Lost the battle, not the war

My colleague was asking me yesterday…should he punt for an Arsenal away victory? Somehow, I told him not to….it was an under strength Arsenal team playing away in Spain. Gosh, the Gunners tasted defeat this time round.

I still feel the decision to rest the established first team players was just. There are tough games ahead… however, the gamble did not pay off. Sevilla isn’t that easy meat after all.

Eduardo scored the only goal for Arsenal after out muscling Daniel Alves. It was undone by two superb goals from the home team in the first half. Damn, there was even time for Sevilla to score a third through an injury-time penalty.

Hope they rebound fast enough. This weekend’s trip to Villa Park could be tricky.