_________________________________________________ JENS LEHMANN was Arsenal's best player in an exciting game of end-to-end football at Portsmouth.
Fine saves, good reading of situations as he came outside his box, no fuss when he took knocks, epecially when Toure collided with him.
In future, Lehmann must grow and talk even more and turn the back five into a great back five, a tighter unit in which defenders don't go for the same ball, or crash into him.
Freddie was better, busy as ever and more constructive than usual.
Bentley looked good enough to keep, rather than loan out.
JOSE REYES is one of the best footballers I've ever seen -and I've seen George Best.
His ability is uncanny.His passing is better than Ryan Giggs at the same age.
OK, Reyes made loads of mistakes against Portsmouth, but his potential is phenomenal.
He scored an important goal and he will score better goals in the future.
Reyes and Henry were reading each other quite well at times and Thierry's attitude to him seems to have improved.
In one sequence, Henry was in a Di Stefano position, with Reyes ahead of him in a Puskas position, and you could see a glimpses of what might be in the future.
Maybe Arsene should show Reyes some Puskas videos.
The magical Magyar was a Fifties version of Robbie Fowler, a poacher whose left foot was deadly accurate.
Real trained using martial arts techniques,a bit like modern kick-boxing, or so Roger Spry told me.
Reyes had to be special to come into English football and do what he has done so far, fitting in fairly well to the most skilful and athletic team in the Premiership, and doing audacious things.
It's not clicking for him yet, but he is already 3000% better than Wiltord ever was.
Jose Antonio Reyes is a pure footballer, a winger who is also a bombardier, and he might become a prolific scorer, a welterweight Roberto Bettega.
I would play Reyes against Fulham and Leicester.
He needs goals and I fancy him to score again soon.
Always smile when I remember Zidane's comment to a Seville defender in a game where Reyes was taking Real Madrid apart.
A frustrated Zizou asked, "Is that bastard playing like that just because it's us?"
Spain can beat Russia and Greece - and maybe Portugal too.And Reyes could also play a big role for Spain. He is new, fresh, hard to read, hard to contain, a hot kid playing with the big boys in his first major tournament.
Reyes is in one of the best 16 teams in Europe, and if he’s picked, which I asume he will be, he’s one of the best 23 footballers in Spain.
Yeah, Zidane may get another close look at Reyes in June.
