We can only blame ourselves for not winning

I would like to give credit to Sunderland.

Elmo was sending crosses in at any opportunity.

Darent bent was always snifing around the penalty area looking to pounce on goal. Notice about what so great about his play today? I dun remember him being flag for offside at all, he kept on level with the last defender and keep going.

Bramble was a rock in defence. Nothing goes past him.

Ok on to arsenal.

Same old arsenal? no, we did really well in defence today. I must say clichy clearance was really unlucky to hit koscielny and drop so kindly for Bent.

Almunia, was solid throughout, not tested but one particular incident stood out. Koscielny left the ball for him via a weak back pass, Almunia was very alert and quick to come out and clear. Could have concede from there

Clichy, no mistake, hard to beat, didnt lost the ball while going forward.

Sagna, strong commited and solid thru out. I notice he got forward at every opportunity this season and crossing had improve.

Koscielny, I must admit the 2 mistake probably that he made and resulted in 2 goals, against blackburn and bolton respectively probably made me caution about praising him. Otherwise he is just brilliant. he is strong in the air, great at tackle and really reads the game very well. technically he can break out of defence and goes into attack. Still untested against drogba and rooney but if he could perform like this consistently he is going to be an asset.

squillaci, solid tidy and good header. I do notice that whenever koscielny is playing, the other CB seems to be quieter. Even when vermaelen was playing, you cant help but notice koscielny rather than the partner.

AA, as mention earlier AA is really very direct this season. AA is really very effective in the 3 quarter of the pitch. he needs player like Cesc and rosicky to play him in. Other wise he offer very little by himself. His stamina is still an issue.

Wilshere, his inexperience showed in the first half. too much fancy turns and making over playing. but in the 2nd half when he cut his nonsense out, he is really good. very few mispass. what really impress me is despite his tender age and physical frame, he is tenacious. he can really tackle ppl.

Song, probably too much nitty gritty foul. looks slow today, both him and chamakh aint playing at the level that they are. His attacking play has improve and can see that he is going forward more often. I must put this down to the defensive play of wilshere.

Nasri, honestly I am not convince on nasri. I just feel that his passes are not as penetrative as fab aa rosicky. when was e last time u see nasri playing a superb tru ball? i cant rem. one thing is that he could really hold the ball and draw foul. he is looking more and more like hleb, good control but offers little creative passes. similar to AA he needs to play in an advance position to finish move rather den create.

Fab, left the field too early for much comment. just unlucky with injury and lucky with goal.

Chamakh, work his socks off, defending from the front, honestly i think he should start ahead of RVP, he really offers alot in terms of defending. upfront he could hold the line, rarely loses the ball and challenges. But today he looks slow, fatigue from CL?

Sub

Rosicky, as mention in previous post, i really like him. great movement, great passing, hardly loses ball. good going forward and also defensively sound. we really need him on a regular basis. definitely pick him over nasri.

Denilson, limited play time, but i thot he looks good. calm when surrounded by opposition. good defensively. could he become a flamini?

This season I can really seem how each player can function in a specific way. and it really adds up and give arsenal a different dimension. Defensively they look good but I must stress they haven been tested by a big team yet.

Wenger needs to get e balance rite. We are also very very unlucky with te injuries. looking the e list at one point of time the physio room would have more player den e start line up.

Walcott and diaby is sorely miss today....

I know what i put as the title, but let me indulge with just one line.

THE REFREEE IS AN INCOMPETENT ASS.