More useful than Phillippe?
Rafa strikes again......but I think that Wenger gave him a helping hand. Well Senderos certainly did anyway!
An Arsenal team that has been forced to play its strongest side in almost every game this season, such is their determination to win every game, did not have the fitness in them to keep up the frenetic pace set in the first 20minutes.
Perhaps Mr Wenger thought his team could gain a few goals advantage in that time and then hang on.
Perhaps that would have happened if Senderos knew how to mark at corners, and remembered to get touch tight when a striker gets the ball near the penalty area so he can not turn and shoot at goal unchallenged.
Poor Senderos and his shiny little bold head, maybe he shaves it off because he likes it that way. Or maybe he pulled it all out watching videos of himself defending?
What Benitez did get right was the inclusion of Crouch to partner Torres up front. This meant that Gallas could not double up on Torres with Senderos because of the extra body, and quality, of Crouch.
This allowed Torres to dance around the helpless Swiss defender and leave Almunia clutching at thin air.
Walcott showed once again he is a player of incredible potential, his run for Arsenal's second goal was breathtaking.
Walcott appeared to be riding on the back of a scooter while everyone else on the pitch appeared to be wading through cement trying to keep up!
Elsewhere it was nice to see Ballack open the scoring for Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Undoubtedly a better player than Lampard, it is nice to see that he has had the chance to find his feet and gain a settled place in the side after a slow start.
His performances in the past few months have been much more like the Ballack who is the difference between Germany being a mediocre side, and Germany being a side that reaches the final stages of World Cups on a regular basis.
2 comments:
Could'nt agree more, why Arsene keeps trying to play Senderos even though he is quite obviously incapable is beyond me.
Why Walcott is still not a regular starter is also questionnable, why anyone would prefer eboue i don't know, and i'm guessing eboue also struggles to believe that he starts ahead of one of England's top prospects. Maybe if young theo was french or spanish he would have been starting for the previous 2 seasons
Just read that portsmouth are attempting to sign Crouch.. interesting maybe..
walcott will get there eventually, Mr Wenger will have another small squad this season by the looks of things.
scott.
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