Review: Arsenal 3 – 2 Aston Villa (FA Cup)
By: Henry4life (@andikadwipayana)
What a match! Ini kayanya ketiga kalinya gw ngeliat Arsenal ngelakuin huge comeback. Semuanya tentu inget gimana Arsenal ngelakuin comeback last year, against Barcelona. Mungkin deficitnya gak begitu gede, “cuman” 1 gol. But it was Barcelona, and we won it with style.
Satu lagi incredible comeback yang selalu gw inget adalah di taun 2004. Pas Arsenal menang 5-3 lawan Middlesbrough. Arsenal just finished previous season unbeaten. Boro adalah match kedua Arsenal di musim 05-06. Henry, as expected, scored the first goal, tapi Boro berhasil found their confedence and hit Arsenal back 1-3. Unbeaten record was on the line. Gw masih inget banget, saat skor 1-3, out of nowhere, Bergkamp made a wonderful solo run and stroke it in the corner of the net. At that moment, you just know, Arsenal bakal ngelakuin comeback.

The Villa match was somewhat the same. Waktu Dunne cetak gol, I knew klo Arsenal bakal ngebalikin keadaan for sure. Tapi begitu kecolongan sekali lagi di penghujung babak pertama, gw jadi agak ragu. But I still had hope with the bench players. We got Sagna, Arteta, Thierry, Yossi dan Arshavin. They can make magic happen. Turned out, I was wrong. Tanpa ngegunain substitutions, Arsenal berhasil ngebalikkin keadaan 3-2.



