What a match. We fielded 11 players who didn’t play against QPR last weekend but which still contained enough quality to get a positive result. But we started off badly, chasing shadows and before 40 minutes were up, we were already trailing by 4 goals. Theo pulled one back with the last kick of the first half. You’d been forgiven for thinking Halloween came one day early.
The comeback came in the second half with substitute Giroud heading in Arsenal’s second within a couple of minutes of being on the pitch. Koscielny made up for an own goal in the first half with a goal at the end of normal before Theo/Jenkinson bundled in the fourth. When the referee blew his whistle, Giroud and Coq actually thought there would be a replay and threw their shirts into the jubilant crowd before having to request for them back sheepishly. Heh, that must be some cute moment. Mind you, if I was there, I wouldn’t return Giroud’s shirt. Of course, I’m assuming I wouldn’t have already fainted from heart attack.
The match went into extra time and the drama continued. Chamakh (!) scored a brace amidst a Theo goal and the match ended with a tennis match score. It was indeed a helter-skelter match.
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