By the end of first half last night I was livid, worse if I could I would be screaming at the top of my lungs calling Mason all sort of names which I did in my head anyway. It had to be quiet my little Gooner was already asleep upstairs. Not only his fellow colleague linesman made the wrong call when Saha was miles offside and gave the goal he also failed to notice how Everton stopped us from playing at every opportunity.<\/p>\n
Now there are some mixed conclusions that Saha\u2019s goal was either Onside and Offside. Let me point this out because this is the most important rule of them all and Saha at the time of the pass was clearly Offside. If this rule meant anything the linesman he should have flagged him Offside simple as that. It doesn\u2019t mean shit if Koscielny touched the ball in any way as it certainly wasn\u2019t a back pass to the keeper. This is obviously my opinion on the matter yours may differ in many ways.<\/p>\n
What made me cringe even more was the fact that his ignorance to fouls committed by Everton was beyond belief. Jack got yellow for something that would never stand a chance of getting a yellow, Cesc was held by Rodwell a foul given no card, this was a tactical foul and surely deserved a yellow. Walcott elbowed by Arteta not even a foul given, Rosicky fouls straight yellow, Heitinga holding onto RVP foul given but no card and finally Fellaini stamping on Walcott off the ball was just an icing on top. Not only he ignored these he also never gave\u00a0any advantage of play, I sensed he had definitely something against us and it felt as if corruption had something to do with this as well. It\u2019s not for the first time Mason\u2019s decisions were truly incompetent for a Premier League referee, clearly there is massive problem with referees these days and something needs to be done about it sooner rather than later. We can talk about this all day if we want to, we all know nothing will change anytime soon, as usual it will be brushed under the carpet.<\/p>\n
Enough about those twisted individuals, we didn\u2019t really had a good first half did we now? Passing was a bit sloppy and our penetration was no way near good enough for our standards, it took us sometime to find our stride and before you know, we were one nil down. Even our Captain admitted it was not good enough:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a very testing game because we started losing, we didn\u2019t start the game well at all, I think we were very very sloppy, we were not up for it since first minute\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAt that stage we can pay for it but fortunately the team stepped up in the second half, we realised that if we kept playing like that we were going nowhere, I think we did very well\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
There\u2019s not a great deal you can add to what Cesc said, I agree with his honest view of the game especially first half we looked as we had too much respect for Everton and allowed to play in our back yard. It backfired but we came on top in the second half. Our attitude, desire and hard work paid off as we produced the goods required to stay in the title race.<\/p>\n
It was very good to see Arshavin getting goal, even though he did not celebrate putting us on level terms he did make up for it when Koscielny completely unmarked put us in front with a very decent header, great cross by Van Persie by the way. Credit to the lads they did us proud in every way, they worked hard for this victory and deserve their praise for an outstanding comeback. Looks like our little Meerkat is back, we all know he\u2019s capable of great things and there is no better time for him to come back to his best in the absence of Nasri for the next three weeks.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m hoping Alex Song is not too badly injured, Arsene in his Press Conference said he couldn\u2019t walk and that is rather worrying, hopefully he will recover in time for another tough fixture up north. Walcott also joins the medical treatment room<\/a>, he has a ankle problem and wonder why, we all saw what happened at the end of the game last night.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not too sure what Fabregas said to the fourth official at half time but it\u2019s about time Cesc got to their faces, everyone else does it every week, at least he doesn’t go stamping on the ground like a 5 year old Rooney! He\u2019s our Captain and he has the right to complain and question incorrect decisions. Moyes can say all he likes, he obviously had nothing else to say to defend his players, he just made himself look like a right twat!<\/p>\n