Gallas 2 - 0 Cole

Wow! Arsenal gave the best response when they were in the news for the wrong reasons last week…getting beaten by troubled Hammers and the infamous shoving incident. They gave Liverpool a sound 3-0 beating which also, sort of ended Liverpool’s title hopes.

None of the goals came from the Gunners’ acclaimed strikeforce. We got Flamini and Toure grabbing their firsts and Gallas nodding in his second of the season. The first goal came as Hleb dribbled across the edge of the area before flicking the ball to Fabregas on the right flank. The Cesc took a touch and sent a low cross for the tumbling Flamini to stab home.

In the 56th minute, Van Persie clipped a quick ball forward and Kolo Toure out sprinted everyone and slip the ball past Reina. It was quite a cool and clinical finish. The third came from a corner, 10 minutes from time, Gallas simply walked right in to the six-yard box and nod home unmarked. A classic set piece goal, thanks to the static Liverpool defence.

In fairness, Liverpool were a great footballing side. It was just one of those off days. We are third now, with a game in hand. It would be interesting to see the outcome of the Chelsea vs Man Utd match on 26 November 2006.

Arsenal certainly outplayed Liverpool for many periods in the game, dishing out uncaring & elite football and sure as hell kicked the balls out of the entire Liverpool team.