Arsenal win against Olympiacos

Having seen the total number of shots you guys know what was happening out there. The Olympiacos goalkeeper was excellant and defying his age with his performance. Rosicky, Arshavin, Van Persie, Fabregas and many others tested his with their best but never passed him until Eduardo came on as substitute for Rosicky and created that chance for Van Persie to take and Fabregas setup Arshavin with an offside goal.

Greece side had formiddable defences in olden days but those days are a by-gone era. Looks like goalkeeping was taking centrestage there. Arsenal played very good attacking football today. Looked great as an attacking force. Midfield play was not that great eventhough as usual Song stood tall cutting off passes and making that defence feel cushioned. Diaby was substituted with Vela after 70mins and it was a wise move. Eventhough we were playing attacking football Diaby was losing the ball very badly. Arsenal should be looking to play him more in centre roll than left or right forward. Eboue started in the Right Back position and the rest of the defence remained the same. It was good to see the co-ordination between Fabregas, Arshavin and Rosicky. Can't wait more to see the young injured Gunner Nasri playing with them to tear off defences across the world. Ramsey came in for Van Persie in the dying minutes and by that time the Arsenal were in full control of the match with 2-0 up.

There was no great performances by any individuals whereas it was a collective team effort. Clichy had a comparatively bad game. He was beaten in few occassions and also he was not marking his man to his best ability. Clichy might be a good wing back but as a marking defender in 4-3-3 where the attack will be mostly through the centre he is not effective. He needs to make those runs through the line quite often but cannot compromise with quality defending. This would be some area for Arsene Wenger to work on in near future. The arising Don in Arsenal camp "Don Vito" continued his good show with couple of good diving saves and positioning. This chap is going to give Almunia hard time getting back to team if this continues.

Vermaelen and Gallas defended well. Vermaelen had few chances in set pieces which was not taken. Van Persie's corner and freekicks seems to be searching for Vermaelen while coming whereever he was. Arsenal still has scope of improvement in their set-pieces. Being an attacking team Arsenal will surely get lots of freekicks around the area. If we train well on set pieces and become a deadly force on dead balls then the opponents will be even scared to foul us. This will be an added advantage. Let's see how the game goes as season progresses.

Bad news for Gunners camp and fans alike is the Brazilian playmaker Denilson is out for 2 months due to a back injury. Bendtner also walked off safe after a car crash(Aston Martin Black). We would see Arsene Wenger with more armour down his Arsenal this weekend with Bendtner and once again fit Walcott in race for a starting place in the match against Blackburn Rovers. Hope Bendtner doesn't crash again(Only fun intended). Nasri is expected to be fit by mid of next month which will give Wenger with more attacking options.