Roll on Arsenal v Leicester next Sunday!
Who knew that fixture would be massive?
Mesut Ozil made that chance look easier than it was.
Right foot volley on a ball that had to be hit before it came down any more. Seven out of 10 Premier League players would have banged it over the bar.Two of the other three would have hit the bar. But Ozil scored and took the pressure off an Arsenal side who dominated the first half but badly needed a goal to settle their nerves.
Two very nice goals inside 90 seconds- around the 24th minute – killed off newly -promoted Bournemouth, who were completely outplayed in the first half.
Oxlade, wide but inside the box, ran onto a pass from Ramsey and fired low and hard to beat Artur Boruc inside his far post.
Two goals in the middle of the first half looked enough.
But credit to Eddie Howe’s team for improving hugely in the second half and requiring Petr Cleansheet to make a couple of good saves to secure the three points.
Gabriel played because his speed will be needed against the league leaders next week.
Alexis Sanchez was not at his sharpest at the Vitality Stadium.
After four league games without a win, Arsenal needed a game against a small team like Bourbnemouth, who are 15th now but efficient enough to stay up.
Leicester won 3-1 at Manchester City by out-running them.
That was a phenomenal display of organised desire and I’m loving the improvisations of magician Mahrez.
What a goal he scored against City to make it 2-0, beating Otamendi and Demichelis with ease before smashing his shot past Joe Hart.
This is what I call scouting: they signed Mahrez from Le Havre in the French Second Division for £400,000.
Hulking centreback Robert Huth scored with a deflected stab inside 3 minutes and it was 0-1 at half-time and then Mahrez made it 0-2 and then Huth scored with a controlled header in 60 to kill City off.
Aguero got a late consolation in 87.
Just love the spiky thrusts of the extraterrestrial ferret you know as Jamie Vardy.
Gabriel might be too raw to contain Vardy & calm leader Mertesacker is certainly too slow.
Spurs beat Watford 1-0 at White Hart Lane after Dele Alli came on to create the goal.
Leicester have 53 points, Spurs and Arsenal have 48, while Citeh have 47 and too many injuries.
The only team to win at Spurs in the league?
Leicester by 1-0. Robert Huth.
PS Denis Hurley reminds me that Newcastle also won at Spurs.
I watched that game…..but forgot it…I see so many…