GoonerLover66
Pascal Cygan Fan #.06
Another attacking midfielder? Sure, we only have 5 of them!
I understand why you believe that, judging by yesterday's match. But the issue there was that Liverpool played a rigid defensive-line, a back-line of 4 followed by a line of 2 or 3 in front of it that continually pressed the players in possession. By keeping this line consistent throughout the game, it meant that the Arsenal players had little space to run into or to supply passes to from central positions - where we are generally our most productive. It meant that we spent much of the game trying to draw Liverpool player's out of that line by moving the ball all across the width of the pitch, but still not being able to get in front of the Liverpool defence. Wenger guessed that this would happen, and I suppose that is principally why he started Eboue; not just for his physical presence and energy, but for the fact that he is one of our better crossers of the ball (Not the best though, that accolade goes to Rosicky). However, I don't think Wenger could have predicted that most of the crosses would come from Sagna and Clichy and let's face it, their crossing ability isn't of a sufficient enough standard, particularly Clichy. Sure, they can get height on their crosses but there is little aim. They don't really pick out a player, they perform a "Hail Mary" kind of cross and hope for the best. And sure enough, the cross will be too high for Chamakh and so it will go all the way to...Arshavin. And that's the problem. If we're going to resort to crossing from the by-line when we can't create in the middle, then we definitely need to work on the crossing ability of our wide players in training. You can't buy a player imperious in the air and then give him Walcott's crosses! That's like buying Walter Samuel and then giving him Tal Ben Haim as a defensive partner.
It could have been broken more easily than that, Liverpool's defence didn't look great on the counter-attack. But of course, a counter-attacking move means letting the opposition have possession of the ball; most likely in your half. And that's a majorly faulted stratagem.
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I actually don't blame him too much for the goal. you would probably expect the player to hit it hard and low into the opposite corner from that position and he leathered it. But to let in a goal at your near post is never ideal. 
knee surgery he is made out of tissue paper.
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