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Monday, November 15, 2010

Arsenal move into second place - winning 2-1 at Everton

Arsenal have had a good week, winning at Wolves (2-0) and Everton (2-1) to climb into second.

The Gunners are not playing great football right now - certainly not smoothly flowing - but they are mixing some good touches with a bit of solid tackling, ruthless defending and some good goalkeeping. ( finally ! )

To be honest - I feel that this current side is less talented than most line-ups that Wenger has put out over the last decade - and although Arsenal are still a quality outfit the Gunners possibly lack a little bit of world-class footballing skill.

But this side HAS been build with the English domestic game in mind, with physique and size and experience also playing a part alongside the skill component ... and the result is that we are seeing Arsenal winning on the road with a league best 4-2-1 away record this season.

Those 14 away points are the highest total in the league - next highest are Chelsea and ManCity with 10 points and Man United on 9.

So Arsenal are less frilly - but more effective - it seems that Mr Wenger has finally got the message - "silverware matters".

               HOME          AWAY      GD  Points
1 Chelsea  13 6-0-1 17:3  3-1-2 11:5  +20   28 
2 Arsenal  13 4-0-2 15:6  4-2-1 11:6  +14   26 
3 Man Utd  13 5-1-0 15:5  1-6-0 11:10 +11   25 
4 Man City 13 3-3-1  7:5  3-1-2  8:5   +5   22 
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5 Bolton   13 2-3-1 10:8  2-4-1 11:11  +2   19 

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