Arsenal Post Match Thread.

[Neville Kneville]

I agree with there goal, hence I popped in the caveat, not every failing.

The shape does look better with a back four, but you are right there is still an issue.

We dealt with it better in the 2nd half, stopping the pass getting through the middle, but still occasionally allowed people like Sanchez too much time in that position.

But at least we attacked the ball & put in a challenge to try & stop the situation occuring, unlike the first goal & the leicester goal, where we just stood & watched it unfold.

 

[tonea2003]

don't know if its been said but the last two times we have beaten le arse at home in dec, we have gone on to win the league

just saying like

 

[franksinatra]

We dealt with it better in the 2nd half, stopping the pass getting through the middle, but still occasionally allowed people like Sanchez too much time in that position.

But at least we attacked the ball & put in a challenge to try & stop the situation occuring, unlike the first goal & the leicester goal, where we just stood & watched it unfold.

The press was much better in the second half, higher up the field and allowed us to dictate the game more second half.

For the goal, Fernando, instead of filling that space in front of the centre halfs seemed to be the wrong side of the play offering little protection.

To balance that out Arsenal do have some very intelligent players and like us try to exploit space in between so I suppose its natural we will get caught occasionally.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Disappointed no Motd as am off work and could stay up! Highlights on the site though. I thought we played well in the first half but stepped it up a bit in the second half. Sane settling in and seems to get the nod for the big games. Lovely bit at the end with Wenger shouting at his keeper on the highlights.

It's on tonight after the Scouse stew.

 

[Bentheblue]

Sky with all their technology could not agree on whether the goals were offside. I watched the highlights on Sky Sports 1 and was assured by the commentators both goals were not offside and they showed reruns to prove their case. When the highlights finished I switched over to Sky Sports News to see an item saying both goals were offside.

 

[OB1]

There is no daylight between Sane and the last defender - definitely on I tell you!

I think it would have been "on" in old money. Under the current rules, I reckon the Liner would have needed to be a Marvel character to spot it.

 

[chaddblue]

don't know if its been said but the last two times we have beaten le arse at home in dec, we have gone on to win the league

just saying like

I hope you're right, but also the last 4 times Chelsea have been top at Christmas they've gone on to win the league

 

[Mike N]

don't know if its been said but the last two times we have beaten le arse at home in dec, we have gone on to win the league

just saying like

Thanks for that mate !

 

[BlueAnorak]

First of all, can I say how delighted I am with the win, although I was extremely confident going into the game and expected us to win for some reason.

But regards the 1st offside, I didn't think it was, so in an idle moment, I took a screen cap, hoping to be able to show that it was on side. But, I have failed.

Try as I might to adjust the angle of the white line below, I cannot make any adjustment that shows Sane to be on. In fact I have been quite "generous" in positioning it as below - arguably the line should lean backwards a bit more and it would be even more clear. He was offside, however marginally, but off he was. Do I care? No.

Interestingly I didn't think it was offside at the game. But images seem to indicate that if the linesman could properly react in 1/32nd of a second it could have been given offside. to Be exact you would need a better camera angles to show when there was daylight between Silva's boot and the ball - the above only doesn't show it.
As to the second goal I thought it was offside. But by the letter of the law it wasn't. -Cech's sight lines to save the ball were not blocked and Silva didn't really try to go for the ball so by current Refereeing interpretation it was on-side.

 

[Cityfan]

He's got to be the most ungracious miserable manager ever.

Sorry mate this is one competition where Mourinho is absolutely right in his assertion that he is a winner.