We kick off against Aston Villa today, knowing our rivals for the fourth(or third) place, Tottenham and Chelsea played out a 0-0 draw. We can move ahead of Chealsea by eight points if we take three points today.
We need to keep our winning momentum going and focus on getting the result today. Gervinho has been drafted in the starting line up in place of Ramsey and I hope he rediscovers his form soon. He has the pace and dribbling ability to take on opponents and lately, he has not been expressing himself fully on the pitch.
Hope Rosicky gets a goal today, and keeps on continuing his resurgence. Theo has blown hot and cold and I hope we get the best out of him fot this one. Mikel and Alex should continue doing the great work they do in the midfield. The back four remains unchanged and though I would love to see Andre Santos back in the starting line up, Gibbs has done just enough to be ahead in the pecking order for now.
Dammit! It has just been updated that our most consistent defender this season, Laurent Koscielny has picked up a slight knee injury in the warm up and hence will be unable to play. The out of sorts Johan Djourou has been slotted in the starting line up and Carl Jenkinson makes it to the bench. This is not good, but I hope we scrape the win anyhow today.
Team Line Ups:
Arsenal(4-2-3-1): Wojciech Szczesny, Kieran Gibbs, Thomas Vermaelen, Johan Djourou, Bacary Sagna, Mikel Arteta, Alex Song, Gervinho, Tomas Rosicky, Theo Walcott, Robin van Persie.
Substitutes: Lukasz Fabianski, Andre Santos, Carl Jenkinson, Aaron Ramsey, Yossi Benayoun, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Marouane Chamakh.
Manager: Arsene Wenger.
Aston Villa(4-4-2): Shay Given, Stephen Warnock, James Collins, Carlos Cuellar, Alan Hutton, Christopher Herd, Stiliyan Petrov, Stephen Ireland, Marc Albrighton, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Emile Heskey.
Substitutes: Brad Guzan, Eric Lichaj, Andreas Weimann, Gary Gardner, Samir Carruthers, Barry Bannan, Nathan Baker.
Manager: Alex McLeish.
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