Ground: Middle Eastlands
Referee: Mike Dean
Manchester
City 1-1 Arsenal 23 September 2012
Lescott
[40] Koscielny [82]
I'm
a fan of the kind of odd symmetry football can produce at times. When the
Arsenal last met Manchester City, it was a magnificent strike from Mikel Arteta
that settled the contest, capping off a commanding all action display. On this
instance, given Vermaelen's flu induced absence, the Spaniard stepped
forward to marshal the side and did so with the same level of performance. He
was as immovable as his follicles in the heart of our midfield.
Also
due to the Verminator-shaped hole in our defense, up popped Laurent Koscielny
from Steve Bould's Center-Back Pez Dispenser and into the core of our
burgeoning rearguard. He would enjoy his own brand of symmetry, but we'll get
to that in a moment. Whisper it quietly but such is the depth growing in our
squad that the last minute absence of our captain before visiting the champions
had zero impact on my expectation that we would get something from this game.
So it was with great anticipation that I greeted tEd and Aubrey at the Factory
to take this one in.
