Arsene Wenger and Arsenal: What changed after the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 game? - Barclays Premier League
Drama at the Emirates on Sunday that saw Arsene Wenger’s men drop 2 points up against Liverpool at the Emirates, dents what little remained of the Gunners’ title hopes as they effectively find themselves 6 points shy of Manchester United with 6 games to play for both Premier League clubs.
Sir Alex Ferguson and the England national team boss, Fabio Capello, had both come to watch the game. Thanks to some poor showing on part of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Theo-Walcott-c34873 who often displayed lack of decisiveness while crossing the ball from the right, coupled with the Gunners’ dropping two points in the title race, both respective managers would have extremely different feelings at the end of the game.
The North Londoners have a relatively difficult fixture list heading into the final half-a-dozen games of the Premier League. They feature against their arch rivals Tottenham Hotspur away at White Hart Lane. While the neutral might see it as just another game, the two north London sides regard it as a matter of life and death irrespective of their respective league positions.
After a late comeback that saw Harry Redknapp’s men bag all 3 points with a 2-3 score line at their visit to the Emirates, it would definitely be a tricky follow-up for Arsene Wenger and his men up against the same team with home comforts.
Arsenal also have to travel to Stoke City where getting a result is always a tall order. The pitch is not at all conducive to Arsenal’s brand of silky one touch passing while the squad’s lack of height would make a http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rory-Delap-c31779 throw-in almost impossible to defend against consistently, for the extent of the 90 minutes.
Next in the fixture list comes the home game against Sir Alex Ferguson’s Red Devils. The Manchester club has been in hot form despite a somewhat modest squad compared to the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786, Manchester City and Arsenal. However, despite their strong run in the Champions League, losing to Manchester City in the semi final of the FA Cup would all but enable the Scotsman to focus his energies on the Premier League.
Arsenal on the other hand, appear to have had it all a month back, only for a string of bad results to cancel out the hard work and progress like a strong wave to a sand castle; like wind to a structure made out of a pack of regular playing cards.
At the end of the home game, the Arsenal manager commented, “I don’t know. We dropped two points today. It was a difficult game against a Liverpool team who defended a lot and basically only defended. It was difficult for us to create chances because they defended very deep.”
The Frenchman further added, “When they had the ball they played long so it was important not to make mistakes at the back. They defended well, like most of the Premier League teams that come here now.”
It’s back to the drawing board for Arsene Wenger and his team of ‘young’ men for the next season. One thing's for sure though, nothing changed for Wenger and his men after the Liverpool game. The blame game continues and it won't be a surprise if we see Wenger complaining about the season not having enough games for a team to catch up to the leaders.
Indeed Mister Wenger.
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