Laurent Koscielny has just improved further without kicking the ball. We looked less assured when balls were played over the top, we missed Koscielny's pace and his decisiveness at crucial moments. Johan Djourou was often hesitant on the ball which could be attributed to his lack of recent games but he often took one touch too many and it was his dwelling on the ball that caused him to bring down a

Previous to that Arsene Wenger brought on Thierry Henry for Oxlade-Chamberlain. Gooners are still wondering why it is Chamberlain that is being removed and not someone like Theo Walcott who was not at his best in the North East. It is nothing to do with footballing ability or indeed impact on the game like at Manchester United. Chamberlain is being protected, Arsene doesn't want him to play 90

Theo Walcott was in the groove yesterday at Arsenal and I think much of that was down to the way we played the game as well as some poor defending by the visitors. Quick early passes with a high tempo helps Theo, it helps keep our opponents on the back foot which Walcott's pace can exploit. When we face teams at the Emirates who sit back and have time to set themselves then Walcott often

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain once again looked dynamic, confident and dangerous. He is not only a dribbler or speed merchant, he has the eye for the pass and provided just that, a diagonal slipped ball into Theo Walcott who did what Ramsey didn't, he took it on and faced the keeper one on one but once again he hit the keeper. He has finished that same chance so many times in the past but this season, it just is not happening for Theo Walcott either. Against QPR

Theo Walcott skipped down the byline and I still think the shot was a mistake, he could have found the cut back earlier but ran himself out of options, Given saved and the ball fell to the feet of former Tottenham full back Alan Hutton and he smashed the ball into Walcott

Theo Walcott and Aaron Ramsey are off their games right now. Especially Walcott who found making simple passes difficult, he lost the ball when he attempted a dribble and he just simply did not cause the opposition any problems.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain looks the real deal going forward, he could have helped Djourou more defensively at times but going forward he was our brightest player. He set up Walcott in the first half and also fashioned a chance for

We really should have taken the lead again and I am very surprised that not much has been made of van Persie's second clear cut chance. Benayoun's reverse pass may not have been into his stride but van Persie had a clear run at Vorm and my first impression was that he should have dummied the onrushing defender and slotted with his left but instead he opted