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1-1: Ade-Akin-Bayor Rues Missed Chances

30 comments April 13th, 2006

Let me get something straight: I really rate Adebayor. The headline doesn’t do him justice. He is a good, powerful striker who is more than capable of scoring 15 goals a season for us. When you consider he is only 21, he’s a fantastic prospect.

However, the kid must be beating himself up this morning, because last night he missed two absolute sitters.

The BBC called his cock-ups “atrocious”, and it’s hard to argue with that. He started the game well, showing a great touch to play in Henry for a fantastic goal, and was generally putting himself about. But then the misses.

The first? A good header from Ade on the halfway-line started a blistering counter-attack, which ended with Henry squaring to Adebayor, three yards out, to tap in and make it 2 nil.

Or not.

Come the second half, and this time he missed a free header from four yards, somehow glancing it wide. As Arsene said, “You don’t miss chances on purpose, but of course he is very disappointed”.

And then their goal. A set piece that was defended awfully, and Lua Lua headed in. Apparently we were marking zones. Perhaps it would’ve been better to mark Lua Lua. He scores more often than zones do.

Even after that Johanne Djourou should’ve netted a winner, but his header had a touch of the Adebayor about it.

Don’t get me wrong, we didn’t play badly. Considering that the likes of Alex Song (don’t say I didn’t warn you) were on show, we played pretty well. Arsene even believed “We should have won by five”.

It means that fourth place is now out of our hands. We have to win all our games, including beating Spurs, and hope Man U do them in too. Which is quite possible. They’re only Spurs, after all.

Don’t get on Adebayor’s back. At this moment in time, he is by far the best partner for Henry. Just look at our goal last night.

But whatever you do, don’t ever look at his misses again. You might just shed a tear.


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