march 26th
08.59 – 10 men went to laugh, went to laugh at Chelsea….(shamelessly nicked from an sms last night!)
What a great game that was last night. This might be the second game in 48 hours, and we might have been without Freddie, Thierry, Bergkamp and Gilberto from the starting line-up, but this is a proper Team. They fight for each other, work so hard and every single one of them deserves great credit for last night.
It’s hard to single anyone out, but then again, Patrick Vieira was immense again. In a time when the team needed leadership, he’s done the job brilliantly – so much so that he got a standing ovation from the Arsenal players when he came back from talking to Sky after the game.
John Terry scored a sweet goal to give Arsenal the lead, before Vieira set up Wiltord for Arsenal’s second. If I hear any Chelsea fans moan about Francis Jeffers winning the penalty at Highbury after Jimmy Floyd’s swan dive to get Pascal Cygan sent off, well…there’ll be …er…trouble. Oh yes. Poor old Pascal…welcome to the rec card club, son.
Chelsea did pull one back – even though there were players offside and it should never have counted – but they didn’t reckon on Lauren. He got a ball near the halfway line from Parlour, skipped down the touchline, inside Zenden, across the Chelsea box and thwacked a left foot daisycutter past Cuducini. Man, that goal had me leaping like a salmon. No way back for Chelsea then. I saw Zola interviewed after the game and felt sorry for him, it’s such a shame a gentleman and a great player like him has to play for that bunch of arseholes.
Before the game, Ken Bates apologised to Thierry Henry for the Chelsea fan who threw a coin at him during the Highbury game. He’ll have to do it again as Thierry was hit in the face with a cigarette lighter as Arsenal celebrated their 3rd goal. Chelsea will face an FA probe, while the ‘fan’ who did this – should he be identified by CCTV – should be probed with a long pointy stick, the cowardly cunt.
At the end the Arsenal players celebrated with the Arsenal fans – who made some serious noise last night. You can see the spirit in the side, how much they want to win, the hunger they have to make up for the disappointment of going out in Europe. Don’t underestimate how badly the playres felt losing to Valencia – to bounce back with two displays like we’ve seen against Everton and last night takes serious strength of character. There’s a break for internationals now – then it’s full power till the end of the season. If I had any fingernails left, I’d bite them….
