0-2, the FA-cup, Old Trafford, 12/3 -11
Once again we find ourselves with nothing even though we've been the better team by far.. Though it may sound wrong to say that we were the better team even though we got nothing, but with Arsenal anything is possible, isn't that right?
We pretty much more or less dominated in possession, and we definitely had more shots on and off goal than United! But no matter how close we got it just wasn't our day and the ball wouldn't go in.
And when we pressed more than ever in the final ten minutes Djourou picked up a serious shoulder injury in a challenge with Hernandez, and had to be stretched off the pitch.
So we were down to ten men and two goals down with something like ten minutes left... What to do? Well, we actually managed to get to some more opportunities, while Ramsey (who came on to make his long awaited comeback in the second half) deputized as centre-half for the remainer of the game, though he did move up to midfield as soon as we had the ball.
In the end you could tell that we had some more tired legs than Man Utd, as they didn't have a midweek clash whereas we had one of the most daunting away games you can ever face, away against Barcelona, widely regarded as the best team in the world.
A couple of weeks ago I believe every Arsenal fan were convinced that we'd bring home a trophy this season (heck, I even thought we could take two!), but not so sure anymore... Though we will definitely have a good go at the league these final weeks! And who knows, if we do well enough in the remaining games we might very well end up with a trophy in may! But to do that we have to start scoring again, would you honestly believe that we haven't scored in the last three games?
Injury Update;
-No idea about Djourou yet, but we can most probably expect him to be out for the next couple of weeks.
-Hopefully Vermaelen will be back, SOON! Haven't heard anything about him since he was expected to be back for the Barcelona clash.
-Looking at the other side of the pitch,, Walcott is hopefully back soon, but don't have any update on it yet.
-Szczesny will be out for about six weeks with a dislocated finger as well as a tendon problem.
-Fabregas had a recurrence of his hamstring problem fifteen minutes into the Barcelona game, and he will have to wait for another couple of games until he returns.
-Song missed both this game and the Barcelona game, but he may make it back for next weekend.
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