The Score Flattering, The Performance Outstanding

We probably didn't deserve 4-1, but who could deny the team a rampant scoreline when they mounted such a spectacular comeback Satuday afternoon to win at Wigan. The lads turned a dreadful match into one to remember, and gave us probably the best comeback win so far this season.

For those who remember last season, this game against Wigan was the Bolton match of this season. Last season of course we travelled up north to Bolton, when 2-0 and a man down by halftime, and somehow pulled it back to get a memorable 3-2 win. Saturday's game against Wigan was very much the same match.

We were lucky to only be one goal down at halftime, and indeed very lucky not to be a man down as well. To be honest, Gibbs' professional challenge deserved a red, but the referee was feeling lenient on the day, and thank goodness. So at halftime we were down, couldn't put three passes together, and our plans of simply sweeping aside this match in preparation for the week to come were ruined. Wigan were going to make us fight for it.

We started badly in the second half as well and I genuinely thought we were headed for yet another loss this season when Theo Walcott grabbed us an unlikely lifeline as he equalised. Then on came Adebayor and Van Persie, and we were a changed team. The passing was crisp and smooth, Adebayor was taking on everyone in his way and playing with great confidence, and that confidence rippled through the team.

Before we knew it we were 2-1 ahead, catching everyone (including the goalscorer Silvestre) by surprise, then we added two more at the death to give us the flattering scoreline. But we had to fight for this, and at the final whistle I couldn't have been more proud of the team. Just five months ago a result like this would never have been possible, and we probably would conceded another goal and lost. But now the team is so sure of themselves and full of confidence that they are able to turn it around in such spectacular fashion and snatch a victory.

There were those over Christmas who said that we would never be anything like the invincibles. That to ever be like them we would have to scrounge wins out of nothing and get all three points on the days when we deserved to lose. Against Wigan it was just such a day, and we not only got all three points, but we did it in style. Perhaps this side have finally grown up. Perhaps there is the potential for greatness after all; the same potential that Arsene Wenger has always seen and we are now being treated to as well.

Fab 4

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