Arsenal (H) | PL | Post-match Thread

Dazzle84 said:
As much as I felt Liverpool got away with being overly physical when we had our clashes with them, I could respect that they were a frightening attacking unit.

This Arsenal side - I really can't fucking stand them. Cheating bastards who are a bit of absolute whining shithouses. Fucking hate them
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I messaged a friend and said, although I didn’t like Klopp, he wouldn’t have come to City, gone ahead at half time and come out second half to defend for the rest of the match with all eleven men behind the ball. Arsenal going back to the days of George Graham there. Boring, boring, Arsenal. Dreadful and they got their just desserts when City equalised.
 
David White said:
Well that was different…

Anti-football, injury feigning, time wasting, hoof it 60 yards down the pitch to get a breather pricks. It was going to be a mammoth task for them to hold on but fuck me they were ugly in the second half.

Arteta is rapidly becoming a Mourinho level ****. Awful. His team also have a serious disciplinary problem.

As for us, great start but as soon a Rodders went off we looked completely devoid of a plan. Our rhythm was off and there was no organisation. Was a bit frustrated with onus 2nd half too. I know he made changes but we still gave the ball to walker/akanji then kovacic then Dias and repeat. We needed foden or jack or gundo at the edge of the box today trying to find the pass.

Walker gets called to speak to the ref which pulls him out of position. How the ref then lets them take a quick free kick is beyond me. Surely that shouldn’t be happening.

Their 2nd goal was very poor defending from us. We’d had a warning a couple of minutes before they scored and we did it again..

Anyway, a point is better than nothing.

Fuck off arsenal you shithouse cunts.
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Very good summary - agree on everything.

Especially on Arteta... he's really becoming a pathetic tw.t.
 
From a City perspective, we can surely be happy with that point. A tragic few minutes with Rodri going off and the dodgy equaliser, and we didn't recover that half. At 2-1, I would have been very happy to take a draw -- and even after the red card, knowing what Arsenal's gameplay would be in the 2nd half. Top of the league, and a bit of a mental blow for a rival team. That's not a bad outcome, given the circumstances.

From a football fan perspective: what a shame that the approaches taken from Arsenal today and Inter in midweek is what modern football seems to be resorting to. Did anyone ever think Klopp would be missed this much?

All that being said, City clearly haven't improved much with regards to overcoming that low block. I honestly don't know what the solution is. I'm sure Pep has been racking his brains about it for a long time. It's a huge barrier in his pursuit of perfection. I pray he overcomes this one because of how anti-spirited the low block feels. Particularly the Arsenal version of it. I want to enjoy marquee football matches again!

Finally, City clearly need to get to work on set pieces. Too long have we been so weak on corners and free kicks -- attacking and defending. Thay needs some serious training ground attention.
 
normskih said:
I messaged a friend and said, although I didn’t like Klopp, he wouldn’t have come to City, gone ahead at half time and come out second half to defend for the rest of the match with all eleven men behind the ball. Arsenal going back to the days of George Graham there. Boring, boring, Arsenal. Dreadful and they got their just desserts when City equalised.
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Only 10 men available but your point is well made.
 
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