may 11th
18.55 – Sunderland 0-4 Arsenal (Henry, Ljungberg3)
Arsenal’s players have gone hat-trick crazy, with Freddie Ljungberg scoring his first for the club today. Thierry Henry gave Arsenal the lead after just 7 minutes, and then went on to set up all 3 of Freddie’s goals. Nice scoring ahead of the cup final, and a nice response from Freddie to Jermaine Pennant’s threesome against Southampton.
Unfortunately for him, Ruud van Nistelrooy was awarded yet another penalty by Mike Riley, the Dutchman’s 25 league goals (9 penalties) win him the golden boot. That’s something like the 7th penalty Riley has awarded United this season – maybe it’s just coincidence, but it must be some kind of record.
Poor old Dead Kenny will be crying himself to sleep with some Indie favourites tonight as a 2-2 draw with Birmingham and a Bolton win means West Ham are relegated. I know he’s very sick and all that, but I don’t think with the squad they have, The Hammers would have gone down if they’d had someone better than Glenn Roeder in charge. Anyway, at least this gives us a chance of revenge against Bolton and I’d love to relegate those cunts on the last day of next season.
Arsenal’s chances of signing John Terry or William Gallas may have disappeared as Chelsea beat Liverpool 2-1 today. The disappointment of that was tempered by seeing our boggly-eyed friend look on as his team miss out on those lovely Champions League millions and get ready for the UEFA Cup next season. Looks like it’ll have to be Mexes. Oh well.
So another Premiership season is over. One that promised much for Arsenal, but in the end was one of the most painful I can remember for a while. It’s one thing not winning the Championship, it’s another losing it from a fairly commanding position. Still, I’m confident lessons will be learned, the squad will be strengthened in the right places this summer and we’ll begin the fight for the title in good shape come August.
Now, it’s FA Cup final week. Let’s hope we can finish off the season in style in Cardiff.
