february 20th
Due to my own footballing commitments yesterday I didn’t get to see the game but I caught some highlights later in the evening. Looking first at the sending off (the 914th red card of AW’s reign) I have to say it was extremely harsh, Dennis was captain and was looking after a young member of his team. When you see some reckless challenges and nasty off the ball incidents go unpunished in other games you can’t help but think Dennis was hard done by.
For more analysis on the rest of the game check out the eminently sensible Goodplaya who saw everything that happened within the context of the match. I really did enjoy Cesc’s tackle though – especially from the point of view that if there’s a team intent on kicking you off the park you fucking well kick them back. Molt bé, my Catalan chum.
With regards the sending off Arsene Wenger confirmed Arsenal would appeal against the red card and there’s some speculation JAR could face a three match ban for slapping the Sheffield United player that Bergkamp was sent off for being involved with. In other news there’s a little look ahead to Tuesday night’s CL game against Bryan Munich, the Standard reports that Arsene Wenger will have £40m to spend in the summer (I liked Gunner-Blog’s mathematics as he points out that much money would buy us 160 Kolo Toures), and at this early stage that’s about it.
Have a good Sunday.
