No weekend games but there was a full midweek schedule of fixtures so I’ll start with Tuesday night, as Arsenal edged out Fulham at the Emirates thanks to ‘Star Boy’ who returned with a goal. Great news for those long suffering Gooners who have seen their team so decimated by injuries all season. Finally, light at the end of the tunnel.
Sadly for them, that light was the oncoming train as Gabriel got steamrollered by it and will miss the rest of the season with a badly torn hamstring. If this ‘race’ was close that would be a big boost for us, but as it is it doesn’t make any difference. It does make a difference to their Champions League hopes though, as they’ve got Real Madrid next week. I’m not sure how I feel about that, as my primary stance is always “fuck all of the other English clubs” when it comes to our competition.
I don’t ever want to see Arsenal winning it, but would I be upset if Real Madrid came a cropper? Nope. If you could guarantee me that no English club was going to win it this year though, then I’d sign up for Arsenal knocking Madrid out in a fucking heartbeat. But you can’t guarantee me that so I’ll reluctantly have to hope that Arsenal go out, and Gabriel’s injury certainly increases the chances of that. I’m neither happy nor unhappy about it, but there is something highly amusing about it, because it’s Arsenal.
They took the lead against Fulham with a spawny goal from Merino, as his hopeful shot was deflected past Leno by a defender. There wasn’t much in the game to that point. Arsenal had most of the ball but weren’t doing much with it, while Fulham were doing nothing.
The longer it went, the more Fulham’s counter attacking threat started to show, but Saka came on and scored within a couple of minutes to settle Arsenal's nerves. My boy Muniz missed an absolute sitter late on, which actually proved crucial in the end because he did score soon after. Had he put the first one away Arsenal might have crumbled. Not that it really matters to us now. Would be nice to get it done sooner rather than later though. Maybe Everton will do us a favour this Satu.... yeah I can't even finish that sentence. We know how that will go.
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