約束

watch the first and second legs of the arsenal-villareal tie, and you will realise what a difference one name makes. and the name isn't fabregas, adebayor or walcott, but marcos senna.

full credit to us, playing with kolo toure as the sole regular in the defence. but senna's absence really made it easy. no pressure in midfield, no random long shots destined for goal. it was really our game to lose.

the look of resignation on pellegrini's face said it all.

so this game marks the start of the last burst. a last burst that includes chelsea twice, liverpool once, man u three times, potentially four, if we beat chelsea and everton fails to beat them, and hopefully, barcelona in rome.

i would really like the final to be between arsenal and barcelona again. but first, we have to do the job against man u, and they have to do the job against chelsea.

let it be a promise.