Wigan vs Arsenal 2012 ( Wigan Arsenal VIDEO BELOW)
Final score and result:- Wigan vs Arsenal 0-1 ( Arteta pen)
DW Stadium, Wigan- 12.45 UK- 22nd Dec, 2012- Saturday- 22/12/12
Mikel Arteta’s second half penalty earns Arsenal a hard fought 1-0 win over Wigan at the DW Stadium. Highlight of the game was Theo Walcott and Santi Cazorla playing Rock paper scissors to decide who would take a free kick in the second half.
Spanish youngster Suso has been fined £10,000 by the Football Association for calling Liverpool team mate Jose Enrique gay on twitter. The 19 year old ( Twitter handle @suso30fernandez) made the seemingly innocuous remark as a reply to a photo of Enrique showing himself whitening his teeth ( Full comment below) and was immediately attacked by other users on the social networking website.
After the backlash, the Spanish U-19 international apologised for the tweet, saying that he hadn’t meant for it to be interpreted in a negative sense and it was just a joke.
However the FA has now gone a step ahead and fined him £10,000.
Enrique himself expressed disbelief at the fine, saying that it was only a “bit of banter” between two teammates.
Reading vs Arsenal 2012 ( Reading Arsenal VIDEO BELOW)
Final score and result:- Reading vs Arsenal 2-5 ( Le Fondre, Kebe/ Cazorla*3, Podolski, Walcott)
Madjeski Stadium- 17 December, 2012- Monday- 20.00 UK- 17/12/12
Santi Cazorla becomes the third Spanish player to net a Premiership hat-trick after Fernando Torres and Jordi Gomez as Arsenal crush Reading 5-2 to move to fifth in the table.