This was a win so dominating that it makes me wonder how we could lose to those guys the last time we played them. Of course, we don't always beat teams we dominate either. It's great to see Alexis having fun out there. While it was fantastic to see Arsenal pinging it around and launching wave after wave of attacks, I can't help but think that West Brom looked like a team with nothing to play for. I also thought the lack of end product was not encouraging. We'll have to take more of our chances if we're going to get the 10 or 12 points that see us into third place. I'm thinking that the game at the Etihad is going to be a great game to watch, with end-to-end action. Hart and Cech will probably be busy.
I like Ozil a lot. But one first half sequence today is all too typical for him. He made a poor pass under pressure, then went to ground as though trying to get a foul call. Giroud fought hard to get the ball back, and would have had Ozil gotten to his feet instead of sitting and complaining. When he did pop up and challenge for the ball Giroud knocked loose, he was late and came in with his boot high, and the foul was on him. If he'd just kept playing he'd have been there first. He does a lot of things really well. I especially like the way he does the simple thing with the ball to keep a move going. But he has to up his intensity.
I'm still annoyed at Watford's beating us in the FA Cup.
Four games to go. Win them, and the only way we don't play Champions' League is if both Liverpool and Man City win their European cups. Sunderland and Norwich may be poor, but they're fighting to avoid relegation. City will be tough. Villa will be loose, and are just the sort of team we slip up against this year. But it's the last game and everyone will be focused.
Leicester-West Ham was one of those games in which the referee (Jon Moss, the guy who called our game today) made himself the star. I hate that. Fair result? Maybe--we'll never know.
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