I would like to start by congratulating the boys on one of the best victory's I have ever witnessed. They displayed character,confidence and never say die attitudes, even though they were 2-0 down fro a heavily deflected goal and an unfair penalty. The Gunners staged , what was thought, a dubious comeback to overhaul Tottenham Hotspur's two goal lead and move back above their other London rivals Chelsea.
This illustrious north London fixture promised a lot of goals in pre-match predictions, and it lived up to that promise in a game that dished out 7 goals. Harry Rednapp's side got off to a great start after five minutes when ex Gunner Emmanuel Adebayor found Louise Saha running into the Arsenal are with nobody near him. A moment of dawdling meant Vermaelen could get in front of the shot, but the deflection was wicked and went over Szczesny's head. Arsenal recuperated well and looked dangerous on attack, but it got worse in the 34th minute when a brilliant through ball form Luka Modric sent Gareth Bale running into the area. Kieran Gibbs and Szczesny brought Bale down and the well practiced fake fall payed dividends and got him a penalty. Adebayor slotted the penalty home but the Gunners kept their cool and made sure that was the last Spurs goal of the match. Van Persie found space in the area after a Walcott flick but his shot hit the post and Spurs seemed to fall asleep as Arteta found more space and crossed for Bacary Sagna who headed it home with brilliance. The Gunning equaliser came when Benoit Assou-Ekotto failed to clear his lines properly and the ball fell to the Premier Leagues top scorer. Van Persie received the ball at the edge of the box, his speed proved to much as the twisted inside Scott Parker before curling the ball past the despairing dive of Freidel. So ended the first half at 2-2.
The second half started where Arsenal had left off in the first. Rosicky flicked a goal from an acute angle just 5 minutes into the second half, it left the Emirates and me leaping out of pure joy. The game settled down, but on 64 minutes the roof was raised once more as Van Persie held up the ball well before playing in Walcott and the England winger, who had been anonymous in the first half chipped the ball over the advancing Friedel. Walcott fired a cross goal two minutes after his first, to make it 5-2. I hope this will give him much needed confidence for the future.
What a match, and one that was listed as one of the most important North London derby's ever. What pride to be able to say that your team won. The Arsenal beat a very strong Tottenham side, and the Gunners are truly London Kings of the season, The 5-3 victory earlier this season against Chelsea made sure of that. We face Liverpool next week, and after scoring 14 goals in 3 Premier league matches I'm confident that we can win.
From a very happy gooner. Laters,
The Ghost.
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