Fulham 0
Arsenal 3 Adebayor 2, Rosicky
It was a workmanlike performance by Arsenal at Craven Cottage last night. A good result was needed in order to keep up with the manures at the top of the league. I thought we would snatch the lead outright when their match at Reading was still goalless coming into the last twenty minutes.
Unfortunately, it was not to be.
But why do we give a damn about other teams' performance? Arsene Wenger never really think too much about other teams tactics and approach. Instead he just focuses on his team strengths and their approach to the match.
Thus from last night's performance Arsene would be very happy that Manu Adebayor did the damage from the position that he should be concentrating on; upfront and in the middle. Most of his headers this season have been on target thus adding to the variety of the Gunners attacking options this season.
Just to stress home this point was when Tomas Rosicky finished off Fulham nine minutes from time with a typical Arsenal goal, finishing home with a fine volley after receiving a cut back from the by-line from Eduardo.
William Gallas did a superb job again at the back but the partnership with Phillipe Senderos did not really look totally convincing. But it is something that us Gooners have to live with for the next few weeks unless the Ivory Coast fail to progress from the group stage (an event that would bring much joy to many Gooners out there).
Another London derby awaits with the visit to the Lane on Tuesday for the second leg of the Carling Cup semi-final tie against the Sp*ds. It will be interesting but I really hope it will be us that will be making the trip to Wembley in February.
C'mon Gooners!!!
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