Leicester, Man U, and Szczesny

Leicester was almost denied, but managed to make their superiority count by defeating Southampton in Leicester 1-0.  This puts them seven points up on Tottenham with six games to play, and eleven up on us, though we have a game in hand.  Tottenham has the goal difference advantage, so if Spuds go 6-0 and Foxes go 4-0-2 or 3-3-0, Tottenham wins the league 55 years since the last time,  But that's not terribly likely based on what I saw today.  Spurs did look unlucky to drop points at Anfield, but for them to win out might be asking too much.  And Leicester does not look like folding, particularly at home.

Manchester United was clearly superior to Everton today and deservedly came away with three points, but they didn't dominate and don't look like a squad that's going to take maximum points from the rest of their games.  That's good, because Man City just might.  The fourth place trophy is the only one in our grasp--in fact, third place is ours if we go 6-0-1 no matter what anyone else does--and it's important to keep room between us and United and West Ham.

I've supported Roma for a while, and now that Szczesny plays for them, I try to watch them when beIN carries them.  He looked really good for most of the game, snagging whipped-in crosses, blocking shots, and most impressively, making a fabulous reflex save on a header from four feet away.  I was thinking, we could really use him when the Cech era is over, or if we have to sell him, we could get real money for him.  Then he did something Arsenal fans will not be surprised at.  On a long, looping cross heading beyond the far (left) post to a forward well marked, he ran for the ball, waved at it ineffectually as the Lazio attacker got enough on it to send it bouncing across his goal, and watched from far, far away as another Lazio player slid in and tucked it inside the right post.  All he had to do was stand in his goal and nothing bad could have happened.  Fortunately, Roma was up 2-0 at the time and went on to score twice more, so the derby was won and Champions' League status became more probable.  You have to wonder how much first team experience he needs before he stops doing stupid stuff like that. He's really good, but decisionmaking is a weak point.