A、A team member called Blake was injured. B、Christmas was coming. C、They can’t score many goals. D、They still have some influenc

W: Did you go to the match on Saturday, Bill?
M: No, Alice. I listened to the commentary instead. It sounded pretty exciting, I must say.
W: You must be joking. Well, it was pretty dull really.
M: How did it go then? I should have thought the Gunners did well to win over the Wolves in their present form.
W: Yes, I suppose they did. But two-one didn’t do them justice. [24]They should have had at least three in the first half, and another two in the second. How far do you think the Wolves will go?
M: I suppose it all depends on how they shape after Christmas. Remember what happened last year?
W: I’ll say I do. I’m not likely to forget it. I’ve never seen such a shame. To think they were in the top three for most of the time before Christmas, and then the way they came down. I just don’t understand what came over them. I can’t understand.
M: I don’t know, either. Can you really say that? [25]Because they were quite O.K. until Blake got injured, and then without his influence in the attack they just couldn’t score goals any more. I think it was simply a matter of the attack being weakened.
23. What is true of Saturday’s match?
24. How many goals does Alice think the Gunners should have scored?
25. What happened to the Wolves that made it come down?