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| Jonathan Walters (left) scores but was called offside |
Another point each for Stoke and Arsenal as the match ended goal less.
With Robin van Persie scoring his first goal for Manchester United against Fulham yesterday, Arsenal could be showing signs that they miss having van Persie in the team. As yet again Arsenal finish the match not scoring a single goal.
After the 7th minute it looked like Stoke had broken the deadlock. Peter Crouch headered the ball downwards to Jonathan Walters inside the Arsenal penalty area, as Walters poked the ball into the roof of the net. But just when the Stoke fans were celebrating the flagsman raised his flag for offside.
A minute after Stoke's goal being denied. One of Arsenal's summer signings, Lukas Podolski had an attempt at goal inside Stoke's penalty area but was blocked by Andy Wilkinson. It could have been a penalty to Arsenal as the ball came off Wilkinson's left arm.
One of Stoke's new signings, Michael Kightly gave Arsenal's third goalkeeper, Vito Mannone a bit of a threat. Kightly had an effort at goal from outside the box with his left foot as Mannone jumped up high and comfortably saved it.
Geoff Cameron, who had just joined Stoke from Houston Dynamo on Friday played his full match debut. The highlight of Cameron's first match for Stoke was attempting a Rory Delap throw, it was quite a far throw in but Marrone didn't find it very difficult and catched the ball. I'm sure Delap would applaud the effort from Cameron.
In the first quarter of an hour in the second half, Olivier Giroud attempted a bicycle kick inside Stoke's penalty area but bounced over the bar.
With 18 minutes left until the fulltime whistle, Arsene Wenger decided to put on some very fast wingers. Theo Walcott went on for Gervinho and Alex Chamberlain came on for Podolski.
In the last 4 minutes of the match both Stoke and Arsenal had a great chance to steal the 3 points. A great pass by Kightly from the left wing found Walters in the box, but Walters wasted the chance by only poking the ball directly to Mannone. 2 minutes later Giroud nearly scored the best goal of the season so far, as Giroud had an attempt at goal from far distance and just went over the bar.
Arsenal can take some positives from today's match as Britannia is a very difficult venue to win at and they have so far not conceded a single goal.
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