A day of frustration as a big opportunity blown

CONSIDERING we were 1-2 down as the clock ticked past 90 minutes and in light of the fact that we had so many significant absentees from Saturday’s encounter with Everton, I suppose we shouldn’t really complain about Tomas Rosicky rescuing a last-gasp point, from the jaws of defeat.

Nevertheless, with Man U’s outing at St Andrews being the only other Premier League match to survive the arctic conditions, I couldn’t escape the sense that we’d been presented with a prime opportunity to steal a march on the competition and we’d blown it, big time.

I’d have absolutely no axe to grind with this two-point setback, if I felt that the Gunners had gone out there and produced a ‘carpe diem’ type display, that abounded with the sort of vigour of a bunch of players, who are acutely aware of the hunger, passion and commitment necessary, in grinding out the performances to prove their genuine title challenging credentials.