Thoughts from the Game

And the Scouser mom told her kids, “eat your veggies or Arshavin will get you”

Scouser Kid rebels, “Hmph! He’s going to anyway!”

Credit: Felipe Hassin Pinto

Arshavin has now scored more goals at Anfield than Voronin. It wasn’t exactly 5 Goals, 1 Game. It was 5 Goals, TWO games and I’m happy enough. Is there any ONE man in the whole of Europe who is scourge of an entire football team like Andrei Sergeyevich Arshavin?

The penalty decision was 50-50 to say the least. Kicking the ball into the stands and then going down to ground like you’ve been hacked down with a scythe by the Grim Reaper is not adequate reason to be given a spot kick. Serves you right for being a cheap diver Stevie. In any case, what goes around comes around. Right Babel?

Liverpool’s strategy was simple. Go in low, go in hard. Catch one of the three, the ball, the shin or the neck. Mascherano’s act of upending every single Arsenal player and then going over and ruffling his hair and patting his back and kissing his cheek fooled no one. Him and Lucas were pretty much thugs for hire last night.

Yes, Torres would probably have scored 10 minutes in if he wasn’t just back from a 6 week layoff. Well forgive me if I don’t commiserate with you scousers when our own lead men are in the hospital getting various body parts sliced apart with a scalpel. At least you have him playing.

Arsenal played as badly as I have ever seen them play in the first half. You know it’s not working when Cesc repeatedly passes the ball to Benayoun. BigFourZa can tell you exclusively what Wenger’s half time team talk was.

“vous, vous etes beaucoup des idiots. Pouvez-vous pas un coup de pied ballon dans les buts. Vous vierges invertébrées. Vous foutus escargots!”

For all you uncivilized barbarians who cannot speak French it translates into,

“You bunch of big idiots. Can’t you kick a ball into a goal. You spineless virgins. You fucking snails!”

Wenger, dressed in a long robe with adorned with a pattern of stars and crescent moons, then saw each man individually in a tent across a crystal ball and told them in graphic detail what would happen if they continued playing that way. That image would scare the shit out of anyone I think. Not the future, but Wenger dressed that way.

Glen Johnson did a Diaby and it was hilarious to see Liverpool deflate after that. They really need a new manager. Someone who’s suitability report at the employee exchange doesn’t read ‘Waiter’

Vermaelen was outstanding and thoroughly deserved his man of the match award. Except for that one Torres’ miss of the game moment when he was at the other end of the pitch talking to Reina, he was snapping at En Nino’s feet all night long. He was outheading, out dribbling and out clearing everyone on the pitch.

Given the results of the week with Chelsea and United dropping points at home, the 3 points from Anfield are invaluable. Wenger put it perfectly when asked about the title race.

“Mathematically we were never out and now mentally we are right back in it.

Football is fun again.