My doubts were eased a few minutes later. Arsenal had a free kick on the left hand side of the penalty area, Denilson swung it in front of James who looked shaky during the game from high balls and once again made a hash of it
We’ve played Portsmouth eleven times under Arsene and are yet to be beaten by the Hampshire side, winning five times and drawing six. We hadn’t beaten them since December 2005 before the victory in the corresponding fixture early last season
Why was 6ft7 Zat Knight left unmarked inside a penalty area on 92 minutes? That is not bad defending, it goes beyond that. It is almost like going to a park watching a collection of teenagers doing tricks and skills then throwing them into a team for the first time
Robin Van Persie is in very good goalscoring form right now but it will be different for him to play as a lone striker, a role that surely does not get the best out of him
One of my wishes for this Christmas is a nice juicy 3 points tomorrow, and after the initial skepticism, it has been replaced with optimism
What irony that the player that Wenger wanted to partner Cesc in the summer was the one player who caused his International team mate to miss most of the remainder of the season
I can only assume that by announcing public interest from Arsenal will push forward a bidding war from other clubs who are looking to add creativity in January, so lets see where this goes
Chocolate boy wasn't put off by his least favoured foot and struck a hard low shot past Reina 1-0. Robin Van Persie is the only player in the Arsenal squad who could have pulled that off
We have done well in the big games against Manchester United and Chelsea but Liverpool at home will be a different type of match, especially with Fernando Torres unavailable you can expect Liverpool to be negative
This season arsene has been overly cautious.And it has cost us so far.Under normal circumstances a draw at boro can be considered as a good result as they always lift their game against the top sides