Another match another 3 points in the bag in another
competition. 6 unreplied goals, still top of Group A......please whats not to like? Arsenal
continued to show they were taking no prisoners as Ludogorets was well an truly beaten on a fine night at the emirates, what should have been a possible
banana skin turned out to be an Özil show and boy did we enjoy it, his
volleys are becoming like a routine which is good for him but i particularly
like the first goal from him, from start to finish that was the best goal for me.
The early exchanges saw arsenal try to impose themselves on the game being the
home side but Walcott spurned the chance.....then Sanchez got it all started in
the 12th minute with a a nice run that beat the offside high-line Ludogorets was playing,
he cut into d box twisted Moti a "show me ya numba" that left the defender sliding to the ad-boards before deftly chipping the keeper for the
1st of the night. The visiting Team responded with a fight, with the tricky triumvirate of Wanderson Cafu and especially Misidjan calling Ospina to
action, reminding the gunners not to doze off. Credit to Ospina's turn
around in form (from last seasons fiasco) as he kept arsenal in the game while
Ludogorets for a spell, tried to turn the tide in chasing an equalizer but it
was not to be. Özil reminded us of his beneath the surface skills when he from
wide left found Walcott in space, who finished with a curling shot into the
net. That was Özil's first assist for the season and Walcotts 8th goal in 10
matches so far, he definitely is on something and whatever it is, loooooonnnngggg may it
continue.
Arsenal went into the break with the 2-0 lead. The second half show was the wizard of of Özil after Oxlade kicked things off less than a minute
into the start of the second half for 3-0. I liked the way he calmly stroked the ball
into the far corner from a loose ball. He is one player with lots of promise
but yet to deliver, i hope he makes it here at Arsenal but thats talk for
another. Özil decide to make good his birthday wish of a "hunger for more goals" by scoring a second
half hat trick, his first in his career. The volleys are gradually becoming a norm now but my pick of the
bunch was the 1st goal, from the tackle by koscielny to the exquisite pass from
deep in our half by Santi Carzola, boy was that pure vision....still yet, the best
part of it was that silk touch that Özil killed the lobbed pass with all in his
stride......Pure genius!! i just wonder how come he doesn't score more often
with all that bundle of skill. This season he has 6 goals already in 9 games
can he get into double digits in both goals and assist for the gunners this
season?? Good question that he alone can answer. It must be said that his goal
returns in Arsenal colours are looking good and should better his Madrid stats
in Less number matches. He is just one goal away from equaling his haul of 19
goals for Real Madrid in 105 appearances. Arsenal went on to add two more
goals by ozil to reflect their 80% dominance in the match yet you could tell
the team still had a couple of gears they could crank up to if necessary.
So
whats to read into this goal fest of a performance, i wouldnt get ahead of fan
worship here, we beat the opposition in front of us as expected but the quality
of the opposition was a few rungs below European heavyweight, has to be said but job done. Our play wasnt the best we've seen in recent times, but it it was more than good enough. So for now we try to keep the momentum for a better
lenght of the season than we have had in the past cuz tougher tests lie ahead
of the boiz. Ludogorets did also cause the gunners a few nervous moments but
Ospina did what he is paid to do, bail the team out when all else failed with
the frontmen at 1-0 up. Its nice to see that he's kept his head in the team
despite last seasons horrors ....Olympiakos at the emirates comes to mind. This
shows he's got the mental strength to overcome such poor showings, which is
very good. Squad depth is helping the Team too as we made four changes without
any significant drop in quality as compared to the normal starting 11, ad the
injusries we currently have then you appreciate what that means. I just hope
Wenger continues to rotate appropriately, giving game time to squad players
while pressuring the starting 11 with their competition. No one likes changing
a winning Team is the argument, but you also wanna make sure your players
remain as fresh and raring to go so its wengers job to find the right balance
in those extremes. I still believe Elneny and Perez should be
getting more gametime and that arguement was vindicated yesternight by the
latter's impactful performance with two lovely Assists, his goals will come looking
at the quality of our midfield. Wenger has a headache on his hands with a fully
fit squad,( Ramsey, Giroud, Wellbz Still Out) lucky enough, the injury gods
never seem to oblige him this. Maybe this season I guess. Anyway thats it from
me, see u on the other side of Middlesbrough preview, till then help critique,
like comment and share .....Cioaaaa
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