It took a long long while but we finally got the goals we needed and probably deserved last night and now we're only a point behind Chelsea and Hull (what????). We dominated the game last night but we were denied again and again. As Arsene Wenger quite rightly said after the game Robert Green had the game of his life against us, as he always seems to do. He also had the post for a friend and Van Persie especially comes to mind as a player whose wonderful effort was denied by the post when his curling free kick clammed against it after beating Green.
But we finally got the breakthrough and it was an own goal created by Adebayor's desperate hit at it that was headed terribly wide until the West Ham defender knocked it into his own net. So we owe a good thanks to West Ham for that one because if we hadn't scored there I think it probably would've finished 0-0. Then, just inside stoppage time Adebayor got a long ball into his stride, took it round the keeper, and finished simply into an open net. If he had missed that I would have hated him but thankfully he's good enough to hit an empty target and we were 2-0 ahead.
I had a sick feeling that West Ham would come back to draw this one but thankfully they didn't. Our defense wasn't the best today but at least Silvestre, Clichy, and even Gallas were hoofing the ball clear a lot last night. They seemed to have taken a few lessons from Silvestre and started getting it out of the box as soon as they can. But I'm afraid that once Toure returns in place of Silvestre we'll be back to passing it in the defense. I have to say on the evidence of last night I think Toure should be dropped for Silvestre. We all know Le Boss won't drop Gallas thanks to his being captain but let's replace Toure, who has been frankly awful this season, with Silvestre, who seems to be reinvigorating the defense at least a bit.
Almunia also had an excellent night again. He's a wonderful keeper and I simply do not understand all the cries for him to be replaced with a new signing. He's outstanding. Song also had a decent game but still lacked the bite or aggressiveness of Flamini in midfield. He was good at breaking up the play but sometimes seemed to be nowhere around when West Ham attacked leaving Cesc to try and defend himself, which didn't work out to well. I like Song but I still think we need someone new in the centre of midfield to take Flamini's place. Diaby could work, but he needs to learn how to tackle if he wants to be the next Viera.
So all in all decent game. I felt we really lacked the finishing touch today and both our goals had an element of luck to them. But at least we got the points we deserved and now we can go chasing down Hull for that league title (oh yeah, Liverpool are in the mix too, huh?). We've got a North London derby in midweek but I'll talk more about that when it gets a bit closer. Until then,
Fab 4
But we finally got the breakthrough and it was an own goal created by Adebayor's desperate hit at it that was headed terribly wide until the West Ham defender knocked it into his own net. So we owe a good thanks to West Ham for that one because if we hadn't scored there I think it probably would've finished 0-0. Then, just inside stoppage time Adebayor got a long ball into his stride, took it round the keeper, and finished simply into an open net. If he had missed that I would have hated him but thankfully he's good enough to hit an empty target and we were 2-0 ahead.
I had a sick feeling that West Ham would come back to draw this one but thankfully they didn't. Our defense wasn't the best today but at least Silvestre, Clichy, and even Gallas were hoofing the ball clear a lot last night. They seemed to have taken a few lessons from Silvestre and started getting it out of the box as soon as they can. But I'm afraid that once Toure returns in place of Silvestre we'll be back to passing it in the defense. I have to say on the evidence of last night I think Toure should be dropped for Silvestre. We all know Le Boss won't drop Gallas thanks to his being captain but let's replace Toure, who has been frankly awful this season, with Silvestre, who seems to be reinvigorating the defense at least a bit.
Almunia also had an excellent night again. He's a wonderful keeper and I simply do not understand all the cries for him to be replaced with a new signing. He's outstanding. Song also had a decent game but still lacked the bite or aggressiveness of Flamini in midfield. He was good at breaking up the play but sometimes seemed to be nowhere around when West Ham attacked leaving Cesc to try and defend himself, which didn't work out to well. I like Song but I still think we need someone new in the centre of midfield to take Flamini's place. Diaby could work, but he needs to learn how to tackle if he wants to be the next Viera.
So all in all decent game. I felt we really lacked the finishing touch today and both our goals had an element of luck to them. But at least we got the points we deserved and now we can go chasing down Hull for that league title (oh yeah, Liverpool are in the mix too, huh?). We've got a North London derby in midweek but I'll talk more about that when it gets a bit closer. Until then,
Fab 4
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