The last match before the last Eid (Fitr) saw the Gunners beaten badly at Old Trafford with an embarrassing score line. Needless to say, it put a damper on my Eid. In fact, I was contemplating such a bleak future as an Arsenal fan; I mean, how on earth could we attract anyone to join the club after such a humiliating defeat? Thankfully, we somehow managed to attract some new blood and loanee - on transfer deadline day, no less.
This Eid (Adha), we hosted West Bromwich Albion, the Midlands team which came last year and defeated us. That day, the Gunners played badly and we needed two late goals from $amir Na$ri to make the score line more respectable although we still lost. So, it was with some apprehension when they came a-calling yesterday in what was to be the first of many 11 pm local time kick-off.
To be honest, I don’t think we played all that well. I was nervous and was slightly relaxed when Robin (who else) scored a tap-in from a Theo attempt (received from a wonderful Ramsey delivery – he’s such a play-maker and is really bossing the midfield these days *beams* and has gone a long way since his horrific injury). TV5 then underlined his return with a goal before half-time. Then Arteta scored his first Emirates goal to make it three nil to The Arsenal. And finally we now have a positive goal difference – although it’s not enough for us to leapfrog Liverpool although we’re both tied at 19 points.
So, are we a one-man team? Of course not although of course it was telling that van Persie scored one goal and provided two assists. Rambo had a good match and Carl had a solid one too. Let’s hope this good performance continues until the end of the season.
Oh and has anyone else noticed that we always win whenever Cesc doesn’t tweet us and lost when he did?
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