Everton 0 – 1 Arsenal: Adebayor Heads Arsenal into Quarter Finals
164 comments November 9th, 2006
At the start of this season, Emmanuel Adebayor receieved a lot of undue criticism. However, last night he got his second late winner of the season to put an inexperienced Arsenal side through against ten-man Everton.
James McFadden had been dismissed for talking back to Graham “I am the Law” Poll, and from then on you always fancied an athletic young Arsenal side to outmanoeuvre a depleted Everton side. However, it took until the 85th minute for us to score, and before then Manuel Almunia and then substitute debutant Mart Poom had to several impressive saves to keep us in the game.
When we did finally score, it came, believe it or not, from a corner. Mathieu Flamini’s deep cross was nodded down and in by an unmarked Adebayor for this third goal this season. Flamini was reportedly Arsenal’s most impressive player in an inexperienced midfield.
It’s a great win for the side after Saturday’s loss, and although they owed plenty to the referee, to be in the Quarter-Finals will give a lot of these young boys a real lift. Arsene again declined to talk to the press after the game, though I can’t really understand why. It’s fair enough though: it just makes this blog entry a bit harder to write.
All attention now turns to Sunday and Liverpool: if we’re really serious about the league, we must win.
Update: Mart Poom – first person to captain the club on his debut?
