Being in the CL & FA cup is a welcome distraction, our squad can’t get too fixated on any competition, so won’t have time to overthink (and I mean Pep as well:) we go game to gameI don't see it like that, they have the points on the board and Ok we have to play them, but that only put us under more pressure when we face them,
Arsenal know playing at the Etihad will be all on us to win the game, Yes we are good enough to beat anybody home and away, but we are still in the FA Cup and Champions League and that could be the key,
Spot on,bar the last bit the best team does win the league regardless..
Hopefully as that was one of the funniest games of football I've ever witnessed.I also believe the highlighted portion of your post will lead to Crystanbul type scenarios.
Them having to go to places like St James' Park not just needing to win but needing to claw back some goals, recipe for disaster.
If we beat Arsenal and win our game in hand then all we have to do is match Arsenal's results in the last series of games and they have tougher games. So really it all hinges on the Arsenal match.Untrue.
We might need to, but it’s unlikely and not a definite.
I agree with this. They blew it.Pressure got to them today at 2-0 they could off should off smashed Liverpool instead they constantly tried to feign injury stopped trying to attack and parked the bus. I don't think I've ever seen an English team drop to the ground so much after they took the lead. I don't like city players when they dive and feign injury but if they ever did it to that extent I wouldn't have a problem with people booing them ,all the respect I've had for Arsenal this season went to today ,I could have handled them beating us to the title now I want to make them cry like Suarez.
Arsenal under George Graham hence their chant 1-0 to the Arsenalyou can win the title the ugly way and win games 1.0 and keep it tight at the back, playing the best football sometimes wins you nothing
Up the celts, up the celts!To such an extent someone had to read your message to me. And reply.
If we'd settled for a point against Fulham and a point against Brentford we'd be one point below what chasing a winner in both and ultimately losing one achieved.You know in hindsight arsenal would have took a draw against Liverpool better to come away with something than nothing,which brings me to the home game against Brentford when we could have took our medicine and a point is better than nothing just think of the extra point/s here and there in games,bit late now I know but just thinking about things like this ..
Being in the CL & FA cup is a welcome distraction, our squad can’t get too fixated on any competition, so won’t have time to overthink (and I mean Pep as well:) we go game to game
Yeah that’s a good point..If we'd settled for a point against Fulham and a point against Brentford we'd be one point below what chasing a winner in both and ultimately losing one achieved.
First things first, we have to get the job done against Leicester and not immediately let Arsenal off the hook like we did against Forest a few days after beating them. We need them to feel like we're not going to slip-up again this season and that we're going to relentlessly chase them down now.
It's a shame they're up against a terrible West Ham side next as they'll be able to put today behind them quickly with what will probably be a comfortable win. It's not impossible that West Ham get something as they're at home and are fighting to avoid relegation, and maybe if we cut the gap down to three points earlier in the day then the pressure will get to them but my head tells me they'll win that pretty easily. Then whilst we're playing an FA Cup semi-final, they've got Southampton at the Emirates which is the very definition of a home banker.
Going in to our game against them at the Etihad, assuming that we've beaten Leicester and they've beaten West Ham and Southampton, they will be 9 points ahead but we will have 2 games in hand. If we then beat Arsenal, we will be 6 points behind them with 2 games in hand and will more than likely have a superior goal difference. Although the league is technically in our hands already, it's also in Arsenal's hands as we've still got to play each other but if it all unfolds as described above then it will be properly in our hands. Losing three times in a row in the same season against your title rivals would surely have a negative psychological impact too.
If we win our next two games, I think our momentum and experience in tight title races will see us over the line.
Definitely. I'd fancy Arsenal to turn West Ham over but their is simply no guarantees in football.
West Ham battling for points at the bottom whilst Arsenal are basically playing a game they HAVE to win.
It's not going to be easy for Arsenal.
What did Arteta need to say to the fuckers at 2-0 up cruising at Anfield? Whatever it was failed massively.Pressure got to them today at 2-0 they could off should off smashed Liverpool instead they constantly tried to feign injury stopped trying to attack and parked the bus. I don't think I've ever seen an English team drop to the ground so much after they took the lead. I don't like city players when they dive and feign injury but if they ever did it to that extent I wouldn't have a problem with people booing them ,all the respect I've had for Arsenal this season went to today ,I could have handled them beating us to the title now I want to make them cry like Suarez.
Realistically though the Arsenal game is a title decider and we are at home. We couldn't ask for more. I think we will do it.I don't see it like that, they have the points on the board and Ok we have to play them, but that only put us under more pressure when we face them,
Arsenal know playing at the Etihad will be all on us to win the game, Yes we are good enough to beat anybody home and away, but we are still in the FA Cup and Champions League and that could be the key,
Is that you for xG, or against?xG can suck my ballsacks.
I'm not sure Arsenal know how to manage games & shut up shop which should play into our hands.This is actually an important point that I haven't seen picked up.
Even if they win those two fixtures comfortably as expected, Arsenal's mentality going into our match is almost certainly "don't lose the game". I think that's always dangerous, a bit like trying to protect a 1-0 lead in a game. I reckon that could work in our favour.
If they don't win their two fixtures comfortably... then even better.