Arsenal-Tottenham: Eight Goal Thriller at The Emirates

I cannot believe the scoreline. But that's football isn't it.

Spurs were as pathetic as it gets. Yet, they somehow delivered. 

As half of the away stands started clearing out, Aaron Lennon somehow latched onto a rebounded shot by Modric and punished Arsenal for their complacency. 

Arsenal cannot win the league. It is simple really.

For all their style, swagger and swanky football, Arsenal have failed to find any consistency, and are now worse off than last year. 

I guess that's the price you pay for putting so much faith in the youngsters. You can be totally blown away at the quality that they can produce at times, but you can also be left flustered when they start to make schoolboy errors. 

Arsenal need to play like this sometimes, to let people know that they are run by a group of kids after all. All too often, we get too carried away and expect too much from them. But you can't always expect every 12-year-old kid to jump grades and get into Harvard right? 

As I sat there watching David Pleat admonish his former club from the commentary box, I felt smug being an Arsenal fan.

Ooh, look how they always fall apart after they go ahead, I thought.

But Spurs fans are having the last laugh.

In truth, Almunia was as horrible as the blue-tights wearing Gomes in the other goal. Some breathtaking football by Arsenal covered up this fact. People must be thinking, Almunia can spill any shot he wants, but Arsenal can get back into the game and get another goal back.

Yes, that was what Arsenal did. But Almunia still can't hold on to a shot to save his life.

Take nothing away from the quality of Spurs' goals. Harry Redknapp employed a shoot on sight policy, after probably researching that there must be a reason why Almunia was a second choice Arsenal keeper for so long.

Bentley stunned the folks down at the Emirates with a fantastic 35-yarder. Again, Almunia was caught napping.

When Darren Bent clawed another back for Spurs, Almunia was at fault again.

I cannot imagine how Wenger can keep faith with him any longer. If his performance tonight was anything to go by, he is Wenger's second biggest mistake after not investing in a proper holding midfielder.

And this midfield problem was glaringly exposed against Spurs.

Spurs strung five across the midfield and kept faith in that formation throughout the game, choosing never to partner Bent and Pavlyuchenko. This gamble definitely paid off as Redknapp sought to exploit Wenger's stubbornness with his midfield. 

As Arsenal played to hold on to their 4-2 lead, Spurs took it upon themselves to prove Pleat and Wenger wrong by seizing the game by its throat. 

When Jenas struck a lovely curler past the hapless Almunia, I had a feeling that Spurs may get back into this game. 

Suddenly, Arsenal lost the swagger and were running around like headless chickens. And this is where they need a holding midfielder to instill confidence in their midfield. A cigarette-waving centre back is just not going to do that. 

Why Wenger refuses to invest in a holding midfielder is a question that only he can answer. 

It was a thrilling game. Non-stop action to the end. Entertainment value aside, it was a performance that once again brutally exposed the inadequacies of this Arsenal side.