Saturday, August 15, 2009

Wow, I didn't see that coming!


In a year where most people were saying that Arsenal would drop out of the big four, Wenger's boys responded with an emphatic win at Goodison Park. The game isn't even over yet and the scoreline is 5-0 (Eduardo scored to make it 6 as I'm writing this). Cesc Fabregas scored two goals in the second half to close the door on any type of come back that David Moyes had planned. Early on I was unimpressed with the play of Jo and surprised by the space that the Everton defense were giving the Gunners. Poor marking on two free kicks led to goals by William Gallas and former Ajax player Thomas Vermaelen. American goalkeeper, Tim Howard couldn't do much to stop the goals in the first half but the second goal by Fabregas went through the legs of the former MetroStar in an embarrassing loss. Here is the complete Gamecast.

Update: Luis Saha scored in added time to get the consolation goal to reward the Everton faithful. Man, that stadium was empty when he scored. Here's my theory on the game: David Moyes decided at halftime to just let Arsenal score at will so that Manchester City would stop their pursuit of Joleon Lescott. That defense looked worse than the 2008 Galaxy defense. Who would want a part of that?

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