Reviews
Ipswich (a) Post Match Thoughts: Gunners suffer in Suffolk
Leeds United (h) Post Match Thoughts: Disjointed Gunners snatch draw
Andrey Arshavin had a typical Arshavin game, frustrating with sloppy passes going astray, inconsistent with his work back to help his full back, tracking back in the beginning and then
Manchester City (h) Post Match Thoughts: Frustration but confirmation of our quality
Alex Song was absolutely world class in the middle of midfield. Alex Song has often been dismissed as not good enough and the calls for 'the Yaya Toure's of this world' have often reverberated around the
Arsenal 0 Man City 0 – Our “title rivals” pay us the ultimate compliment?
Bac was perhaps the more aggravated of the two (due in part, I believe, to the frustration he shared with every Arsenal fan watching at City’s negative tactics) and the coming together was enough for
Birmingham City (a) Post Match Thoughts: Has Arsene found his first 11? & Johnson tackle
Roger Johnson's follow through is far more dangerous and should be the talking point today. In a day where the pre match talk is often about which soft players are wearing snoods and gloves, sadly I do
Wigan 2 Arsenal 2 – Frustrating but not the end of the world
an awkward ball knocked in – a little too deep for Fabianski to risk going for it, caught Sagna by surprise too - the ball was headed back across the goal and Squillaci, the wrong side of the man
Chelsea (h) Post Match Thoughts: Balance found for mature Gunners
Cesc's return pass to Theo was executed by the king of assists, a player who has mastered the art of finding team mates in small spaces. A delicate chip, with backspin in between Ivanovic and into
Arsenal 3 Chelsea 1 – Monkey off our back.
Theo again took advantage of some slack play by Malouda, nicking the ball off him and playing it in to Fabregas before taking off on a well held run for fabregas to play a delightfully chipped through ball (just high enough to creep over Terry’s attempted slide tackle) and Theo was through
Manchester United (a) Post Match Thoughts: Blunt Arsenal gave themselves no chance
Arsene has always spoken of the team playing to our own strengths and not worrying about the opposition and whilst that has it's own flaws, I like the