if all d chancescreated were scored by both teams Arsenal woulda still be on top about 8-6
Berbatov throw away, Bent two misses, the clichy clearance, and the ball keane get in the area and bale goal vs...Adebayor throw away(s), Diaby miss, Hleb miss, Denison miss, Fabregas goal, and adebayor 2 goals.
This was one of the best games I see for the season so far. Action like that.
u cyah count Denilson miss since it was instrumental in the buildup to Adebayor 2nd goal. They were both in the same play so they cyah count as two cuz if one had score, the other chance would not have occured
Arsenal was the better team, but Tottenham misses were all glaring one on ones..in one case the keeper wasn't even in the goal. So they just stick out more. Arsenal had their share of glaring misses too and in the end I think the better, more enterprising team won.
But what is really the story with Arsenal central defense? Things so bad that Wenger has to play G Silva in the back? I know he's played there before but today his positioning was pretty bad...just didn't look comfortable oday
yeah, gallas injured, senderos on a 1 game ban so gilberto have to deputise. he looked good there before but he was probably jet lagged today. a good win though, i sense something special with this team.
Injuries and suspensions aside, I think its a possibility that Wenger is trying to convert Gilberto to a CB for the following reasons.
1. Arsenal is thin in the CB position and it will get worse when Toure goes to the African nations cup
2. Senderos hasnt been in good form and seems to be falling out of favour with Wenger. When he does get his chances he hasnt done himself too many favours (Arsenal were ready to sell him in the preseason).
3. At the end of last season Gilberto started in CB even on occasions where Senderos was fit.
4. Wenger signed Diarra when he already has G. Silva, Flamini, Denilson, Diaby.
5. Wenger also has this optimal age policy for certain positions
(thats an outside possibility)
Was surprised to see Djourou go out on loan to Birmingham given the lack of depth in Arsenal's Central Defense. Although Wenger probably just wants him to get more 1st team action/experience so that he will be a more seasoned player when he returns and might have to fill in for Toure, when Toure goes to the African Nations Cup.