from
the bunker
Ashburton
Grove
Referee:
Lee Probert
Arsenal
0-1 Manchester City 29
November 2011
Aguero
[83]
When
the line-ups were released for this match I have to say I had a cheeky feeling
we just might sneak this one. I had no idea that we would put in such a massive
shift all over the park and after 90 minutes feel hard-done by to lose by a single
strike from one of City’s plethora of high-priced attacking players.
From
the outset it looked as though Mancini’s tactic was to keep us at arms’ length
until the later stages, then bring on some of his even bigger guns to try and finish
us off. This was never more evident than in the dozen or so passes to
Pantilimon over a period of about 2 minutes early on, most of which came from
Savic. That tactic, it appeared would get turned on its head somewhat, because
we made a strong start and it was apparent we would give them a match.
