We came, We saw , We conquered - Men in Black and Fluorescent

A misty night, in Belgrade, Serbia inside the Rajko Mitic Stadium, a famous red star with huge banners and red smoke. The gunners had arrived from North London to prove a point, to hit back, to bounce back from the defeat at Watford. Europa league group stage, match day 3, a tricky visit on the cards.

The acoustic support for the Red star was really eminent, a brilliant set up to test the young blood in our ranks, and evaluate the grit of the gunners in this trip. For the majority of the game, the support from the home crowd didn't go dull, it was constant, like the equalizer of a music player, the fans were seen jumping up and down in unison. The stadium was packed, and the gooners were set in their assigned seats hoping to see the boys not let them down , not a major gathering, but loud enough to stun the stadium in silence. For any debutante, or young performer, a veracious set up to be nervous.

The game started with a flurry of opportunities and chances for both sides, Red Star a bit wasteful in their final shots , but to the heroics of Petr Cech and the make-shift defense line with Elneny, did its job truly and remarkably well. Arsenal had some good opportunities with Jack creating the most of it, Nelson got to the right flank, and forced Borjan to make a conscientious save. Teenagers seemed to be full of confidence and not influenced by the acoustic of the stadium, didn't make foolish mistakes but did run with a lot of adrenaline.

With a stalemate at half time, it was more up to Wilshere to carve the Red star defense and make space for either of the strikers to put the ball home. And after a long wait of 85 minutes , the moment came, Wilshere left two midfielders to lay, before making a wide pass to Theo on the right flank, who pushed it back to wilshere in the box who flicked it back to Walcott's head, Theo then jumped to loop the ball into the path of an observant Giroud, who adjusted his body and went for an acrobatic and spectacular overhead kick which looped over Borjan in the top corner of the far left hand side of the goal. 1-0 to the Arsenal , was sung and the Red star Belgrade were stunned to silence. Shortly before the goal,Rodic was given his marching orders after a bookable second offence.

The game was marked with a lot of flux of attacks in home fray, but the strikers got a bit too excited to keep calmness to convert an chance to an opportunity then to a goal. Petr Cech made comprehensive saves to deny the home team, and gave Wenger's men a major advantage in the campaign. With a 100% record in the group stages, at the end of matchday 3, Arsenal are sitting on top of the group, with two home games and a trip to Koln.

Wishing Arsene Wenger today a happy birthday, with his selection squad, let us just hope he makes less mistakes, and we will put all our belief in his men.

Olivier Giroud – The Century In Vogue

In an ideal world, nobody is supposed to be compared with any body in their performance evaluation, but who really lives in an ideal world? Olivier Giroud , on 28^th spet 2017, reached a milestone, he scored 100 goals for Arsenal in 233 appearances 1 less than what Robin Van Persie did . Arsene did mention that Giroud was bought to replace the departing Judas, and he was under heavy fire, but  le buteur de charme (the charm striker) reached a ton of goals with a spot kick against BATE Borsiov.

Since joining Arsenal on 26^th June 2012, Olivier  has come off the bench and scored 27 times in his tenure, till now. He has scored some very crucial goals , equalizers, winners, invigorating , awe-inspiring, jaw  opening and sometimes just marvelous. His posture, his technique, his accuracy, and his presence of mind about the players around him and the weight of the pass has always been great to watch.

Apart from his goals against United, Tottenham, Crystal Palace (Puskas award 2017 nomination) – that scorpion kick, Bayern Munich (in a 5-1 loss at the Allianz Arena), hat trick against Olympiacos in the Champions League, Giroud has assisted some truly world class goals. For example that Wilshere goal against Norwich in the October of 2013, and the famous Ramsey goal at the Wembley to clinch the first FA cup after a 9 years trophy draught, against Hull city .

Even though he was close to leaving Arsenal in the summer of 2017, he wanted more game time, but his resolve not only made the gooners joyous but a bit empowered too, because Giroud has been in a decent scoring form. He had to wait for a couple of games to make it 100 after 99, a soft penalty against BATE helped him reached the century. He has been constantly improving and helped France qualify for the world cup with ease, hope to see some roof bursting and top corners consumed when this guy touches the ball. The poem ended and then he hit.