Arsenal (A) - PL Post Match Thread

[Bluearmy]

Yeah, ref blew his whistle before the goal.

Im aware of that, that doesn’t answer my question tho

 

[Bluearmy]

Yeah free kick given, but it came off his arms after he fell so hard to see it being given even if play hadn't been stopped

Im aware of what was given. A free kick to us instead of a goal. But would like to see it back if possible.

 

[Bill Walker]

Im aware of that, that doesn’t answer my question tho

Yes it does. When the ref blows the game stops.

 

[Bill Walker]

If anything is really obvious.. it's that Rodri is our best player and him out for 3 games meant 3 defeats!

Incredible statistic but true. He is that important.

 

[Bluearmy]

Yes it does. When the ref blows the game stops.

So still not answered… im fully aware the ref blew to give us a free kick (was at the game) and disallow our goal because thats to our advantage apparently. But would like to see it back as was at the game and been removed from all highlights for some reason

 

[Newman Noggs]

So still not answered… im fully aware the ref blew to give us a free kick (was at the game) and disallow our goal because thats to our advantage apparently. But would like to see it back as was at the game and been removed from all highlights for some reason

As he fell over after being fouled Rico landed on all fours with the ball underneath him which had the effect of shieldng it from the Arsenal defenders. Fair enough, but while there, the ball either hit his arm, or he used his arm to keep it there giving him time to get up and continue his run. Don't know wherher the ref had blown beforehand but even if he had played on, VAR would have ruled it out, probably rightly. No complaints from me.

 

[Bluearmy]

As he fell over after being fouled Rico landed on all fours with the ball underneath him which had the effect of shieldng it from the Arsenal defenders. Fair enough, but while there, the ball either hit his arm, or he used his arm to keep it there giving him time to get up and continue his run. Don't know wherher the ref had blown beforehand but even if he had played on, VAR would have ruled it out, probably rightly. No complaints from me.

Would just like to see it back. Removed from all highlights ive found. Cant give handball after being fouled surely. Handball is consistently given like earlier today when VVD is fouled. Oh hang on….

 

[Bill Walker]

As he fell over after being fouled Rico landed on all fours with the ball underneath him which had the effect of shieldng it from the Arsenal defenders. Fair enough, but while there, the ball either hit his arm, or he used his arm to keep it there giving him time to get up and continue his run. Don't know wherher the ref had blown beforehand but even if he had played on, VAR would have ruled it out, probably rightly. No complaints from me.

I've watched it several times, he doesn't purposely hand ball it but it's irrelevant as the game was stopped on the whistle. And so were the arse players.

 

[Bluearmy]

I've watched it several times, he doesn't purposely hand ball it but it's irrelevant as the game was stopped on the whistle. And so were the arse players.

Its not irrelevant, the ref should never have blown his whistle. Its yet another case of us being reffed differently… Irrelevant ffs

 

[Newman Noggs]

. Cant give handball after being fouled surely.

Yes, you need to see it back. I was watching with commentary muted as usual so don't know what the explanation was. He didn't give the handball because we got the free kick.

 

[BLUEinTheUSA]

Title is still in our hands, not even close to worried yet. We'll sort it out.

 

[jonah62]

I’d like to think Rodri’s wagepacket only has KDB & Haaland in front of him
Most important cog in our machine

 

[Bill Walker]

Its not irrelevant, the ref should never have blown his whistle. Its yet another case of us being reffed differently… Irrelevant ffs

Not true, Rico was fouled, ref blew, Rico managed to get up and score after the whistle. It wasn't Refs fault imo. Just one of those things. Everything is irrelevant after the ref blows.
You don't half make up some shit. Considering you can't watch it anywhere.

 

[Bill Walker]

Title is still in our hands, not even close to worried yet. We'll sort it out.

I agree mate. very early days and we're up there, can't wait for Rodders to come back. Just not looking ourselves this season so far. Stray passes everywhere.

 

[citymad]

Found it strange we didn’t start with at least one winger to take the full back on and get behind their defense to give Haaland some service. Especially as Arsenal had no wingers either. It was a really strange formation from Pep that was probably forced on him because of Rodris brain fart.

 

[Cassandra]

Not true, Rico was fouled, ref blew, Rico managed to get up and score after the whistle. It wasn't Refs fault imo. Just one of those things. Everything is irrelevant after the ref blows.
You don't half make up some shit. Considering you can't watch it anywhere.

It was strange, don’t think Oliver could have seen whether the ball touched the hand or not from his viewpoint, and he probably blew up too soon. VAR would probably have ruled it out even if he hadn’t stopped play. However, the foul clearly stopped a promising move and should have been accompanied by a yellow card, in my opinion.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Spot on, game was decent between two well matched teams that hinged on two moments involving Nathan Ake, he misses a sitter in the first half, if we'd have scored first we'd have gone on to win, however he missed, and later in the game deflects a shot that's going wide or would at least have been saved. That's football.

I don't consider us to have played well all season, we've had moments but defiantly not consistently, it's early yet plenty of time and player to come back.

We haven't played consistently well since we won the PL last season. Couple of poor PL games last season, FA Cup final wasn't great, nor was the CL final. And this year so far, a spark missing. Understandable, maybe, but we will come good. We always do.

 

[Kinkys Left Foot]

Yes he could and clearly did as he pointed to his arm when someone queried the lack of advantage given.

 

[Bluearmy]

Not true, Rico was fouled, ref blew, Rico managed to get up and score after the whistle. It wasn't Refs fault imo. Just one of those things. Everything is irrelevant after the ref blows.
You don't half make up some shit. Considering you can't watch it anywhere.

Not true?? The ref stopped a goal to give us a foul. Thats clearly the refs fault. WTAF….

From your description thats exactly what i saw at the ground. He gave a free kick to us which stopped us scoring.

And you think thats irrelevant…. Wow

 

[Keeper!]

Went there without KEY players to a team that finished second to us last season and has a ton of money poured into it It wasn’t a shocking performance at all and neither side deserved to win Arsenal were a disgrace with the way they tried to get City players booked luckily Oliver didn’t fall for it They won with a very lucky deflection

The ref was very lenient to us, Kovacic could have got red for the first challenge and the second was a yellow all day long