The start of this match report from Arsenal World sums this game up well. Birmingham are an extremely dull team - I am amazed that people the world over love to watch the Premiership, it must be in spite of rather than because of teams like them.
Another game where the opposition came for a draw or 1-0 win, so played 1 up front. They had a player sent off very early on, so they shut up shop and stifled the game even more. When teams play like this, it really does strangle the match as a spectacle, and turns it into a boring stalemate.
Despite this, Arsenal did seem to rise above it all, creating lots of chances, but not putting any of them away. Some classic annoying Arsenal moments though - missing a penalty again, and several instances of trying to pass the ball into the net instead of just trying to score a simple goal. All that huffing and puffing, and it looked like we might not get anything to show for it.
But, with about 10 minutes to go, the breakthrough eventually came. Not the best win in the world, not at all convincing really, but we got there in the end.
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