Hurray, the new footie season is finally here! To mark the start of the season, I went book-shopping and had a haircut.
Arsenal travelled to Everton for the late kick-off. I was apprehensive and felt the stomach-gripping fear. Everton, after all, finished fifth last season. David Moyes is a brilliant manager and they have Tim Cahill, Pienaar, Osman, Howard ... Scary.
And what do you know, the Gunners melted down the Toffees to record a flattering tennis score. Six-one to The Arsenal! Cesc assisted twice and even scored twice himself. Cesc’s first assist to Denilson saw the Brazillian slammed home from 30 yards out for Arsenals’ first goal. Shortly after, van Persie’s free-kick was headed in at the far post by debutante Vermaelen (reminds me of Nasri who scored in his first EPL debut last season. Get well soon, love). Gallas decided he was not to be outdone and he nodded in a Fàbregas free-kick shortly after. Oh, Shava also put one in the net in the 34th minute but was ruled offside.
Captain Cesc then added one three minutes after the break before adding another in the 70th minute – Almunia gave him the ball and he was allowed to stroll literally unchallenged across the pitch before slotting it in. He then hoisted a jersey in memory of Daniel Jarque, the Espanyol captain who died after a cardiac arrest just the week before. Dudú then came in at the 73rd minute to replace van Persie, his first EPL appearance since that fateful day in Birmingham. He tapped in Arsenal’s sixth goal after Shava’s attempt bounced off the post. Hardly a match of boring, boring Arsenal, I say.
Go here for Wenger’s view and the full transcript of his interview with Martin Samuels (parts I and II) to understand Wenger’s world. And this is what Cesc said after the match: ‘We are a team,’ declared Fàbregas, ‘and you either want to be part of it or not. If you don’t, it is best you go.’ ... ‘We wanted to win, this is a great start but let’s face it, we are not going to win 6-1 every week. It is just one game - it is the first of many for the title race and we just want to keep going.’ For pictures, go here.
What a way to start the season, eh, by setting your goals like that. Sweet Like Chocolate? You bet! Or shall I say Sweet Like Melted Toffees instead? Btw I hate Everton’s new jersey. And Chelshit’s too. I was looking at Chelshit’s and was thinking what the heck have they got there: a zipper? Then I switched to Bundesliga and saw that Bayern München’s jersey looked just like Chelshit... adidas must be very lazy to design something like that.
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