f***ing well done the Arsenal
We were absolutely awful today and we still beat the shite down the Lane. Can't believe we won after what happened in the second half and how poor we were. Can't believe Robin is injured again and as expected Theo wasn't there. Any news on Robin and how long he will be out for? We again missed him dearly whilst playing that bloody 4-5-1 formation and the useless Eboue on the right flank.
There isn't much to say about the first half as f**k all happened. We didn't get going at all and when Spurs had the ball they did nothing with it. They didn't have a player who could open up the Arsenal defence. Lennon was shocking today got found out by a quality left back. He kicks the ball to the line and gets a cross in, there was no variation in his game at all. Berbatov showed a couple of nice touches as always, but he goes down expecting a free kick because he is Berbatov. Don't know what Spurs fans think of that, but he goes down (not diving) but sort of stops just expecting a free kick. I thought Styles was awful for both teams there was once or twice Spurs should have had free kicks and they weren't given and then he gave Spurs free kicks that were never fouls.
Spurs had a few shots that were nowhere near attempts from Berbatov and O'Hara. Eboue had a decent attempt well saved by Robinson and another decent enough save from Robinson from a Toure header. Was a poor first half that Spurs shaded just because of their possession. I expected Eboue to come off and Wenger put two up front as the 4-5-1 just simpl wasn't working.
We came out all guns blazing whatever Wenger said seemed to work. We came out on fire and scored a great goal after a superb backheel from Cesc and Ade slotted home calmly and another goal from the legend against Spurs We then came close again from Cesc and looked like we would then go from strength to stength. To be fair to Spurs they weathered the storm and came back at us. O'Hara really impressed me today and was far and away the best player today considering that is his first Spurs start, I'm assuming? He battled well and was at the heart of anything good Spurs did.
Robbie Keane had a great chance to level things up, but he smacked it against the bar when he really should have scored. Spurs got their equaliser only a few minutes later and on the balance of play deservedly. I was sitting at the opposite end of the pitch so I'll have to watch MoTd to see what happened, but it looked a quality finish from Berbatov to put it into the top corner. Then we were really looking shaky and Spurs got a penalty I've been told it was a stonewaller so no complaints there. I said to my brother that Keane never misses penalties and I then thought that this was going to be a bad day. But up step Manuel Almunia A great save and that finally has made up for the CL final. We were rallied by this and I expected us to come on strong. Fat boy was marking Bendtner who had only just come on and Bendtner got away from him so easily and powered home. A great header from Bendtner and great to see him score his first league goal I think for the club.
I still thought we would need another goal if we were going to win the game and Spurs seemed like they could have had another penalty, but it looked like Taarabt went down easily, but again I was at the other end of the pitch and will have to see MoTd first. We held out though for a great win after one of our worst performances of the season. We drew games like that last season and winning games like that this year will be vital if we're going to win the title.
I'm really hoping RVP's injury isn't serious as we need him back alongside Ade asap, as we just don't look enough of a threat with one up front especially at home where we should be the dominating force. I would definitely give Bendtner a start up front on Wednesday and put Hleb on the right taking out Eboue, if RVP is injured and can't play.
I'm so delighted we won today as it means another year without having to listen to the yids bang on and that shuts them up for a while. We have a lot bigger things to worry about now going into the second half of the season. Still top of the league and now lets hope Chelsea and United slip up tomorrow