Well Remembrance Sunday turned out to be a Sunday to remember. A stunning performance from the boys which saw us win comfortably, 3-0. Flamini and Almunia starting due to injuries to Rosicky and Lehmann. I had no idea Jens has picked up the flu so I was not expecting to see Alumni’s name being called out before the game. Poom was on the bench so I understood Jens must have an injury or something. In the week there was news that Manuel recovered from his injury at Everton, I didn’t report on it but how lucky we are that he did. The Flamster was in central midfield with Gilberto and Cesc and it worked beautifully. Van Persie and Hleb were the out on the wings in a 5-man midfield with Thierry up-front.

I wasn’t too worried about Almunia starting but I would’ve been more comfortable with Jens between the posts, anyway the Spaniard was rarely called upon thanks to some fabulous defending. Eboue was letting them get nowhere near the danger area, Gallas made some great tackles, Clichy made a fabulous run and nearly found himself one-one with the ‘keeper; Ashley who? And Kolo Toure, he had an amazing game. He was like a brick wall and was not letting anyone or anything pass.

The first half was a pretty open game that saw both sides having spells of possession, Arsenal started brighter though and had a goal disallowed (this time, rightly) after 2 minutes. Robin Van P had a great ball played over to him but it had an unlucky bounce and the only way he could control it before Reina taking it would be to use his ‘hand-of-God’. He punched it around Reina and slotted it in the net; the referee saw it and yellow carded the Dutchman. At the time I didn’t know what was wrong, I was the opposite side of the ground so I didn’t see the handball but I’m kind of glad the referee did because I don’t like to see us cheating like that.

It was the scoucers who came closest next, some clever play ended up in Dirk Kuyt having a go at lobbing Almunia, it looked pretty close but it settled into the roof of the goal. Then they has a goal disallowed, Kuyt crossed and Crouch headed but he was miles offside and to be honest, he was useless all game. Liverpool had the better play towards the end of the second half but never really looked as if they would score.

I thought we’d go in at half time 0-0 but thanks to some beautiful Arsenal football we managed to nick one before the break. Some good work from Hleb who played Fabregas into the box between two defenders who played a low cross into the danger area and it was Flamini who got the touch to make it ‘one nil to The Arsenal’. It was only Matty’s second ever Premiership goal and it really meant something to him against tough opposition, he ran into the crowd and of course he got a yellow card for it.

Liverpool looked to equalize early after the restart but Gerrard’s shot sailed over the bar not testing Almunia. Arsenal were loving it and looked in control of the game even this early and by such a small margin. However that was about to change: We soon doubled our lead in the 56th minute with a great goal from none other than King Kolo Toure. It was another fabulous move from Arsenal, Fabregas played a clever one-two with Henry and then found Van Persie who was a bit lucky when he got the ball caught under his feet but then played a beautiful ball through to Kolo who slotted the ball between Reina’s legs calmly like a striker, 2-0, and to be honest I thought that meant game over.

The third goal was as easy as they come, RVP played a corner into the six yard box and Gallas was there ready to head home, unmarked. Gerrard and Riise were left to argue afterwards as both had decided to mark Henry leaving Billy completely in the open. 3-0 done and dusted, good night Liverpool.

However there was still time for a Liverpool consolation goal but Bell(end)amy’s header from close range was ruled offside by the linesman. I’m not sure if he was actually offside or not but it was funny watching the scoucers celebrate a consolation goal whilst 3-0 down and then to have it disallowed Oh and we nearly made it four late on, Adebayor robbed Carragher and had only the goalie to beat. Manu tried to slot the ball between Reina’s legs but it didn’t work out. Anyway, 3-0 was enough, if it was still 0-0 at that stage and Adebayor had that chance then yes, it would’ve been a big talking point but he’ll learn from that mistake.

So it finished 3-0, a stunning performance from the Gunners. Beautiful football all over the park and we were well and truly deserved winners. Also the fans did well today, it was the record attendance at the Grove and a fantastic atmosphere, it makes such a difference for the players and I think it should be like that every week and not just for the bigger games. Hopefully we can continue this form over the next few weeks and catch up on the leaders; that win puts us in 3rd but we’re still 10 points behind United. It’s another international break this week and I hope that doesn’t ruin our form from this game and we can beat Newcastle comfortably next week. See you later.