Diaby was our best player by some distance in the first half. Breaking up Villa attacks outside our own penalty area and driving through the Villa team without any problems
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Aston Villa (h) Match Thoughts & Predictions: Will Diaby be pushed forward as Cesc returns?
I would guess that Arsene does need the top three fastest players in the Arsenal squad against Aston Villa. Villa will play a counter attacking game against us and with players like Agbonlahor and Ashley Young running towards our goal
A very merry Christmas from Arsenal Vision
Huntelaar, Arshavin & the Christmas period
Does Wenger have an eye on a striker already?, Wenger’s three speedsters & Nasri
Diaby ready but Denilson will be called upon
The Diaby myth, Nasri and another fine weekend
Hull City (h) Post Match Thoughts: Usual scapegoats vital in Gunners victory
Abou Diaby rounded off a superb second half for himself by scoring the third. He was once again the instigator in the move, swapping passes with Arshavin holding off his man and firing in powerfully off the goalkeeper
Week… er… Something… stuff… In LIST form.
Maybe I'm expecting too much but the impression I got when we signed him and the way fellow gooners talk about him is that he is some sort of exceptional talent on par with the likes of Fake Ronaldo
Hull City (h) Match Thoughts & Predictions: Who will replace Cesc?
Abou Diaby has been playing deeper this season, assisting Alex Song in most of the defensive duties, when his natural instincts are to get forward and get shots away