Arsenal have conceded the lead in the Premier League to a team that has played fewer games, after dropping 8 points in their last 4 games.
As I can't predict the future, I can't discount the possibility that they'll win the league, and if they win the rest of their games, they just might, but over the last 4 league games, they haven't looked like a title-winning side.
For me, Cesc was the standout player for Arsenal. He attributes his dip in form of a few weeks ago to an injury from which he was recovering. His form is back.
Flamini has become a great player. I always liked the player, but he's become a great player, and would not be out of place starting for France this summer.
Hleb only showed his brilliance in patches today. Arsenal have relied on him heavily this season, and need him to be brilliant all the time if they hope to get back their lead in the league.
Rosicky is missing in action (MIA).
Van Persie was not at his best, but almost looked like he might score anyway.
Adebayor wasn't at his best, and Arsenal relied on him so much to get the lead in the league that they've now lost. He's had an epic season, but did not have an epic day. He did have a goal wrongly disallowed.
Clichy took a boot to the head. I'll be sick if he's not ok.
Sagna got subbed off. He was only a little bit below par. I don't think I'd ever take him off.
Toure and Gallas lost out on Aliadiere's goal. Kolo didn't block the cross and Gallas didn't stop Aliadiere. It was a great goal from Boro. Arsenal need to score more goals.
Eboue played better than he usually does, but even on a good day, he's not as useful as Hleb and Adebayor having off days.
Alumina couldn't do anything about the goal. Concerns about Almunia have mostly subsided, as far as I know.
Walcott is player I really like. I'd play him all the time.
Bendtner is more of a question mark for me.
The game was riveting. Arsenal had all 10 outfield players in the offensive half for long passages in the second half.
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I only saw the first half.
1) The referee was really bad
2) Eboue played the best football so far this year even though he was a little lazy going back on defense. He played like a proper winger and presented threat. Only a little theatrics and he was unlucky - or should I say his reputation deserved - to be denied a penalty
3) Van Persie needs more matches to be re-integrated into the team
4) Hleb looked tired and lacked sharpness. RvP kept trying to pass to him for give and go but he was never there. Maybe he wasn;t happy playing on the left?
5) Overall, the team lacked a little creativity in the final third. Granted, 'Boro was playing with 11 men in their own half so there wasn't any space but a good team should still be able to make something happen.
Is it fatigue - mental and physical? I saw that everyone seemed to have given a lot of effort and played pretty hard but that was a lot of running and passing without much result.
Impressively spot on for having only seen one half. Eboue did have a strange game: he was going on and on about how he was injured, and it looked like he was actually injured, and he went down in the box, and it actually looked like a penalty. It was one of his better games, but Arsenal look so jaded. The lack of goals is a misery.
Watching replays of Boro's goal - Gallas could have done better.
Eboue is hopeless. I think he goes down whenever he starts to lose control of the ball and if the situation is embarrassing enough, he will feign injury.
You're right on the Boro goal. Gallas was in perfect position to intercept the ball or at least poke it away and he chose instead to just follow Aliadier.
I'm going to record MU-Bolton game to see how they break down an 11-man defense.
where is kdat? i noticed he is conveniently missing...
Yes Santos, I've been away for a bit. Busy weekend. I tend to agree with the analysis posted above.
I am looing forward to the games coming up. Gunners next 5 games against top 4 opposition. Should be interesting. Still convinced Arsenal will win the EPL if Santos you were asking.
haha... i admire your wishful thinking. unforunately, it's just not in the cards. i think arsenal will drop to 3rd by the end of the campaign. there is something fundamentally wrong with the mindset of the club. gallas has more than a few screws loose and is clearly a bad influence on the psyche of the rest of the team. i see them losing to united and chelsea and scraping out a draw with liverpool in the EPL fixture, but being knocked out of CL.
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