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Had he scored it would have been the icing on the cake......and I'd have bet on him doing so had he stayed on. It felt like it was only a matter of time till he got the better of them directly.
I see that the Golden child of GoonersWeb, Morgan S was on the bench too.... Hope he enjoyed the game from his front row seats.
Well I enjoyed that, now seen us win against United home and away :faint:
Any news on Sanchez, holding his groin/ no celebration as he went off...:upset: :unsure: :upset:
Probably just a strain, therefore back after the internationals.
Coquelin too was great. Outclassed the United duo of Carrick and Schweinsteiger all by himself
Neil Ashton :haha:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...s-methods.html
Awesome 1st half hour but I really wanted to smash those fuckers big time. We saw the quick passing, high pushing team that ended last season with 8 goals against West Brom & Villa but then turned into team playing too deep & hoping to counter which is the team that pubs results or loses to the top teams. Don't understand why we have to do this when we're so far on top. Anyway, 3 excellent points when you consider we played with 9 men for most of the game. Ramsey & Merts are simply awful.
Tbf I thought Ramsey was excellent, apart from his composure in front of goal. He was very disciplined and did his midfield defensive duties well (freeing up Ozil to dominate the game), linked well with Theo and cut out the Hollywood stuff (in the main). Merts was okay too, apart from that dreadful moment where he was tossed around like a rag doll by Martial (who is half his size). For whatever reason, van Genius thought it was a good idea to put Martial up against Gabriel rather than Merts. I thought that was a good idea too, as I suppose did most Arsenal fans.
Monday morning, after a game like that, is almost bearable. Being able to scan the sports section with both eyes rather than one eye closed and peeking from behind a raised hand, excellent. Neil Ashton crying across the back pages, calling for van Gaal to be shipped out and making every excuse under the sun for his team's pasting, such a nice change from his impartial gloating.
Rio's pre-match prediction.
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Rio Ferdinand thinks it is a matter of time before Manchester United start "blowing teams away" again.
United are challenging rivals Manchester City for top spot in the Premier League but have hardly been spectacular in their rise to the league's summit.
But uninspiring performances coupled with results has left Ferdinand optimistic about what United can achieve - because they have not reached their full potential.
Ferdinand has cited the clash with Arsenal as the potential season-turner, as he wants to see United start giving teams the 'fear factor' once again.
Writing in his Sun on Sunday column, he said: "If you can get to the top of the league and then start blowing a couple of teams away, it can quickly get the fear factor back.
We’ve all been waiting a long time for that sort of performance. A fantastic result. Totally outclassed them and they barely had a sniff on goal. That’s the sort of reaction I had hoped for.
Ozil – What a bloody performance. Been calling for a big performance from this guy and he delivered. There is so much more to his game and he showed what he’s capable of. He looked ready for this one. He was directing the players, looked sharp on the ball, even showed a few tricks with the ball at his feet. Wonderful.
Sanchez – Has to be one of Wenger’s best signings.
Theo – Really proving himself up front. Didn’t score but got two assists and really helped stretch their defence. As Arseblog said, he’s serving up humble pie for the doubters. He’s learning and playing with intelligence. Solid.
Coquelin – Beast of a player. Really deserves more credit for the defensive shit he puts in and his cool ball distribution under pressure.
Monreal – Another unsung hero. Solid.
Cech – He didn’t have much to do but when he did…what a save.
Bellerin – The overlapping runs down the right. An extra weapon and doesn’t give us the jitters on defence.
Mr Wenger – That’s the response we want to see from the team. Prepared them well. Locked up shop and kept our discipline and concentration in the 2nd half. Made the right subs and didn’t unbalance the team. In fact, Ox was unlucky not to score and Bif should have.
This is a result to remember.