Arsenal send a signal of intent

Everton(Saha) 1 – 6 Arsenal(Denilson, Vermaellen, Gallas, Fabregas – 2, Eduardo)

Whoa… what a start to the campaign for the gunners, i really didn’t expect that, a 6-1 drubbing of Everton. Welldone guys, weldone indeed, that should keep the critics quiet for a while. Good things come to those that wait, ain’t that appropriate to sum up Arsenal game last week.

We were never really in trouble in that game aside from goalmouth clearance by Denilson from Felllaini header and a couple of opportunities here and there. The moment Denilson curled the first goal in signalled the start of a nightmare for the Evertonians. It was dreadful defending for the homeside particularly from set piece, although credit must be given to the Arsenal midfield led by Fabregas who orchestrated the game.

But still, it’s only the first game of the season and all of the sudden people are saying Arsenal are genuine title contender after that one superb performance. Well, i have no doubt that we are title contender but so are Man U, Chelsea and Liverpool, one single good performance doesn’t win you title, consistency is the name of the game. If Arsenal can reproduce such performance on a consistent basis, we’ll blow away all the other title contender, kinda like what Barcelona did in La Liga.

Next up, Celtic. Now this should be a handful for the Gunners, luckily for us they lose one of their best player in Shunsuke Nakamura to Espanyol. Still though, this fixtures are one of those banana skin scattered throughout a season. Let’s hope we can face this game with the same mentality as we did Everton.