BY THE WAY, I THINK I CAN TAKE CREDIT FOR US FINALLY BEATING THE CHAVS AFTER 10 ATTEMPTS!
YOU SEE, I USED TO ALWAYS GO TO ARSENAL V CHELSEA MATCHES, AND WE WERE UNBEATEN IN SOMETHING LIKE 18 GAMES. THAT WAS UNTIL THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER FINAL IN 2004.
THIS MAY SOUND STRANGE BUT I SWEAR IT'S TRUE. I HAD A PREMONITION A COUPLE OF MONTHS PRIOR TO THE MATCH THAT WE WOULD DRAW CHELSEA IN THE 1/4 FINALS AND FINALLY LOSE TO THEM. I TOLD EVERYONE I KNEW THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BEAT US, AND EVEN AFTER THE 1-1 DRAW AT THE BRIDGE, WHEN THE MEDIA AND THE REST OF THE WORLD MADE US STRONG FAVOURITES, I KNEW DEEP DOWN THAT WE WERE GOING TO LOSE.
I DECIDED THERE AND THEN THAT I WOULDN'T GO TO THE RETURN MATCH BECAUSE I COULDN'T STOMACH SEEING THE CHAV FANS CELEBRATING A WIN OVER US AT HIGHBURY. ESPECIALLY SUCH AN IMPORTANT ONE.
WATCHING THE GAME AT HOME, WITH THE SCORE 1-1 AND JUST A FEW MINUTES TO GO, I WAS BEGGING FOR THE ADDITIONAL 30 MINUTE COMFORT OF EXTRA-TIME. THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, I KIND OF SAW IN MY MIND THE GOAL CHELSEA WENT ON TO SCORE.
FROM THE SECOND THEY WON A THROWN-IN JUST INSIDE OUR HALF, I VISUALISED EVERYTHING THAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN - BUT IN REALLY SLOW MOTION!! I PICTURED BRIDGE MAKING A RUN FROM HIS OWN HALF TO GET NEAR THE EDGE OF OUR BOX BEFORE HE EVEN SET OFF AND THEN...THEN....WELL YOU KNOW THE REST.
SUBSEQUENT TO THAT MATCH I HAVEN'T BEEN TO ANY OF OUR FIXTURES AGAINST CHELSEA, AND WE HAVEN'T BEATEN THEM SINCE.
SO I MADE A VOW DURING THE SUMMER THAT THIS SEASON I WOULD GO TO THE ARSENAL/CHELSEA GAME IN ORDER TO BREAK THE JINX THEY HAVE HAD OVER US SINCE THAT PREMONITION!
WELL, WHAT CAN I SAY? IT'S ONLY GONE AND BLOODY WELL WORKED!!
NOW I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WILL NEVER BELIEVE IN SUPERSTITION AND WILL CLAIM THAT THE TWO EVENTS WERE NOT RELATED. NORMALLY, I WOULD AGREE WITH THEM.
HOWEVER THIS TIME I'M CERTAIN THERE WAS A GREATER POWER AT WORK AND I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO ACCEPT THE CREDIT FOR THIS VICTORY, BECAUSE I GENUINELY FEEL I CONTRIBUTED TO IT EVERY BIT AS MUCH AS ARSENE WENGER!!
Anyway it was obvious that cesc & hleb in particular were not match fit and understandably struggled big time in the 2nd half. Unlike a lot of fans I didnt think the performance was that good but like most fans I didnt really care - big games like this are rarely good games and the 3pts are all that mattered. You just knew that a few of our players were waiting for a chance to kick the judas *word censored* up in the air - whatever about the way he treated Arsenal you do not slag off former team-mates in a book especially when you are going to play twice a season 
