Arsenal 5 - 0 Villa
Another good piece by Amy Lawrence: http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,1744910,00.html
Though I would like to encourage you not to get carried away by all these good press, especially with Juve and Man Utd on the horizon. While the Wednesday match will be extremely important, the Man Utd game will be an ultimate test to our ability in reclaiming our superiority in the league. Probably I was a bit more concerned with Man Utd because we have 2-0 lead against Juve and all in all, as I have said, our CL progress has surpassed all my expectation.
As for the 5-0 trashing of Villa, the scored could have been 6-1 or 7-2. Villa had some good chances wasted and so did us. I think we played with slower tempo at times, which is good. Another game where I have hard time picking my man of the match as almost everyone excelled. But I will pick Adebayor. It takes a special player to work well with Henry.
He looks like a forward who can be up there on his own and link up well with the rest. His first goal was typical Adebayor. I think Hughes did well to anticipate Henry's attempt on goal. Unfortunately for the lad he ended up having part in the first goal as he tried to clear Adebayor's header that hit the bar.
The second goal was the combination of Reyes' quality pass and Henry's magnificent touch and quick thinking. Sublime.
The third goal was a long pass. Yes.. A LONG PASS. We have been scoring goals from long passes this season. Again, who teach them to do that?! Thank God we have finally vary our play. Adebayor make a run into the penalty box as if he was trying to receive a long ball from Eboue. I think two Villa defenders followed him and they failed to notice Henry who was waiting outside the box. Adebayor excellently back-heeled the ball for Henry and now he has all the time in the world to think of what to do.
When Henry has the time to think of what to do, you are in a big trouble. And so it seemed as Henry sent the ball into the top right corner of the net. Sorensen was beaten completely.
Apparently this is the reason Wenger bought Adebayor for. He has impressive work rate, strength, and technique. He has got some pace and most importantly, he gets inside the box. He draws defenders away and create space for his teammates. My only concern is that he still need to work on his shooting. But that can be trained.
van Persie then came in as Henry was given rest. I have always wanted to see how well van Persie-Adebayor partnership can be. I didn't see enough this time but at least I was treated to that van Persie's goal. Any other Arsenal player would have pass that ball but not van Persie. van Persie is van Persie. Scoring from that kind of angle with Sorensen and a defender in front of him. A true striker.
The fifth goal reminds us of PV. Diaby was at times playing so much like the young PV. Again Adebayor, who made the assist, was involved heavily as he drew to defenders away and they failed to see Diaby's run.
Our only concern ahead of Wednesday's game is Cesc and Eboue's injury. But I think we should be okay without Cesc if Diaby plays like this.
Though I would like to encourage you not to get carried away by all these good press, especially with Juve and Man Utd on the horizon. While the Wednesday match will be extremely important, the Man Utd game will be an ultimate test to our ability in reclaiming our superiority in the league. Probably I was a bit more concerned with Man Utd because we have 2-0 lead against Juve and all in all, as I have said, our CL progress has surpassed all my expectation.
As for the 5-0 trashing of Villa, the scored could have been 6-1 or 7-2. Villa had some good chances wasted and so did us. I think we played with slower tempo at times, which is good. Another game where I have hard time picking my man of the match as almost everyone excelled. But I will pick Adebayor. It takes a special player to work well with Henry.
He looks like a forward who can be up there on his own and link up well with the rest. His first goal was typical Adebayor. I think Hughes did well to anticipate Henry's attempt on goal. Unfortunately for the lad he ended up having part in the first goal as he tried to clear Adebayor's header that hit the bar.
The second goal was the combination of Reyes' quality pass and Henry's magnificent touch and quick thinking. Sublime.
The third goal was a long pass. Yes.. A LONG PASS. We have been scoring goals from long passes this season. Again, who teach them to do that?! Thank God we have finally vary our play. Adebayor make a run into the penalty box as if he was trying to receive a long ball from Eboue. I think two Villa defenders followed him and they failed to notice Henry who was waiting outside the box. Adebayor excellently back-heeled the ball for Henry and now he has all the time in the world to think of what to do.
When Henry has the time to think of what to do, you are in a big trouble. And so it seemed as Henry sent the ball into the top right corner of the net. Sorensen was beaten completely.
Apparently this is the reason Wenger bought Adebayor for. He has impressive work rate, strength, and technique. He has got some pace and most importantly, he gets inside the box. He draws defenders away and create space for his teammates. My only concern is that he still need to work on his shooting. But that can be trained.
van Persie then came in as Henry was given rest. I have always wanted to see how well van Persie-Adebayor partnership can be. I didn't see enough this time but at least I was treated to that van Persie's goal. Any other Arsenal player would have pass that ball but not van Persie. van Persie is van Persie. Scoring from that kind of angle with Sorensen and a defender in front of him. A true striker.
The fifth goal reminds us of PV. Diaby was at times playing so much like the young PV. Again Adebayor, who made the assist, was involved heavily as he drew to defenders away and they failed to see Diaby's run.
Our only concern ahead of Wednesday's game is Cesc and Eboue's injury. But I think we should be okay without Cesc if Diaby plays like this.
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