Arsenal-v-Derby County 22/09/2007 (KO: 3pm)
I have writer’s block. At the present time all I want to write is:
“Wheeeeee!”
That’s probably not good enough though, so how about this instead?
A beautiful day in north London. The sun is shining and 60,000 fans have broken out their short sleeves and sunglasses for today’s match against the Rams. They’re relegation favourites – so deep down there’s a wee worry that our fine run might be brought to a screeching halt by these unlikely opponents. This is a normal footballing concern – sod’s law says that if you’ve beaten every other bugger so far, you’ll end up losing to a bottom of the league club.
Thankfully that turned out not to be the case. Far from it in fact.
Derby never really got a hold on the game. From start to finish Arsenal dominated the pitch, playing a fast, flowing, precise game which saw the team playing at its deadly best. An early goal from Diaby (an absolutely corking one at that) after ten minutes heralded the start of what turned out to be a barrage of goals.
The superb Adebayor (who has been on fine form) scored at 25 and 50, and Cesc Fabregas managed to squeeze a goal in at 70 mins before being substituted, before Adebayor completed his hat trick ten minutes from the final whistle.
Final score: Arsenal 5-0 Derby County
I have writer’s block. At the present time all I want to write is:
“Wheeeeee!”
That’s probably not good enough though, so how about this instead?
A beautiful day in north London. The sun is shining and 60,000 fans have broken out their short sleeves and sunglasses for today’s match against the Rams. They’re relegation favourites – so deep down there’s a wee worry that our fine run might be brought to a screeching halt by these unlikely opponents. This is a normal footballing concern – sod’s law says that if you’ve beaten every other bugger so far, you’ll end up losing to a bottom of the league club.
Thankfully that turned out not to be the case. Far from it in fact.
Derby never really got a hold on the game. From start to finish Arsenal dominated the pitch, playing a fast, flowing, precise game which saw the team playing at its deadly best. An early goal from Diaby (an absolutely corking one at that) after ten minutes heralded the start of what turned out to be a barrage of goals.
The superb Adebayor (who has been on fine form) scored at 25 and 50, and Cesc Fabregas managed to squeeze a goal in at 70 mins before being substituted, before Adebayor completed his hat trick ten minutes from the final whistle.
Final score: Arsenal 5-0 Derby County
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