Prediction
Arsenal 3-0 West Ham
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Without a doubt if they defended with a higher line it would have been a completely different result. I think it shows they are to scared to defend with a higher line.They should have lost by 5 goals at least never understand the opinion of this tbf they were lucky to.
One could look at it the other way, we only lose when we fail to score... ;-)All league games lost this season we have failed to score...not good sign
30 shots with an xG of only 2.7 means most of those shots were low chances of scoring. That’s good defending.
Yeah they played well. Props to them.West Ham played incredibly well. One of the reasons our xG was so low with 30 shots, is that it takes into account defenders in between the shooter and the goal. Ødegaard and Saka were in their box multiple times but they were always doubling up on them, and for all their twisting and turning, they couldn’t release a killer shot or pass. Could have been an extra half hour and the result would have been the same.
@Dokaka - your thoughts on that? I can see that it will not swing the romantics, but realistically, in terms of results, he's doing well?
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David Moyes has had 2 good spells managing West Ham Utd. Winning the Europa Conference Trophy last season, was a Brilliant achievement.@Dokaka - your thoughts on that? I can see that it will not swing the romantics, but realistically, in terms of results, he's doing well?
30 shots with an xG of only 2.7 means most of those shots were low chances of scoring. That’s good defending.
West Ham defending so deep was definitely a game plan on their part. A fair % of our 30 shots were blocked. xG takes that into account ‘people in the way of shots’ and lowers it accordingly. That’s good defending. I guess the luck you’re talking about comes if the block isn’t clean and a deflection takes the ball past the keeper. Either way though it still means Arsenal aren’t carving out clear cut chances by making incisive passes through those defensive lines in key areas.Yes and no, imo. Good defending also involves shot suppression. They conceded 30 shots and 77 touches inside their box, I think it's fair to say West Ham defended well but they were also extremely fortunate to not concede.
Saka had a couple of shots from the edge of the box where he cut inside to try to curl the ball into the keepers right hand top corner, but they were well wide. Salah scores like that that but Saka isn’t quite at that level yet to make a regular habit of it.I agreed with the XG but still thought we had enough clear cut chances.
Even De Zerbi is surprised look at his eyes as he realises West Ham is next for them.
Interesting tweet from OptaJoe recently. Not sure if I should post it since it may be sh*t stirring/trolling.
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He also had a shot right at the keeper when Ode played him in early on, then hit the post from a similar position later. We definitely had good chancesSaka had a couple of shots from the edge of the box where he cut inside to try to curl the ball into the keepers right hand top corner, but they were well wide. Salah scores like that that but Saka isn’t quite at that level yet to make a regular habit of it.
If it's about Rice you can't, otherwise go ahead.Interesting tweet from OptaJoe recently. Not sure if I should post it since it may be sh*t stirring/trolling.
Yeah, but hand on heart, do any of our attackers look confident in front of goal? Most chances were fluffed.
Appreciate the double reply to my single postIf you have a 2.68xG with 30 shots, it shows how poor your chances were. An xG can be 1 with only 1 shot if it's a tap in on the goal line. A higher xG doesn't mean you played well. Their xG was 1.5 with only 6 shots, so they carved out much better chances. They defended better and attacked better. All our great work had no end product at either end.
People can say what they like. But its simple you dont lose to West Ham at home during a title fight!! Hes pissed me off tbh!!