Swagger returns as well-oiled machine nears boiling point

ACCORDING to reports that suggested Robin Van Persie should’ve received a red card and that William Gallas could’ve given away a penalty, some might think we were fortunate to come away from Saturday’s outing with all three points. However, from my perspective, behind the goal at Charlton, it was nothing short of a 2-1 slaughter.

Such was our dominance during the opening salvoes that we hardly had a chance to warm up our seats. We threatened to score with almost every attack and it was appropriate on Arsène’s anniversary that we were being entertained by a well-oiled machine, moving the ball around with the sort of one-touch, rapid fire precision passing which left the home side chasing shadows.

However, having failed to capitalise on this period of dominance, I turned to my pal to predict that sod’s law would dictate that Charlton were bound to score with a solitary attack and before we knew it, they’d done just that.