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Wolves give Arsenal and Eduardo a needless helping hand

Source: guardian.co.uk Sport

Nov 07, 2009

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Just about the last thing a free-scoring Arsenal team need at the moment is a helping hand in front of goal but Wolverhampton Wanderers are nothing if not obliging hosts. Having made life uncomfortable for Arsenal for a period, Mick McCarthy's side pressed the self-destruct button and conceded two own goals in the space of seven first-half minutes as Ronald Zubar and Jody Craddock both put through their own net. Thereafter it was a case of just how many Arsenal wanted to score.

They added another two and, incredibly, have now plundered 25 goals in their last eight league games and 55 in total this season in all competitions. Arsène Wenger, however, will take greater pleasure from looking at a league table that now sees Arsenal in second place, above Manchester United on goal difference, and breathing down the neck of Chelsea ahead of today's pivotal meeting between the two clubs at Stamford Bridge.

This was not the most polished Arsenal performance and it was hard to begrudge Wolves their late consolation, when Craddock headed home Matt Jarvis's corner in the 8

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