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And the Oscar for best actor goes to...
BAD blood. Ugly scenes. A theatrical punch-up in which nobody actually got hurt. Nope, I’m not talking about the Camden Council chamber (see on the news pages for this laboured but topical switcheroo to be explained).
I’m talking about Kolo and co at Cardiff on Sunday. It’s a shame because Arsenal had a moral victory, matching Chelsea’s chequebook team with a bunch of big-hearted kids, until  they started the play fighting.
We should all be pleased Wenger stuck with a midfield whose combined age is two years younger than Teddy Sheringham’s, they revealed a glimpse of Arsenal’s magical future. Never mind disrespecting the competition – come on, it was the Carling Cup – they made the competition and deserved to win it. Most embarrassing moment of the whole affair in the end was a toss-up between Wayne Bridge’s dramatic tumble, it was a disgrace that Helen Mirren pipped him for best female lead at the Oscars, or Ashley Cole’s after-match celebrations. He jumped up and down with his substitutes’ medal but nobody was convinced. He hasn’t been missed at Arsenal.
If everyone hadn’t been suspended, Arsenal might have beaten Blackburn in the FA Cup last night. Never mind. Arsenal have had to play top Premiership teams in all but one of their cup matches this season – and they still might have won them both.
IT was bound to happen.
KEEP labelling a bunch of grown professional footballers ‘reserves and youth teamers’ and they’re bound to get a bit fractious.
Admittedly, jumping around like a bunch of three-year-olds scrapping over who gets to play Mary in the school nativity isn’t the ideal way to prove your manhood.
 The best way to do that is to find yourselves down to 10 men against the biggest bruisers in the Premiership with almost an hour to run and still manage to play attractive, adventurous and attacking football.
But not all teams can behave like the mighty Spurs did on Sunday when they put the pride back into north London after someone carelessly tossed it out of the window on the slow crawl along the M5. So we’ll move on.
As, I’m sure, will Arsenal and Chelsea once Kolo has forgiven Johnny for standing on his teddy bear, Franky has forgiven Cescy for saying his mummy had cut his fringe all wonky and Manny has forgiven Wayney for taking his bouncy ball.
Oh, there we go again, pretending they’re kids when they’re really adults.
Sorry chaps. Won’t do it again. Maybe for the sake of the real kids out there, you could do the same.
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