Super-sub Cesc sinks Villa
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Cesc Fabregas watches his free-kick fly past Brad Friedel
Arsenal undermined Aston Villa's top-four challenge when scoring three times in the second half to win 3-0 at Emirates Stadium. Cesc Fabregas came off the bench and scored twice before aggravating a hamstring injury, with Abou Diaby adding the third late on. [+]
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Cesc Fabulous Steps In to Beat Villa
Cesc Fabregas came off the bench to make in inspirational contribution that proved to be the difference between the two teams at Ashburton Grove yesterday. Until his entrance into the fray it had been an even contest but, within the 27 minutes he was on the field, the captain had scored twice, turned the match and ensured that Arsenal took a vital three points from Aston Villa. Continued...
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| Current Squad | |
| G1 Manuel Almunia | M27 Emmanuel Eboue |
| G21 Lukasz Fabianski | M38 Jay Emmanuel-Thomas |
| G24 Vito Mannone | M4 Cesc Fábregas |
| G James Shea | M41 Emmanuel Frimpong |
| D32 Luke Ayling | M Conor Henderson |
| D34 Kyle Bartley | M8 Samir Nasri |
| D22 Gaël Clichy | M15 Denilson |
| D36 Thomas Cruise | M43 Fran Merida Perez |
| D20 Johan Djourou | M16 Aaron Ramsey |
| D37 Craig Eastmond | M48 Mark Randall |
| D10 William Gallas | M7 Tomas Rosicky |
| D28 Kieran Gibbs | M17 Alexandre Song Billong |
| D42 Kerrea Gilbert | M14 Theo Walcott |
| D3 Bacary Sagna | M19 Jack Wilshere |
| D6 Philippe Senderos | F52 Nicklas Bendtner |
| D18 Mikael Silvestre | F9 Eduardo |
| D30 Armand Traore | F Luke Freeman |
| D5 Thomas Vermaelen | F54 Herschel Sanchez Watt |
| M2 Abou Diaby | F51 Gilles Sunu |
| M23 Andrei Arshavin | F11 Robin Van Persie |
| M33 Nacer Barazite | F12 Carlos Vela |
| M35 Francis Coquelin | |
| · Complete Squad | |
| Latest Fixtures/Results | |||
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | Competition |
| Sat 12/19 | H- Hull City | W 3 - 0 | Premier League |
| Sun 12/27 | H- Aston Villa | W 3 - 0 | Premier League |
| Wed 12/30 | A - Portsmouth | 19:45 UK | Premier League |
| Sun 1/3 | A - West Ham United | 16:15 UK | FA Cup |
| Wed 1/6 | H - Bolton Wanderers | 19:45 UK | Premier League | · Complete Club Fixtures/Results |
| 2009/10 Tables: English Premier League | ||||||
| CLUB | P | W | L | D | GD | Pts |
| Chelsea | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 45 |
| Manchester United | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 40 |
| Arsenal | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 38 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 37 |
| Aston Villa | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 35 |
| Manchester City | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 35 |
| Birmingham | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 32 |
| Liverpool | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 30 |
| Fulham | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 27 |
| Sunderland | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | -3 | 23 |
| Everton | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | -6 | 22 |
| Stoke City | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | -8 | 21 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | -15 | 21 |
| Burnley | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | -18 | 20 |
| Wigan Athletic | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | -18 | 19 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 20 | 5 | 11 | 4 | -19 | 19 |
| West Ham United | 20 | 4 | 10 | 6 | -9 | 18 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | -10 | 17 |
| Hull City | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | -22 | 17 |
| Portsmouth | 19 | 4 | 13 | 2 | -11 | 14 |
| · Complete Tables | ||||||
| 2009/10 Leaders: Premier League | |||||
| PLAYER | Goals | ||||
| Cesc Fábregas | 9 | ||||
| Robin Van Persie | 7 | ||||
| Andrei Arshavin | 6 | ||||
| Abou Diaby | 5 | ||||
| Thomas Vermaelen | 4 | ||||
| William Gallas | 3 | ||||
| PLAYER | Yellow Cards | ||||
| Alexandre Song Billong | 5 | ||||
| Emmanuel Eboue | 3 | ||||
| Cesc Fábregas | 2 | ||||
| Robin Van Persie | 2 | ||||
| Andrei Arshavin | 2 | ||||
| William Gallas | 2 | ||||
| · Complete Statistics | |||||
| Club History | ||||||||
| LC | GP | W | L | D | PT | GD | POS | |
| 2009/2010 | P | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 27 | 3 |
| 2008/2009 | P | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 72 | 31 | 4 |
| 2007/2008 | P | 38 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 83 | 43 | 3 |
| 2006/2007 | P | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 68 | 28 | 4 |
| 2005/2006 | P | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 67 | 37 | 4 |
| 2004/2005 | P | 38 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 83 | 51 | 2 |
| 2003/2004 | P | 38 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 90 | 47 | 1 |
| 2002/2003 | P | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 78 | 43 | 2 |
| 2001/2002 | P | 38 | 26 | 3 | 9 | 87 | 43 | 1 |
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