Arsenal 2-0 West Brom Arteta Goals

Arsenal 2-0 West Bromwich Albion 8 December 2012 on Premier League.Mikel Arteta scores two penalty goals against WBA. Arsene Wenger made three changes to the side that lost 2-0 to Swansea last weekend, as Bacary Sagna, Olivier Giroud and Oxlade-Chamberlain replaced Carl Jenkinson, Lukas Podolski and Theo Walcott. The visitors made replaced four of the team defeated by Stoke, with Brunt, James Morrison, and Peter Odemwingie all returning to the starting XI. Liam Ridgewell was also brought in, but was forced off in the opening ten minutes through injury.
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Arteta (2) @SpheraChannel de SpheraChannel The opening exchanges were hotly contested, with both sides keen to avoid going behind early on. But it was Arsenal who went the closest to taking the lead, as Gervinho spurned an early opportunity 18 yards from goal and Cazorla fired wide from just outside the penalty area. Cazorla then went close again, as Oxlade-Chamberlain raced down the right before hooking a cross deep into the box. The ball sat up nicely for the Spaniard to volley towards goal, but Steven Reid pressured him into smashing his shot over the bar. The visitors then had a chance of their own, as Brunt attempted the audacious. The winger attempted to curl a first time shot into Wojciech Szczesny’s top corner, but was unlucky to narrowly miss the target. The deadlock was eventually broken courtesy of an Arteta penalty. Cazorla cut into the box from the left, before dipping inside Reid and going down theatrically. Replays show that there was no contact from the right-back, but Mike Jones pointed to the spot and Arteta rifled the ball past Boaz Myhill. The Gunners were inches away from doubling their lead, as Gervinho embarked upon a mazy run into the area before drilling the ball across the six-yard box. Jack Wilshere slid in an attempt to make contact, but in spite of an open net gaping in front of him the 20-year-old could only manage to poke the ball wide.