This part of the globe has seen and experienced some shining scorching hot days since last Tuesday. I’m missing the rain already.
Been having a headache since Friday and suspecting wind, I decided to go for a cupping session on Saturday. Dropped by KLCC on the way home – even met up a couple of uni mates – and inflicted some damage on my plastic. That reminds me, I need to return some of my credit cards or I’ll risk incurring service charge after the New Year’s Day.
Nine PL matches on Saturday – and six of them ended in a draw. Two away wins and only one home win; all these results gave me optimism for the Sunday clash (and why, oh why did it have to kick off at 1600 hours GMT when the other nine matches were all already played on Saturday?). Thanks to the Toffees and Bolton for drawing with Old Money and New Money respectively, and also to the Villains for beating ManUre.
Indeed, it was a pretty daunting match to look forward to: Arsenal have not won on any of their previous five league visits to Anfield and have not kept a clean sheet there since 1989. And with other serious contenders all dropping points 24 hours earlier, both sides were understandably desperate to take advantage and close the gap. I was happy to note that the lads were not wearing their schoolboy white away kit, phew! It reminds me of the Spuds although of course our kit is classier.
We were awful in the first half and Liverpool capitalised on this with a goal from Kuyt four minutes from the break. A different Arsenal emerged in the second half – an Arsenal side that responded to Wenger’s angry team talk rant at half-time. Apparently Wenger told them they were not fit to wear the shirt and this so stunned them into producing a better display. Glen J popped the ball into his own net and gave us the equaliser and that Anfield tormentor, Shava, sealed the win for us with a magnificent strike from his hurt foot.
So we’re back in third with three points separating us from ManUre with one game in hand. It doesn’t look like Pavlyuchenko would be a Gunner though...
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