with tired legs and it showed in an encounter than saw Mertesacker score after 3 minutes for the Gunners, climbing above the Norwich defence to head home from a Cazorla set piece. Arsenal then
shut up shop and played slow possession football for the remainder of the game to steady their already tired legs, Arsenal winning 1-0.
The game of the month was Arsenals Domination of Hull, which saw the Gunners put 5 goals past the Hull keeper before half time.
Arsenal continued scoring for fun in Europe when they put seven past P.Ferriera even after going down to 10 men before half time with Koscielny seeing a straight red for a professional foul. Oxlade-Chamberlain got himself on the score sheet twice after 6 mins and 19 mins, before
Insigne starting his first game since his long term injury sustained in pre-season
scored a scorcher on 36 mins.
Transfer listed Nicklas Bendtner who was put in the team to get him in the shop window scored a quick double before half time either side of Koscielny's red card. Cazorla then finished the thumping getting two late goals with the game ending 7-0.
Arsenal then hosted Everton in the
final game of the month, in a game which saw them score all three goals in a 2-1 win. Mertesacker giving Everton the lead with a deflected clearance, ex Everton star Arteta then got Arsenal level before Giroud got himself on the score sheet again just before half time.
November also saw Adams claim his 2nd
Manager of the month award