The whole Arsenal world was waiting for this game. Fans were excited, hopeful but in true terms ecstatic. Watching the gunners in red coming out of the tunnels with two new faces making their debuts, it was a feeling full of emotion and hope. Wenger proclaim that this will be our season start. So, firstly in a nut shell we got three points, secondly it was only due to a funny mistake by the Swansea goalkeeper, thirdly we played a nervous and sloppy game and finally the fans yet relieved but are not happy with the team performance.
The game continued in this fashion with Swansea counter attacking on certain occasions. Szczesny was brilliant and saved many shots acrobatically. The flanks were pretty weak meanwhile Arteta and Mertesacker showed real promise. They looked solid owing to their first game at Emirates and they probably have satisfied the manager.
The goal came at 41st minute when Vomer prevented the corner by catching the ball at the right goal line. Without thinking he passed the ball to a defender in front of him who didn't even know the ball is coming to him. The ball got deflected from the defender Rangel's heel and was gifted to Arshavin who took no time in shooting the ball into clear post from a tight angle. The Whole stadium was up and relieved by the goal.
The second half was pretty bad for Arsenal. Sloppy passes, late tackles, nervousness, restlessness among fans. It was a kind of movie running at emirates with every body biting their nails off. Swansea attacked with purpose. They were organized.Crosses kept on coming but Mertesacker was doing well. Thank God we got some height.
The team was tackling out of desperation with three yellows awarded to Walcott, Arteta and Kocielny.Swansea nearly equalized from a free kick at 53rd minute with Sinclair shot hitting the post. We did on counter attacks but again the finish was lacking. RVP looked out of form too. Walcott was really sloppy and gave away the ball many times. Gibbs did a bit better but he too was looking distracted. Mertesacker did great owing to his first match we will be watching a lot of him soon. He did made a grave mistake at one stage at which he let the ball pass over him to Swansea player behind him who shot the ball off over the bar.
Vomer did save some good shots but his one mistake got the Arsenal lucky.
If it was not for both the goal keepers we would have been witnessing the same frustrating draw. Playing the new team who didn't even score once, we were way below average.
With Manchester City flying with Aguero hat trick and Chelsea winning over sunderland, the competition is getting really tougher. While i was writing this the champions Manchester United are already 3-0 up to Bolton and their game has just started. So, the other teams are all time high and if we don't do any thing sooner, our beloved club will fall down. We can not rely on other teams losing or winning we must mend our tactics. Wenger must play park along with RVP. There is utmost need of changing the formation and bringing in new tactics. The fire among the players is getting dimmer and dimmer. With Fabregas scoring in almost every game at Barcelona, their shouldn't be any doubt that the few good players we have will also soon decides to go. And they won't be wrong here. With the current situation at club there is no way we could get the trophy.
In the end I would just say that this season we will just be fighting for a spot in first four.But I am hopeful that things will change for us and we will grow from here on wards.
Proud to be a Gunner!
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