It was Aaron Ramsey that made the decisive killer pass. Reading Walcott's inwards movement, the young Welsh captain pinged a fizzing pass inside the full back into Walcott's path. With the goalkeeper coming out to close down Walcott's angles, I thought the better option would have been the cut back but as it turned out his shot rebounded into the path of van Persie to stab in from close
Then something changed, something clicked. Ramsey, Arteta and Song played a few games together, adapted to eachother, they became the cogs of the Arsenal clock, constantly keeping us ticking, like a well oiled machine. Arteta has the most passes per game ratio in the Premier League and is in the top 10 of all of Europe, not to be overlooked. His purchase, people assumed was panic
Watching the Arsenal makes me nervous and I could do with a calming early goal. That would do wonders for my heart. I would love us to start aggressively, move the ball quickly and be clinical when in front of goal. If we do grab that first goal then I hope we do not take our foot off the pedal and we
It was the first time Le Boss was able to name the same back four for consecutive matches which meant the returning Verminator was left on the bench as an improving Koscielny played alongside the BFG with Johan Djourou and Andrew Saint in the full back positions. Well, on paper that was who were tasked with defending. As it transpired, the first half saw them doing very little of that as the lads spent much of the opening 45 running around in weird directions like they were
Brek Shea has been dubbed the new Fernando Torres by some which is a tad harsh on the lad. He is only 21 and there is no need to ridicule the poor lad. I guess his upright running style and blonde hair may have something to do with the comparison more than the lack of goals and heavy price tag.
Robin van Persie came off the bench in the second half for Park who will have better games and he had a chance to win the game. Substitute Tomas Rosicky played a great through pass to van Persie to run onto with the goalkeeper advancing off his line, Robin did not get the purchase needed to lift the ball over the goalkeeper and into the unguarded net, instead landing comfortably in the keeper's hands. I think it was the correct choice of finish from that position but just the wrong
It is important that Arsene is able to find the right balance because many players will need pulling out at vital times whilst we have many top quality players on the sidelines all in need of minutes on the pitch. There is talk of Robin being rested for this but as he recently spent a good 70 minutes on the bench against Stoke City, I do not see him being rested so quickly.