Sunday 12 September 2010

Aidil-Fitri Joy for Gooners





It has been a wonderful Aidil-Fitri celebration in kT for this Gooner.

The first two days of the celebratory period have been terrific. Then the joy is further increased when Arsenal put four past Bolton Wanderers at the Emirates. There are four different names on the score-sheet which bode well for the attacking aspiration of Arsene Wenger's men.

However, the manner Johan Elmander levels things up just before the interval for the visitors is a cause for concern. Laurent Koscielny whose goalmouth prod put Arsenal ahead after 23 minutes, committed an error which results in the equaliser. It could prove fatal against stronger opponents.

Fortunately for the French defender Bolton are not the solid team they once were. Marouane Chamakh header on the hour restored the lead for the Gunners. Then Alex Song shows he is not all brawn with the third when he lifts the ball over Bolton goalkeeper Adam Bogdan, who is playing due to the suspension of Jussi Jaaskelainen. Then Carlos Vela adds the gloss with the fourth seven minutes from time after a one-on-one situation with Bogdan.

It is certainly good to see Arsenal raking up points with the win seeing them amassing ten out of twelve on the offer. Another plus point is the assured play from Sebastien Squillaci in the heart of the home defence.

Up next is a Champions League assignment against newcomer Sporting Braga of Portugal. The Arsenalistas as they are widely known locally due to their red and white strips are an unknown quantity but Wenger's boys would not be underestimating them.


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