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Another fight against the big boys and yet another lost for the small boys of Arsenal as they were tactically and physically outplayed by the more orientated team.Sir Alex Fergusan clearly did his homework of studying the so called 'maturing' Arsenal team by playing 5 midfielders and giving Arsenal as much width as they needed because knowing Arsenal they love to tread into the mid half of the field and all you had to do is put heaving marking in that zone and that's basically the end of Arsenal's attack.
What i love to point out to is the rock solid defence of Man utd in where they had Rio Ferdinand who hadn't considered a foul for 1040 minutes.Having come back from a brilliant run of great defensive work recently by the men,their run didn't end last week that's for sure.Clearly outplaying them in aerial crosses and not even letting in even an itsy witsy amount of space and that's what you need to fall back on if you wanna be a Champion which clearly Arsenal didn't show both attack and defence especially Koschielky who i still think is not up to par with Djourou at the back.And well the only goal was purely a strong prove.Clichy was totally outplayed by Nani in every department in terms of speed,skills and anticipation and well everything!
One player of Arsenal i would certainly liked was polish young goalkeeper Szczesny who for a newbie at this stage did pretty well.And for a player who was forced to replace Fabianski who was reported to have a minor niggly injury.He certainly answered the critics well with some decent saves especially an one on one stop from Anderson and also a 'Peter Schemichael type of save' against Rooney who also missed a penalty(A penalty which Szczesny took credit for).
But yeah Arsenal Were totally outdone although the shots ratio didn't really make hard justice done but well it was again men against boys and hopefully Arsene will change his mind of not signing players because they seriously need one or two players who can make a great contribution to the squad like the Kneown's and Vieira's but right now they don't have those type of players.Vermaelen is out till the new year and they can't just stay around depending on him,Fabregas is most of the time out with that leg injury now.So Right now,the need of leaders is a great need for a club hoping to end their wait for a title in 5 years.The example of liverpool losing Xabi Alonso was a great example already.
Moving away from Arsenal,A player of Man Utd that particularly pleased me was Anderson.To me he was a driving force in the midfield on that day,surging counter attacks and disposing any possible attack by the gunners and even had a crack at goal numerous of times.For a player who hasn't been a great buy for Man Utd since coming,his really coming to form at the right time for the Devils.But again anyway i would love to congratulate the defence as Man utd i still have to admit didn't play 'that well' were saved themselves by the tough defenders of Utd.And oh yeah,The penalty isn't suppose to be a penalty because Clichy didn't halt a goal opportunity..so yeah :P
Overall,Arsenal still got alot of improvement to do in their efforts to get a taste of a trophy and more importantly Arsene seriously need to buy a couple of players as this team for me is still not strong enough for a title shot.And to conclude this all,it was men against boys once again and yet again disappointing the Gunners faithful.
ARSENAL XI:Szceshy,Sagna,Clichy,Koschielky,Squallaci,Rosicky,Song,Wilshire,Nasri,Arshavin,Chamakh
SUBS USED:Fabregas,Walcott,Van Persie
MAN UTD XI:Van Der Sar,Da Silva,Vidic,Ferdinand,Evra,Nani,Anderson,Fletcher,Park Ji Sung,Carrick,Rooney
SUBS USED:Giggs
MAN OF THE MATCH:Nani
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