Bolton at Reebok.

We were a man down - a rather nasty high footed challenge by Diaby saw him get a straight red. Then Matt Taylor puts Bolton two up albeit with a lucky deflection.

At half time you would have thought that this Arsenal team will never be able to fight back. Bolton has been a real banana skin for us over the years and we have somehow never been able to deal with their route 1 football. For the record, i think that Bolton are the worst team in Europe and a big thanks to Sam for that. I am waiting for them to be relegated. I have been critical of the boss after the Chelsea game when after we took the lead, he should have clearly changed the system and brought Bert in to defend. Anyway, it seemed like not even a stroke of genius could save us this time but .....

Wenger changed the formation upside down and the match went upside down. He put Adebayor and Walcott on and the Wanderers could never deal with our attacking players after that. Our ten men were all over their eleven.First a back post finish by Gallas and then a clever back flick by Ade set up RVP who hit the keeper but the rebound was picked up by Walcott who got fouled. Penalty! RVP stepped up and smacked it in. 2 all and a few minutes to go. We had several chances after that and RVP showed how he is still getting into the groove. He missed chances that he would have normally put away with his eyes closed. With the time ticking, Hleb found space on the flank and passed the ball to Cesc who used 2 Bolton players :) to score.

I must mention Cesc's reaction here, he was just so thrilled. The look on his face just said it all. I have been very critical of the team's lack of depth but these kids are not going to let Manu just take the title away like that. They will fight and fight and you have to be proud of them.