Observations..
- Nani looking like he grow a brain. He actually taking his time, holding up the ball and waiting to make things happen besides an audacious piece of skill in the first goal.
- Almunia is nowhere near good enough for a top 4 club. He claw a cross into his own goal. He get beat stupid on near post for Park goal and he look shaky throughout.
- For a defensive midfielder why does Song have such bad positioning? Look at the Rooney goal from the counter attack, Song was right on the edge of the 18 helping to build the attack leaving them short on numbers on the counter. He should not be so far forward so much. Is this the player's or the coach's fault?
- Rooney is fire right now
- Same old Arsenal, flatter to deceive. Watch for Drogba to tap them up again next weekend.
Good observations- Nani is not peak fit though- looked like the erratic Nani of old in the final 20 mins...Still a few more consistent 90 min games needed- but he is very talented.
Arsenal is lacking game changers i.e. unpredictable players who can create something out of nothing (Fabregas is good, and had a strong 1st half- his rhythm was a bit off in the 2nd but he's not a game changer). Arshavin is the closest thing they have to a game changer but everything goes through him, and it's too much of a load against a team like Man U. A few times well Arsenal got the ball, and they give it to just gave it to Arshavin and said- "do yuh ting".
Rosicky and Denilson were poor today
Rooney is out of control- He played a chunk of the 2nd half carrying a knock, and still was too much for the Arsenal defense to handle. For England's sake, hopefully he is not peaking too early.
For all the stick Fletcher took in another thread, he's a quality player, alot of whose efforts go unnoticed. Not an imaginative spark, but a quality player
The ball didn't "fall" for Arsenal today...slight different run of the green in the first 20 mins and the game could have been alot different- overall Man U is just a better team though...... 7 out of 10 times they woulda won this game.
