Match Thread | Arsenal vs Man City FA Cup (18/07/20)

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Zero out ball. Man for man and forcing Ederson to go long or take risks.

Even Laporte looks seriously dodgy.

Being schooled tactically so far and that's okay, as long as half your own team aren't half arsed.

Sterling, Mahrez, Jesus, Silva, Gundo and Kev all aren't pulling their weight.

Would like to see Rodri, Foden and Bernie at some stage.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

De Bruyne 61% passing accuracy. Woeful

 

[Blu1]

I will scream if pep doesn’t change it!

I can’t believe how poor & disorganised that half was

 

[dronefromsector7G]

Playing like they were on the piss last night. Need Foden on soon.

 

[Metalartin]

Arsenal are playing surprisingly well, we're playing like we did in the second half against Bournemouth. The worst thing we could have done was give them a lead to defend after their performance against Liverpool.

 

[simon23]

poor performance from a lot of them but the usual suspects are very prevelant as always

Gundogan - absent and offers nothing accept backwards and sideways passes - again backing out of tackles

Mendy - stands 3 yds off his player allowing cross after cross to come in (and this time Walker goes to sleep on the back post) - Mendys crossing is vastly overrated as well. Like gundogan backs out of tackels even in the attacking half of the pitch - he is a liability and nothing will change.

Mahrez - gone missing again (time after time)

Gabriel Jesus - name me another top class forward who receieves a poor back pass on he edge of the area with no one within 8-10 yds of him who then turns the wrong way and tries to lay it off? - Just no killer instinct in the lad - thats aguero he turns twoard goal and gets a shot away - just doesnt have the right frame of mind to be at the top.

 

[dickie davies]

Very poor from Pep and his staff.

He's sent a very good team out to play and they're not doing themselves any favours
We are utterly pedestrian and the final ball when we've been in a great position has been dreadful

 

[Blu3m00n91]

How did this team win 14 on the bounce with all that pressure. We don’t even look like winning 3 in a row this season

 

[Josh_D]

Sterling, Mahrez and KDB having their worst games of the season

Just relieved to only be 1-0 down

Surely we can’t play that badly in the 2nd half

I’ve seen this question a lot this season but I’ll keep watching/supporting till the final whistle.

 

[ninjamonkey]

That was fucking woeful! I’m livid at that performance, do they not realise this is the game they’ve been preparing for for the past month?

not created a single chance, been given the ball in their box by their own players 3 times and remarkably turned back towards our own goal every time instead of shooting. I’ve never seen us under Pep strolling around like this before, it’s not just one or two either, no individual blame, they’re all at it. we started as if we were 8-0 up in a pre season friendly. We’ll chase it second half and get down on the counter