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The Arsenal Trounces ManUre, 1-0Arsene Wenger was quoted in The Observer as saying, "You never win the championship if you lose against Man United, Chelsea and Liverpool. You can forget it." I can't think of any Championship year where we on the wrong end to these three and thanks to some positively brilliant play from the lads, we have one of the filthy cunts out of the way. Given our performance thus far, I wasn't sure how we would fare but from the whistle on, the Gunners decisively outplayed ManUre on every part of the pitch. Even more remarkable is that we did so without the services of Thierry Henry, proving that even when he is on the bench, The Arsenal can still reach the highest of peaks. Though most of our players had incredible showings (the exception being a quiet, often useless Freddie Ljungberg), the match was highlighted by the genius of three players: Cesc Fabregas, Emmanuel Adebayor, and Jens Lehmann. Since we were playing without Henry and Robin van Persie, Arsene flooded the midfield with five men and we were handsomely rewarded with a dominant display in which Cesc Fabregas was outstanding. With 5 ticks in regulation, Fabregas robbed Cristina Ronaldo and worked his way back upfield. After a little trickery, he slipped an inspired, perfectly weighted pass to Adebayor, who flicked his shot past Tomasz Kuszczak to give the Gunners our first win at Old Trafford since 2002. It was master class and sucked any remaining hope of victory from the United side. Equally brilliant was Mad Jens Lehmann. He saved a rocket from Cristina Ronaldo quite literally with his face in the first half but it was his play in the second that assured him of legend status in my mind. Just moments after Adebayor's goal, he made the save of a lifetime, turning away Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's late effort. The strike came through a sea of legs and was heading for the bottom corner when Jens managed to get his fingertips on the ball and pushed it wide of the goal. He's a god. He is a legend. And with that, mates, here are the clips! Cheers! Niko
 Posted at September 18, 2006 12:14 PM Permalink • Filed under: Arsenal FC , Football (Soccer) |
Comments (12): The Arsenal Trounces ManUre, 1-0
Atif
September 18, 2006 1:01 PM
It just wouldn't be a proper post by Flash or someone who shares her genes without a dropping of the c-word :) Nice post, Niko!
Goldie
September 18, 2006 1:42 PM
Whenever I need footage of a bitchflop, Ronaldo always comes through. Arsenal had United's number on every front and they played an outstanding game. Congrats!
Ara
September 18, 2006 2:30 PM
Lehmann's save on Solskjaer was incredible. What's turned his game around? Wasn't it about a year ago that he'd been benched?
Shiloh
September 18, 2006 3:55 PM
I don't think I would have been quite so excited about this victory were Henry in the match. The lads needed to see that they can handle this on their own when need be. It would have been nice to see Freddie go off instead of Hleb but we weren't hurt for the decision. But what about Rosicky! The bastard is a right gem. What a firestarter!
Nice guest work, cousin :)
Britton Jagger
September 18, 2006 10:18 PM
Great effort mate!
I was truly impressed by Arsenal yesterday. I thought you would come out and get your arses kicked but United was as uninspired as many of your lads were brilliant. How is the Beast taking to play? I haven't heard much of yet.
The Pen
September 18, 2006 11:59 PM
Cheers, Cousin o' Flash, and it is good to see the Arsenal beat United!
Nixon
September 19, 2006 2:48 PM
I'm not meaning to bash your skills Niko but when is Flash coming back? Is she completely out of it or something?
Sawyer
September 19, 2006 11:06 PM
She has no idea what day it is but she'll probably be consistently awake in a couple days. Mostly what she does right now is wake up for her meds, say some really random shit, and then pass out again.
Unholy Moses
September 21, 2006 10:56 PM
Holy crap!
My work blocked this site, and my Internet at home has been iffy, so I haven't been around for a while. Sorry to hear that Flash isn't doing well.
Let her know that the Unholy one is sending some positive energy her way.
Anthony
September 22, 2006 2:19 PM
Why'd they block the site, Moses?
Katy
September 22, 2006 3:29 PM
As many times as she drops the c-word around here, his work probably thinks it's a porn site :)
Unholy Moses
September 26, 2006 11:44 PM
Anthony--
Because I work for a bunch of fucking fascists fuckholes who don't like the fact that I have a personal blog that blasts the guy who gave them all tens of thousands of $$ in tax breaks (President Bush).
Seriously ... they're all Republicans and hate the fact I'm not. I almost got fired over my site -- luckily, my former boss mentioned that could generate a lawsuit.
So ... if anyone needs a professional writer and only wants to pay in the $40K range, send me an e-mail.