What a complete and utter dire match. I cannot remember anything like that for a long time
So there was a lot of speculation swirling around about who would start for The Arse. Wenger made it clear that Almunia would retain his place in goal, and that Song would likely partner Gallas in central defence in the continued absence of Big Phil Senderos and the apparent refusal by Gilberto to play there.
It looks like Alex Song will partner William Gallas at the heart of defence in place of Toure
A point in this game sees us qualify for the knockout phases of the Champions League. We’re currently one of only two clubs, along with our fellow finalists from two years ago, to have not conceded a goal so far
Arsene Wenger has admitted that he made a mistake by playing Adebayor upfront on his own in a 4-5-1 formation as it isolated him and we didn't look as dangerous as we have all season.
Alot of Gooners are a little uncomfortable with Manuel Almunia being our long term number 1 goalkeeper and I have to admit I fall into that category
Yeah of course Owen. So coming to Arsenal and putting everyone behind the ball to stop us playing football is beautiful is it?
That was a Tony Adams moment, you can just envisage Mr. Arsenal abandoning his defensive station to save the day like that. Combined with his performance at Anfield last (especially that last-ditch, last minute block from an almost-certain Stevie Gerrard goal)
I was kinda hoping for at least 4 points from those two games but I guess I have to look at it from a half full point of view
What I found baffling was the amount of times Adebayor was pulling out wide and dropping into deep positions because it meant that we had no focal point up front