Sport

Arsenal v Middlesbrough

13 April 2012

(Saturday, 3pm, Highbury).
Tickets: Sold out
Last season: 5 (Overmars 3, Bergkamp 2) 1 (Ricard)
Facts: Middlesbrough last won at Highbury in April 1939. Arsenal have gone 16 games without a home defeat
Recommended pub: The Gas Light (Finsbury Park Station)
If Glenn Hoddle was under any illusions about the task he faces at Spurs, it was brought into sharp focus for him last Sunday by the team a few miles up the road. Quite simply Arsenal were different class, a Rolls-Royce compared with roller-skates, a Frank Sinatra up against Frank Skinner. The feeling is that the Footballer of the Year may come from the ranks of Manchester United but I know more than one of my colleagues who will be voting for Patrick Vieira. This season, the French international seems to have scaled new heights - and worked hard on the flashes of temper which have caused him grief in the past.
Verdict: WEARY GUNNERS TAKE THE POINTS

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