Two games away from the Emirates Stadium and 8 goals for the hot guns with one against, Arsenal starts the new season in a wonderful fashion!
The 2008/2009 finished with a sour note for the North London faithful and more agonies were to follow according to pundits and football experts especially after departures of two first teamers who headed to the blue sky part of Manchester in Adebayor and Kolo Toure while Thomas Vermaelen was the only new face in the Wenger side. So the so called football experts along with some doomers gloomers supporters believe 2009/2010 is going to be a hard one for the red and white team from N5.
But Wenger kept his cool and kept telling whoever wanted to hear, his team is full of quality and will challenge for honors in 2010. Medias and supporters have been laughing at the “deluded” manager who some believed was just trying to cover the financial woes of the club or board messes.
Now that the season has started, much to the delight of every football fan I suppose as actions, as they say speak louder than words, will flow every couple of days. Arsenal was handed a tough opening schedule as the first premier league game was away to Mersey at the Everton venue followed by a champions league qualifier at Celtic park before welcoming Pompey at home and going to the first big shock of the season at Old Trafford against the champions followed by another visit to Manchester against the new riches of the EPL.
So first game of the season: Everton away! The blue side of Liverpool finished one place and nine points below Arsenal in the last campaign. Arsenal written off by all football experts were to be given a first taste of defeat on the opening day as the most optimistic of the gunners cause could barely back a draw against the Evertonians. But 25 minutes were all that was needed for everybody to realize that Wenger does have a point to put so much believe into his young side. Letting Adebayor go means Bendtner will have more playing time and more responsibilities and he did start on the right side of a three men attack. He received a long ball from Almunia and brought down before going past two opponents and laid the ball to Fabregas. The gunner captain showed enormous awareness to lay perfectly the ball to Denilson and the young Brazilian midfielder sent a perfect curling shot in the bottom corner of the net for a splendid Arsenal opening. Denilson along Cesc and Song complete the midfield three of the new 4-3-3 formation deployed by Le Prof.
Two quick goals from set pieces by the two center backs Thomas Vermaelen called the Verminator by the fans and William Gallas as the first half finished 3 nil to the good for Arsenal. The second half started and barely two minutes on the clock before Cesc scored the first of a fine brace. Denilson unleashed Van Persie on the left and the Dutch ace found the captain with a delicious pass and the Catalan born with a low drive between the legs of the advanced Tim Howard trumps the Everton keeper for Arsenal’s fourth. Fabregas will later score the second after running sixty yards with the ball before finding the net with a another low drive. Five nil and Wenger brought on Eduardo and Ramsey resting Cesc Fabregas and Robin Van Persie. The Croatian born Brazilian known as the Croazilian for the fans had time to nick a sixth goal for the gunners after a lovely work from Arshavin who nut-mugged Yobo before finding the post with a toe poke. The Croazilian tapped in the rebound. Louis Saha did get a consolation goal for the Merseyside blues before the final whistle. So it was 1-6 away to a rival while Liverpool lost on opening day against our local rival the Hotspurs, Manchester united could only beat new boys Birmingham one nil at home while Chelsea needed an injury time fluke goal from Adebayor to see off Hull City.
The second fixture on the gunners’ fixture was a visit to Glascow where a champions place is at stake against Celtic. The Scottish giant have not lost to an English side for over 25 years when Nottigham forest the only English side to beat them came worthy winners. Since both Liverpool and Manchester United have tried and failed to win at Celtic Park. The atmosphere at the Scottish venue is believed to be very intimidating and one of the very best in Europe. And the crowd responded well to their reputation from the start of the game but far from intimidated the young guns fought very hard and came back worthy two nil winners with Gallas and an O.G goal enough to prepare the return leg with a with a good lead.
What a start for Arsenal! Come you gunnerz.
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