Well this game was a breath of fresh air to the way we have been playing recently, and that's not a dig at the boss at all just mealy noticing that when you play the likes of Pennant, Yossi, Lucas and Crouch you are gonna get good attacking football. Crouch played well beyond expectations considering how many starts he has actually had this season and as a lone striker yesterday how can you leave this guy out of so many games? I was also impressed with the likes of Arbeloa, Finnan the new lad Plessis who looks very promising and maybe he will be used a bit more before the end of the season to gain a bit more experience in the side before the season end.
What would we do without Carra though and Skrtel too that's some partnership they have back there, Skrtel reminds me of a younger Hyypia in some ways with experience beyond his years and forward thinking. I do feel that leaves us a big problem though when Agger finally returns as who would you play alongside Carra? a guy who's cost £5m and showed on many occasions that he is worthy of a first team place every week, or the new lad you signed for cover who has proved to be so much more and grown so quickly when you remember we only signed him in Jan and he has been thrown in the deep end with fantastic results?
In the first game we played Arsenal I felt that they were more likely to score as they matched our runs really well and I have always admired the way they can turn the heat up in a game when it looks like being a stalemate, whereas the game yesterday was completely different in terms of speed going forward and closing them down alot better. I also think that the defence we played yesterday has to be our best at the moment with two fairly quick guys on the wings and Carra with the ever impressive Skrtel keeping the goal shut (pity we still can't handle bloody set pieces though) I was certain they was going to be more goals and noticed that Plessis tried a Gerrard corker from 25 yards which would have been an excellent way to spend your debut!
I have to say though I put down 1-1 for the first CL game, but I really though that we would have lost this one due to Arsenal wanting to stay in the title race and I have never seen a manager so agitated like Wenger was yesterday. That's the great thing about football at this level it means so much and I almost felt sorry for the guy had it not been us who was looking more likely to hand them a home defeat. It all looks very ominous now at the top with United being held by Boro, Arsenal being held by us and Chelsea closing the gap. Ah well sh*t happens I guess but one thing is for sure we are gonna play some pretty good football over the next few games and I'm excited about next season already!
Next up Arsenal 2-0 home win I'll go for with Babel and Gerrard (free kick) the scorers and Arsenal's dreams of some silverware getting blown away by our solid defence and 12th man! , Bring on United!
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