5am — 40 minutes ’till kickoff, what’s been brewing since I passed out in a bottle of cough syrup last night? Oh good, Harry Redknapp added his voice to the chorus of Tottenham’s who are saying that Arsenal aren’t good enough to win the league. My favorite part? He calls Arsenal “inexperienced.” Which players are inexperienced? 28 year old Arshavin? Robin van Persie, who has played in the Premier League since 2004? Fabregas played with the invincibles, and who won a European trophy with Spain this Summer? I could go on, but you get the point. That whole “Arsenal are inexperienced” line is a lie. Mannone, who may get a start today, is certainly inexperienced. But everyone else on this team has loads of experience.

5:20am Baby crying…

5:22am There’s a hunting show on before the match, with some hot chick killing animals in New Zealand. It’s strange to be a Gooner in America, for sure.

5:30am Almunia is supposedly getting the start, no other surprises in the lineup. Dammnit, Tommy Smyth on my television, what happened to that chick? She was kinda hot, what was her name, Bobby something?

5:35am Alex is here… I kinda wish that the commentators would stop talking about how long it’s been since Tottenham beat Arsenal. That’s always a jinx as far as I’m concerned.

5:45am Rat faced Bentley on my screen, I wish he’d get Ebola. Seriously.

GET ON WITH IT Spuds get in a circle jerk and have a quick wank and now we’re off.

2′ – Bendtner with the first shot, looked like nerves to me.

3′ – Nerves from Song after a bit of good play gifts Spuds a corner, which Rat Face plays in to the first defender. I hope he takes all their free kicks.

7′ – Clever free kick from Arsenal, Crouch reads the play. Bentley goes in studs up on Vermaelen, that’s a yellow card if I ever saw one.

10′ — Bentley is such a cunt. I love how he has 8 quarts of hair gel in and how he has a left-footed shot on goal from 40 yards out. He’s living in the past.

14′ — Arshavin has switched sides with Bentner after Corluka handcuffed him early. Good call by Wenger.

16′ — Clattenburg is giving Tottenham every call. That’s three yellow cards he’s missed now.

20′ — Great tackle from Song to deny Robbie Keane… Great save by Gomes denies Cesc the opener.

25′ — Arsenal’s attack being disrupted by Spuds. Still, looks more like nerves to me, rather than spectacular play by Spuds, in fact Arsenal look much classier.

30′ — Terrible clearance by A-E leads to the best chance of the game and Robin van Persie side foots into the hoardings. Horrible shot, maybe he should have used his Chocolate leg. Alex says “Excellent, Alumina’s going forward. We’re not stringing two passes together, by the way.” Agreed.

33′ — This game is being played at such a slow pace it’s not even funny. Tottenham’s strategy is clear — 11 men defend, lump the ball up. Bendtner off, Dudu on, I think that’s a good sub and a fortunate injury in a sense, the sense that Bendtner’s been crap.

37′ — Arsenal escape there as Keane’s “top four touch” lets him down. Arsenal are not defending as a team gods damnit.  Another shot screwed by Robin…

43′ — “I demand it, apologize to the world, Sanga is better than Assou-Ekotto” I apologize. What a great few minutes there. First is Sagna’s great cross that RvP puts in the net and then Cesc goes on an amazing run and scores. Fucking genius.

HT — Amazing stuff, I couldn’t even blog things happened so fast there at the end. Arsenal go in to the half, up 2-0 from two moments of pure genius. Now, we need to go in to the locker room and Wenger needs to keep the belief up. Let’s win this 6-0 and stuff their tactics and their braggadocio down their throats.

Does anyone think Sagna read yesterday’s blog?

Carling Cup Draw

Blackburn v Chelsea
Manchester United v Tottenham
Portsmouth v Aston Villa
Manchester City v Arsenal

Crap, we got a tough away draw to Moneybags City. Bookies are already taking bets at 6/1 that Adebayor acts like a prat.

45′ — We’re off!

48′ — Now, if we could just get a 3rd, preferably off a Bentley red card penalty decision, the morning would be perfect.

50′ — Ugh, anywhere else Diaby and we’ve got a 3rd there. Tottenham were at 6′s and 9′s.

52′ — Eduardo in and Gomes makes a good save. Two wasted chances in a row. On the other end, Vermaelen wins some spectacular challenges and towering headers. He’s easily my favorite player right now.

56′ — Diaby is beyond useless right now, he’s actually disrupting play for Arsenal, nipping the ball away from Arshavin. Bring on Eboue please.

58′ — Good save Mooney.

60′ — Good advantage by Clattenburg, even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while, and Robin van Persie puts away a great cross from Sagna. I’m definitely bad-mouthing him in every match preview from now on.

65′ — Cameron Diaz on for Robbie Keane. I was just thinking, you know, Tottenham just aren’t experienced enough to come back in this game.

66′ — Ugh… Eduardo with another missed chance. Come on boys, let’s put this all the way away.

72′ — Arsenal dominating every aspect of the game now but cruising a bit. Let’s get some more goals and put this away.

75′ — Arsenal have taken their foot all the way off the gas, Wenger sees it and is so pissed he throws his jacket into the seats. I don’t blame him. We’ve seen Arsenal squander this position twice already this season. We need to CRUSH Spurs, come on boys.

78′ — Clattenburg with a terrible decision, Vermaelen won all ball and Corluka dived. Plus the yellow card, if that’s a yellow, Bentley’s tackle was a straight red.

80′ – Eduardo wide open, another missed chance. “Eboue, our best player, is on, now the team feels complete. 6-0 for Arsenal” — Alex.

83′ — Diaby… erm… ugh…

85′ — Rambo on for RvP, I’d rather it was Diaby.

90′ — Song with a great tackle on E.F. Hutton, Song has been immense today but MotM has to go to Sagna I think. 3 minutes added on, let’s get a 4th and keep the clean sheet.

93′ — Bassong comes up with a hamstring pull, that’s better than a 4th goal. I just wish Bentley and Keane had pulled something as well.

Full Time — The shadow of Arsene Wenger is long and dark indeed. Arsenal move up to 2nd with a well deserved win, despite the fact that Diaby was a passenger for 90 minutes. 2 goals in 2 minutes changed everything for Arsenal, just as Spud’s 2 goals in 2 minutes in the 4-4 draw changed the game and season for Arsenal. I have to wonder is Spud’s season won’t fall apart now and if Arsenal won’t press on from here.

The star of the game was Sagna, despite Cesc’s amazing goal on the 43rd minute. So, I’m leaning strongly toward him as MotM. I’ll take arguments in the comments.

That’s it for today, lets hope Blackburn beats United and Bolton beats Chelsea.

UP THE ARSE!