Arsenal (A) | Post Match Thread

[RayCTID]

Perhaps it's been commented on before now, but why was Gabriel only given a yellow for the foul on Haaland. Identical to the Cancelo Fulham incident, which everyone said was a cast iron red! We really are being reffed differently this season.

Not much difference as any season

 

[Bentheblue]

"Arsenal's players surrounding the match official during the 56th minute, and Manchester City's doing so during the 42nd and 64th minutes."

Files, files, fines... Good old Premier League fairness

If the ref was any good there would be no need to surround him Multiple times. Charge the ref with incompetence.
Never forgiven Taylor for the Chelsea debacle years ago when he totally lost control, Mangala’s first game.

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

The "official view" appears to be that Arsenal were the better team but lost because of silly mistakes. I can't accept this. The first half was fairly even but the second belonged clearly to City. I thought Arsenal's penalty smacked of an attempt to make up for a clearly wrong decision on Saturday, but it is clearly monstrous to do this at City's expense. It was most clearly analysed by a poster who said (and I don't quote), okay that can be given as a penalty - but it NEVER is, until it's against City. Our goal from KdB was a beauty - yes, the result of a defensive mistake, but how many teams would have exacted the full penalty? And this holds good for our other two goals. They began with an error (do goals ever not?!) but it was the high quality of City's play which turned them into match winning goals. How many other teams could have done that. And this is important for us. We hear that last night was a big victory, but as yet it is only a potentially big victory - we have to ensure we take full benefit from it by not dropping any more "silly" points.

What really impressed me about last night was our game management. Arsenal were a better side than I thought they could be, but I thought we kept Martinelli, Odegaard and Saka quiet and as the game went on it was increasingly played in those areas of the pitch we wanted and at the tempo which suited us. Not the swashbuckling City of 2017-18 but a much more streetwise and experienced team.

Did a quick reckon up on the 'good' chances missed from each side - they could have had 2 or at best 3 more. We could have had about another 4 at least.
Fair result on the overall balance of play .

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

By the way Liverpool fans are really bitter that we are still fighting for the league and they are now irrelevant in the league.

I got a message sent to me this morning from Liverpool fan. He clearly watched the entire game as he broke down all Pep's tactics. He was bashing Pep's tactics and said we only won because we have world class players.

City has turned into a great obsession for them. They just can't let it go.

'Only won because...something about your team was better than...'

Fuck it, enough of my life wasted already right there...

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

The guy in the pink polo.

He's the henchman out of Iron Man 3.
Now they're even doing time travel to entertain us.

 

[DenisHasDoneIt]

Sick of it! Martinez v Haaland in the Villa game = foul against the keeper by the attacker, when ball in the net for attacking team.

Ederson v Nketiah = foul by the keeper against the attacker in the Arsenal game, when ball not in net for attacking team.

Neither keeper and neither attacker in either situation could stop their own momentum = collision.

Different result. Pep said we have to be perfect to win games in his league. You gonna say he‘s wrong?

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

Yet according to the Dippers, they've got the best goalkeeper, fullbacks, centre half, midfielder, front 3 and manager.....

Shitty attitude is all that remains then...
Used to play against guys like that all the time.
They really do get pissed off when you have them in your pocket...

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

Sick of it! Martinez v Haaland in the Villa game = foul against the keeper by the attacker, when ball in the net for attacking team.

Ederson v Nketiah = foul by the keeper against the attacker in the Arsenal game, when ball not in net for attacking team.

Neither keeper and neither attacker in either situation could stop their own momentum = collision.

Different result. Pep said we have to be perfect to win games in his league. You gonna say he‘s wrong?

That's the satisfying part...we can claim to have been practically perfect and comparably better than anyone else...AS WE HAD TO BE.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Perhaps it's been commented on before now, but why was Gabriel only given a yellow for the foul on Haaland. Identical to the Cancelo Fulham incident, which everyone said was a cast iron red! We really are being reffed differently this season.

Would have been rescinded, just like the yellow was.

Does beg the question, though, just how bad can a challenge be and still get away with it if the attacker is later determined to have been offside?

 

[its grim up north]

Haaland wins the header in midfield (he gets no credit for), Jack puts pressure on Tomiyasu, Kev scores a cracker. I thought this was a great team effort.

Don't be silly, it was a shocker of a mistake by the Arsnal player. As were both the other goals. I know I keep on getting told by the media and Arse TV.