Law of Negativity

I can’t really comment much on a match that I didn’t get to watch. No “live” nor “delayed” telecast. I was lucky to caught Van Persie’s superbly executed freekick on telly.

From what I gathered, Everton got a lucky lead through Aussie Tim Cahill. It was probably down to static defending by the Gunners. I saw Lehmann clawing at thin air when Cahill pounced first to score from close range. A lapse in concentration and the Gunners were punished.

From then on, it was negative play by the Toffees as they were prepared to go through the entire match by defending, time wasting and hoping to frustrate the Gunners.

The telly highlights showed Tim Howard saving well from Henry, Fabregas, Van Persie and Rosicky. The Gunners probably had peppered the Everton goal the whole afternoon.

There was nothing to show for till Robin Van Persie stepped in to take the freekick in the 71st minute. The Dutch striker curled in an audacious freekick and we were back at 1-1.

Thank God… our unbeaten record at the Emirates was intact. An afternoon where both parties share the spoils.

This Premiership weekend was actually all about the Rooney show….about O’ Neill’s bubble finally bursting, about Pardew’s bubble bursting soon…and an Arsenal discard, Kanu topping the leading goalscorer’s chart with 7 goals.