Arsenal 3- 0 The Other Team: And The Gunners Keep Marching Upwards

Arteta: I can do a C.Ronaldo!

The three nil win against the other team on Saturday was only disappointing to the extent that we didn't use the game to really improve on our goal difference. I really wished we had scored more goals on the day. Seriously, the weather was great, the fans were great, the players have found their groove and Arsene Wenger is starting to look his old mischievous self again.

I missed the opening 10 minutes, but what I saw after that I was very impressed with. I swear even the beer tasted nicer!! We hurried the other team into mistakes, Rosicky in particular was having a very good game. The way he turns his markers then runs forward with the ball is always a pleasure to see.

The first goal came after some very decent work by Gervinho on the left. Indeed the Ivorian is not at his flying best right now, but he was causing the other team enough problems. He was also dropping into the left back position whenever the other team tried to counter attack. It is no surprise then that he got such warm applause for twice running back 70 yards to tackle the other team's right winger.

In the 16th Minute, Gervinho exchanged passes with Gibbs to score his first Premier League goal. He strode into the other team's six yard box and fired a shot that got deflected into the net. I suspect he will go on to score many more goals this lad. I must say  Gibbs is doing alright thus far. I would not go so far as to say he is the best thing to happen to Arsenal since sliced bread, but he is doing his part and that is good to see.

Mikel Arteta is a man on fire right now. You cannot blame him for the third goal, a Christiano Ronaldo-like thunderbolt into the side netting. The other team's Goal Keeper had been given prior warning with a rasping drive from Arteta, which he tipped over the bar. That he was beaten the second time around goes to show that he is a cunt. And to think he might have played for Arsenal!!! urgghh!!

General Alex Song (God Bless His Right Boot) did what he does time and time again. He chipped a killer pass over the other team's defence, which the in-form Walcott controlled superbly before slotting past the stranded cunt in the other team's goal. At two nil,  sat back and waited for the avalanche of goals to come, but they never came.

Even though we didn't score more goals, the pain we inflicted over the manager of the other team brought a measure of satisfaction to me after the way we lost the Carling Cup last year. He looked like a corpse, despite the plentiful sunshine. His face and general demeanour was so withered, like a used condom left to bake in the hot African sun for a few weeks...

I became a little worried but equally amused when Robin Van Persie started show-boating in the second half. He took the ball up the pitch towards the left corner flag, started doing some tricks and flicks with the ball before passing it on to a teammate. Now, I don't mind players show-boating when we are winning by a large margin with a few minutes to go. But at 2 nil, with 20 minutes still to play, you really don't want to see your team doing that.

I should also mention Johann Djourou who came into the defence for the injured Koscielny. He did ok, although he looked a little rusty  in the opening exchanges of the match. But when you are playing against shit like Heskey, really you ought not to concede a goal. Our goal was hardly threatened throughout the whole game. This was due to our good defensive work as a team, but perhaps more to the fact that the other team have shit for strikers.

And so, after beating the other team team comfortably by 3 goals to nil, Chelsea and Spurs drawing early in the day, have a look at the table;

Barclays Premier League table 2011-2012

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
1	Manchester City	30	22	4	4	72	22	50	70
2	Manchester United	29	22	4	3	73	27	46	70
3	Arsenal	30	18	4	8	61	39	22	58
4	Tottenham Hotspur	30	16	7	7	53	35	18	55
5	Chelsea	30	14	8	8	49	34	15	50
6	Newcastle United	30	14	8	8	44	42	2	50

I tried to look for big-spending Liverpool on the log, but I couldn't find them. If anyone knows which League they are competing in, please drop me a tweet.

There are 8 games to go, and we have a 3 point gap over Tottenham; 8 over Chelsea. Next game is against QPR away from home. Let us continue doing what we are doing now, the only mistake we can make now is to start thinking that the race is over.

These are happy days to be a gunner....

COYG!!!

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