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London - Arsene Wenger admitted his Arsenal side cannot afford to continue to let opponents off the hook after conceding a two-goal lead against second-bottom West Ham in a 2-2 draw at Upton Park.

The Gunners were set to close the gap on second-placed English champions Manchester United to just one point after Robin van Persie and William Gallas fired the visitors into a first-half lead in this all-London clash.

But West Ham rallied to cultured pearl jewelry claim a draw thanks to second-half goals from Carlton Cole and Alessandro Diamanti and, having seen his side concede a late equaliser in the Champions League clash with AZ Alkmaar last week, the Frenchman admitted his side have work to do.

¡°We were in control but as long as you don¡¯t score the third goal the game is not won,¡± said Arsenal manager Wenger.

¡°In fairness West ham did continue to fight until the last minute and we conceded two goals from two set pieces. Generous ones.

¡°We are an intelligent team and an intelligent team makes the maximum result with the game they produce.

That is what we did not do,¡± he said after Sunday¡¯s setback, going on to coral necklace cite a fault that has long been a feature of his team¡¯s play.

¡°We complicated our game a little bit and had five or six chances in the second-half and we missed the final ball as we wanted to be a bit too complicated and that is what we have to learn.¡±

He added: ¡°It is a major missed opportunity of course. You don¡¯t have the luxury to miss opportunities in our job. You need to get points when you deserve to get points and sometimes when you don¡¯t deserve to get the points.

¡°Today (Sunday) we never got them when we deserved them, and that means we have not made the maximum of what we should have done.¡±

Wenger disputed the decisions that led to round pearl both West Ham goals, a free-kick and then a penalty conceded by Alex Song for a foul on Cole.

But he added: ¡°We have to keep the positives as we played well and are a strong team. We want to learn to finish these games off which is basically the most important lesson of the day.

¡°When you have to play a final ball, we had crosses in the second-half, we missed the final ball as we played too late. We have to learn that.

¡°We missed the moment and timing off the crosses in the second-half. We had five opportunities and not one arrived.¡±

Gianfranco Zola was left frustrated by the late sending off of Scott Parker but the West Ham manager believes this game will prove to akoya pearl necklace be a turning point in his side¡¯s season.

The Hammers remain second bottom with just six points from nine games but the Italian said: ¡°Last week (at Stoke) I saw something, a change and it¡¯s very important and today I have seen something more.

¡°It was very difficult to come back from that situation but we did it and I¡¯m very pleased and proud of them.

¡°I am more focused on the point and to give a signal we are there and we are fighting. Today was difficult and we did it.

¡°That means we can do it all the time. With that spirit and with the qualities we have in the team I think we can do better things.¡±

Parker collected naughty castles a second yellow card after handling the ball under a challenge from Cesc Fabregas and will now face a one match ban.

Zola added: ¡°Scotty went for a header with the boy but he was pushed and then he touched it with his hands. It¡¯s a pity because he was playing well and is an important player for us.¡±

Auckland - An Auckland rugby team celebration involving Viagra-laced beer features in All Blacks lock Ali Williams¡¯ new book.

Williams recounts how the Graham Henry-coached Auckland team¡¯s 2002 celebration of their National Provincial Championship (NPC) win went slightly awry in an excerpt published in New Zealand Sunday newspapers.

The Auckland team, which won the final after a string of upsets, was celebrating the victory when biwa pearl a nameless player, who had agreed to source some Viagra as the result of a bet, distributed the pills, used to treat erectile dysfunction.

Williams said at least half a dozen of the pills were emptied ¡°on the sly¡± into the beer-filled NPC trophy, which was doing the rounds of the celebrating team, including Henry.

All Blacks coach Henry did not want to twisted pearl necklace comment on the incident following the book¡¯s release.

In Ali¡¯s Book of Tall Tales, Williams also comments on his falling out with former Blues coach David Nucifora in 2007, which came to a head when the lock was sent home from South Africa for breaching team protocols, including staying out late to celebrate his birthday.

¡°I got sent home because things just kept building and building, without it ever getting sorted out,¡± he said.

Williams said the ongoing discord between him and Blues team management over the controversial All Blacks conditioning program before the 2007 World Cup also contributed to freshwater pearl the situation.

Williams subsequently transferred to the Crusaders franchise for the 2008 season.

Johannesburg - Giniel de Villiers, four-time South African touring car champion and winner of the 2009 Dakar Rally in South America in a Volkswagen Race Touareg, has been invited to compete in the prestigious annual The Race of Champions, which takes place at the Bird¡¯s Nest Stadium in Beijing on November 2-4.

De Villiers, who becomes the first South African to leisure chairs compete in the ROC, will partner former Formula One driver David Coulthard in The ROC Nations Cup competition as the All Stars team and he will also participate in The Race of Champions. The Scot, winner of 13 F1 grands prix, was runner-up to world rally champion Sebastian Loeb in the 2008 ROC at Wembley Stadium in England.

¡°I¡¯m delighted to have been invited to this prestigious event,¡± said De Villiers. ¡°To be competing alongside most of the world¡¯s best drivers is going to be a great honour and challenge that I¡¯m sure I will never forget.

It¡¯s also an event that¡¯s run for a great cause (raising funds for the Institute for Research on Brain and Spinal Cord Disorders) and I¡¯m very happy to be associated with it.¡±

De Villiers will be up against cultured akoya pearl some of the greats of motor sport, including seven-times F1 World Champion Michael Schumacher (Team Germany), eight-times Le Mans 24 Hours winner Tom Kristensen Team Scandinavia) and 2009 F1 World Champion Jenson Button (Team Great Britain).

The Race of Champions was first staged at akoya pearl jewelry Monthlery in France in 1988 when it was contested by all the world rally champions and won by Finland¡¯s Juha Kankkunen.

The event, which attracts a huge global television audience, will be made up of three separate competitions ¨C ROC China, The ROC Nations Cup and The Race of Champions itself.

Each competition pits drivers against each other in a head-to-head format, with equal equipment ensuring races are won and lost on talent alone.

ROC China on November 2 will decide which drivers represent the host country in The ROC Nations Cup, which takes place the following day.

The ROC Nations Cup features drivers paired into teams based on their nationality.

In 2009, a group stage will decide which four teams progress to pearl necklace the semi-finals, when a best-of-three knockout competition will determine who makes it to the final. Last year Team Germany (Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel) beat Team Scandinavia (Tom Kristensen and Mattias Ekstrm) in the final to win The ROC Nations Cup for a second consecutive year.

In The Race of Champions individual drivers go head-to-head until the champion is decided. In 2009, a group stage will be held to decide the final eight drivers, before the traditional knockout format resumes for the quarter-final.