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THE CROW By CATHERINE ETOE & RICHARD OSLEY
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Arsenal’s goalie should really be appearing in Riverdance
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SO the game you Gooners have spent days fretting about turned
out as expected…with Arsenal cheating.
First we had Vieira’s dive, then Lauren’s elbow, and to
cap it all, Cole’s ball juggling.
Yep, your Champions really were desperate to cling on to the title
for a few days longer.
Good to see Jens ‘show pony’ Lehmann wasn’t taking
the whole thing too seriously though.
 His
Riverdancing session on the goal line with Jermain Defoe certainly
offered a bit of light relief to the super stressed library.
The cynical amongst us have since reckoned all that left leg flailing
as he waited for Spurs to take a corner was a reaction to man mountain
Defoe treading on his tootsies.
But those of us who have followed the easy going German’s career
know he is a mad Michael Flatley fan and was simply showing the
striker his latest move. Apparently.
Having said that, I was a tad disappointed to miss the chance to
text ‘You lost the league, at Highbureee’ to Osley on
Monday night.
But I consoled myself with the thought of those Spurs flag waving
Chelski players drenched in their vodka martinis over at village
idiot central. Because if I almost spilled my pint when Robbie Keane
went for that header, the moneybags must have spat theirs across
the hotel lobby.
 WE
won. We won. You lost. You lost. After the depressing sight of
Chelsea burning off into the distance, this is what we are left
with: celebrating a 1-0 win against sad Spurs as if it could ever
make up for losing to Bolton, Liverpool and Moan United twice.
But wasn’t it fun? Beating Tottenham is always fun.
Highlights included:
• Spurs’ ex-captain Sol Campbell sitting proudly
on the Arsenal subs bench – I’ll never tire of the giant
slap on the face he gave Tottenham when he saw the light and crossed
town.
• Lame Robbie Keane – ‘Mr Rubbish Goal Celebration’
who has never been part of a Tottenham side that has beaten Arsenal
– desperately arguing for a no-way penalty like an upset
kid when he realised the game was up.
• Spurs fans offering up the ‘Highbury Library’
chant after being royally outsung throughout the match. And, you
know what? White Hart Lane can be just as quiet.
• Jermain Defoe, who although clearly a decent striker,
resorting to stepping on Jens Lehmann’s toes in another crackpot
attempt of getting one over the Gunners.
• Jose Reyes’ great goal.
On this evidence, you wonder whether Tottenham will ever win at
Highbury again – they might only get one more shot at it.
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