Is it too simple to say that all the PL teams are completely knackered from an utterly unrelenting schedule in a league where everyone is pretty good?
Sure, it’s probably an over-simplification.
Does that mean it’s untrue? No, it does not
Fan one-upmanship is never fun, but that Gabriel one is much more comparable to the foul on Eze for their goal. Which wasn’t given
I once got 955 comments telling me to kill myself for writing a dumb Athletic column so I expect that basketball guy to stop before hitting 956 out of respect
He is sort of the player I thought Eze would be. Sometimes bad, sometimes brilliant, but always makes an impact of some sort!
And this was one of Gyokeres’ better games
This is ‘I haven’t seen it, but I’m losing control and it’s pretty likely both players are pulling because that happens from almost every player at almost every corner’.
No coincidence that he immediately gave a free kick to the defence then blew for full time. He wanted out
We weren’t good. But they created almost nothing outside of that one minute where we appeared to be in the changing room.
If martinelli’s shot is an inch lower it’s a very different game, I’m not going to panic
#Arsenal #Havertz #B04ARS
Yeah, a poor performance but we’d have been pretty unlucky to lose
Given how the game went, that’s a very decent result. And I suspect it’s one that arteta would have taken at the start.
Unimpressive, but in a good position for the second leg
In the history of the game no player has ever been booked for doing less than Kai Havertz was just done for there
It’s a soft pen, but not a wrong one. The way this has been reffed it has to be given. But based on performance, we’re quite lucky here!
Nah. His true self can pass the ball, can control it, can head it. In the box it seems to go to pieces!
Noni! Beats two, wins a pen. He’s been the chaos!
Timber in the box has been utterly terrible. Just a shadow of his true self whenever he gets up there
Eze off. Not his worst game, but not good either. Not feeling great about his signing still
Seeing lots of complaints about Gabriel Martinelli, not like he's been excellent but of the Arsenal players he's been the most threatening leading the team in xT and Goal Probability added. FWIW
What is this box Timber guy??
He’s had our best chance and has the beating of his man more than any other player. I’d keep him on
Madueke the latest. I don’t think we should be taking pot-shots from everywhere, but we need to shoot occasionally!
There he is!
Where is Kai?
Man, you can't book Martin Zubimendi for that challenge if you didn't give Palacios a booking for the exact same thing in the first half.
That's really poor refereeing.
If that’s a booking for Zubi, fair enough. But palacios should be off then
It’s not all him (though he’s part of it). Timber, Martinelli, Madueke. It’s everyone!
We’ve actually been much better at getting up to and into the box in the last 10 minutes. But our play in the box had been appalling
Possible. He’s certainly not been good
Saka off! Wow! Let’s see what Noni can do here…
I know there’s a feeling that we need to be more direct, but I’m more worried by the total inability to retain possession when we’re defending, so I don’t hate some patient build up
I don’t know that I agree. We do a fair bit of blocking, and Eze goes down under the very slightest contact…
