Arsenal (H) | PL | Post-match Thread

Damien10 said:
As people are pointing out Grealish got us that goal. Because he went at his man 1 v 1. But we choose to ignore Doku over and over again and keep recycling the ball down the right hand side going nowhere. There was space down the left all game, a quick ball and we would have been 1 v 1 over and over again.

Well done jack.
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That’s why I voted him MOTM
 
Rodri's injury killed us and HOW long has this been our Achilles Heel in this squad.
Pep and City should have worked out a proper replacement even if he's an old head who can come on and keep the plans and setup,

We take the point and shut them up, Put them back in their place, The Referee was shocking and the amount of time wasting going on in that 2nd half was a joke and when 7 minutes were added I kicked the chair and hurt my toes.

TOP OF THE LEAGUE, TOP OF THE LEAGUE, We know who we are, CHAMPIONS of England


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Keeper! said:
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If he wasn't injured, this game was ending 3-0. We were utterly dominant until then.
 
Josh_D said:
I know the players adhere to Pep’s instructions but sometimes, they have to take the initiative. Foden has done that on a number of occasions but I’ll put it down to not being fully in the groove yet. There are a few times where a first time shot would’ve been ideal.

Gvardiol is one of the dangerous attacking threats in the team. In situations like today, should be the one trying to smash them as he had Raya sweating.
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Yes, there are times when we try to walk it in and it's always going to be difficult when a team parks the bus. I'd like to see us punting it in more, having more shots from outside, and Haaland on the back post rather than the near post for corners. Create enough chaos and it will go in sooner or later.
 
thelostoasismember said:
Thanks Savinho for the assist but apart from Haaland any attacker CAN’T ATTACK. Bernardo looks awful, Savinho is trying his best, but Doku is diabolical. The club has to demand more from the attackers, because it’s not good enough. I’ve told we need back-up striker. The club did nothing. We are here because of our complacency.
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Do you ever post anything positive on here?
 
Jonas.shaffer said:
I can’t fault the players’ effort today. Still, Pep and his staff’s team selection and in-game adjustments were... not good.

Starting Walker when he’s been a genuine liability since last year and somehow even more shambolic in the games he’s played thus far this season is inexcusable for me. Lewis has defended against better and quicker wingers all season while being ten times the player as Walker on the ball. Even then, admit the mistake and bring on Lewis at halftime. Especially when you know they’re going to put all ten behind the ball. To that point, why not also bring on goal-scorers/players who are better on the ball? Foden should have come on far sooner, and players like McAtee and Nunes with strong shots should have been considered as well. Why Gundo and Bernardo stayed on is beyond me. We had Kovacic, Akanji, Walker and Dias all around the penalty box until the 70th minute. Why would that worry Arsenal? Just go for it, Pep. Nonetheless, happy to grab a point from that, obviously.

Also, did we prepare for their corner-kick routines? Surely, the plan to counter them wasn’t just to allow three players to surround Ederson unimpeded. However, I do think the FA has to crack down on these things.

The biggest concern is obviously Rodri. That did not look good, and if he’s out long-term, it would be a hammer blow to the season.
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Para 3 mate. with all the corners we had in the second half why didn't one of our players say " lets try that arse ploy " ?
 
Good work from Jack at the end....cowardly from Arsenal, why are Sky championing such a bunch of time-wasting, cheating tossers? Is that the way they want to see teams winning. Jesus, having the misfortune to listen to Micah on Sky, what a pillock...Roy Keane is tearing him a new one here...Micah is just out of his depth
Brave from our boys to nick a point at the end, Johnny boy is back
Walker shit 1st half but better in the 2nd.
So much was poor from us in that match after Rodri went off, lost composure, defending was rubbish from those 2 corners...Ederson awful from both corners doing a Vicario....stands back and awaits all the usual Eddy fanboy defending
Dias and Akanji had so much of the ball 2nd half on the edge of the box...why?
Savinho started off great and faded, Doku was just meh the whole way through.
Feels like a win really.
 
It's a shame we didn't manage the equaliser earlier to press for the win, going down for cramp after 60 odd minutes is a fucking joke.

How it wasn't 20 min injury time I'm bewildered.

The equaliser is a victory for not playing like a ****. Hate arteta and I think if rodri hadn't gone off and they wernt gifted 2 goals from the ref I think it would have been a mauling
 
Gigant said:
I have never seen this in my life, that your biggest damn competitor hurts your best player in one game, consciously targets him from the first minute... and after 25 pure dominance, your whole world turns in a second. You probably lose your best player until April, you lose the momentum you had, and on top of all that, you don't have KDB, who is also vital. Unbelievable, unprecedented, I think the season is lost with this today.

This is also mostly the fault of the management, which did not provide worthy replacements for the main levers of this team.
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RAG!!
 
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