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| Take A Bow Son |
This was the year that Robert Pires announced himself to the
Premier League properly, with a masterful season that got him the Football
Writer's Association's Player of the Year Award and the likes of Bergkamp,
Vieira, Henry, Ljungberg, and Adams to bow to him while he accepted his league
winner's medal on crutches. A bad knee injury in the spring ended his season
and World Cup hopes but he was a revelation to the Arsenal that year and would
become a key figure in one of the most lethal left sided attacks in the top
flight for several seasons to come.
This is the lob against Villa--- incredibly deft first touch with
the outside of his right boot to flick the ball over and inside his marker,
then with the second touch a wonderful side-footed half-volley over Peter Schmeichel to secure a vital
three points away from home. A truly superb football player and the type of
legend you want desperately back at the club in some capacity behind the
scenes. Hypercool, super Robert Pires.
