Against Ipswich, Arshavin picked up two assists. Here is what he said of his own performance,

It wasn't a supermatch for me. But I'm satisfied with the result. I'm glad that I was useful to the squad.

I don't think he could have said it any better even with the help of the best PR agents in the world.

I just glanced at the upcoming fixtures list and was pleasantly surprised by the remaining games in January. I knew there were Cup ties with Leeds and Ipswich followed by a game against West Ham but hadn't realized the next two games after that were at home against Wigan and Ipswich.

In effect, out of the next five games, three are against Championship sides and two against relegation candidates.

Arsenal served another instalment of their Paisa Vasool football giving the spectators complete value for money with plenty of thrills and chills all through the game. The important point, from the Gunners' point of view of course, was qualification to the next round and that was achieved fairly comfortably in the end.

This evening I saw a spate of headlines after England coach Fabio Capello shared a meal with some journalists. It seems most of the talk was about England's future i.e. Jack Wilshere.

Interestingly, Capello wants to play young Jack in front of his back four.

I want to put him in this position in front of the back four.

Arsene Wenger has talked a lot about tackling. Invariably the discussion gets hijacked by clueless hacks and pundits who convert that into an Arsenal V Rest of the League debate and take pride in highlighting one or two poor tackles by Arsenal players.

According to a number of morons who have the privilege of influencing public opinion, Arsenal are just as bad as any other team when it comes to tackling.

A short while back I bumped into an interview given by Cesc Fabregas just before the Man City game. I'm not sure if others have shared this or not or if people have already seen it on TV or some other site. Since the youtube views count was only 1455, which seems quite low for such an interview, I thought it's worth sharing.

Ever since the Denilson interview came in the public domain a lot has been said about the leadership issue at Arsenal. In all the talk, I didn't notice many people talking about the role of a leader in a football team.

Lack of leadership at Arsenal is not a new topic. It's been around for a while and crops up every now and then when the team seems to put a flat performance.

Arsene Wenger had a lot of nice things to say about the second goal against Wigan. And I've no doubt even the worst critics of Arsenal will enjoy that goal and can watch it over and over again. The pass from Cesc was incredible and the finish was a piece of art.

I was thrilled by that goal but fell in love with the first one.

By now everyone must have read Theo Walcott's apology for a ‘dive' against Leeds. The reaction that I've read has been mixed. Some people just needed an excuse for Arsenal bashing, others including yours truly thought it was a silly thing to say, but there were also those who found this act praiseworthy.

I just saw this video with the top 10 goals of the year and thought it's worth sharing. Hamit Altintop won the ‘FIFA Puskas Award' for the goal of the year but all the other goals are worth watching as well.

It seems Nasri's mesmerizing run against Porto was 5th but I haven't been able to find any official list declaring the order.

Anyone who's been following the Premiership this year will undoubtedly have heard rave reviews about Bale. Many players divide opinions but it seems to be that the Tiny Tott winger has been universally lauded. Some have gone so far as to compare him with Messi!

Speaking of players dividing opinions while talking of Bale the name Theo Walcott comes to mind.