Yeah, Arteta laid a nice little pass on for Vic before he got fouled for the pen. Well said, MikeO.
I dunno, we never looked like we were gonna lose and if Timmy was a bit fitter (match fitness I mean) then he may have got the other one that Osman laid on for him in the first half.
I don't think there was a bad performance per se, just a little nervy in the midfield when we could have kept the ball better but chose to pass it back, and then it got hoofed over Yaks head, or let them have possesion, or just passed it to Yak to hold it up. So a little naive maybe from some of the midfielders, but fortunately their players seemed to be shot on confidence for the most part so it wasn't punished. Gotta give a shout for Yak and Ossie, and I agree that people need to look at Arteta's game as a whole -- he kept the ball better than the other midfielders but got little support; yes his set plays were shit, but we've got more to our game now than just set plays, as proven over the last few games.