Arsenal (1) 3 - 3 (0) Sheffield Wednesday
Highbury, Tuesday 9th May 2000
FA Carling Premiership
Thanks to a bizarre Sheffield Wednesday revival in the
second half, Arsenal's run of consecutive wins ends at 5.
But there are another 2 records up for grabs which, as far as I
can tell, no-one but ArseWeb have cottoned onto just yet. Thierry Henry's
equaliser last night means that he's scored in 10 successive appearances, which equals the club record set by Ian Wright in 1994-95.
Check out our fixture
list for proof (the ones Henry didn't score in, against
Lens West Ham and Everton, he also didn't play in). And as
Simon pointed out earlier, he's now scored in 7 consecutive Premiership appearances which as I understand it puts him equal with
Shearer and Mark Stein. We're kind of hoping he play
against Newcastle: to set new club and Premiership records in
his first season would be incredible.
But given the
unimportance of Sunday's match at Newcastle, there's a good chance Titi's next appearance will be in the Cup final. Maybe he'll
win the UEFA Cup and break Wrighty's record at the same time. But whether he breaks the records or not, his achievement of this season is already an extraordinary one. Especially given that it's
his first season at the club, and that he's been a centre-forward for less than a season!
As for the match... Sheffield Wednesday lulled Arsenal into a false
sense of security by not turning up for the first hour. Arsenal
weren't much better, only managing to score through Dixon from
such a ridiculously narrow angle that surely he was only trying to keep the ball in. Then they brought 2 strikers off the bench and
in as many minutes they'd scored one each. Quinn made it 3-1 a few
minutes later and suddenly some of the more optimistic Wednesday fans were starting to dream of a miraculous last day escape.
But cracking goals from Silvinho (who came off the bench to
replace Winterburn) and Henry salvaged some honour for Arsenal,
and sent Wednesday down with the Watford.
Let's hope that's the last we hear of that bloody drummer at
Highbury!
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