Arsenal (A) | Post Match Thread

[gazbaz]

Fucking brilliant blues have it.

 

[Rammy Blue]

I'm going to be a bit of a miserable **** and focus on the negative.

Akanji is going to cost us this season if he continues with this volume of minutes. Shame because he looked so good in his first few games

You’re not wrong, Akanji has turned to shit.

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

It’s strange to see us so far behind on possession stats - something that I can’t recall happening under Pep - but the stand out stat for me was that the Arse had only one shot on target (and that was from a dubious penalty) while we had six.

Stand out stat for me was 1-3 ……

 

[ChicagoBlue]

It was a very, very odd decision to make, the Arsenal players didn't even appeal for it and they appeal for anything they possibly can as a rule.
It would have been an easier decision to not give it, especially as giving it gives rise to the conversation about whether it should have been a second yellow for Ederson.

Not only did the Arsenal players not appeal for a penalty, but the crowd behind the goal didn’t either…and both their players & fans whine for every decision!

 

[Blumers Bloomers]

That clearance from Ruben

Never mind that what about the clearance from Ake which won’t be spoken about because a non penalty was given?! It was brilliant but confined to history because of Taylor’s incompetence!

 

[danielwood5]

Always reminded of this pic when people talk about fouls of holding on corners and free kicks!

Joke…agenda…shit reffing? Who knows, but my goodness!
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Exactly, Leicester won the league by doing just that. They took holding in the box to a new unpunished level.
They won plenty of games with it too, Vardy would run straight at a defender and throw himself over once he got in a good position for a freekick. From the inevitable free kick (no referee wanted the press haranguing them about destroying the Leicester fairytale) one of them would grab hold of the defender and the other would climb on a defender getting their head to the ball. The rules they got to play to that season were a joke.

 

[super_city_si]

Hope this is the end of bernardo at left back experiment.

 

[Franny 1234]

It's great having Dias back
Good to see Jack influencing the game.
Haaland showed there's more to his game than just scoring.
Kev simply the best. CTID

 

[Gingers Dad]

Too fast and too much clapping

 

[cleavers]

- Player booked for being passed to when off the pitch

That was stupid from Walker, he should have stayed off the pitch until called back on, which he hadn't been.