After scoring, the Hamburgers tried to pack 10 men in the box like everybody else, but we bashed them good anyways!
However, I'd gladly trade our Champions League victory (and spot) for 15 Premier League points. No point in gunning for European glory when you're gonna lose out on the basic title. Last season was spectacular, but I don't think we can pull it off again. Maybe in another season's time when the younglings have gotten more experience.
Still, a victory is still a victory, and I'm happy for the team. Erases the pain from that soccer-retarded outfit Newcastle's visit to the Emirates.
But the most important part of the match, and the greatest cause for optimism, can be captured in the match report on soccernet.com:
"Then, with eight minutes left, the breakthrough came.
Full-back Eboue, who had broken clear down the right so many times without reward, was released again by substitute Theo Walcott....
Victory was completed two minutes from time when Walcott dashed clear on the break down the right and crossed for Baptista - `The Beast' - to power in a header for his first goal since moving from Real Madrid. "
We've got the new Thierry Henry! And he happens to be the new Ian Wright as well!
Lets hear it for THEO WALCOTT!
If only he were 4 years older! Or better yet, if Henry were 4 years younger!
King Henry + Theo Walcott = PWNED with a capital 'O'
Great things await the Arsenal. Not this year, but in the near future.
