ARSENAL produced another nail-bitting results with a precious 2-1 victory against Hull City at KC Stadium last night for their five straight wins in a row to stay on course for the Premier League Title.
Nicklas Bendtner goal came to the rescue to give Arsene Wenger's side a lifeline when the Big Dane scored the winner in injury time. Earlier, Russian's Andre Arshavin had put Arsenal infront early as in the 17th minute. But Hull City drew level at 1-1 through Jimmy Bullard spot-kick.
With the win, Arsenal moved up in second-spot, level on points (64) with Chelsea who have a game in hand when the Blues defeated West Ham United 4-1 at Stamford Bridge in the match played earlier. While reigning champions Manchester United drop to third with 63 points and they could go back on top if they win against Fulham tomorrow.
The home side playing infront of full capacity crowd suffered a rude shock when they went down 0-1 early in the 17th minute. Andre Arshavin wriggled in between two Hull City defenders in the box and calmly slot home past the onrushing Myhill.
But the Tigers stormed back to drew level at 1-1 through Bullard spot-kick when Sol Campbell was alleged by referee for bringing down striker Hesslelink in the box. They were reduced by 10 men late in the first half when captain's Boateng recieved his second yellow of the night for his clumsy tackle on Sagna.
In the second half, Arsenal dominate the play but couldn't find their way through the Hull defence. When they manage to find the breakthrough the visitor were let down by poor finishing. This time around it was Arshavin's turn wasting numerous chances.
With six minutes added on, midfielder Denilson drive in a ferocious long range shot with Myhill had to palm the ball but went straight into Bendtner path who took the rebound first time past bewildered goalkeeper for the Arsenal winning goal.
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