Cesc saves the day but we lack quality in midfield

'The response continues at Sunderland' screamed the headline on the official site as they plugged an interview with Arsene Wenger.

Well, oooops is all I have to say. If that's what passes for a response these days then it's very worrying indeed. Only a late, late goal from Cesc saved us from slumping to our third defeat of the season and this stage of the campaign that would have been really a real kick in the bollocks.

As expected Alex Song came in to midfield and we played the same kind of formation as we used to in away Champions League games. Oddly though, Song and Denilso