Podolski Antar Arsenal Kembali ke Empat Besar
Podolski Leads Arsenal Back Up to Fourth
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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London (B2B) - Penyelesaian sublim dari Olivier Giroud dan dua gol Lukas Podolski mengantarkan finalis Piala FA Arsenal menang 3-1 dini hari tadi atas West Ham di Emirates Stadium guna kembali naik ke empat besar Liga Utama Inggris.
Setelah awal lamban menyusul kemenangan adu penalti melawan Wigan di Wembley Sabtu lalu, The Gunners sempat tertinggal 0-1 akibat gol Matt Jarvis pada menit 40, seperti dilansir espn.co.uk.
Namun penyerang Jerman Lukas Podolski dengan cepat menyamakan kedudukan pada menit 44, dan kemudian pada menit 55 tembakan jarak dekat nan menawan dari Giroud membuat Arsenal berbalik unggul 2-1.
Sebuah tendangan keras lainnya dari Podolski pada menit 78 mengamankan tiga poin Arsenal yang membuat tim asuhan Arsene Wenger melewati lagi Everton yang Rabu malam nanti akan menjamu Crystal Palace.
Respons cepat para pemain The Gunners ini membahagiakan Wenger, namun bos The Gunners ini tahu masih banyak hal dilakukan untuk mengamankan jatah Liga Champions timnya ini, di samping menjalani laga final Piala FA melawan Hull City 17 Mei nanti di Wembley.
London - Arsenal moved back into the top four and into the final Champions League qualification spot after coming from a goal down to beat West Ham 3-1.
Matt Jarvis gave West Ham the lead five minutes before the break, heading in from close range after Antonio Nocerino was twice denied by Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny.
Lukas Podolski equalised four minutes later with a drilled left-footed finish from Santi Cazorla´s pass.
Olivier Giroud marked his return to the Arsenal side with a goal by putting his side in front in the 55th minute. The Frenchman neatly controlled Thomas Vermaelen´s long pass and fired his shot under the legs of West Ham goalkeeper Adrian.
Podolski then scored his second of the night 12 minutes from time from Aaron Ramsey´s headed flick-on.
Arsenal are now one point ahead of Everton, who have the opportunity to reclaim fourth place if they beat Crystal Palace on Wednesday night, with the Toffees threatening to end Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger´s perfect record of getting the Gunners into the Champions League since he arrived to the club.
