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Hey folks,
a really quick post this shall be okay. Let me ask, did someone really delete
the “Whitehouse” twitter account, in preparation for the Japan visit….like
really? Does that person wanna be declared a terrorist? Heheheheheheheee! To
football, super Sunday fest is nigh and when U look at us and them, one has to
ask if we stand a chance against the citizens over the course of 90 minutes? I mean
look at them players and the way they have been beasting everyone thus far,
quite scary huh. Before we delve into the whole Sunday match up at Man City,
lets reeewiiind.
Redstar
came to the emirates last Thursday and nicked a point away, tainting the
gunners perfect “impeccable” home form Wenger had touted earlier. The serbs
came hoping to get a result, any result would do and they did. This puts them
in good stead to go through to the next round with the gunners. The game wasn’t
exactly lit with excitement in fact it took the latter stages of the first half before both Keepers had to
pull double saves to keep the score line at nil nil. Boakye can look back at
his glorious miss when he was put through one on one with Macey, beyond those,
the first half was just there. The gunners came into the second half more
purposeful and bossed possession for a long spells but the serbs remained
unyielding in defence and when Jack thought he had scored after a nice move saw him chip Borjan for what should have been a
goal only for Le’tallec to acrobatically clear off the line. Oouuchhhh! Then
Boakye spurned another one on one chance yet again. Nil-nil it ended. Arsenal
qualify for the next round of 32.
Now
back to the super Sunday league clash against the citizen from the blue half of
Manchester, I can say I am looking forward to the match cuz I am not a neutral
in this. It’s hard to look past City as the clear favorites in this match up,
yet the gunners can’t afford to lose in this. A loss means a 12-point gap opens
us after 10 games which is totally not good, a win would be most welcome
hehehehehehe, but the gunners must not lose. It would be nice to maintain the
seeming momentum we have gathered going ito the next international break so let’s
hope the boiz are up for a scrap. The pundits are already passing the title to
City after just 10 games and one can argue that they do have a point. Peps side
has won 9 of 10 league matches and are conceding less, Bravo has been rightly
replaced in goal and the defence looks more balanced if not rock solid, the
midfield and attack is where they blow everyone else away so the gunners have
to be canny and ruthless, picking our moments and taking chances when they
come. Everton who ironically are in a serious mess of a mire are the only ones
to have taken points from City this season, here’s hoping the gunners can make
it an encore with a smash and grab to nick all 3-points. I like to dream BIG, it’s
scary…..LOL.
On a
more level keel, I remember how City started the last campaign with 10 straight
wins only for the wheels to come off at some point and we all know how that
story ended. Anyway they seem to have found their rhythm with KDB Sterling, Silva
and Aguero running amok. The gunners can see this as an opportunity to right
some wrongs too, Sanchez Ramsey and Lacazette can hurt any team on their day.
Elneny/ Xhaka axis has to be super disciplined in midfield while a hungry Ozil,
Giroud will come from the bench when legs of the opposition are tired. In all, I
would look at the stats which say Arsenal has lost only one in past nine games
against city in all competitions, that can become one in last ten if we are
able to keep the three above mentioned players super quiet, especially De Bruyne,
that guy is ....
Lets hope so. City will have a lot of early possession and we
have to be smart, compact n well drilled in discipline, pressing them from
their back line which is still suspect to me, knowing also City would want to
play from there. Ramsey Alexis and Lacazette will have to press high up to try
and create turn overs or win back the ball. I guess that’s our two cents from
here, I do hope i am right ooo. Now don’t forget the comments please, the likes on
Facebook @ https://web.facebook.com/anaijagunner/, or follow the hash tag #anaijagunner on twitter. Lastly, Remember Remember the
5th of November, do enjoy the game wherever you are….....Ciaoo
