Well as we expected there were no surprises from Arsenal's Premier
League rivals yesterday, apart from how much better than Chelsea Man City were perhaps, so as well as holding onto some hope that Newcastle can take points ioff Liverpool later, we Gooners just want to see Arsenal do what they have to do and take all three points from our home game against Brighton.
Arsene Wenger may have cut a frustrated figure on the Old Trafford touchline for most of the game between Arsenal and our Premier
League rivals yesterday, but it was the Frenchman who was the happeir of the two managers when the final whistle blew, as the disgusted expression on the face of Jose Mourinho told all too clearly.
A lot of people are questioning the title credentials of Arsenal, but we are perhaps the most stable club and squad of players and there was plenty of reason for optimism from the performances of our other Premier
League rivals yesterday.
Not exact matches
At least one of the threatened teams West Brom beat our Premier
League rivals Man United
yesterday and that gives the Gunners some breathing space.
Despite a somewhat disjointed performance from the Arsenal team we did at least manage to earn a point from the Premier
League match against top four
rivals Man City
yesterday and the fans will be hoping that this can be the start of our usual strong finish to an EPL campaign.
Arsenal can go second in the Premier
League table, which would be good for the Gunners of course, because
yesterday was one of those strange days when nothing went as planned or as the form guide would lead us to believe, with every single one of our main
rivals for the title dropping points, or those who played anyway.
Most pundits are still assuming that Leicester will drop away from the top of the Premier
League table, and at this moment everyone (including the bookies) is assuming it is going to be a straight fight between Arsenal and Manchester City, so our win
yesterday against our main
rivals was a timely reminder of our intentions this season.
I am a little confused about some of the recent Arsenal transfer rumours, because many in the football media seem to think that Arsene Wenger is about to allow the transfer of our France international star Olivier Giroud to go through, with reports like the one
yesterday in The Mirror suggesting that the big centre forward is going to sign for our Premier
League rivals Everton for about # 20 million.
Once again
yesterday the powerful and dynamic player stepped up for the Gunners and produced a moment of magic that was enough to secure a third pre-season trophy and, more importantly, remove whatever mental blockage their might be in the Arsenal squad about facing our Premier
League rivals Chelsea.
As I said at the very beginning: Arsenal, through their performance
yesterday, have sent out a raucous warning to their Premier
League rivals.
An absolutely brilliant performance from Arsenal against Man United
yesterday lifted us up to second in the Premier
League table, and broke our duck against our great
rivals in the
League.
Chelsea won their 13th consecutive Premier
League game and still maintain a six point lead over closest
rivals Liverpool who defeated Man City
yesterday.
Yesterday, Tottenham registered their 9th win on the trot in the Premier
League by beating arch
rivals and neighbors Arsenal at White Hart Lane.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, however,
yesterday gave a strong hands off warning to
rival Premier
League teams interested in Cech, who has one year remaining on his contract with the Blues.