He came, He scored, He left…next flight departs for JFK

Arsenal stand 4th today, tied with Chelsea in terms of points and goal difference after a stunning come-back victory against Sunderland today.

The initial stages of the game was boring. And honestly, it is probably the first Arsenal game in which I slept for majority of the first half.

45 mins flew with no team actually trying to score. It seemed like Arsenal were measuring up Sunderland, testing them – who knows for what ?

The second half consisted of the goals.

For the Sunderland’s goal, in my opinion nobody could do anything about it. Arsenal were extremely unfortunate that Mertersacker slipped at the back when it mattered the most. James McClean took full advantage slotting the ball into Szczesny’s net. People will blame Szczesny for the goal. This is due to the fact that he was at his near post(right) and was beaten on his left. However it was Koscielny who obstructed Szczesny’s sight. This is of course not also Koscielny’s fault. He was just doing his job as a defender, trying to block the shot. But the timing was such that it just didn’t seem to be right for Arsenal. I will not say Arsenal had full control of the match before the goals but they were not being bossed around as in previous games (Swansea)

That being said the goal which Arsenal scored was also unexpected. Van persie did well to hold up the ball and return it to Arteta whose first time shot deflected and fell to Ramsey. The young Welshman’s first time-stumbling shot hit both posts before entering into the net. Ramsey as I have always said is an inconsistent fart. He DID score today, but my opinion on him has not changed. And will not anytime soon.

After the goal, the game became tensed. Arsenal were on the up because of the goal and Sunderland were nervous because nobody likes to lose so late into a game.

Then, with 4 mins of time added, Arsenal took the lead on 91. In the first time of added time, the King stood up and gave us his final gift before departing to New York City.

Arshavin from the left played a brilliant right -footed cross into the 6 yard box where an oncoming Henry using his right sole poked the ball into the net. Sunderland 1-2 Arsenal FC.

Wenger deserves some credit because it so happens that all his substitutions made an impact today on the pitch. Ramsey scored, Henry scored and Arshavin assisted.

I said before that if Arsenal win this game they can push on for top 4. But this was before I knew that Sunderland had played midweek and were tired. That being said, I cannot take away (even if I wanted to) anything from Arseanl because they did sincerely give all they could and deserved the 3 points. It is not easy to come back and win when you are playing away, especially against a side whose leads the table in terms of form before todays game.