MotM - PL: Arsenal vs Fulham | 23/08/05

[thierrys_girl]

Arsenal 4 - Fulham 1

Goals: Thierry x2 and Cygan x2

God, it was werid waking up this morning and finding out that Pascal Cygan had got two goals in the match. Haven't seen the goals yet or read match reports but know how important it is that we won today. Good to see Thierry get on the scoresheet and 1 goal from the record.

Who was our MOTM? Whoever you think it was vote and leave a comment before Friday.

TG

 

[wer]

Voted for Cygan, may be his only chance to get a motm.

 

[Sammer]

This is a tough one, I would single out:

Reyes - for showing us what we all hoped for the last months. Great runs, perfect passing and never to be stopped.

Lehmann - for showing another faultless display and keeping us in the game in the first half, where we could have conceded another goal. Rock solid.

Cygan - for a great game and two goals. What can you say. Today he is our hero, next game, he´ll be slaugthered again by fickle fans.

 

[GoonerGurjit]

Reyes - for showing us what we all hoped for the last months. Great runs, perfect passing and never to be stopped.

I'll second that. He was exceptional last night. Bergkamp, Hleb and Henry were also very good.

 

[Gurgen]

I'm giving it to Reyes.

His passing was fantastic, he made the right decisions and his runs in the second half leaving 3 or 4 men behind him every time were a delight to watch.

 

[bobbypires]

Pascal Cygan

Jose Antonio Reyes

Thierry Henry

 

[Army of Me]

ooo ooo difficult one! It's between...

Reyes - I thought he was superb. His passing, movement, confidence, pace, skill and everything else was just brilliant. He didn't put a foot wrong all night, except for a bit of a nasty challenge.

Cygan - ha! The man we all love to hate had a wicked game last night, he looked solid and composed at the back, and dangerous on set-pieces and going forward. His passing was spot-on and he he scored 2 goals!

I'm going to have to go for Cygan, although Reyes was superb, I thought our defence looked more solid last night than it has been in a while, and his contribution to the scoreline helped swing it his way.

 

[Ratinho]

Now, it was Fulham at home, so i'm not gonna go mad, but that was back to business, in not just the result, but in the team out there.

Hleb-----------Cesc------------Bert-----------Reyes

--------------Henry----------RvP/Bergkamp--------

Now obviously, Ljungberg is still a vital player, but seeing us come forward in wave afetr wave with Reyes and Hleb in the side, really cheered me up. I wasn't especially down, but it cheered me up further.

 

[Ratinho]

Oh yeah, and Jose Antonio for me.

 

[velimir85]

Pascal, for once

 

[Gort]

On another day it would have been Reyes, but Pascal Cygan gets my vote for his performance.

No, I wasn't one of those fickle Cygan haters and have always thought that he was a reasonable back-up player. Maybe he could be the targetman that many have craved for.

 

[bank8]

Although Reyes and Cygan were superb last night but I cast my vote for Titi
Henry who stand in right position and role.play upfront not left wing was suited
for him.

 

[goooner]

Woted Thierry two magnificent goals, penalty on him and he was cheering the whole team.

 

[Karlos2]

Reyes for me, He showed us what he is capable of, linked up play, beating people and passing well, i thought he played very well and lets hope this form continues for when we play Boro.

Special mention to Cygan though

 

[Zico]

Hate to choose here. We needed some stellar performances after an uninspired start to the season. In general team played very well, but Henry, Cygan and Reyes really led the way.

I'm going to go with Cygan for the oddest of reasons - I'm sure this is the first time he's ever been up for the award and he certainly won't be nominated again for his defensive displays. He really looked like John Terry on attack yesterday, didn't he.

 

[awesomarsenal]

hleb-he has been the most consistent performer this season.

 

[sharpgunner]

yeah. Cygan for me today.

I am one of the Cygan haters out there. But we should always give credit where it is due.

That said, i still don't want him to start after this game. He is too inconsistent and make costly mistakes. Although Senderos makes mistakes, at least he is lucky enough that many of those mistakes do not result in goals. haha.

 

[alexander_hleb]

Since cygan shocked me yesterday with those two goals he deservves it more then any of the others. Hopefully he'll play like that again and shock me again.hopefully against chelsea.

 

[Guns and Arses]

1-0 down, heading for a second straight defeat, then one man stood up and made the difference. Super Pascal.

 

[Arnie]

Me and my arsenal mates could talk about one thing and one thing only last night. Pascal Cygan scoring 2 goals! this happens once in a blue moon! You have to give it to him.