Pep Guardiola's brother helping Arsenal sneak Toral out the backdoor, 2012 is truly coming ;)

You can't trust 2 minute Youtube videos to judge a player's potential, who knows, he might have set up the others to make the assist? Xavi for example is not always the last person on the ball before the actual assist happens, but he quiet often sets people up to make the final touch (Alves, anyone?)

Spence I am not completely sure if I agree with the teams showing signs of general tiredness. We have been at this point in the last two seasons, with the same discussion arising everytime. I think it is important to keep in mind that there has in fact just been an International break, followed by a match at home and then straight back on to the plane for London.

The team only just went there the night before, it's not the longest of trips at all, but having an away match of this calibre and in another country can be a lot for anyone.

Furthermore I agree that we lacked the killing instinct yesterday. Pedro's touch was off from the beginning and I really think Pep made a mistake taking Villa off instead of him. Furthermore I do not understand why we did not use Mascherano later in this game. He would have been a better solution than Keita, knowing the Arsenal players and their tactics way better than anyone else on our team. Dropping down Mascherano as an anchorman or even to man mark Fabregas could most likely have prevented their second goal. Their first goal there's nothing you can do about it, quick lob through pass and then a Valdes misjudging the space between him and the goalpost.

Ah well, we showed good signs yesterday and played with confidence. Yes there were signs of tiredness, but I dare say it's only temporary!

2-1, Inzaghi the legend!

It's apparent he trusts Benzema, the AC Milan vs. Real Madrid match is tense and at 1-1 right now, and who gets subbed on? Benzema.

A big thank you again, Oliver, for this last minute interview!

It's right next to the Bistro I linked to you as well :-)

Chudasi :-(

Yes, of course a huge thank you to Buj as well, he was a driving force behind the site. Didn't want to bore everyone dead though! A great writer as well as a great person, hope he joins us again later!

Hmm, b r a n d i n g. Not sure why our chat filter picked that one up.