Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham - North London is Still Red

Well after a few recent lows I can't think of anything better than beating the old enemy to lift our spirits. Yet another 5-2 victory over the scum just 9 months after the last one, and although this victory might not be as sweet as the previous encounter it's still up their with one of the most satisfying victories.

The match got off to the worst possible start for us. William Gallas had a goal ruled out for being offside before another former Gunner, Adebayor put them ahead with a tap in after Szczesny palmed away Defoe's shot.Adebayor soon went from hero to villain just a few minutes later when he lunged in on Santi Cazorla. His foot was high and his studs were showing so Howard Webb had no choice but to send him off. It was this point when things started going well for us. The red card gave us some momentum and it wasn't long before we were level. Some great work on the right hand side from Theo Walcott allowed him to float a cross in for Per Mertesaker to superbly header in. Our big fucking German getting his first goal for the club. Speaking of German's our other German Lukas Podolski put us ahead 18 minutes later when his shot from inside the box took a small deflection off William Gallas to trickle in. 

Just before the break we made it 3-1. Santi Cazorla making space for himself on the left hand side to whip in a cross for Olivier Giroud to slot home from close range. The Frenchman is starting to find the net more regularly now which is great to see. At the start of the second half AVB made a couple of changes to Spurs. He decided to go for it and play 3-5-1 by taking off his full backs and adding Dawson at centre back and adding Clint Dempsey to the midfield. Like the second half they started well but they couldn't find the goal they needed to get back into the game and we exploited their lack of numbers at the back. Walcott fed in Lukas Podolski to play the ball across the box for Cazorla to smash home from close range to make it 4-1.

They pulled one back from a low range drive from Planet of the Apes extra, Gareth Bale but we finished the half professionally, keeping the ball and running down the clock. Had we done that in the 4-4 a few years ago the outcome would have been different. We also managed to grab another goal at the end. Oxlade-Chamberlain burst down the right and played the ball across to Theo Walcott who finished with a strikers finish. He certainly deserved a goal. The whole team were great but Walcott, Cazorla, Podolski and Wilshere were particularly outstanding. 

Lets hope with this great result that it has the same outcome as last years 5-2 and drives us forward whilst Spurs slip down the table. Fingers crossed.