All the goals were scored in the pouring rain in the first half. Ozil's perfect ball to Giroud's head as he sliced his way into the 6 yard box got the touch-on it deserved, past Tim Howard and into the Everton goal, followed a minute and a half later by a great Cazorla free kick well turned in off Koscielny's head. Cech made this stand up, although a nasty deflection wrong-footed him at the end of the first half. Three points!
I hope the team doesn't get complacent. Everton always does poorly at Arsenal, and this one could have gone differently. The Gunners did not dominate, though I think we deserved the win. Oxlade-Chamberlain is going to have to improve his passing. Maybe the weather played a role, maybe fatigue was a factor, but there was some uncharacteristically slack passing from our otherwise stellar fullbacks, and at least twice Alexis put us in trouble by coughing up the ball in dangerous positions. Gabriel was wonderful, and Giroud showed why he's our best forward. If wide left is good enough for Alexis, wide right should be good enough for Walcott.
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