Arsenal 1 - 0 Real Madrid
Seems like Aaron Ramsey has decided he’s good enough to get in the starting XI against West Brom on the opening day of the season - and why not. He’s played well and put in some nice touches. I’m not sure he’s ahead of Denilson or Diaby to partner Cesc just yet but he’s got bags of experience in lower flight football so maybe Arsene will make the jump?
Anyway, Arsenal managed to beat the champions of Spain today, and looked the deserved winners after more or less dominating play - but we still look hamstrung by our inability to convert domination/possession into goals. It’s so frustrating watching us take teams apart and then not get the three points and today we should have really had 2 or 3, but we just failed to make the most of our chances going forward. Adebayor was unlucky not to score a header after Dudek made a good save but he was also wasteful elsewhere. I still think £30m in the bank would have been good business with Bendtner RVP, Vela, Walcott and Edaurdo floating around but if he’s scores 30 goals again this season i guess he can stay 
Filed by Kieran at August 3rd, 2008 under Football