The spear of AJ...ouch!!!

The match was rather even contested, both teams well matched…it seems that a draw is on the cards. Then… deep into injury time, as Everton was gathering for one final attack, it turned out to be the winner. Andy Johnson drove the ball home through a crowd of Arsenal players for a 1-0 win.

Another record got shattered… it was Arsenal’s first Premiership defeat of 2007. The recent spate of matches saw Arsenal conceding late… against Blackburn, Alex’s late equaliser for PSV and now.

Everton’s Lee Carley was the midfield general last night. He was their anchorman, winning, intercepting, passing and distributing superbly. He was bossing the midfield like what Vieira used to do for the Gunners.

It will hold true… for all the pretty football that Arsenal dishes out, the failure on those incisive final move… those goals… might prove costly, one day.

There is some bucking up to be done. The final run-in of Premiership matches are here. The Gunners have got to start scoring and winning in order to secure that third place spot.