Drags us kicking and screaming into Europe with 2 goals, whilst being clearly out of form.
Impressive for someone without a footballing brain...
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Drags us kicking and screaming into Europe with 2 goals, whilst being clearly out of form.
Impressive for someone without a footballing brain...
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Should be counted as a striker now tbh.
Thought he was sh*t other than the goal![]()
Some good touches but ineffective apart from the goal. That said what more can you really ask for.
Was impressed with some of his play, looked better than last week. Assume Wenger put them up to it but liked Gervinho and Walcott swapping flanks, caused them a few problems.
The King Is Back.
Said it before but he either does something quality in a game or nothing at all.
There is no middle ground of consistency with him. You won't see him turning fullbacks inside out, spraying passes over the pitch etc...IMO he is a limited player but if played to his strengths he can be an incredible asset as we saw tonight. There is nothing more effective than raw pace and despite having a fairly quiet game (as usual) it only takes a second for him to find space and off he goes into the sunset.
Good finisher as well, I always have complete faith in him when he's bearing down on goal.
If Wenger keeps getting him to swap flanks with Gervinho we'll see more of that.
See how he took his goal? If that would have happened down the right, he'd probably been forced down the corner flag side and pushed wide to make a cross. When he's on the left he's breaking for goal and looks sure of scoring. That's how Henry used to do it.
I hope Wenger sees some sense and keeps playing him out on the left if he's not going to play a 4-4-2. He looked dangerous all night and they were worried about his pace and runs. Looked more dangerous than RVP. Judge him as a striker and you wouldn't say he was ineffective besides the goal.
Play him in the middle agaisnt the mancs he will have Smalling and jones nervous with his pace.