Match Review – Portsmouth 0 Arsenal 0 – Premier League
Tomas Rosicky (the brightest of our three creative players) cut in from the left and unleashed a wicked swerving, dipping shot. For the life of me I thought it was in, but David James was at absolute full stretch to save it. Not only did he stop it going on
The Gunners predictably made eleven changes from the under-21 side that beat Blackburn in the Kids’ Cup in midweek as they reverted to the lineup that vanquished Chelski last weekend.
The lead could have been extended almost immediately as Bendtner cut in from the right and attempted a Bergkamp-esque curler to the far corner which clipped the crossbar and went to safety.