The 'A' Grade

I woke up at 4.02am last night. Immediately, the thought of Arsenal and Liverpool playing came to mind. In bed, I surfed the live ESPN commentary on my mobile and it was 1-1. I felt relieved then wham bamm, Liverpool took the lead thanks to Torres. Dammit. I told myself, that's it. Arsenal, (operative word being) tends to perform badly whenever I watch a game or for this instance witness it indirectly! Called B to complain and told him I was not going to stay up. If I do, Arsenal will lose! He laughed and I said bye. Tried to force myself to sleep but to no avail. I was already awake and worried. Somehow, the number 3 kept on appearing on my mind. I saw it floating and in the background was the Eiffel Tower.

At 4.28am, I received a sms from B -> Arsenal 3-2. 70th min. Arshavin with all the goals. Under the covers, I kicked and squealed in delight. See! When I take myself out of the spectator equation, they're on the winning end again. And the vision I had was trying to tell me just that, that Arsenal was going to secure their 3rd goal and the rationale for the Eiffel Tower? Arsene Wenger is French! I continued to toss and turn. Eager to know what was happening on the field. Subsequently at 4.55am, B sms-ed: 4-4. Arshavin scored all Arsenal goals. Great game.

I fell asleep after.

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Liverpool will be kicking themselves for failing to see off Arsenal in one of the most thrilling matches Anfield has witnessed in many a season, quoted Yahoo! Sports. And the man of the match without a tinge of doubt was Andrey Arshavin. A four-goal play! The first striker since Dennis Westcott for Wolves in 1946 to have done so. Superb performance by the Russian!

Well done Arsenal. What a game it was. Mathematically, B said Arsenal stands a chance to seize the title but if there's no hope moving forward, may we beat the crap out of Man U next and give some leeway to Liverpool. Generally, I don't really care who wins (if it cannot be Arsenal), as long as it's not Man U. But if this is the case, I'll be rooting for Liverpool. It is my secondary team after all :) Furthermore when asked, Arsene Wenger refused to write off Liverpool's title hopes and believes the race is far from over.

And there you have it.