Date: 27th November 2014 at 6:38pm
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First thing a West Ham-supporting colleague said to me when I walked in the office today was: “I tell you what, that was a bloody good performance from your boys; they were so efficient and effective.”

Well that wasn’t that a lovely way to start the day?!

And you know what, he was right; we turned in an almost complete performance last night – no 90 minutes will ever be totally free of Arsenal, erm, ‘trademarks’.

One particular thing I want to focus on from the 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund is the stat below:

Firstly, get in Per! What a turn up for the books that is, ey?! Often labelled as cumbersome, slow and immobile, the former German international covered the fifth highest distance of an Arsenal player last night, which will hopefully ease some of the criticisms fired his way of late.

Top of the pile, though, is Aaron Ramsey, another player who has come in for some stick this season as he fails to live up to a wonderful season during the last campaign.

I enjoyed the Wales international’s performance last night, it had a bit more discipline to it; he was aware that Mikel Arteta needed greater support in the middle of the park and he duly obliged. This means he isn’t sitting pretty at the top because of his lung busting runs into the box with a desire to score, no, he is there because he offered the protection Arteta needed and put in the work rate required to stifle an impressive Dortmund midfield.

Hopefully this is a sign that Rambo has realised goals aren’t the be all and end all to his game and given our troubles in the central midfield area, his focus may well be better directed there.

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One response to “Revealed! The most impressive Arsenal stat from last night!”

  1. GoonerEris says:

    I would say that Ramsey stat was more as a result of his covering just about every blade of grass on the hallowed grounds of the Emirates than just sitting beside Arteta. How many times did we see Ramsey run behind the Dortmund defense in anticipation of the pass; or the 2 times he was in on goal but for his heavy control/touch? The good news is he is getting back to his best and with Jack out, we are likely to see the best ofRambo (wonder why those two don’t both play well together). He would have to curb or better still, time well his forays upfront. The goals would eventually come.