Brilliant game - nervous the whole way through, though.
BAE was my MOM. Kept Walcott fairly quiet (1st goal not his zone, 2nd nothing he can do - entirely Gallas' fault: WAHEY!) and played some brilliant passes (including one for pen? Need to check that)
Overall, despite throwing away a 2 goal lead. Again. Thought a draw was fair - both teams gave it absolutely everything and it's no wonder the 2nd half was relatively poor; they must have been absolutely exhausted.
Gomes had another brilliant performance against us (RvP was ONside by the way) but it was good to see us actually HAVING shots occasionally and not just tiki-taka-ring around the box and eventually losing it (happened a couple of times, not all that often). Fabregas was superb... him and Modric - just brilliant.
Actually thought we were pretty good - even at the back. Not really "bottling" in same way as we have been.. wonder strike from Huddleston and moment of madness all around for the pen but the 1st goal was what I was worried about - even after less than 10 mins: Arsenal were v narrow in the 1st half and Corluka/BAE pushed up on the overlap and weren't tracked.
Ironically, we were wider at the back in the 2nd and they got pace between the CB and the FB and won a penalty. Not sure what Szczesny thought he was doing - probably part inexperience, part arrogance - he didn't need to come out and of course the #stayonyourfeet phrase is applicable.
Hopefully we've dented their chances of getting into Europe, but I fear they've dented our chances of even getting 2nd.
