This is a bad week to be an arsenal fan

Manchester City 3
(Tevez 50,Wright-Phillips 69,Weiss 89)
Arsenal 0

WELL,it was a bad week to be an Arsenal fan.In the great scheme of things,defeat in the Carling Cup was no disaster for a team which wasn't at its strongest.
Had it not been for Arsene Wenger's poor sportmanship at the final whistle,we'd probably think nothing of it.this is very much a second string side made up of fringe players and rookies and they were soundly bbeaten by an expensively assembled team of internationals.Where's the surprise?
There were many similarities between Sunday's defeat to Chelsea and this emphatic reverse.Arsenal's reserves are no bigger than their first team and the lack of physical strength is still very apparent.

Aggressive

Manchester City were aggressive,adventurous and eager to push forward. Young Craig Eastmond, deployed in the defensive midfield role, had a torrid time trying to the stem the blue flow.

When the likes of Carlos Tevez, Adebayor, Bellamy and Wright-Phillips are charging in on your penalty area, you want better defenders than Armand Traore and Mikael Silvestre to save you.
City were excellent, especially in the second half, and they fully deserved to go through to the semi-finals.
Some of the home supporters have been critical of Mark Hughes, patience being a commodity in short supply to the former United hero. But you can see the direction in which he is trying to take City. You can see the passion and the spirit. You can see the shape and the ideas.
Most of all, you can see the pairing of pace and power in full effect, a combination that neither Arsenal's first team nor their reserve team seems to enjoy these days.

--Rashy Cruz