february 22nd
18.05 – Manchester Citeh 1-5 Arsenal (Bergkamp, Pires, Henry, Cambpell, Vieira)
Well, it was all over within 19 minutes. Arsenal were 4-0 up and cruising. Bergkamp put us 1-0 up after 4 minutes, Pires made it 2-0 a couple of minutes later, Henry then Campbell made it 4.
Captain Vieira scored early in the second half to make it a very comfortable 5-0 win for the Gunners against a team than Man Utd only managed to take 1 point from this season. Anelka scored a late consolation goal for the blues, but he must have looked on at this Arsenal performance and rued the day he ever left Highbury.
All in all it sounded like a top class Arsenal performance, and although he could be forgiven for being a bit rusty, it sounded as if Stuart Taylor had a very good game. Which is good news should Seamo not recover in time for Ajax.
I suppose the only crumb of comfort the City fans can take from this is that it gives Arsenal a 5 point lead in the Premiership after United could only draw with Bolton today. It could have been even better for Arsenal had it not been for a last minute Solskjaer equaliser.
Good article about dressing room harmony from Freddie Ljungberg. He also talks about his injury problems and how he hopes to return to action soon. AW talks about David Seaman being Arsenal’s goalkeeping coach on arsenal.com, while youngsters Michael Gordon and Ben Chorley get a chance at Wimbledon.
I love Saturday evenings when we’ve won.
