Naive.

[BongoBlue]

Arsenal looked comfortable, didn't take their chances, had a man sent off, conceded a goal, defended heroically to stay in the tie then finally conceded a late second goal.

Whereas City looked comfortable, didn't take their chances, had a man sent off, conceded a goal, defended heroically to stay in the tie then finally conceded a late second goal.

Streets apart.

Wait until the media spin on it.

 

[alan__mcfc]

Express is talking about brave arsenal, nothing like our headlines. Double standards

 

[blue_sonic176]

I think Pellgrini had it spot on yesterday. Yes, the first 10 mins sucked, but the next 35 mins of the first half saw us get a real foothold on the game. We got far more aggressive to start the second half until we had to shut shop thanks to MDM

 

[robbieh]

Express is talking about brave arsenal, nothing like our headlines. Double standards

Bayern better than Barca and we have more world class players than Arsenal.

 

[sam-caddick]

When we played our normal game against Bayern we got raped and most likely would have done last night as well. Pellegrini did very little wrong in terms of tactics and formation. Defending well and hitting them with a counter or set-piece has been the best way to beat them over the past five or six years. Trying to outplay Barcelona does not give you a good chance of winning.

Kolarov was the mistake, had Nasri played from the start we would have had a better time in creating something whenever we would have got in Barca's half, even with ten men and when Nasri came on it gave us more of a creative spark, with XI men who knows.

Wenger got it spot on at the start against Bayern tonight, he got at them and showed Bayern they were the home team, and whenever Arsenal had the ball they played at Premier League intensity, something we did not do last night.

Defensive tactics were spot on from Manuel last night, but we overall showed them far too much respect and didn't play at an intensity which we know hurts teams and playing Kolarov was a sign of being too cautious.

The Bayern home game would have been a different game had we only gone with Sergio up front and put an extra man in midfield such as Silva and started him along with Nasri and Navas, plus they were another side we showed too much respect to on the night as well.

 

[Rammy Blue]

When we played our normal game against Bayern we got raped and most likely would have done last night as well. Pellegrini did very little wrong in terms of tactics and formation. Defending well and hitting them with a counter or set-piece has been the best way to beat them over the past five or six years. Trying to outplay Barcelona does not give you a good chance of winning.

Kolarov was the mistake, had Nasri played from the start we would have had a better time in creating something whenever we would have got in Barca's half, even with ten men and when Nasri came on it gave us more of a creative spark, with XI men who knows.

Wenger got it spot on at the start against Bayern tonight, he got at them and showed Bayern they were the home team, and whenever Arsenal had the ball they played at Premier League intensity, something we did not do last night.

Defensive tactics were spot on from Manuel last night, but we overall showed them far too much respect and didn't play at an intensity which we know hurts teams and playing Kolarov was a sign of being too cautious.

The Bayern home game would have been a different game had we only gone with Sergio up front and put an extra man in midfield such as Silva and started him along with Nasri and Navas, plus they were another side we showed too much respect to on the night as well.

load of bollocks.

 

[Goater=Legend]

Arsenal looked comfortable, didn't take their chances, had a man sent off, conceded a goal, defended heroically to stay in the tie then finally conceded a late second goal.

Whereas City looked comfortable, didn't take their chances, had a man sent off, conceded a goal, defended heroically to stay in the tie then finally conceded a late second goal.

Streets apart.

Only this.

 

[grim up north]

When we played our normal game against Bayern we got raped and most likely would have done last night as well. Pellegrini did very little wrong in terms of tactics and formation. Defending well and hitting them with a counter or set-piece has been the best way to beat them over the past five or six years. Trying to outplay Barcelona does not give you a good chance of winning.

Kolarov was the mistake, had Nasri played from the start we would have had a better time in creating something whenever we would have got in Barca's half, even with ten men and when Nasri came on it gave us more of a creative spark, with XI men who knows.

Wenger got it spot on at the start against Bayern tonight, he got at them and showed Bayern they were the home team, and whenever Arsenal had the ball they played at Premier League intensity, something we did not do last night.

Defensive tactics were spot on from Manuel last night, but we overall showed them far too much respect and didn't play at an intensity which we know hurts teams and playing Kolarov was a sign of being too cautious.

The Bayern home game would have been a different game had we only gone with Sergio up front and put an extra man in midfield such as Silva and started him along with Nasri and Navas, plus they were another side we showed too much respect to on the night as well.

Another one privy to Nasris. Fitness status

 

[True_Blue69]

When we played our normal game against Bayern we got raped and most likely would have done last night as well. Pellegrini did very little wrong in terms of tactics and formation. Defending well and hitting them with a counter or set-piece has been the best way to beat them over the past five or six years. Trying to outplay Barcelona does not give you a good chance of winning.

Kolarov was the mistake, had Nasri played from the start we would have had a better time in creating something whenever we would have got in Barca's half, even with ten men and when Nasri came on it gave us more of a creative spark, with XI men who knows.

Wenger got it spot on at the start against Bayern tonight, he got at them and showed Bayern they were the home team, and whenever Arsenal had the ball they played at Premier League intensity, something we did not do last night.

Defensive tactics were spot on from Manuel last night, but we overall showed them far too much respect and didn't play at an intensity which we know hurts teams and playing Kolarov was a sign of being too cautious.

The Bayern home game would have been a different game had we only gone with Sergio up front and put an extra man in midfield such as Silva and started him along with Nasri and Navas, plus they were another side we showed too much respect to on the night as well.

load of bollocks.

No it's not its spot on. You think playing a left back in midfield ahead of arguably our best player this season was the right move? We looked better with 10 when Nasri was on than 11 with AK there. This isn't a dig at Kolorov by the way, I think he's improved greatly this season but he is not a midfielder. His touch is often clumsy and he can't play in the small spaces the way Silva, Nasri, Yaya, Feyna all can.

Manager got it wrong he doesn't do very often. Let's see what team he plays in Barca, bet it's not Kolorov in midfield.

 

[The Man With The Stick]

I think we need to learn to treat the ball as if it's gold dust. Easy to win it back in the prem but in Europe, ya might not see it again for 10 minutes.