Cech has the most clean sheets in the EPL this season. He made a great double save today to keep the Cherries from scoring late. This was an efficient win for the Gunners. They pressured Bournemouth until they got two goals (withing 90 seconds of each other in the first half) and then kept them mostly far from our goal the rest of the way. I kept waiting for them to overcommit and for Arsenal to score more on the counter, but they kept their shape. Our weaknesses were not much exposed today, despite Bournemouth's tidy yet purposeful play. But Flamini nearly got sent off early for a stupid two-footed tackle. No, it should not have been a red, but it could have been, and what DM wants to pay on a yellow for most of the game? The standout player was Ramsey. He's really good in a lot of games. He shoots too much, but someone has to. He got an assist today on Ox's well-taken goal. He made quite a few tackles and was all over the pitch where he needed to be.
Leicester and Tottenham won yesterday, Man City lost to Leicester, and Man U was victimized by Diego Costa late and drew. So, pretty good weekend. Third place, five out of first, and we play them at home Sunday, while Spuds play City. It ought to be interesting. February has to be better than January, right?
The Chelsea-United game was far more entertaining than ours, but puzzling. United was far better until they scored, then Chelsea totally dominated the rest of the way. Speaking of United, there are rumors about Mourinho going there. That's nuts. If he does, it could only be because Guardiola went to City and United is panicking. But Mourinho, in my opinion, is the last guy they need. He'll demand that they spend another 200M pounds this summer on players and will probably let some of their promising young guys get away.
It's a little early to start lining up a replacement for Wenger, but it won't be an egotistical prima donna like The Special One.
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