Villians gunned down, with little Flamemini

It was a glorious night for Arsenal, playing without many key players such as Henry, Adebayor, Hleb, Toure and Van Persie, however, they managed to squeeze out a narrow 1-0 win.

A tense match it was, with Arsenal only having a slightly better advantage of 53% possesion, however, it was Aston Villa that dominated the chances, but on a night where luck deserted them, they simply could not convert. On top of that they had 14 offsides, the chief offender of these, John Carew.

Playing badly the whole evening, it could be seen on the face of the frustrated Wenger and his make shift defence pairing of Gilberto and Gallas were often caught in unfamiliar territory, giving Aston Villa much space to exploit. However, the goal came just after kick off, by some luck , Baptista was clear at the edge of the box, in which he sent a poor shot which was heading wide, however, Diaby happened to be at the right place at the right time and deflect it goalwards.

Aston Villa then pilled on the pressure and had numerous chances, 1v1s, goal line clearences, penalty box scramble, you name it , they got it!.

Then, Arsene Wenger sent on Missier Flamini for about 15 mins, and he was simply off form! The one Arsenal player i feel isn't good enough is him. At one instance, he tried to be smart and dribble but eventually lost the ball which lead to a shot by Carew which went narrowling wide. Another instance, where he could just send the ball to the corner flag to waste about 1 min of the remaining injury time, instead he was caught in 2 minds, running to the corner flag and then crossing the ball after only like 2 secs!. In which nobody was in the penalty box!. In another instance, Fabregas layed the ball nicely for Flamini , who was through, but he didn't run!, instead he shouted to Fabregas which i guess was " why didn't you shoot?" In the first place he was suppose to be a defensive midfielder, i don't know what he was doing out of position when we had a 1 goal lead to hold.

Yes, its time to Flame Flamini! . Every time he comes on , its like adding vulnerability to Arsenal!.

Anyway, we still won 1-0!
Glory to Arsenal, Premier league here champions here we come!

Regards
DaN with a DestinY