Reviews

I wondered if we would start off slowly to then crank up the gears late on but luckily that was not the case, we went after Wigan from the off. Arsenal fans around the world have been increasingly frustrated with our corner kick routine which are almost the equivalent of giving the opposition a goal kick. Instead of the pointless whipped kick at knee height, Santi was instead floating the ball into the near post for someone, mainly Mertesacker to flick on, Wigan showed why they are fighting relegation rather than

Walcott's goal after 20 seconds caught me out, it was almost too early to celebrate properly as I couldn't quite work out what had happened and how it was possible so quickly after kick off. It was in fact wonderful build up play by many Arsenal players, especially Rosicky who drove the team forward on the right, jinking his way past the QPR defence and to my surprise he opted for a left foot cross to Podolski rather than the usual outside of the right. Mikel Arteta had disguised his shot which allowed Theo to sneak away

You've watched and read enough about the match details but I would like to bring up a few points. Walcott's goal reminded me of Giroud's goal in Munich. We are at our most dangerous when playing one touch football. Even the best of the best cannot stop us when we are slicing through teams without having to think of the next pass. I wish we would try and attack in that way more often rather than holding onto the ball for too long. The team need to accept that some through passes or combinations

I have slapped my knee with envy every time I have seen top sides fail to play well but then score from a well worked set piece so our goal was pleasing from that respect. And it was a well worked set piece, clearly something that had been worked on at training. Just look at the two runs from both centre backs and two players who finished as the best Arsenal players on the pitch. Koscielny sprung

Aaron Ramsey was once again the best player on the pitch and he deserves so much credit for grabbing his place and fighting to keep it. His engine is actually quite ridiculous when you consider how much ground he must have covered a few days ago against Norwich. It is too early to say whether or not he has taken that next step in his development but should he keep this up until the end of the season then Arsene will need serious convincing that another box to box midfielder should replace him whether that be

You could see with Gervinho's movement into central areas that criticism towards Theo Walcott for drifting inside has been a little unfair as it seems apparent that it is an instruction given from the manager. Gervinho's starting position was from the right but continuously ran inside to join Oliver

The football gods had been listening to our conversation and had granted the Arsenal youngsters a fixture at the Emirates stadium against CSKA Moscow. This was the perfect oppourtinity to introduce the Arsenal to my son who is still very much trying to understand the game. It was a little too late in the evening for my youngest daughter who is still recovering from a cold so I bought tickets for my

Santi Cazorla was fantastic throughout, his ability to evade challenges under pressure is a joy to watch. If I was to be critical then I would go back to my early season moan and suggest that he stops shooting every time he is within sight of the goal. Often we had better placed players in the box but instead went for the blast. That aside he made the team tick going forward and it was his skipping driving run that opened up Swansea for our first goal. Giroud denied Ramsey a chance of a clear shot before setting up Monreal

I like many had not given us much of a chance before the game had kicked off but the dream had flashed in my head a number of times during the last few days. In those day dreams, we had scored an early goal so when Santi and Rosicky combined outside of the penalty area to free Walcott down