Spurs 2 Arsenal 1
Van Der Vaart 40, Ramsey 51, Walker 73
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There’s less and less to say these days.
This 2-1 defeat leaves Spurs sixth with a game in hand and five points above Arsenal, who are 15th after seven games.
A two-week international break coming up.
Arsenal v Sunderland is on Saturday October 15.
Nicklas Bendtner got a goal and an assist to pull Sunderland back to 2-2 against West Brom.
Arsenal have no real soul or pride in the shirt, no collective character, and no reliable defensive method, beyond having possession of the ball.
Today’s Arsenal lacks moral fibre and personality.
If you look at the way the players react, and fail to react, to the various events and situations of football, their body language is all wrong
Why is there no rage to win? Because a multi-national squad of robotic nice guys don’t get angry.
Possession is not a good defence, even if Arsenal dominated the first half on Sunday at White Hart Lane. They played a high line and dominated so much that Gareth Bale had to wait 19 minutes for his first pass, which he got from Ramsey.
Coquelin played well in a difficult situation.
Ramsey gave the ball away far too much but scored a good goal from Song’s superb low cross.
Van Der Vaart also had a bad game, also scored a good goal.
Having seen 15 replays, I still haven’t seen the ball hit his arm. The Dutchman jumped up and chested the long cross from Adebayor and showed a lot of composure in waiting for that ball to come down before hitting it perfectly across the keeper.RVDV is not fast or fit but he can score goals. He’s an odd kind of specialist.
Mertsacker was calm and positionally solid and would be good with Vermaelen.The flaky Gervinho missed a sitter after Van Persie turned Kaboul inside out and set him up.
Szczesny made three good saves but should have parried a Kyle Walker thunderbolt which swerved late and viciously.Walker was allowed to stride forward and have a free shot from 25 yards.
The loss of Sagna with a broken leg is a devastating blow, since he is Arsenal’s most natural defender. If Sagna had been on the pitch, he would have prevented the second goal. Ramsey and Arteta were so tired by then that they stood still, allowing the cross that led to Walker’s ambitious strike.
If Jack Wilshere misses the 2012 Euros because of his injury, I reckon he’ll join Man United.
He’ll go to a team that can win trophies alongside Phil Jones and Wayne Rooney and he’ll be looked after by a manager who won’t start a teenager 44 times in his first season.
Football goes in cycles and Arsenal are in a down-cycle.
Mainly because of Wenger’s bungled summer. He sold too late and bought too late and the 8-2 trauma at Old Trafford signalled the present crisis.
Owner Stan Kroenke said last week that Arsene is a very intelligent guy who can do what he wants for as long as he wants.
Good luck with your investment, Stan.
Good players will now avoid Arsenal, so Wenger will only be signing kids and £6m Algerian playmakers from now on.
There will be no waiting list next season.
If fans want tickets, they’ll get them.