UEL Round of 32 2nd Leg: Arsenal (1) v Benfica (1) | Thursday February 25 | KO: 17:55 UTC | BT Sport

[MaraDon]

If the season is over today I'm jumping into the Arteta Out train.

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Have to be honest here. Ødegaard looks like a player that will need at least 1 year to adapt.

Ceballer is also not making a case for himself IMO that we should sign him.

 

[Trilly]

It's his 1v1s more specifically. They weren't bad at U23 level but composure is a premium at first team level - Nketiah a prime example.

Yeah agreed, his ball striking is pretty good. More the type of/placement of the finish that is lacking.

 

[MikelHadADream]

Cant really defend Arteta if we go out here. Benfica are absolute rubbish ffs.

 

[Sapient Hawk]

What is it with us putting players, who seemingly have never scored before, on the map?

Is our status as Charity FC that cherished by the players?

 

[Rimaal]

Not normal to expect a red card this much

This Arsenal is not normal though.

 

[El Duderino]

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

It's not back to 0-0. They have the crucial away goal they were looking for. Anymore goals now in a score draw and they go through.

Yes well i mean currently we have to not concede

 

[bergholt]

Why is Gabriel playing RCB and Luiz LCB? I thought Luiz was right-footed and Gabriel left?

 

[Sanchez11]

How have we conceded pure sh1t ffs

 

[Trilly]

They’ve barely had a sniff over two legs but have scored a pen and a screamer freekick while we’re missing sitters left, right and centre.

This is such a miserable sport to follow.

Would recommend supporting Man City. That Guardiola fella knows how to create enough chances to not have to rely on his forwards maintaining 50%+ conversation rates.

 

[Hleb's Sirush]

Imagine going out to Olympiakos and a Benfica team in crisis in consecutive years.

Yet some people will still defend Arteta if that happens.

 

[LG10]

Ok this is embarrassing, benfica are championship level ffs. We’ve been so timid and sloppy on the ball

 

[Riou]

We will win this game and win this competition.

It's really annoying how everything always seems to go against us...miss loads of chances, dodgy penalty, great freekick...Arsenal

 

[Jack badmon]

It's really annoying how everything always seems to go against us...miss loads of chances, dodgy penalty, great freekick...Arsenal

It’s what happens when you lack quality.

 

[mpower2540]

Passive, slow, self indulgent, dumb. We’ve been tossing our selves off knocking it between each other like we’re 5-0 up again. Benfica are awful and we’re giving them impetus. Cannot understand why we’ve shafted Smith Rowe out wide for Ødegaard. Ødegaard has been pretty but ineffective, but we’ve imbalanced the team to get them both on the pitch! Crap management.

 

[Rimaal]

Cant really defend Arteta if we go out here. Benfica are absolute rubbish ffs.

They are dismal. Literally the worst team I've seen play this season. That league 2 team Sp**s played in Liverpool put up more of a fight.

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

So annoying that Auba missed all those easier chances last week and scores a half chance tonight. We haven't the legs for extra time. This needs to be won by us in 90 minutes. The centre of midfield is powder puff. I don't care about positional sense or a fancy technique. It's useless if they can't get to the ball and can be bypassed with such ease.

 

[Ripe Banana]

not even surprised

 

[junglist57]

surely Partey needs to come on? why save him for a pointless Leicester thrashing on Sunday?