Yesterday I sat down to watch the Premier League match between Man Utd and Arsenal with couple of my friends and had no idea what I was in store for everybody who was watching. The first half saw some intense moments, some missed shots and even a missed penalty. The score stood at 3-1 during halftime. Pretty brutal but somehow digestible right? I mean Arsenal have been having an extremely bad time with six years being past without any trophy wins. And all the star players leaving- Nasri going to filthy rich Man City and Fabregas going to Barca where he learned it all. So eventhough it was Arsenal trailing 3-1 against United it was believable. But fast forward 45 minutes and you get the shock of your life- score board reads 8 frigging 2! This is totally unbelievable! I mean this is the first time Arsenal has lost by 8 goals since 1896. To lose by 5 goals is ok, 6 is somehow fine but 8 GOALS!
Ask anyone who saw the match and they'll tell you that it was truly a massacre at Old Trafford. The match saw some incredible performances from United kids. Rooney scored a hattrick. He scored the first two goals from two textbook executed free kicks and was very close to a scoring a third from another free kick and accomplishing a rare feat of hattrick from free kicks! But the best goal undoubtedly was that of Ashley Young. United were leading 1-0 and Young doubled that lead by a goal that was truly magical. Young went on to score even once more in the same fashion.
This match however funny for all the United "fans" signals something far more important, That Arsenal needs to revamp its play this season. A lot of you will say they needed to do that years ago but at least they didn't make headlines for losing 8-2. And they had Nasri and Fabregas. But this season they need to do something fire or hire or whatever they can and get their play together. Their defence last night was for the lack of a better word shambolic. How awesome the United were last night that bad Arsenal were.
After the match I googled Wenger to find out if there was any fall out on him. He refused to step down as many were calling him to do so. But strangely enough his entry on Wikipedia.org read that he'd been dismissed and said that he'd been one of the greatest managers in the Premier League. Of course this was edited by some Arsenal venting out his anger. But I sincerely hope that sense prevails on Arsenal's Board of directors and don't sack him as it will spell doom for Arsenal. They've lost their star players and to lose someone who has lead Arsenal to a magical unbeaten season in 2003-2004 deserving the title of the Invincibles. Things don't look too rosy for the Gunners and they need Wenger more than anyone else. Surprisingly his rival Sir Alex jumped to his defence. Even Pep did saying that Wenger had done so much for the club.
The next match of Arsenal is against Swansea. They will eventually get over this. But its hard to get over that this match will remain in history books. 8-2 That's something that's etched on everyone's memory.
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Ask anyone who saw the match and they'll tell you that it was truly a massacre at Old Trafford. The match saw some incredible performances from United kids. Rooney scored a hattrick. He scored the first two goals from two textbook executed free kicks and was very close to a scoring a third from another free kick and accomplishing a rare feat of hattrick from free kicks! But the best goal undoubtedly was that of Ashley Young. United were leading 1-0 and Young doubled that lead by a goal that was truly magical. Young went on to score even once more in the same fashion.
This match however funny for all the United "fans" signals something far more important, That Arsenal needs to revamp its play this season. A lot of you will say they needed to do that years ago but at least they didn't make headlines for losing 8-2. And they had Nasri and Fabregas. But this season they need to do something fire or hire or whatever they can and get their play together. Their defence last night was for the lack of a better word shambolic. How awesome the United were last night that bad Arsenal were.
After the match I googled Wenger to find out if there was any fall out on him. He refused to step down as many were calling him to do so. But strangely enough his entry on Wikipedia.org read that he'd been dismissed and said that he'd been one of the greatest managers in the Premier League. Of course this was edited by some Arsenal venting out his anger. But I sincerely hope that sense prevails on Arsenal's Board of directors and don't sack him as it will spell doom for Arsenal. They've lost their star players and to lose someone who has lead Arsenal to a magical unbeaten season in 2003-2004 deserving the title of the Invincibles. Things don't look too rosy for the Gunners and they need Wenger more than anyone else. Surprisingly his rival Sir Alex jumped to his defence. Even Pep did saying that Wenger had done so much for the club.
The next match of Arsenal is against Swansea. They will eventually get over this. But its hard to get over that this match will remain in history books. 8-2 That's something that's etched on everyone's memory.
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