Hello! This is episode number five of this save with Arsenal.

We begin with the League Cup. We play against the surprising Stockport County, who caught Liverpool off-guard in Anfield Road and managed to beat them 3-1. Hopefully they don’t succeed in taking us out of the competition as well.

League Cup Quarter Finals

Stockport County 0 – Arsenal 2

And they didn’t! We suffocated Stockport’s attackers and restricted them to only two shots on our goal, neither of them found the net. Meanwhile, we displayed our usual barrage of shots and thanks to Ruben Sosa and the great Dennis, we won the match. We’re in semifinals and we await for Southampton or Northampton Town.

Ahhhh, more offers. Nice!

Another on-the-run business done!

Game 22

Arsenal 3 – Liverpool 0

At the end of the first half I noticed Dixon was having a sub-par game, therefore I felt it was the right time to call Bjarmann in. He did good in this one. Meanwhile Ruben Sosa had an amazingly active game which saw him taking 10 shots on Liverpool’s goal, and two of them found the net. Bergkamp had previously opened up the game by scoring a penalty kick.

Game 23

Barnsley 0 – Arsenal 1

With Bergkamp suspended due to points for two matches, I’ll be placing Anelka in the AMC role and Ian as the lone striker. Ruben Sosa has played a decent number of matches as the starting striker so it’s a good time to swap the role.

It was a narrow win and Bergkamp greatly timed passes were missed here. Anyway, Anelka got the job done.

FA Cup 4th Round

Bolton Wanderers 1 – Arsenal 4

Bolton was one of the only two teams who beat me so far, so definitely I expect to have a better game than our last meeting

A much better game. Ian was on fire tonight and scored a hat-trick. Overmars helped with a goal of his own. The one and only Peter Beardsley decorated the result to finish 4-1.

Game 24

Arsenal 2 – Newcastle 0

Surprisingly Newcastle are doing really bad despite having a nice squad. They are 16^th and just 2 points away from relegation.

Andersson, Shearer, Gary Speed, Batty, and they just manage ONE shot!? Geez. No wonder how they’re so low in the standings then.

Before the League Cup semi-finals, bad news for Vieira

League Cup Semi-Finals Leg 1

Southampton 1 – Arsenal 1

With Patrick injured, Remi Garde will return to the starting lineup

Fair result here. Both teams had the same amount of shots on goal and as such both GK ended with a high average rating cancel each other out completely. I’m confident we can the seal the deal in Highbury.

However the board wasn’t exactly enthralled by our display of football at The Dell.

Don’t worry folks, i got it covered

FA Cup 5th Round

Arsenal 3 – Leeds United 0

My last meeting with Leeds ended up in a draw which led to penalties. Let’s hope this time we can advance in a safer way than that.

Safer it is! Overmars had a heck of a game, having 6 runs past opponents and earning the Man Of The Match award. Wright and Bergkamp as well on the top of their game, they combined to place 3 goals on Leeds net. We move on to Quarter Finals.

League Cup Semi-Finals Leg 2

Arsenal 1 – Southampton 0

Prior to this game, Grimandi let us know that he was unhappy for having no playing time. So, I’ll be placing him in the starting lineup. Also, Ruben Sosa will make a comeback with Ian on the bench.

A little short considering that we once beated them 5-0. Nevertheless Bergkamp class was enough to keep the result and win the playoff, therefore sending us to the League Cup final. We will meet Manchester United, who drew their first match and won at Sheffield 1-0.

Before the next game against Aston Villa, we received offers for Owen.

Accepted!

And.. we reached the end of this episode

Stay tuned for our next episode. See ya 🙂