Scripted? Possibly. Good Week/Bad Week

Penalties not given by Mike Dean at Old Trafford. Continental Arsenal player denied a perfectly good penalty. United fans singing that despicable, odious song. How they bleat when people sing about '58.

RVP terrorises woodwork up and down the country. Abou Diaby must have had a cat cross his path while walking under a ladder breaking mirrors.

Rooney's penalty was genuine, no argument there.

On a good note, I think the loss was harsh. They never looked ahead (apart from the score obviously) in any part of the pitch. Of the two teams Arsenal edged both halves I thought. We certainly didn't deserve to lose it. Not happy at seeing Eboue diving again. I hoped he'd lost that aspect - he won't win total redemption until he loses it once and for all.

I long to see a footballer, not kissing the sky, crossing themselves or thanking God. Just once I'd like to see an FSM vest.

It was funny seeing 5 minutes of OT being awarded against United. It was less funny seeing RVP score and having it discounted for off-side. So unfunny AW kicked a bottle and got sent to the stand. That's how it appeared to me anyway. He had some balls to go up and stand where he did, right in front of the Utd fans. It was daft to send him off after 94 minutes or whatever it was though.

Despite the loss they never really threatened us. It was a damned good display by the Arsenal. Even after succumbing to a horrible OG the teams heads never went down and they continued right up to the end of the game. United, to their credit didn't try to run the clock out time-wasting - though the crowd shat their collective pants when that five showed up on the board.

Of the two, only one team scored in open play - Arshavin's coolness, being denied an iron-clad penalty then coming back and scoring a sweet goal demonstrated the class of the man.

I just hope the six cards - there will be disciplinary repercussions anyway - don't come back to haunt us in other ways with players missing. Particularly Sagna and Eboue that could have been avoided. Thanks again Mike Dean. Bunker-mentality shaping again at the Arsenal.

Good display and we never deserved to lose. We'll be back, but for now...

...welcome to the disappointment.