Arsenal (A) - Wed 15th Feb, 19:30 | Pre-Match Thread

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Tolmie scores said:
What do you really think re Arteta throwing toys out of is pram? I mean i thought you were a little lucky to get away with a draw - I know its a bit of a smoke screen. Rashford / Fernandez 'joint offside phantom goal' was a far more obvious error deliberate bias etc) but Pep didn't really start crying...do most Arsenal fans think Arteta is a little OTT here. My brother in law ST holder at your place for 40 years almost thinks he really feels the pressure, do you as a fan?
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Inevitably, like most top flight managers he’s under pressure but challenging for the league is not as stressful as being in the bottom 3. Arteta is a passionate manager and cares which is a good thing but yes, when you feel cheated it’s human nature to over react. I don’t thing Arsenal fans think too much of it. Klopp and Pep have both on occasion over reacted to decisions.

For what it’s worth, I think Bruno’s goal at OT was offside but ultimately, it came down to a judgment call. Brentford’s goal was offside and should have been disallowed so you can understand why Arteta feels cheated out of 2 points. Anyway, it’s all irrelevant and we have to live with the outcomes.

Anyway, I fear we’ll lose to you tonight and that might mean the wheels coming off. If we are to stay in the fight, a draw is the absolute minimum.
 
Impeccable One said:
Unfortunately it’s our dropped points during the run in that concern me. I will not give up hope if we draw, but I think the odds will be stacked against us.

Also, we know the run in is a ‘mental’ game and beating them will surely get in to their head and sew seeds of doubt.
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We may have already done that after beating them in the cup. Their form since has dipped a fair bit… Hopefully punishing them tonight would completely derail them :)
 
Jack Hackett said:
Inevitably, like most top flight managers he’s under pressure but challenging for the league is not as stressful as being in the bottom 3. Arteta is a passionate manager and cares which is a good thing but yes, when you feel cheated it’s human nature to over react. I don’t thing Arsenal fans think too much of it. Klopp and Pep have both on occasion over reacted to decisions.

For what it’s worth, I think Bruno’s goal at OT was offside but ultimately, it came down to a judgment call. Brentford’s goal was offside and should have been disallowed so you can understand why Arteta feels cheated out of 2 points. Anyway, it’s all irrelevant and we have to live with the outcomes.

Anyway, I fear we’ll lose to you tonight and that might mean the wheels coming off. If we are to stay in the fight, a draw is the absolute minimum.
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I wouldn’t compare Pep to Klopp. Pep can acknowledge opposition teams and praise them for their performances. Klopp finds any excuse he can to complain. Apples and oranges
 
Please Eddie, no sideways playing out from the back. An accurate long ball to Kevin or Erling instead. I fancy Alvarez may disrupt their playing out from the back with his strong press, so I hope he starts.
 
Will Haaland play or are there no further information? Hopefully we will win, when we draw and Arsenal win their game in hand, it´s 6 points, if we loose, 9 points, that would be very difficult, because we also will drop points for the rest of the season, like Arsenal will do. Difficult match, big fight.
 
JesusG9 said:
Off to the game tonight, I genuinely think you're going to be on the end of some really bad refereeing decisions. I can't see you getting much in terms of fouls or 50/50s honestly think the pressure we've put on PGMOL this week they'll want to ensure we are the beneficiaries of an "over favourable" performance.

We'll lose to you guys at the Etihad though, it just depends on what happens in between.

Good luck.
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I agree, master stroke by Arsenal complaining about the refs,one thing I would change at City is that our management team doesn't go mental about the way we are refereed. I'm not saying Pep should as he'd get a ban, but send our the assistant manaelger or kit man to get the message across
 
Silva&Silva said:
Just had a snoop on their forum. They seem to be absolutely bricking it, understandably I guess. Some even calling it their biggest game since moving to the Emirates.
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Surely not! They'll still have 16 games to go before the season has finished.

The biggest game in the Emirates' history is probably when they played United in the Champions League semi-final (2nd Leg). They haven't had many classics there though in fairness (when you compare it to say the last 5-10 years at the Etihad).
 
UncleBerbs said:
I wouldn’t compare Pep to Klopp. Pep can acknowledge opposition teams and praise them for their performances. Klopp finds any excuse he can to complain. Apples and oranges
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I wasn’t comparing them. Pep is more of a gentleman but they have both, like Arteta, shown some over reaction at times, which is what I said.
 
JesusG9 said:
Off to the game tonight, I genuinely think you're going to be on the end of some really bad refereeing decisions. I can't see you getting much in terms of fouls or 50/50s honestly think the pressure we've put on PGMOL this week they'll want to ensure we are the beneficiaries of an "over favourable" performance.

We'll lose to you guys at the Etihad though, it just depends on what happens in between.

Good luck.
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You support City, doesn’t read that way. Call yourself Natasha but you look like Elsie?
 
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