Cazorla, Dua Golnya Jaga Posisi Arsenal di Puncak Klasemen
Carzola at the Double as Arsenal Stay Top
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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London (B2B) - Dua gol Santiago Cazorla membawa Arsenal tundukkan Fulham 2-0 dan menjaga timnya bertahan di puncak klasemen pada lanjutan Liga Utama Inggris (Premier League) pekan ke-22 pada Sabtu (18/1).
Laga yang digelar di stadion Emirates, London, itu Arsenal sudah menguasai pertandingan sejak babak pertama. Namun penyelesaian akhir yang kurang mumpuni membuat babak pertama berakhir imbang.
Pada babak kedua gol yang dinanti pendukung tuan rumah hadir manakala Santiago Cazorla memanfaatkan umpan Jack Wilshere dari luar kotak penalti di menit 57, seperti dilansir Yahoo News.
Lima menit kemudian Santiago Cazorla kembali menggetarkan gawang Fulham yang dikawal Marteen Stekelenburg melalui tendangan dari luar kotak penalti.
Arsenal menguasai pertandingan dengan 59 persen penguasaan bola dan menhasilkan 15 tembakan ke gawang Fulham.
Kemenangan tersebut menjaga Arsenal di puncak klasemen Liga Premier Inggris dengan 51 poin dari 22 laga, selisih dengan Manchester City dengan 50 poin dengan jumlah laga yang sama.
London - Santi Cazorla struck twice in the second half as Arsenal beat Fulham 2-0 to stay ahead of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League.
With free-scoring City romping to another big home win as Cardiff were the latest side put to the sword at the Etihad Stadium, there was little margin for error from Arsene Wenger´s men, who hold a slender one-point lead.
Arsenal finally had the breakthrough on 57 minutes when the ball was worked by Giroud to Wilshere in the left side of the crowded penalty area and he cut it back to Cazorla who drilled his shot into the bottom right corner.
Before Fulham could regroup, they were 2-0 down. Nacho Monreal´s cross from the left was headed out by Burn, and the ball dropped to Cazorla. The Spaniard needed little invitation to set himself before clipping a lovely drive low past Stekelenburg on 62 minutes.
Slowly Arsenal regained their dominance, but continued to be frustrated by a lack of a decisive pass to open up the stubborn visitors.
Fulham - who made the expected sweeping changes from their midweek FA Cup third-round replay win over Norwich - had never won in any competition at Arsenal, losing 22 of their trips so far to north London.
