Arsenal vs Manchester City

I am not going to lie, i really, really enjoyed yesterday's win for many reasons. First, i thought it was one of our best performances of the season. Second, watching us slashing Nasri and Clichy's dreams of winning trophies this season was also very enjoyable. I understand that every Arsenal fan has a different opinion on the transfers of those two players but i will always see them as traitors, especially Nasri. And third, i think we dominated the game and deserved to win, something that has not always happened for us when we have dominated games in the past.

The first half it was all us. City missed a decent chance from a corner kick in the 25th minute but other than that, we created most of the good chances. I still can't believe how unlucky were both Vermaelen and Van Persie when RVP had his header going into the net and Verma just couldn't get out of the way. The idiot Balotelli should have seen red for the challenge he made on Song in the first half and what baffles me is that this guy never learns. He keeps doing the same dumb shit over and over. And i don't feel sorry for Mancini at all because he should know that Balotelli is someone who you can't rely on. I understand that he has tremendous amounts of talent as a football player but as a person he is selfish and unreliable. I would choose a guy with less talent but solid character any day, over a supremely talented player with no sense of team play.

The second half, City had a 10 minute spell where they played better than us and missed a few chances but other than that we dominated the game again and we should have scored at least 2,3 goals. Van Persie had a great chance to score when he hit the post; then Theo hit the post and Vermaelen and Benayoun should have put the rebound in. At the end we got what we deserved with a great strike from Arteta. As soon as i saw the space he had, i knew he would strike it pretty well. Ramsey could have made it two at the end but his finish was lacking confidence. Regardless, it was a great win for us and it was good performance all around from the team.

Defensively it was a very good game for us. We pressed on the ball well throughout the whole game and that was very pleasing to see. After the horrible game Vermaelen had against QPR, against City he was great. Koscielny also did well, except for a bad challenge against Barry for which he deserved maybe even more than a yellow. He will probably miss a game or two because that was his 10th yellow for the season, so we will have to watch the dreadful Djourou in defense. Santos came in for a bit in the second half and his lack of pace is still very worrying for me.

Rosicky and Benayoun had a solid game. They were both very active and all over the pitch. Benayoun had a great chance to score too, he will be kicking himself for missing that one. Arteta was great and not only because he scored. Song also had a strong game and his pass to Van Persie when Robin hit the post was typical class from Song. Walcott was not great yesterday, this is the second game in a row where he is not really a threat and he has been up and down like this all season. I just wish he can be more consistent and creative on the wing. Van Persie was solid and should have scored at least twice but sometimes luck gets in the way.

So to sum it up: Great win for us yesterday!!! Not only it put us 2 pts in front Tottenham but after those jokers lost today, we have a good chance to make it 5pts if we beat Wolves on Wednesday. Getting 3rd place this year will be huge for us. So hopefully we will continue to play well and take care of business on Wednesday. C'mon you Gunners!!!