Kinda weird blogging in widescreen because my text looks quite short in a long box... ah well~ Many things happened yet again, especially my spoilt computer. But I'll just be reporting on some etc stuffs...
Arsenal vs Manchester City match later... From the way things have went for the Gunners, many doubt they might survive this ordeal against an on-form Blues. The Blues have a win against Chelsea and a draw against Manchester United previously and with the Gunners losing undeservedly against Wigan in their last match, Arsene will have a hard time re-raising his team's morale to at least finish 2nd in the league.
Goalkeeper: Their first choice Spaniard keeper, Manuel Almunia, has suffered a wrist injury in match against Barcelona in the 2nd leg UEFA Match. I guess Arsene Wenger will field Lukasz Fabianski, hoping he will redeem his blunders against Wigan a match ago. Statistically speaking, I would hope Vito Mannone will start the match as he is known for keeping a lead throughout a match.
Defenders: With William Gallas knee injury on April 13 and Thomas Vermaelen calf injury on April 15, the backline looks completely depleted. Full-backs are readily available with services of Bacary Sagna and Gael Clichy. Veterans Sol Campbell and Mikael Silvestre can fill the gap of Gallas and Vermaelen's centre-back positions.
Midfielders: Although Alex Song will be back from injury, he will not make it to the starting lineup. They can play with 2 centrals and 2 wide-attacks. Tomas Rosicky and Abou Diaby can make it to the central as they have high abilities to control possession. Samir Nasri and Theo Walcott could play attack down the flanks to provide support to forwards.
Forwards: With the influential Dutch, Robin van Persie, back recently, he might just be in the starting eleven with Niklas Bendtner. No doubt the latter is sometimes inconsistent, he has the aerial and finishing ability. Van Persie could also wade around the box confusing the opposite defence and with the height advantage of Bendtner, I see an option of scoring from a header.
Attacking Substitutions:
- Eduardo for Rosicky, Nasri to fall back in central, Eduardo to play hole.
- Eboue for Diaby, no change.
- Vela for Bendtner, no change.
Eduardo is an incredible goal assistant. Though his finishing touch isn't there, he could feed balls easily to van Persie or Bendtner to create chances. Emmanuel Eboue has more speed in him although he lack of stamina, so coming in in the last 25minutes could help. Carlos Vela is brilliant for darting runs into the box although he lack of height and maybe experience.
Defending Substitutions:
- Song for Diaby, Song to fall into defending centre.
- Eboue for Nasri, Eboue to fall into centre.
- *Saved for any injuries in the game*
Song has the ability to do overlapping runs as well as defending. Eboue could feed tackled balls into the attacking half swiftly.
Opponents to look out for:
- Carlos Tevez.
Surely this Argentinian needs to be marked throughout the match as he could score very easily given a lot of space.
- Emmanuel Adebayor
The former striker for Arsenal has been on-form recently so a pairing of him and Tevez is imminent.
- Shaun Wirght-Phillips
The extremely fast players can dribble past full-backs without any effort and feed the forwards with the ball.
- Shay Given
This custodian is consistent, Although he lack of height, he is extremely agile to save goals.
Predicted Score: ARS 2-1 MCY
