Barcelona are great at playing the beautiful game.We all know that.They were holding a class at it on the pitch.But we were adapting and holding on.......until the REF started to play as well.........Thats two games in a row now.....where we were robbed of a fair game.
The match was pretty one sided,but we could've held on for the draw.The second yellow card that led to Van Persie's dismissal really was a joke.There is no other way to put it,a yellow card for a second?? And no action for what Adriano,Abidal or Valdes did?? Well now we know who the Ref was supporting.
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Barcelona totally dominated the first half.We didn't even get a shot on goal,but that was expected.We were playing Barcelona,masters of possession football.But we knew they would tire out in the second half.Signs of it were beginning to show as well,and we started roaming forward more.We got a goal and the game was back in balance.We stood a chance.....atleast till a moment of (absolute) stupidity from the referee.Once we were down to 10 men,playing against the world's best team(at the moment) was.......well it turned out to be a complete disaster...
One positive from the game was Almunia's performance.He showed that he still has quality.We all know that he has the quality,but there is no consistency to his performance.In the absence of Wojciech he has a good chance to reclaim the no.1 spot.Samir Nasri ran and ran the whole day.He worked real hard in defense and tried to move the game forward. In-fact the whole team worked real hard and they didn't deserve an ending like this.
There will be a lot of regrets and 'what ifs'.But what's happened,has happened.There is no changing it.We are out of the Champion's league and that's that.Its not easy being a fan.But we will just have to get through it.The team's response to this really matters.We are gonna play another very tough match this weekend.Man Utd away in the FA Cup.We all can say 'only a win will do',but all i say is'only our best will do',coz that is all that i can ask for.
The match had its list of casualties.Fabregas was reportedly playing through pain to finish the match and will be out of the FA Cup fixture against Man Utd.Wojciech was replaced by Almunia in the first half and has been found to have a dislocated finger.A detailed checkup will determine the amount of time he will be out of action.There has been a lot of rumors floating that he is out for the season.But there is no official confirmation.Reserve keeper Shea has been called back early from his loan spell to make the bench for the FA cup fixture.
Thats all for the day...Keep your chin up.....WE ARE GUNNERS!!!!! ONLY ONE ARSENAL!!!
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