Arsenal (H) - FA Cup | Post Match Thread

[come-on-barney]

What the fuck was wrong with Zinchenko at full time?

He can do one

 

[TFC]

Arteta is a ****

He's not very likable is he? Time to reign these in now City.

 

[blueinsa]

Last time I checked, we won. And kept a clean sheet.

Shhhhh……….we are shit, can’t defend, look toothless, have no game management, look slow and Pep has been found out.

Do keep up Jimbo. ;-)

 

[1978 & still here]

Job done

 

[madloaf]

First half was the same as all season, simply not good enough. Second half was better as it has been all season. Really pleased to beat these. Mentally for us more than them it's a good win. Now lets see which one out of man utd and liverpool we get drawn against in the 5th round (i assume these two cunts are both still in it - i can't fucking remember)

 

[I'm Blue]

Arteta is a ****

“We played our last 2 games with 10 men”
That’s cos your players are cunts.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Really interesting game.

Well done Pep for “going long” to Haaland a lot. Very, very unusual for us to play that way, but I felt it took Arsenal very much by surprise and disrupted what their game plan would have been.

Felt Pep also read the subs well. Right time, right players, right idea.

Think he also made the right call replacing Lewis who has been fucking excellent but wasn’t at it tonight for me.

Thought Grealish had a cracking game. Ran at them and seemed to have been given more licence to roam, even popping up on the right a few times. His play for our goal was excellent.

All plaudits to Ake. Man has been our POTS so far imo. Mr Calm, Collected and Consistent.

Found Arsenal a bit underwhelming given their lofty position. Felt our extensive experience neutralised their youthful exuberance well.

Cracking performance showing we have other strings to our bow when needed and can really use Haaland in a way we’ve not been able to use a striker for years.

Really important psychologically as well. Puts a little seed of doubt in their heads and stops their momentum.

Agree with everything you have said but I fear for you once the “we’re absolute shite” crowd finishes their twelfth pint.

 

[Dribble]

We won. Job done.

We were one paced AGAIN in the first, & stepped it up slightly in the second, but we STILL seemed to be playing well within ourselves. Luckily we didn't need to test if we had Turbo-Mode available if Arsenal equalised.

Arsenal pressed us very high, forcing us to play long to Haaland, which is VERY un-Manchester City-like. However Haaland seemed to relish the physical scrap he was having & he seems to be putting much more all round effort in with every game.

It was good to see Walker & Bernardo getting some good minutes. Aké had a good match & took his goal well.

Partey going off created more space in the midfield, which we took full advantage of.

We still look a bit off & I sense a couple of seasons of transition & change within the squad is coming.

We've changed our style of play to suit Haaland & Haaland seems to be changing his style of play to better fit City. We just need to better bridge who we were, to who we now are.

 

[trueblue1972]

Don't think I will go into the match thread again. The way they have a go at our team and manager you would think Pearce was in charge. In Pep we trust

A good 80% make me embarrassed to think we support the same team

 

[flb]

I’ll say it til I’m blue in the face , Bernardo and Alvarez HAVE to start , they start and we will do those cocky cockney upstarts , they’re so giddy aren’t they Arsenal fans - “we are top of the league”

 

[stan bowles]

Really concerns me that any team who stands off us and man marks KDB completely nullified our build up. We were clueless how to get the ball out of our own half for a large part of that match. The build up is so slow and rotten it’s a wonder we are scoring as much as we are

That's why we need Alvarez floating around. Far too much distance between Haaland - Mahrez - Grealish in the first half. Alvarez knitted things together much better for us once he came on.

 

[OB1]

Arteta is a ****

He is a bit of a twat.

 

[nellyonthewing]

Alvarez and Walker were key to changing that performance in the 2nd half. The energy and directness of Alvarez especially.

Kev looks miles off the pace, gundo too. We struggled to push forward with any purpose when they were both on the pitch & looked better when just gundo was left on. Hope Kev gets back at it asap.

Ake outstanding again. Grealish getting better each game just needs to release the ball one touch earlier or start to take shots more regularly.

Thought Ortega was very good goalkeeping wise, kicking isn’t a patch on eddies but shot stopping is far superior.

I agree I think Ortega is more reliable than Eddie right now. Not sure Eddie would have kept a clean sheet there.

 

[RayCTID]

If we went totally gung ho first half we would of easily got picked off. We had the correct stratergy

 

[moomba]

The absolute meltdown when we overhaul these gobby cunts will be more beautiful than anyone we've ever seen.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Agree with everything you have said but I fear for you once the “we’re absolute shite” crowd finishes their twelfth pint.

Probably got most of them on ignore tbf Seb.

 

[The Colonel]

Zinny is just mixed up with his emotions. leading the Arsenal charge but in his heart he’s City.

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

And to the Manager who brought on all his best players in the second half to try and get a result.

Quite.

 

[Weavers run]

Shhhhh……….we are shit, can’t defend, look toothless, have no game management, look slow and Pep has been found out.

Do keep up Jimbo. ;-)

Fuck me. If someone watched that and thought it was a quality display from city needs their head testing. We all take the win but you are allowed to point out flaws in our game

 

[Vienna_70]

I said after the Wolves game “not great but good enough”

Cut and paste for tonight. We were much better in the second half.

Didnt Zinchenko make a second bookable foul ?

I thought Zinc should have received a second yellow.