Hey fair's fair, well done Giroud on getting a hatrick. It is a notable personal achievement.
Yeah, I know he was up against one of the worst defensive units that has ever (dis)graced the EPL but all you can do is punish them and he did, so well done.
For his first goal he was completely unmarked, his second was a beauty and his third, well, which center forward wouldn't want to have Micah Richards as the center half? Honestly, M. Richards is without doubt THE worst defender I can remember in donkeys years; even worse than that Luiz joke as a defender.
I was absolutely rapt that one of my all time favourite players in Mikel Arteta got on the pitch and scored. Before he did his ACL at Newcastle in '09, the same game in which that c*** Kevin Nolan tried to snap a young Victor Anichebe's leg in two (how it didn't snap makes one wonder if there really are things like miracles), before he did his ACL, he was an incredible playmaker and it was a privilege to watch him play and a tragedy that he never got to represent his country.
After he came back from the injury, he had lost a yard and because he was never endowed with speed, he was never quite the player he was before but still, he was a real class act.
To watch him in his little cameo at the end of the game was really heartwarming and just showed I reckon, what we really do need in our side: a player like Arteta who can just control that center of the pitch and who has class, plays with all his heart and refuses to give in and what's more, has mongrel in him because make no mistake, Arteta had lashings of mongrel in him. Thanks old mate.