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Arsenal face huge challenge at Villa

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Arsene Wenger and Gerard Houllier may well be good friends off the pitch, but if their friendship is to survive past this weekend, it may well require Arsenal (currently narrow favourites to win the game on odds comparison sites) to take all three points off Aston Villa.

With Wenger well aware that his side is just about hanging in there when it comes to this year’s bizarre title race, he knows that his team needs to come away from Villa Park having picked up the maximum points available. Should they fail to do this, Wenger will be aware that his side are going to struggle to be seen by football pundits as genuine contenders for the title.

However, after struggling to put together a top class performance in quite some time now, and having endured a difficult and ultimately unsuccessful trip to Portugal earlier in the week, they will need to pick themselves up quickly and start strongly if they are to stand a chance of defeating a Villa side which has been on the rise recently.

With the likes of Cesc Fabregas and Thomas Vermaelen still missing through injury, the onus is falling more and more on Samir Nasri to keep the Gunners firing. However, unless the likes of Theo Walcott and Van Persie start to show why the Gunners have spent big money on keeping them at the club with improved contracts, it’s difficult to see how the side can keep on picking up results.

This article has so far focused upon Arsenal’s strengths, or the lack of them. However, that is not to say that Villa won’t be able to upset the odds and have a big say on the result of the game, with the likes of Ashley Young desperate to show that they are worthy of a place in the England side, but with the stakes so high for the Gunners, Villa know that they will need to be at their best to keep the visitors at bay.

SOUTH AFRICA: Fallon scores in jockeys' challenge

Fallon: on the scoresheet in Cape Town jockeys' challenge 

  PICTURE: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)  Fallon scores in Cape Town jockeys' challenge By michael clower 4:12PM 14 NOV 2010 Report: South Africa, Sunday

Kenilworth: International jockeys' challenge (Round 2)

A VICTORY for Kieren Fallon at Kenilworth in Cape Town on Sunday was not enough to prevent the home team from beating their international counterparts for the third year in succession in jockeys' challenge.

Having won only one race out of four at Turffontein in Johannesburg on Friday evening, the visitors staged a great fightback on Sunday when both Fallon and Italian champion Umberto Rispoli hit the mark to reduce the deficit.

However, the South Africans still emerged on top by a margin of 468 points to 395.

Fallon struck on 15-2 chance Posh Boy in the 1m 4f handicap, where Riaan Van Reenen's top-weight had to survive an objection from trainer Carl Burger, whose Grey Cossack was beaten only half a length and a head into  third.

Burger complained that  Fallon "had taken his horse on an outward course from the turn into the straight", but the interference was only slight and Fallon had his whip in the correct hand throughout.

Fallon said: "I probably got to the front too soon but my horse was tough and I was able to keep him going."

He was full of praise for the course, saying: "It's a very fair track and the grass is like a cushion. You are notgoing to get a better surface than this."

Rispoli sprang a 25-1 shock on the Mike Bass-trained Pisces Star in the 7f handicap, while Christophe Soumillon and Fly American were beaten only a head by Anton Marcus on Stan Elley's Mastery in the 6f handicap.

But Piere Strydom decided the issue by producing Dean Kannemeyer's 11-month absent Life Of Pi with a devastating late run to pip William Buick on Cask in the 1m handicap.

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Paco Boy Ready to Challenge Goldikova Again

Posted by Leigh on November 3, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

This season has seen the Richard Hannon trained Paco Boy challenge rival Goldikova on three occasions, each ending in defeat.

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