mm76
Yer Da
I am not sure why it took so long for Wenger to start Elneny
there's the rub - Wenger was forced into some of the changes that paid off last night.
i went to the game not knowing what to expect but certainly got my money's worth
we now have to hope Wenger realises what he's on to and sticks with that lineup for a while.
A few points on players:
- Monreal had another blinder and should have had a penalty - Atkinson was awful last night
- really impresed with Martinez, who didn't have tons to do but make two good saves with no eccentricities or messing about
- Welbeck worked hard and was applauded loudly when subbed, but he really needs to get a goal somehow to remind him how it's done as his timing's really off
- Elneny and Xhaka worked really well together
- Gabriel was superb
- "we've got Özil"...
- Alexis was our worst player in terms of giving the ball away, but obviously the backheel to Özil for Walcott's goal made up for it
credit to W Ham btw - they didn't just park the bus they played positively, although we could have done without all that barging our players around (which was ignored by Atkinson)