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IT WAS THE SUPERB PASS FROM TROSSARD TO HAVERTZ THAT PROVED TO BE THE HIGHLIGHT LAST NIGHT, IN THE MATCH BETWEEN ARSENAL VS IPSWICH, WITH HAVERTZ HITTING-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET IN THE COOLEST OF STYLES AT 23 MINS INTO THE MATCH! AND THEN A FURTHER 20 SHOTS, WITH 5 ON TARGET IN TOTAL, FOR ARSENAL, BUT NOT MUCH SUCCESS FOR ALL THE USUAL ARSENAL STAR CULPRITS, WHOSE ATTEMPTS EITHER WENT OVER THE TOP OF THE BAR, OR INTO THE ARMS OF IPSWICH’S SUPERB GOALY ARIJANET MURIC! ARSENAL ALSO HAD 68% POSSESSION IN TOTAL, MADE 670 PASSES, WITH A 90% PASS ACCURACY. IPSWICH HAD A FURTHER 3 SHOTS, (WITH AN EARLY ATTEMPT BY SAMMIE SZMODICS LOOKING DANGEROUS FOR A WHILE, BUT NOT TO BE) AND THEY MADE 318 PASSES, WITH AN 80% PASS ACCURACY, WITH ONE YELLOW-CARD-A-PIECE. SO LOT’S OF ENTERTAINMENT, WHICH ...

WHAT A NIGHT FOR ENGLAND LAST NIGHT, WHERE THEY SMASHED IRELAND IN A FIVE-GOAL-THRILLER! IRELAND PLAYED WELL IN THE FIRST-HALF, AND WERE SEEMINGLY VERY WELL-ORGANISED, AND QUITE TOUGH FOR ENGLAND TO BREAK DOWN, AND INDEED, IT WAS STILL 0 – 0 AT HALF-TIME! BUT IN THE SECOND-HALF AT 51 MINS. IRELAND’S LIAM SCALES’ SECOND YELLOW CARD CAUGHT UP WITH HIM AFTER AN OBVIOUS FOUL ON JUDE BELLINGHAM, AND HE WAS RED-CARDED AND SENT OFF. (BY THE LOOK ON THE REF’S FACE, HE DIDN’T RELISH DOING IT!) CUE A POLISHED PENALTY FROM HARRY KANE FROM THE SPOT, WHO, WITH A LITTLE “SOFT-SHOE SHUFFLE” MANAGED TO SEND IRELAND’S CAOIMHIN KELLEHER IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, HITTING THE BACK OF THE NET EASILY, AS IS HIS WANT, FROM SUCH A DISTANCE. HARRY KANE CELEBRATES AF...