Match Thread | Arsenal vs Man City (15/02/23)

[i8rags]

Grealish off for Foden.

Mahrez off and switch Bernie to that side.

Laporte on and shift Ake to left full back.

Need to have more going the other way, rather than our backs to goal.

Abso fuckin lutely

 

[bluemonkey71]

Need Erling one on one and he’ll walk it in

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Definitely a penalty.
The Mensa John Hartson said so and who are we to disagree with him.

 

[levets]

I am just boggled that some of you lot actually think that was a correct penalty decision.

Ederson just stood his ground, never infringed the forward, nonsense decision.

 

[jimharri]

We have wasted Bernardo, now we have no choice but to sub him out. He'll get a red playing Against Saka

It was a strange decision, playing him at LB, when Laporte was available to play alongside Dias, freeing Ake to play on the left.

 

[Millennium]

It was nice of Ederson to point where Saka should put the ball .

That was his plan, point to the right and jump to the left. Genius

 

[hilts]

Don't get where Ederson should go? Nketia runs in to him after playing the ball.

God another one pmsl

 

[Mr HJ]

There are not many in the world who would finish like Kev did - Sergio, Messi like. Their crowd - bunch of horrible gits - are really up for it and you could see Taylor wilting under the pressure.

For me we are very weak on the right wing so I would take Mahrez off and put Bernie there - we need more work to stop their possession. Zinchenko is getting so much time and space and good as he has been of late Riyad is not on it tonight. He is just following the ball and leaving us exposed by that. To be fair they have tried to target our left and I think we've done ok stopping them with Jack tracking back effectively. Erling needs just one really top pass and I'm saying Kev will provide that and we win this 2-1!

Come on boys the football world are willing them to win so let's show our qualities and Eddie stop with the time wasting we are better than that - it only fuels them up.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

For those of you who think it’s a penalty show me another example of when a penalty has been given for a similar challenge?

It's up there with a ref doing something about time wasting

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

Can somebody tell me what was the difference between that penalty and Martinez jumping into Haaland without control of the ball and ending up with a free kick?

 

[Brendan110_0]

I've seen strikers having a shot, missing chances and getting wiped out by the keeper thousands of times and it's never been a penalty before TODAY (only today).

 

[bennyboy]

Hate it when our keeper goes the wrong way from a penalty.

 

[Decepticon]

Not sure what people think is corrupt. Was it the pen?

It was a dodgy penalty. If Ederson was at fault where's the second yellow??

 

[Damanino]

tactically we are rubbish, they come through our midfield so easy. no running, no pressure on them, Bernardo need to make faults to stop them, thats it basically.

this 3 man defence not working today, and cannot create much upfront either.

we need so much more from Grealish and Mahrez on the wing. so much more than this. both going forward and offer backtrack a lot.

 

[Bluesince1979]

I’m still confused as to why Walker got booked

Me too

 

[OntarioBlue]

That's 'cos they are fucking idiots - where is the City representative?!

They probably think it’s balanced because Clichy is there.

 

[the-ecstacy-of-eight]

Thats 2 bent fucking decisions against the 2 clubs above and below us. Fucking fuming right now.

Are you also forgetting the Haaland "goal" at their shithole when they were seen to be title contenders?

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

Change it now pep or we’ll be down to 10 within the first 5 minutes

 

[jaiguruKun]

Not having that, the ball had been released before the collision, it was a coming together. Clichy saying it is definitely a pen! What about our disallowed goal at the weekend?

It was what they call incidental contact. Which means it's never given as a pen unless against us.

 

[BlueMoonday]

The PL really didn't like it up them on Sunday with the banners and atmosphere rocking. Goal aside, we've been shite overall this evening but clearly officials have been advised to make it difficult for us.