Everton v. Arsenal 1-4 29/Dec/07

A 'bipolar' match showed the sides of the club this season. A tremendous and unexploited offensive potential in the hands of the young and experienced and the awful and totally reluctant defensive in the first half that lead the Arsenal to a one nil loss. The lead by whether Yakubu or Cahill was a total dismissal and a remembering of the sufferings in the box of last season, with 'Dinosaur' Bendtner giving a five-star pass to the toffies representatives. Goals by Edoardo at the beginning of the second half and later, the goal of Adebayor after a fatal error between the center back and keeper Howard and finally the closure of Rosicky after a typical Arsenal play, gave the Londoners a three goal advantage after a suffered game. In the final seconds the toffies, although fought back, were totally hampered and hurt to death in a pretty rough game ending with twenty men.
In the first half the Arsenal was totally diminished and reduced due to a talented home side commanded by Mikel Arteta and Steven Pienaar. The lead came, and Fábregas as well as Hleb seemed reduced in every chance they had the ball. Clichy's offensive push was reduced due to the covering of Arteta, a very talented player. Most of the first half Mathieu Flamini received the ball from the defenders and did not have a pass option. Later in the second half was Edoardo's equalizer after a long pass from Clichy and later a beautiful play enhaced by a supreme control lead the Croatian the double. While the number '9' was lost in the first half, is the ability of making goals that make the difference between good and great players. Regarding the red card of 'Dinosaur' Bendtner I totally agree. Even it could be a sent off without the previous yellow card, and this showed the desperation of the young Dane of not conceiving a chance. Similar of what van Persie suffered went sent off against Southampton after a challenge with Crouch. He will have to reconsider his mood in the games, but not passing without a call of attention from the staff.
It is a paradox but a draw in Portsmouth was actually good because thanks to west Londoners (which are our next fixture immediate rivals)Man Utd lost 2-1, giving us the lead of the EPL with a two-point gap. A tough match which showed the captive talent of the young gunners was the culmination of the year and after being Champions in the first half, Mr. Wenger claims to need even more points to get any silverware in May, a point in which I completely agree. I thank all the people who have read this blog, beginning in November, and I wish you a good year and even more joy from literature and football.