All-London thriller at Cardiff

A Cup final between a squad of raw young talent against another of expensively assembled seasoned professionals. True…this young team lost 2-1 in a thrilling encounter. The manner in which they fought… the future for Arsenal is bright. In the coming seasons, this young team that will come of age, will certainly go down as the best Arsenal side ever.

In the first 20 minutes, it was Arsenal all the way. They virtually pinned down Chelsea. Theo Walcott was all over the pitch, he was a natural. Playing his best game so far, his passing and running was top flight. He combined well with Diaby to scoop the ball past Cech in the 11th minute.

Somehow, Didier Drogba scored two well-taken goals and won the game. The Elephant’s goals came in the time when Arsenal were dishing out sequences of expert ball passing and wonder play. Forget the score… Cesc, Diaby, Denilson and Walcott were zipping around the park like seasoned pros. They truly ran the midfield pound for pound against a side of world class midfielders.

Talking about football brawls, I really wish that Keown, Lauren and Vieira were around. They would have wind up those Chel$ea hoodlums. Let's face it... I really admire Vieira's guts whenever he faces off with Roy Keane and also that spat with West Ham's Neil Ruddock.

Let’s put aside John Terry’s head injury, the melee, the rash of 3 red cards. This match should be remembered for how great this young Gunners will grow to be, one day.