Where is Cashley?

Chel$ea were without Cashley, Sheva, Ballack, Carvalho, Drogba, etc. Well, I thought the Gunners would boss them around at their own turf. In fact, the Blues turned on a lion hearted performance in their must-win match at the Emirates.

Arsenal grabbed the lead when The Dutch Beast upended the Brazilian Beast. I actually thought Khalid Boulahrouz needn’t challenge Baptista from behind. The awkward Brazilian, while all set to shoot, might had, in any case, fire wide. Gilberto stepped up and despatched the spot-kick confidently.

Chel$ea came storming back in the second half. Why not? They badly needed a win to keep their faint hopes of retaining their title alive. They poured their players forward… once again, Essien scored against the Gunners.

Joe Cole had a beautiful goal disallowed and Emmanuel Eboue struck the cross bar in the dying minutes for Arsenal. To sum it up, the draw left me sort of fuming. Gilberto’s goal won the title. For Man Utd, not Arsenal.

Damn… Cashley wasn’t playing. It would be great to see the many Gooners pelting him with celery. Gilberto scored. The Brazilian will go down in history as the first to score in the season opener against Aston Villa and the last one to score again in this final home match of this inaugural season at Ashburton Grove. Let’s hope he is not contemplating to head towards Turin as rumoured.

Sigh.. the season is gonna end soon. I do hope that there are some big name signings or whatevers. With Wenger, we all know, he would probably buy some unknown player(s) and mould them to world beaters. Whatever it is, I am always a red and white Gooner and I still believe the Golden Generation as led by Fabregas would surface soon…