Arsenal (H) | PL | Post-match Thread

Amongst the many reasons for intensely disliking Arteta, his clear decision to tell his players to go down with ‘cramp’, or some other feigned injury, is truly reprehensible.

The intent is to disrupt play, to create a version of the NFL ‘timeout’, where his players can have a drink and then get new instructions while the feigned injury is ‘treated’.

Well guess what you gooners, karma came back to maul you in the 98th minute.

I’m not sure whether anything can be done about his players dropping like flies, but it is definitely not good for the game.
 
Watched MOTD last night and I think Pep maybe missed a chance to drop Haaland on the edge of the box for his shooting ability, the crosses in were never going to work because he couldn’t get much power on them with no run in, had they dropped Erling to next to Diaz he could’ve been shooting it would’ve given Arsenal another problem, do they go out to close him down and leave space or allow him to shoot from outside, he’d have been far better than Diaz obviously. I still think we should’ve been overlapping to the by line and firing low and hard even a deflection could have gone in.
 
jollylescott said:
Amongst the many reasons for intensely disliking Arteta, his clear decision to tell his players to go down with ‘cramp’, or some other feigned injury, is truly reprehensible.

The intent is to disrupt play, to create a version of the NFL ‘timeout’, where his players can have a drink and then get new instructions while the feigned injury is ‘treated’.

Well guess what you gooners, karma came back to maul you in the 98th minute.

I’m not sure whether anything can be done about his players dropping like flies, but it is definitely not good for the game.
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What happened to the rule that injured players had to step off the field of play for 30 seconds? Was that scrapped this season?
 
feedmpenzaandhewillscore said:
Didn’t think City had enough width, Doku and Savio needed to be stood on the touch line which they weren’t and made any areas the ball could go into narrower. We never got the quick run off the back of the full back going to pull it back which players like Bernardo and Gundo are normally clever at doing. None of our attacking players came out of the box to draw anyone out with Arsenal more than happy for Dias and Akanji to have the ball.
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I thought our wide men should hug the touchline more and try to stretch things. I would also have had Doku and Sav swap sides but I don't know if that would have made a big difference. Arsenal would still have made it difficult for our players by adapting their movement and positioning a bit. That might have creating space on the opposite side but unless you can ping balls across the pitch accurately, it's still difficult to find spaces or get behind them.

Pep clearly considered various options from his post match presser comments but in the end went for perseverance and it did pay off. It was a war of attrition.
 
I love to see the media's reaction if Arsenal deployed the dark arts tactics at the Swamp of Klanfield
 
hammocity said:
Has anyone heard about the supporter, don't know if he's Arsenal or City who was knocked unconscious where the City fans walking from the South Stand/CB stand which is where I was coming from meet the Arsenal fans exiting the stadium?

He was hit, fell on Ashton New Road and cracked his skull, he was motionless and blood was pouring from his head, the Police on horses attended and moved everyone away, it looked so bad but not seen anything related to the incident.
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Didn't see anyone on ground but crowd was thick. Saw the Police on horses...
 
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