What a captain's performance....21 minutes to change everything. Prior to that, villa stood resolute at the back. Arsenal could hardly carve up too many chances. It was a stalemate with both teams canceling themselves out in the middle of the park.
Then cue Cesc Fabregas. Barely recovered from injury, he steps up to the plate. A silly foul later just outside the box and we're 1-0 ahead with a fantastic free kick from the crafty Catalan.
Arsenal suddenly started to show impetus and not long after, Cesc got his 2nd. It was a good ball out of left defense from Traore but I feel a large amount of credit should also go to Walcott for his control and for releasing the ball at the perfect time for Cesc to latch on to it before curling it around friedel and beating him at his near post. Vintage Arsenal. What an inspired showing.
Too bad he got a recurrence of his hamstring problem and had to be subbed off. Shame. Hope to see you back soon, son.
Diaby got another goal after dribbling practically unopposed from the middle of the field up to just outside the penalty box. Then the Frenchman dispatched a shot to the bottom right of the goal while friedel's view was blocked by the defender. That's a 2nd decent game he's had on the trot. I hope he can keep it up consistently.
Most of the team played well except for denilson who I thought didn't assert himself enough. The back four were solid, Song was immense in breaking up attacks (we're gonna miss him dearly during the ACN), Arshavin and Nasri kept probing.
Eduardo could've done better though. He missed what looked like a sitter in the first few minutes of the game and was mostly anonymous for the rest of the match.
The worrying part was how the team were struggling to break down villa up until the Cesc free kick. Again, like I said before, it pays to have a good Plan B. Good freekick takers are essential. Score from 1 and you're likely to open up the opposition's play and punish them on the counter-attack.
It's pompey next n then it's the hammers away in the F.A Cup. That's gonna be a tough one. Come on, Arsenal!
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