Manchester United 2 Chelsea 1
Hernandez 36 seconds, Vidic 24, Lampard 69
AMBITION, boldness, collective drive, teamwork, pace, variety, invention, cunning, know-how, swift gear changes and exciting goals.
Watch that and weep, Mr Wenger!
You beat Chelsea handsomely by 3-1 in December but your team now looks a million miles from being able to really challenge Manchester United.
You\’ve been deluding yourself for the last five years.
That\’s why Cesc Fabregas left in the summer of 2010.
Do you blame him?
I don\’t.
Eight months of talk about “Arsenal\’s title challenge†was always total phantasy. They were always playing for third place, since before a ball was kicked.
Manchester United play fast, aggressive, spectacular football and play it with maximum determination.
They’re professionals who know how to win a game and keep it won and that\’s why they won their 19th title today.
United fans had a big banner : Ryan Giggs : Tearing you apart since 1991.
Arsenal just pass pass pass pass pass pass. Sometimes they score, often they bore. Their game is mostly foreplay with an occasional orgasm.
Readers ask : Why do you write about Manchester United on the Arsenal News Review?
Because they play my kind of football.
Action football, dynamic football that makes my hear beat faster and gets me shouting at my TV screen.
British football in which Mexicans and French and Brazilians and Portuguese players are fired-up to play with spirit, with unbeatable determination.
British football fans mostly live comfortable lives but we long for an intense experience, an entertainment that is involving, compelling and memorable.
Manchester United give me that.
Arsenal don\’t.