The New Invincibles? Arsenal 7 Slavia Praha 0

No ratings for this game cause I didn't see it live (Barcelona 0 Rangers 0 was the game on ESPN2, a decently entertaining match, though a goal or 2, or even an attack or 2 from Rangers' side, would've been nice) but I did see the highlights and all I can say is wow. Cesc 2 goals, Walcott 2 goals, Hleb 1 (and forced an own goal), Bendtner 1. The first goal from Cesc is nice, the next 2 are sort of trashy, but the 4 in the 2nd half are all essentially perfect goals - no dead ball set pieces, all from the run of play, combination of quick passing, intelligent movement, great skill on the ball, and superb finishing. This game reminded me of Man U's 7-1 demolition of Roma in the CL Quarterfinals last year where they just scored great goal after great goal - Man U's was of course a much more important game against a better team, but that's the only recent parallel I can think of... As usual Cesc (age 20) was at the center of most everything - but just as important to Arsenal now is the unbelievably underrated Alexander Hleb. Man he's an incredible player, I can't think of many who are playing better than he is currently. Maybe he doesn't get as much hype because he's never going to play in important international matches for Belarus but if he keeps it up at this level, more people will have to notice his play. God it pisses me off that freaking Belarus can produce a genius footballer like Hleb (or Togo a top class striker like Adebayor, or Mali players like Freddy Kanoute, Mahamadou Diarra, and Momo Sissoko, or goddamn Ivory Coast with stars at damn near every position with Drogba, Kolo Toure, Yaya Toure, Kalou, Kone, Keita, Eboue all getting regular playing time for teams in the Champions League) and the best the US can do club-wise in Europe is DaMarcus Beasley starting about half the games for Rangers. Where are our star players? Maybe 5 years down the road, Adu will be at Arsenal, Altidore at Man U, and Szetela at Real, but I can't believe we haven't had a single player break through at a truly elite club yet. I mean Mexico now has a freaking 17 year old who gets regular playing time at Barcelona (Giovani...not to mention Rafa Marquez who regularly features for Barca as well) and we own them. All I want is a few American star players, is that too much to ask? Ok that rant took me a little off topic, back to Hleb - he is one of the most technically gifted players I've ever seen (does he ever have a bad touch on the ball?), has great vision and unselfishness, runs off the ball constantly, and is even finishing this season (check out Arsenal goal #4 today). But Hleb and Cesc's excellence have come to be expected, the big story from this match is Theo Walcott, who was composed enough to make the most of a mistake for goal #3, had a brilliant finish on goal #5, and a perfect (and unselfish) one-touch layoff into the path of Cesc to set up goal #6 (the best of the bunch imo, though Eboue's backheel for goal #7 is freaking ridiculous). Walcott has looked good coming off the bench lately (set up the 2nd against Bolton on Saturday) but this is by far his best game yet. Hopefully it's a breakout and a sign of things to come, cause the Gunners will need it with van Persie out for a month and Liverpool and Man U coming up. If Arsenal still hasn't lost in 2 weeks, we might be looking at some new Invincibles (probably impossible but imagining this Henry-less Arsenal side starting the season so well that the Invincibles can be mentioned is incredible as it is).