Down, but Not Out

If you knew the title was referring to Arsenal's title challenge, you'd think me slightly optimisitic. Well, I am. Arsenal battled hard at a ground where we had only memories of Eduardo's horrific leg break. A ground where Birmingham had gone 10 games unbeaten before Saturday's game. Our answer came in the form of a brilliant double substitution of Arshavin and Nasri for Walcott and Rosicky. The game came to life and with 8 minutes to go Nasri looked set to wrap it up with a brilliant solo effort.

But it was not to be.

After spurning 2 easy chances, our keeper Almunia parried the ball into his own net after it had come off Kevin Phillips' face. Slightly reminiscent of Nani's goal against us, we drew the game. To be fair to us, the pitch was horrible, the St. Andrew's team singled our team out for physical treatment and the untimely goal came in the last minute of stoppage time.

To be fair to Almunia.. well, you can't be fair to him. He's like Bendtner. Decent, but not enough quality to play for Arsenal. Sure, sometimes he plays well, but he still isn't top class.

This has definitely derailed our chances of winning the Premier League, but 4 points adrift of the leaders with 6 games to go isn't that bad. If it wasn't already necessary to win all our games, it is even more vital for us to get 18 out of a maximum of 18 remaining points. The catch- we'd need Chelsea and Manchester United to drop at least 4-5 points in the remaining games, which is a tough call. Hopefully, Chelsea will draw at Old Trafford, Anfield and White Hart Lane, while United lose at Eastlands and draw at White Hart Lane.
That would place both United and the Blues at 83 points, and us at 86. Like I said, we must win every game.

We still aren't out, but it's a big ask for a team that's had so many ups and downs this season in the form of injuries, bad luck or draws.



Come on you Gunners.