{"id":414127,"date":"2011-05-02T08:08:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T08:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/02\/premier-league-team-of-the-week-our-arsenal-inspired-defence-features-szczesny-clichy-koscielny\/"},"modified":"2011-05-02T08:08:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T08:08:00","slug":"premier-league-team-of-the-week-our-arsenal-inspired-defence-features-szczesny-clichy-koscielny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/02\/premier-league-team-of-the-week-our-arsenal-inspired-defence-features-szczesny-clichy-koscielny\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League Team of the Week: Our Arsenal-inspired defence features Szczesny, Clichy &#038; Koscielny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h4>2 May 2011 09:08:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"68.3420826162\">\n<p><span readability=\"31.6696165192\">As the season draws to a close, the hallmarks of a title twist have started to emerge in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\">Premier League<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After Chelsea secured a 2-1 victory over Tottenham at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, courtesy of a Heurelho Gomes fumble and a generous linesman decision, the gap between Carlo Ancelotti&#8217;s side and leaders Manchester United was cut to three points.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Alex Ferguson&#8217;s charges subsequently failed to reaffirm their six-point advantage after losing to Arsenal at the Emirates on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>For the fourth-place battle, Manchester City cemented their Champions League ambitions with a 2-1 win over West Ham on Sunday, while Liverpool also staked a late claim with a convincing 3-0 victory over Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>In the relegation dogfight, Blackburn helped their survival cause with a one-goal victory over Bolton. Wigan, despite conceding the lead, are a point better off following their 1-1 draw at home to Everton, while Blackpool held Stoke to a goalless stalemate at Bloomfield Road.<\/p>\n<p>West Brom won their Midlands derby against Aston Villa to push into the giddy heights of 11th, as Sunderland&#8217;s freefall continues following their 3-0 defeat at home to Mark Hughes&#8217; Fulham.<\/p>\n<p>So who made our team this week? We opted for a midfield-packed system to stifle our opponents. As ever, we welcome your musings on our omissions, as well as our inclusions.<br \/><strong><span><br \/>FORMATION: 4-5-1<\/span><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/a97d41460ord482717142-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/02\/2467212\/premier-league-team-of-the-week-our-arsenal-inspired-defence\" title=\"Premier League Team of the Week: Our Arsenal-inspired defence features Szczesny, Clichy &amp; Koscielny\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Premier League Team of the Week: Our Arsenal-inspired defence features Szczesny, Clichy &amp; Koscielny<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 2 May 2011 09:08:00 As the season draws to a close, the hallmarks of a title twist have started to emerge in the Premier League . After Chelsea secured a 2-1 victory over Tottenham at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, courtesy of a Heurelho Gomes fumble and a generous linesman decision, the gap between Carlo Ancelotti&#8217;s side and leaders Manchester United was cut to three points<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-414127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Premier League Team of the Week: Our Arsenal-inspired defence features Szczesny, Clichy &amp; Koscielny - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/02\/premier-league-team-of-the-week-our-arsenal-inspired-defence-features-szczesny-clichy-koscielny\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Premier League Team of the Week: Our Arsenal-inspired defence features Szczesny, Clichy &amp; Koscielny - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"2 May 2011 09:08:00 As the season draws to a close, the hallmarks of a title twist have started to emerge in the Premier League . 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