With 'Arry missing Luka Modric, Aaron Lennon & Jermaine Defoe, he opted to go for a formation similar to Arsenal's to match them man to man with the big man Crouch up front.
Both sides had had their chances, Gomes saving brilliantly to his left when Fabregas had the goal to his mercy, Totenham's plan seemed to work right up till the 41st min. Eduardo (who came on after Bendtner pulled up with a groin strain) collected the ball on the right flank with no seeming danger and won a throw. Sagna quickly took it and had the ball tapped back to him. With enough time afforded him by Tottenham, Sagna settled and whipped in a cross towards the 6 yard box and Van 'Pepper' Persie raced quickest across King for a great finish.
I was literally still celebrating that goal seeing as I'd settled for a 0-0 HT score and was looking for my phone to text a friend when I saw 'FABULOUS' racing away in celebration. Barely 11 seconds after the restart, he'd scored. 4's his number, 4's the number of men he left in his wake. Palacios seemed to stumble over the ball and FAB collected, skipping past him, holding off Jenas, OLE'd King's diving tackle before steadying himself to slot coolly past Gomes. The goal was reminiscent of Henry's dribbling run against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu a few years ago.
This 2-0 lead at HT was however, fearful. A similar advantage last weekend against West Ham had resulted in a draw. With Arsenal slowly taking control, Wenger was seen at the sidelines screaming at his young charges. Eduardo had missed with Gomes again saving big after he had raced clear and Tottenham seemed to be giving themselves a fighting chance. The breakthrough came in the 60th min though. Following a strong challenge on Eduardo, the ball fell through to Sagna who raced clear and then stopped (as everyone else) to look at the referee who waved play on...Sagna once again steadied himself an drove in a low cross , an ensuing miscommunication between Gomes n King left the ball to an onrushing Persie, who gently tapped in.
That said and done. Arsenal held on for the clean sheet and gave us gunners the chance to 1ce again refer to the 'Spu*s team who haven't beaten Arsenal in the league since November 1999. Talk about being a class ahead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPAvxAgr-aU
Other scores:
| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal | 3-0 | Tottenham | R |
| Bolton | 0-5 | Chelsea | R |
| Burnley | 2-0 | Hull | R |
| Everton | 1-1 | Aston Villa | R |
| Fulham | 3-1 | Liverpool | R |
| Man Utd | 1-0 | Blackburn | L |
| Portsmouth | 4-0 | Wigan | R |
| Stoke | 2-2 | Wolverhampton | R |
| Sunderland | 2-2 | West Ham |
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