If Carlsberg did Saturday’s, then yesterday was not a good for The Arsenal.
It started with two late-ish goals for Erling Haaland as Manchester City overcame a stubborn Everton 2-1 and finished with Tottenham scoring a 96 minutes to beat Brighton 2-1. In between, Liverpool were pegged back to 1-1 before romping home 3-1.
With all 3 teams playing at home, a trio of victories was expected, so we can not get too disappointed with the results that transpired and ultimately we need to focus on ourselves.
As Saturday’s went, mine was actually fairly decent. The highlight being a cheeky visit to Palm Bay in Debden which sent me into a food coma! Today it is a short trip on the Central Line to what is now my “local club” in West Ham.
A lack of trains in East and North London will mean today is a bit of a nightmare for many to get too. No Elizabeth Line and no C2C Line is a headache for those coming in from East, and no London Overground means those from Islington will have to go into London to come back out.
Luckily for me, the Central Line is running. It will be a quick trip into Stratford, trek across the park for a few pre-game beers in Hackney Wick. Then onto the London Olympic Stadium to watch football.
We have already been beaten twice by the Mockney Essex Boys this season, and have now not won in 3 outings.
The League Cup was one of the worst performances I have seen from us in a long time, whilst the home defeat between Christmas and New Year was won of those that we win 9 times out of 10.
That game still grates a little. We dominated play and should have scored 3 or 4. Meanwhile, their opener came when the ball clearly went out of play. But we move on.
Win today and we are back level on points with Manchester City, and just 2 points behind Liverpool. We will also increase that gap on 4th.
A quick final thought on yesterday’s games.
Tottenham beat Brighton 2-1 with that 96th minute winner. Fans and players celebrated like anyone would scoring with the last kick. It will be interesting to see if the media spend the next week condemning the scenes at White Hart Lane. Or will the lack of noise just prove once more that it is only Arsenal that are not allowed to celebrate victories (alternative theory: it will show Tottenham are a small club that are not newsworthy).
Hopefully today we will be celebrating the night away in Stratford. Although a little bit of me dies everytime I go to the athletics stadium, remembering how much I used to love a visit to Upton Park.
Enjoy the game today from wherever you are watching from.
UTA.
Keenos
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