I feel good today, I always do after an Arsenal win. Better than the win yesterday was the team performance.
Robin Van Persie will get the majority of the Headlines after his brace but everyone that played yesterday had a great game. Szczesny was solid and calculated, our defence were excellent with Djourou and Koscielny continuing to form an excellent partnership, there will be some tough decisions for Wenger to make once Thomas Vermaelen is back fit again as neither of yesterday's centre backs deserved to be dropped but surely you can't leave out a fully fit Vermaelen.
Song, Wilshere and Fabregas are without doubt our best midfield trio. We all know how good Cesc is and Song proved last year that the DM role is his and he's added a bigger attacking presence to his game this year. Jack Wilshere has stepped into our midfield this year and even he must not have expected to play as much as he has but he showed again yesterday how he can dictate a game.
RVP obviously had a great game yesterday, you can rarely pick up a couple of goals unless you play well but his attacking team-mates also had great games. Theo Walcott kept running at the Wolves defence all game and they just couldn't handle it. Theo kept jumping from right wing to left and was running at full pace right up to the final whistle although he did miss two sitters, when you win you can forgive him. Arshavin worked his arse off. He chased lost causes, he tracked back and helped Clichy and closed down players whenever he was needed to. This is the Arshavin we all hoped we signed.
Confidence seems to be high in the camp which is vital as we look forward to Wednesday night and the visit of Barcelona. We will always create chances against any team but we will need the same work rate and hunger shown yesterday to keep Messi and Co from creating to many of their own chances.
The result would have been sweeter if Wayne 'Shrek' Rooney hadn't produced the best goal of his career against City to secure Utd a 2-1 win, however with three consecutive away games coming up, including Chelsea and Liverpool they will drop points within the next month and Arsenal only need Utd to draw one game and then the title is in our own hands. If Man Utd drop any points at all in these games then Arsenal only need to beat them at Ashburton Grove and then match their remaining results and we will win the title. The other good news is that we are now four points clear of Man City in third with a game in hand and even if Chelsea beat Fulham on Monday, we will still be six points clear of the Chavs. The title race really is becoming between only two teams and we're one of them. It's been a long time since we've gone into the final run in as genuine contenders.
So mid way through February we are looking in good shape to beat Barca, we are only 2 dropped Utd points from having the title in our own hands, we have a Wembley final in a couple of weeks looking to end our extended trophy drought and we are still going strong in the FA Cup. It's good to be a Gooner.
On that positive note I will leave you for today,
Until next time,
Goonerfish
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