Arsenal 4-1 Gala: A Moment Of Silence For Van Gaal

BOOOOOM! pretty weird way to start off yeah? well which gooner wouldn't? It's a connection we gooners have; though it varies depending on how many dinked efforts rattles the cross bar courtesy of one Danny Welbeck!

Speaking of Danny, him and  Arsenal were a match made in heaven (something which was hard to swallow on 1st September) a blessing in disguise, something Van Gaal will live to regret in his entire United career. The young lad had no choice but to move on when a 16M pound cheque was signed after Falcao's acquisition, (mind you he's yet to find the net) and he was pushed further down the pecking order, with Van Persie and Rooney all preferred ahead of him.

His signing was a quick wild fire, something less Gooner family members had dared to anticipate, let alone having it in their wildest dreams! Danny made the million dollar move and judging from his first interview with the club and yesterday's world class showings, he's more than happy he became a Londoner. The 23 year old Manchester raised striker, put up one of Arsenal's finest performances in a while; darting behind the defenders, exuberance rate and well taken strikes as he bagged a hat-trick to help his new team mates cruise past Galatasaray in a 4-1 win.

Danny, bagged his first senior hat-trick and oh he actually did it in the club's most elite competition..where United won't be playing any part till God knows when. What's more important is that he did it in a night when the club and the entire football world was honouring one Arsene Wenger for his 18 year tenure at the club since he was appointed back in 1996, before he went on to become the club's most successful manager.

The last time Wenger was having an anniversary, things turned sour after he lost 6-0 to Chelsea in his 1000th game in charge of Arsenal.

The man whom he showed his trust in and forked out a reasonable amount of cash, was to be his knight in a shining red and white armour and eventually give him a memorable night. Arsenal were in pressure to deliver in Europe after being embarrassed at Dortmund a fortnight ago and to be honest I personally don't think Gala wanted to face the bruised jungle kings at this particular time, when they had also shared spoils with their North London rivals in the weekend. Sanchez, who came off the bench last weekend after Arsenal lost a couple of key players in the already ballooning injury list, had a point to prove after he gave out a convincing display which was awarded by a goal and an assist.

Sanchez partnered well with the now rejuvenated Ozil to bag home the club's third goal of the night before the break, moments after Welbeck had awarded his efforts with a well taken goal. burying the Chile international's fine through pass.
Wenger who believes he still has the same qualities  which transformed King Thierry from a winger to a world class finisher, was proud of his deadline day recruit's henry-que goals and praised his poacher instincts.

"He was on the end of good movements tonight and we had good pace in our game." Wenger said in his post match interview, " Our transition play and our finishing was good, and Danny was at the end of good collective movements.

Of course it’s good to see that he’s slowly gaining confidence and finishing well. It’s nice to see the potential is there and he’s starting to get there - hopefully that hat-trick will help him gain confidence."

Van Gaal from which end of the Old Trafford were you enjoying Becks goals? The Manchester United boss, must have been gutted seeing his former 'reserve' hitting in some sumptuous goals. A freaking hat-trick! something he wouldn't have done under the Dutch's watch. With Rooney showing how fragile he is under pressure and how low of an impact the captain armband has made him in the locker room. Falcao is yet to open an a goal account in his new club, with a few months left in his loan deal, when the Old Trafford prodigal son has already registered 4 in his last 5 appearances for the club.

Danny became the club's first hat-trick in Europe since Lord Bendtner's triple strikes four years ago. The hat-trick is the latest in the club's chapters since Theo Walcott's super strikes against Newcastle couple of seasons back in Emirates.

Like I had predicted in my earlier blog, Welbeck is set to have a successful career in Arsenal's iconic shirt, and he's already shown that he has settled in North London, with his link up plays,runs and communication being one of his key attributes.
Despite going 10 men down just over the hour mark, Wenger's men still never struggled and again Welbeck and his team mates' experience paid off magnificently, thanks to the 23 year old's clinical prowess in front of the goal early in the game.

However the highlight of the night was not when exasperated Gala fans threw flares into the ground, but when the star man of the match forgot to collect his MATCH BALL!

The club is poised to have a super month ahead, with the likes of Chelsea and Anderletcht on the horizon. With Debuchy,Ramsey,Arteta and Giroud out injured, the club can still blossom with the likes of Cazorla,Ozil,Sanchez,Wilshere,Koscielny and Welbeck's onfield,fit and powering. Sanchez who's already scored 4 goals in his last 5 games and Danny, have given Ozil the joy he once used to enjoy at Madrid, with his sharp clever passes now resulting into beautiful and rather spectacle product, compared to when he had Giroud upfront.

Theo is a week or two away and no one including Van Gaal's men would fancy to face our attacking football with the wealth of our creative and multi talented forwards.
Well sorry Van Persie, there's no coming back, only when you coming for your boo awards and some proper thrashing before you once again engineer a fake 2-month injury, like you always did.

As i pen off, a moment of silence for Van Gaal, who's weak tactics and philosophy once again robs him another talented player, and to the United faithful who are forced to stay up watching the mighty Gunners play in midweek for one commandments is THOU SHALL NOT FLY A 'PLEASE COME BACK HOME DANNY' banner!

Peace.
@bryoshavin