In the big table of victories, winning at the Reebok falls just behind winning at Old Trafford, Stamford Bridge or Shite Hart Lane in terms of pleasurable for me.  Maybe it's just all those memories of Sam Allardyce's brawling, kicking, no imagination sides.  Maybe it is because Bolton thinks that kicking and brawling and putting everyone but a team of grandmothers behind the ball is the way to stop Arsenal.

Point is I love it when the boys can go in there and get 3 points.

Now you wouldn't think that a midfield with both Eboue and Song would feature the kind of sweet, precision passing that makes Roman Abramovich drool with envy, but you'd be wrong.  For much of the first half, that perfect Arsenal game was on display.  Everyone was getting on the act and it took 2 hit posts to deny the team from a 4-1 halftime scoreline.

But I'm getting ahead of myself.

Bolton went ahead when the defense fell asleep during a corner and Kevin Davies (Wanker #1) found the ball with his head to beat everyone.  If there is one major area of concern, it's in set pieces.  The loss of Senderos means we have no big, physical man who can outmuscle or outjump attackers in corners and free kicks.  That set piece problem continued for the rest of the game and it's something that the team must work on.

The team, however, didn't panic and didn't try to push it -- the kind of youngster mistakes that would have felled this team in years past.  They quietly took control of the game and it was only a matter of time until Emmanuel Eboue found himself ahead of everyone to level the game.  Yes, he was a step offside, but given how the sideline judges have screwed us over in the past....well, any detractors can eat it.

And rather than taking that goal and sitting back, the team kept pressing and pressing.  Adebayor had one of many great chances and you gotta feel for him for not leaving the Reebok with a goal to his name.  Same for Alex Song.  Eboue kept shooting and shooting, a rarity for an Arsenal midfielder.  Denilson, meanwhile, had a great game.  His work found the open Nicklas Bendtner and put the team ahead for good.  He would later on score the game decider from the work of Adebayor and Walcott.  He's really come on the last few games.

Bolton came out in the second half and were in some ways unlucky to be so denied again and again.  Again, suck on it.  

Ultimately, outside of about 15 minutes in the first half and 20 minutes in the second half, I gotta say that the Gunners dominated the game.  My only major concern -- 15 corners and no goals.  Just as defending set pieces seems to be a problem, creating chances and scores from them is just as relevant.  We can't expect teams like Chelsea or Man United to give us as much control or many chances.  Champions smash their opponents before they have a chance to get back off the mat.  Arsenal have to learn to put their opponents away.

Overall, a really good performance.  That's 4 wins out of 4 games since the debacle at Craven Cottage.  And depending on the outcome of tomorrow's arseholes clash, Arsenal could be first or second in the Premier League table.   A Carling Cup match on Wednesday and a home date with the Premier League's gate crashers, Hull City, beckons.

Keep it going, you gunners!