No time for losers....
"if there is one damn team in the world who can beat Arsenal, it'll be Man U"
Dat was the last text msg I typed in before I went to sleep at 2 this morning. What a game, what a night. I sat myself in the balcony, hoping for a wni, but expecting a draw, after seeing Viera lead Arsenal out of the tunnel, and Man United without Roy Keane.
But at the end of the day, with some luck(yes I will acknowledge dat) and some ruthless agression and pure desire, Man U downed Arsenal 2-0, leaving them short of that magical 50 unbeaten matches. I loved every moment of it, even thought ther first half was very start-stop, with incessant fouls all over the pitch. The Neville brothers gave Reyes a good hard english battering, the poor guy was on the floor half the time. In the end he was substituted for Pires. Too bad spaniard. hey dat rhymes.
But anyways it was 0-0 at half-time, and many an Arsenal fan would argue that Rio should have been sent off for that barge on Ljungberg 15 mins into the game. Well, perhaps, but in my opinion it was very 50-50, Ljungberg had pushed the ball too far ahead, making it a 50-50 ball, and in the end from Riley's view it prob seemed dat rio was going for the ball. But well I did thank Man U's good luck right? Later on Caroll pulled off a brillIangt save from Henry, and even though it was scoreless after 45, I had a feeling Man U could ride on their luck and go all the way.
The second half started and Man U began to dominate, Phil Neville was superb, and had he not put in that brilliant tackle that shook Henry up, who knows wat the Arsenal no. 14 would have done. Ronaldo had a chance from a corner which he completely fluffed, and Scholes fluffed a volley too. But cue Rooney, who was quiet throughout the game, and his jink past Campbell ended up in a trip and a penalty. Again I hear the Arsenal fans saying Campbell didnt touch him. Well, he din touch him in the initial stretch of the leg, but as all the Arsenal fans started tearing their hair out, my eyes stayed glued to the TV, and realised dat as Campbell withdrew his leg it made contact with Rooney. Of cos it was a touch which would barely hurt a fly...but the boys learning aint he? In a game like dat sometimes u just gotta fall and hope for the best. I don't think Rooney's the only person guilty of such a thing. Flashback Pires Arsenal fans.
I thought it was really funny when Sol Campbell turned around and shouted at Rooney but the dude was up and runnnig celebrating the penalty decision. It was twice as funny in slow motion.
Up stepped Ruud, and 1-0 to Man U, completely fooled Lehmann. The emotion as Ruud celebrated was amazing. One could sense the relief in him more than anything, finally buried the ghost of last season's penalty kick which gave Arsenal the title.
Arsenal pushed forward and were again punished with a Saha-Smith-Rooney Combo. Superb counter, and the Birthday boy celebrated his first Premiership goal. At the end of the game there was a lot of protesting by the Arsenal players, but a win is a win, and I really felt damn happy, super happy, shucks happy is such a lousy word. Ecstatic more like it. Seeing ppl like Ronaldo, Rio, the neville brothers and even alan smith get down and dirty to destroy the arsenal play was a brilliant sight. No doubt Arsenal is still 8 points ahead, which is a big big gap after 10 matches.
But I'll take what I can get. Winning today was unbelievable.
Glory glory.
Indeed.
Out.
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