Fair points, the thing i think Arsene Wenger needs to address and it is something most title winning teams seem to have, is the ability to play with a midfield that doesn`t wan`t to bomb forward at every opportunity to try and score.
Someone who is prepared to just sit in front of the back four, break up the attacking team`s momentum and play the easy ball. Viera used to excel at this(allthough he did attack when he could) as did Makelele at Chelsea, Gattuso at AC Milan, now maybe Fletcher at Utd.
Hopefully De Jong will be that player for City but only time will tell, i did like the analysis of his game by Match of the Day, it`s only when they show you stuff like that then you appreciate the benefit to the team.
Also the way Drogba defended as well as attacked was good to see.
Probably the best game of the season, and not just because we won, it could have gone either way, looking forward to the return leg
