Arsenal: We Want to Win but with Our Own Style

I'm back at it again after giving yal the silent treatment over the last few days. Nyhoo I'm sure you are all doing quite well after the win yesterday. It does feel really good to get a win under our belts and also a clean sheet, it also helps in getting that horrible feeling out of the pit of your stomach.

It was a rather facile win yeterday, with Reading being just off the drop zone. I missed the first half, but caught the whole of the second. It finished 2-o, both being scored goals scored in the first half. The first was a well taken goal by Ade, he was put in by a fine ball by Kolo Toure and then handsomely slotted past Hahnemann. The second one was through Gilberto . Playing in place of an injured Flamini, Gilberto's shot from outside the box got a lucky deflection and nestled in the back of the net. Our luck seemed ti be turning, and for the better this time. From the first half highlights it looked like we had quite a lot of possesion , and controlled the game. The Arsetard however told me that we were playing like a pub team. But that was prior to the goals, so I'm guessing we stepped on the gas a bit after that.

The second half was all us, but with some luck and maybe a little more co-ordination we could have had a more convincing scoreline. RVP's freekick hit a combination of the bar and the post but still stayed out, while Theo had his left-footed shot from inside the box cannon of the bar. We were a lot more assured in this game, and put in a fine performance. It was all passing and movement, but still I would saythat we lack a little more penetration in the final third. But it was super performance overall, and a great way to get back to winning 3 points.

Fab had more verve, RVP looked close on getting back to his best, Gilberto had a more solid performance, and Theo was all energy and quick feet. The backline included Song , who had one or two sticky moments in the second half, but recovered to put in a decent performance.

There's not a lot left on offer for the boys, but Arsene calls it rightly when he said after this after the game yesterday-

"Yes, we responded well after massive, massive, massive disappointment. We responded quite well, I must say I was worried after last Saturday over how we could finish the season, the disappointment was so big that I was not sure we'd be capable to respond, so on that front we did very well. Overall you could see that there is a strong link in the team to play the quality of game we want to play. We have shown some pride and some mental strength not to get ourselves down until the end of the season, and that is very important. The next season starts now and we want to finish as well as possible - you never know. We can make 83 points, it will not be a shame for us, and that is still reachable."

Wenger continued his praise saying he wants to win with style, saying-

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