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I think we really missed Saliba/Gabriel especially on the ball and for midfield control. They just provide on-ball security which I’m not sure I fully appreciated. If we’re just missing one, the other can compensate but missing both? Not ideal.

Just a lot of play acting, whining etc.

Chelsea has been very unappealing today

All I can figure is that lacking both Saliba and Gabriel creates a bunch of on-ball issues…

I’m not enjoying this

This is actually correct. And absolutely won’t happen.

This is going to be a tough half because of the….simulation from the Chelsea players.

I like it a lot. For all of those reasons. Including (and I hadn’t thought about) your last point

Agreed

I think the Zubi one, in particular, is wrong. My issue is that those cards are inconsistent with the lack of fouls called on Caicedo. Which led to his dangerous tackle

Gotta be a red card

Exactly so

I don’t understand how caicedo keeps getting away with it…and the Arsenal cards are defensible but not really in the context of the game as it’s being called

Yeah I’ve been thinking — like I did at Sunderland— that this game suits Ødegaard

Just a bit out of control and the weight on some of our passes is just a bit off.

Um…win. Not wine. Though I felt like I’d drunk a bottle of wine. 🍷

@amylawrence.bsky.social Tonight’s wine wasn’t a Fuck Off victory BUT it was unlike any win I can remember. Do you remember any one that was so assured and confident and established Arsenal confidently at the absolute top level of world football? And what should such a win be called?

Though honestly, this watch is highlighting the gulf between him and Calafiori. It’s not a knock on MLS. Sexy Ricky is really special

Yeah. He’s been a bit below his best tonight. That said: he’s facing off against some pretty great players.

Goal from Bayern doesn’t change this view. It just feels like a very high level game between two roughly equal teams. That have a lot of respect for each other.

Small moment but the way we broke the press there was gorgeous

With an unfamiliar partner as LCB

Mosquera’s positional timing looks ever so slightly off…just a consequence of not playing much on the left?

Yep.

Let us not also forget that that corner was earned through the brilliant hard work of Zubimendi.

There’s obv a long way to go BUT, I’ve watched a LOT of Ars v Bayern in last 25 years and, more than any one I can remember, this just feels like a normal match. Yes, the opposition is v high quality (and loss/draw def still possible) but this doesn’t feel like a mismatch at all. SUCH a difference.

SET PIECE AGAIN OLE OLE

Perfect corner kick my son. 😍

SET PIECE FC BABY

This is the kind of game where Zubimendi’s quality and what he brings to the squad is really apparent. He’s just so good