Saturday, 30 May 2015

Match Review | Arsenal vs West Brom

It was the last game at the Emirates Stadium for the 2014/15 BPL season. Arsenal just needed one point to secure the third place and playing at home would definitely boost their chances of doing so.

It was indeed a great evening as The Gunners managed to secure all three points and the third place. 


Also, Theo Walcott managed to secure a hattrick this evening. Just back from a long term injury and he managed to show how valuable he is to the team. Wenger played Walcott in the middle this time around and he showed how good he was in the new position. Maybe we would be able to see him more often in this position next season.


Jack Wilshere was also on the scoresheet tonight. It is great to see the link up between the whole team to produce goals and I believe this is the trademark of the typical Arsenal goals. Wilshere has a huge gap to fill and step up to be the next key midfielder for Arsenal. 

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The BPL gets tougher each year. In my opinion, finishing third in the league is not an achievement. The fans would expect Arsenal to be challenging for the championship rather than just qualifying for the Champions League. 

Wenger was fortunate to have Alexis Sánchez in the team who emerged as the Top Scorer for the club this season. Olivier Giroud was out injured but I would have expected him to come back to the games and get himself on the score sheet. Maybe and just maybe he will need to step up and prove to us all that he is a consistent striker who is capable to putting in 25 goals every season.

It was Mesut Özil's first season in BPL and I would term it as pretty disappointing. With Mezut's skillset, I would have expected him to have more influence on the team. Let's hope he redeems himself next season.

With the FA Cup Finals in the next few hours, I would expect the Arsenal team going all out for the Cup victory. Good luck to the Gunners!