Again and again. And again; I’m failing to post regularly. Not even for every match if not everyday. When the motivation is there, the resources wont be. And when the resources are there motivation won’t be. And when both are there, I’m busy. Duh.
Leaving all the meaningless rants behind, let me talk about what I’m supposed to. Arsenal. As usual many things happened since my last post in which I murdered everyone with my pathetic rants.
I wasn’t able to watch the 7-0 demolition of Slavia Prague due to my very lovable cable operators. I had to be content with live text commentary but the team’s performance was sumptuous. Like the experts say, it looked like(and was) men against boys. Walcott and Fabregas bagged two goals each, while Hleb, Adebayor and an own goal completed the tally. Walcott drew much praise for his performance and so did Fabregas. Hleb put in another amazing performance and proved his critics wrong. Again.
Up next were Liverpool. At Anfield. The reds were in shambles after their away defeat to Besiktas, but they were much improved against Arsenal. An early goal by (None other than) Gerrard meant they were able to sit back and defend and attack on the break. Our players showed true character and vigour to fight back under adverse conditions. The equalizer came in the 8oth minute from Fabregas after brilliant play by Hleb. We certainly deserved to win, and came very close to it. This was supposedly our first big test and it was evident that we came out with flying colors. The fighting spirit and togetherness in the team was evident in the display at Anfield. Hleb summoned up another exhilarating display and the rarely praised defense did its duty wonderfully. 1-0 down away from home early in the game is always a tricky situation for the defense and they stood out that day.
Then it was Sheffield United it Carling Cup. At the Brammal Lane where we slumped to a 1-0 defeat last season after one of the worst performances in the near history. Wenger stuck to his policy and played the youngsters. Eduardo was given a start and he was quick to repay the manager for the opportunity. He scored in the 8th minute and again in the 50 minute, before Denilson’s 69th minute goal which meant we were comfortable 3-0 winners.
And then came the much hyped Arsenal Vs Manchester United royal battle at the Emirates. The match didn’t really live up to the expectations and to be honest, I was a bit disappointed with our performance. The first half was largely uneventful as ManU tried to break our passing game by deploying Anderson and Hargreaves in a defensive role. They succeeded in to a large extend and to everyones surprise, they even managed to get a goal. An own goal from Gallas in the first half injury time.
But the second half started with abang as Fabregas scored after some good work by Eboue and Sagna. From then on, it was end to end stuff and both managers tried to win the game by making some aggressive tactical changes. Walcott was brought on for Eboue and Eduardo for Rosicky. But against the run of play it was ManU who took the lead after some excellent work by Evra and Saha. Ronaldo was left with the job to tap in the ball and he did it without any mistake.
At this moment, i was devastated and so were many other gooners for sure. I sat infront of the TV, preparing for the worst when an excellent cross by Clichy produced a scramble infront of goal. Nothing was clear until the Ref blew his whistle for goal. And there i was screaming with relief. William Gallas was the scorer and the match ended 2-2. A Fair result perhaps, but not for me. I wasn’t jumping with joy like many supporters as i clearly felt we should have done much better.
Looking back at the match, i can see an even bigger c*nt coming through ManU team. Anderson. What a sc*mbag. It was Fergie’s turn to show who was even bigger (c*nt) as he complained that Webb was favoring Arsenal and that the ManU bench were receiving lots of abuse from people near the dugout. And then, he wants a cap on foreign players.! He might have forgot several facts in the bitterness of losing two points at the last minute. Webb was never favoring Arsenal. And might i say that no one with right mind would expect loving caring words from opposition fans when one is a c*ntbag like him.
Even though we dropped 4 points in these two matches, we have proved that we are definitely no push overs. We’ll be definitely there in the title race, very much the opposite of what the so called experts predicted.
And finally, it was Slavia against Arsenal and it ended 0-0. There was nothing worth mentionable and i couldn’t even find any highlights of the match. Arsene played a carling cup squad and the point was enough to see us through to the knock out stages.
We have Reading up next and meanwhile, let me finish the Nick Hornby’s “Fever Pitch”. It’s an absolutely amazing book that helped Arsenal equalize 3 times (pardon my odd belief that Arsenal will equalize if i watch the game with the book in my hand.!) in the last few matches.
And that’s all i can summon today. Thanx for reading if you managed to stay awake all through this post.
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