Friday, February 8, 2008

Arsenal's clash with Man U, Milan and title prospects

About three weeks ago when the gunners lost the lead in the premiership to Man u, as usual the "seasonal" fans who only associate with it in only the good times thought gunners' title hopes had been shuttered.

I personally didn't take it in good faith but was not worried considering the surprises the gunners have come up with this season. It has just taken a couple of good games notably the fulham game and in the blink of an eye the gunners are table leaders and people can hardly be convinced that they ever lost the top spot.

From the look of things, the mighty gunners are slowly picking the form they had at the start of the season and provided they can put up a run of about 8 games, then there is no way the premiership title will not begin its historical journey to the emirates. Fab Flamini had not played the football they are known for since they returned from injury but latest displays show they are afew minutes away and with Hleb who has been in excellent form this season coupled with the return of the most talented player at the emirates RVP,then we are as good as champions ceteris paribus.

The forementioned highlights will be crucial as we engage two european giants that is Man U and Milan in the FA and champions league respectively in the next two weeks.

In the latter game, we need Clichy and Sagna doing what they know best ie outclassing Ronaldo and Rooney with Adebayor tormenting Ferdinand and that will take us to the next round of the FA.

However, the Milan game will be a battle of skill and pace with the players to watch out for being Robin Van Persie against the ageing Milan defence, Flamini battling with Gattusso and ofcourse brilliant displays by Fab and Kaka on both ends in the midfield. As a matter of fact, the first leg being at the emirates will to alarge extent be determined by the pace of the gunners and if Milan can contain that, then they will have triumphed but if they had a chance of watching Arsenal in pre-season,they should be aware of what the man i expect to win the game for Arsenal (RVP) did to Intermilan. Bye bye for now i will be back after these two crucial ties.

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