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But a defence open at that particular moment and then a desperate tackle doesn't make a game.. It can shape the games future but 5 minutes is just a small part of the game..

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So? A goal may only be moments of the game. :confused: As I said there was a warning before hand with a previous pass which broke down because of an offside. Arsenal cut though the defence and city reacted poorly. Even then City had to be broken down, they were at home and aspire to challenge for the title. The deadlock was broken pretty quickly after that when Arsenal, again, exploited City's left back.

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A goal has to be a moment in the game otherwise we might as well work on the golden goal rule and go home ;)

What counts is the result at the end of the 90 minutes and also how you got to that result..

I'm sure there are games that your team have won but you wonder how, as well as games where they lost but you've thought "They played great but were unlucky"

I though don't think that a game against 10 men for 85 minutes can be seen as a test or a confidence builder

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Because Arsenal won away from home against a team that are viewed as title contenders for the first time in 2 years. They didn't get lucky, the red was a result of a situation Arsenal created.

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No, the red was a result of one persons actions and one persons alone.. (otherwise the ref would have dismissed 1 city and 11 arsenal players :p: ) Arsenal can create as many situations as they want to but unless a player is stupid enough to react then it's not gonna make a difference ;)

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It's a team of 11 players. If he hadn't being stupid there would have been a clear goal scoring opportunity so meh.

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And how many clear goal scoring oppertunities actually result in a goal :D

We can debate all day what might have happened but I really do prefer to focus on what did happen :p:

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Yup. 3 - 0 to the Arsenal at Eastlands. :D

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Yep, Arsenal won, would have been nice though to see two 11 men teams though fight it out instead of one having an advantage for most of the match..

Still though it evens things up a bit now so makes the top of the premiership a lot more exciting

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Perhaps this argument can be revisited in May...;)

One sending off, goal or game doesn't make a season

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I reckon the way City lost showed a lot more character than many `other` teams fans give the players credit for. Talking to a pal who was there City managed to pretty much hold their own for large parts of the match, obviously second half when legs got tired is when it really began to show. I mean if there`s one team you don`t wan`t to go down to 10 men against it`s Arsenal.
By all accounts if Adebayor was in half decent form he could easily have equalized, i still thing we`d have lost but defeat is not allways a bad thing.
The fans certainly applauded the players for their efforts, even if it was in vain, also nice to see Balotelli getting a run out, just need a fit Kolarov and things mike look a bit better.
One thing that does annoy me is look at Mark Hughes signings compared to Mancini`s, how and why he paid what he did for some players i`ll never know :rolleyes:

Chamakh could be Arsenals missing link, then again :erm:

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Has anyone ever been to Camp Nou before?

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yer i been there ages ago went on a tour.

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Yes I went in May Damien - why do you ask?

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Thinking of going to a game there but was wondering how easy to get to and from the airport was. It's look awkward because all their games seem to be in the evening.