NOVEMBER PAIN..

“REMEMBER.. REMEMBER.. THE MONTH WAS NOVEMBER”. The Gunners had no guns no roses & without any Gain succumbed to the November Pain. Tons of critics are bent upon criticising Gunners for lack of experience, Inability to win in the big games.. Among others… But if we recall what exactly happened just a couple of weeks back, when the same critics were hailing Arsenal & published in every tabloid on earth “Arsenal at the moment are playing the best football in Europe”. I think that statement would’ve blatantly silenced the critics if we had won the Chelsea game irrespective of what happened at Sunderland. In what was considered as a must win game for Arsene Wenger's men, they started the brighter of the two sides. The Gunners moved forward at pace and passed the ball around in the fashion they are famous for. We played some decent stuff, and as usual Arsene pointed to our possession stats in his post-match press conference. However, lots of neat passing moves mean nothing compared to the horrible “0 - 3″ that shone out from the scoreboard. There were many reasons for our defeat. The main one in my eyes was that Chelsea were better in the two keys areas of the pitch, they were more potent in attack and more resolute in defence. The November Pain.. I was referring to earlier is also because of our long & lengthy Injury list. Van Persie, Bendtner, Clichy, Gibbs, Diaby these were the guys who were in the first team when Arsenal recently had 13 matches unbeaten spree.. 5 players injured from the playing first 11.. Tells the story of what we were lacking.. Especially Van Persie who was in Glorious touch & being the highest scorer for us this season.. missing him is really costly for Arsenal at this juncture. There was no other solution, really. But last week, this solution simply didn’t work out and I believe it was because Walcott, Nasri, Rosicky and Eduardo are not 100% fit as they have been out for way too long to expect them to be on fire immediately after their return from injury. Overall our weaknesses were exposed once again, despite being the better side for long periods we failed to make it count and were left cursing some slack defending. Listening to Arsene's comments in the press conference I cannot disagree with much he says, the decision to disallow our goal certainly made a big difference and the scoreline certainly flattered Chelsea. But In Arsene we STILL trust.. it’s a long season ahead. Arsenal must pull together.
Gunner 4 Ever.