Aaron Ramsey had played a lofted pass onto the chest of Gervinho who had darted into the box but the goalkeeper nipped in and grabbed the ball from Gervinho before the ball could drop. That was the dress rehearsal before the live show just before the half hour mark. Aaron Ramsey who was looking sharp after his recent rest, clipped a lovely chipped pass into Gervinho who did very well to check his
Its nothing to be ashamed of being reliant on just a great player and a good goalie, teams have done it for years with great success. Greece in Euro 2004 had Nikopolidas & Charistias, Italy 2006 Buffon & Canavaro, France 1998 was mainly down to Zidane. It doesnt mean that the rest of these teams were
The defensive merry-go-round continues as 50% of our back four from our last Premier league outing will be missing due to injury. It is all change in the fullback department as Carl Jenkinson and Kieran Gibbs recuperate in the new Arsenal medical center. Andre Santos will keep his place after his up and down CL display and Arsene will probably call on the services of out of favour central defender Johan
This season Liverpool FC will be where we were last season in terms of years without a trophy. Yet I can honestly say that I cannot remember one time that a pundit, newspaper, commentator or whoever dished out that stat that they love so much. We hear about the roar of the Kop, about Stevie G, King Kenny (not sure what makes him an actual King) about their wonderful history which is indeed wonderful yet here we are today in 2011 and not a jot is said. Liverpool FC have NEVER won
Arsene clearly learnt from the German's error but shielding his back four and not allowing his team to be opened up by the counter attack. Alex Song, Mikel Arteta and Tomas Rosicky were Wenger's chosen trio to run the game in the middle of the pitch and instead of flooding forward in search of an opening goal, they hung back and protected their goal first and foremost, leaving the offensive part of
Kieran Gibbs has been sucked back into his injury catch-22 and has swirled into the unavailable category due to a stomach muscle issue so Andre Santos who impressed when he came on during the weekend
In recent years I have felt that van Persie has often put too much behind his freekicks, almost trying to burst the net and as a result he has lost control of many of his efforts, many of them flying over the crossbar. This time he chose the Thierry Henry school of freekicks, almost flicking the ball over the wall
Laurent Koscielny will return to the team which will thankfully push Alex Song further forward into the position he needs to be in. Koscielny will resume his partnership with Per Mertesacker and it will be down to Arsene to decide to start Andre Santos or Kieran Gibbs. Arsene would have been able to keep a close eye on their progress during the last week as both would have
I would love to see the stats on points and league position based on the amount of changes made to a team over the course of the season. I doubt that we have ever used so many different players at this stage of the season since Arsene Wenger has been at the club and it is little wonder that we are swimming around the bottom half of the table right now. You can bet your bottom quid that once we have a settled side together who actually stay somewhere near fit then we will start to rise up the
I am wondering if this is the case for Arsenal fans who have only been able to point out negatives, for people who distance themselves from blogs when we have won and played well. Has your love for Arsenal deserted you? As my love for England has deserted me? It is surely the only way to explain the