April 2nd
Let me begin, my friends, by saying *boilk*. I’m sorry, it had to be said. Now, 5-0 yesterday against Aston Villa and i really could have been more.
1-0 : Another goal for Adebayor and another scrambly, poacher’s goal. He followed in an Henry shot that was cleared off the line and nodded it in to open the scoring
2-0 : A wonderful pass from Reyes put Henry through and he lifted it over the oncoming keeper.
3-0 : Henry got the ball on the edge of the box and curled a fantastic shot into the top corner. You could see him thinking about where to put it. The keeper had no chance.
4-0 : Substitute Robin van Persie showed he hasn’t lost any of his confidence as his quick feet bamboozled the Villa defence and keeper before he slammed it home.
5-0 : Abou Diaby scored his first goal for the club having been played in by Adebayor. His finish just made the comparisons with Vieira more accurate. It’s almost uncanny at times.
So 5 goals, could have been more and a great performance. Can’t ask for more than that, but…
…there are injury worries ahead of the game against Juventus. Cesc went off early with a foot injury while Emmanuel Eboue has done his groin. According to Arsene Wenger “Cesc’s foot has blown up, that’s not a good sign. It can be a vein that has exploded or it’s coming from a bone. Eboue did his groin because he played like Garrincha on the right side and didn’t stop going forward. Both are rated 40-60 for Wednesday night.”
Hopefully both will manage to shake off their knocks ahead of the Juventus game and no doubt we’ll hear more about that tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed because both of them have played a big part in the recent run of good form which has seen us keep 7 clean sheets in the last 11 games.
The boss spoke afterwards of how well the team is developing, the progress of Adebayor and Diaby and he had something to say about Thierry too – “If you asked me to buy a better one I would have a big problem. He’s the best. When you have the best, why do you replace him? I’m confident he will stay, 100 percent confident.”
Make of that what you will. Now, a quick round-up of the tabloids then I need to inject myself with take some painkillers. In the People Jens Lehmann calls Chelsea an ‘artificial product’, he also talks about the physical approach we’ve encountered this season particularly away from home, José Antonio talks about the game against Juventus, in the Observer Amy Lawrence examines Thierry Henry’s situation, The Mirror says we’ve nearly sold all the most expensive seats at The Grove while the News of the World reports that Arsenal and Newcastle will go before an appeals tribunal to challenge tax demands made of them.
And there you go. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to have breakfast and then possibly collapse. Till tomorrow.
