Middlesbrough 2 The Arsenal 1

I watched this one on some dodgy Thai internet site, and got English-language commentary from Talksport. It just wasn't our day; we were very poor. Boro, on the other hand, were up for it, as I expected to be. We were poor upfront. Adebayor and Eduardo were anonymous, and the midfield of Gilberto and Diarra wasn't up to it. None of the replacements made much of impact.

Fair play to Boro, they deserved their win. I don't think this defeat is critical in term of the championship, as we are still one point clear of the Mancs, but it means we can't afford to slip up. We've got a tough run of games coming up in the next few weeks. Chelsea and the Scum at home, followed by Pompey and Everton away. I hope Fabregas, Falmini, Hleb and Van Persie will be back from injury soon.