PL: Chelsea v Arsenal | August 18, 2018 17:30 BST | BT Sport

[Taxi Driver]

Now this is Arsenal one wants to watch! Even if we end up losing this, the fighting spirit we've just witnessed is a very, very promising sign.

Now please get Torreira and Lacazette on right away, then maybe Lichtsteiner.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Sarri look same at Napoli joy to watch offensively but defensively easy to break down

 

[Slartibartfast]

Man, Arsenal could be up like 5-2 if they could keep the ball under the crossbar on open shots. Let's just hope they play with confidence and keep Chelsea on their heels a lot in the 2nd half.

 

[MLK79]

While I'm happy that we've levelled the score I'm disappointed because if we had just played with an actual midfield, we would be winning this game. At the moment, it can still go either way.

 

[krackpot]

. Xhaka doesnt function.

at all?


Tbf, he started a lot of moves

 

[SingmeasongSong]

Torreira and Laca on now

 

[Mark Tobias]

We haven't hurt Chelsea that much for years at the Bridge.

And we might still lose this one ffs

I feel your passion and love for our club in this post.. You're (as am I) desperate to not only make a statement but to win where we have so often been disappointed in recent times.

Have to admit though. Thrilling fixture. Two teams in a heated battle. IMO very closely matched on paper (albeit that my bias has my money on us:confused

 

[Fallout]

for the first time in several seasons, you could sense the belief and fighting spirit coursing through our players. i dont care what happens in the second half but if we go back to playing slow and scared then we will have let ourselves down massively. so refreshing to see players run at the ****ing fullbacks.

 

[Garrincha]

A fresh Ramsey coming on later is made for this game.

 

[Makingtrax]

What a match, Iwobi and Guendouzi leading the way. Incredible entertainment.

Just looked at my Ionic, heart rate over 90 in that match, normally I’m 49 resting

 

[MutableEarth]

Well. That really was compelling to watch.

I actually didn't think we started that terribly until Pedro's goal. Then it was pretty hard to watch for about 20 mins. The most annoying thing was the lack of cover from Xhaka and Guendouzi. Guendouzi was at least positive on the ball but Xhaka was having a bit of a mare today. Guendouzi made some excellent passes though, he's been good IMO but he's still raw.

Mhkitaryan is hot and cold personified. I'm glad he picked it up towards the end though, he is making really excellent runs into the half space behind the full-back and hitting his cut-backs on point. Auba needs to put one of these away.

I knew Iwobi was going to be good today and he's delivered. Been good on the dribble, making the right runs into the same space and finding his teammates with cut-backs too. We just need to be wary of the space behind our defense and track runs better. Kante and Barkley in particular have caused problems.

 

[Fewtch]

@ everyone in this thread was wanking over "Sarriball" 20 minutes ago and complaining about Emery

No backbones

 

[Mark Tobias]

I hope we win this.
We need to build some confidence.

Come on lads

AGREE!

Please, anyone at the ground. SING YOUR EFFING HEART OUT!.

 

[Hope]

M absolutely flabbergasted how can Auba miss twice. Just Buzz off.

Fu ck it. Fu ck it
Fuc it.

 

[vijay]

it was nice to see someone get angry. Xhaka snapped into a tackle, face looking like thunder.... the team decided to get stuck in....its football...you need to ****ing want it.

 

[Dennis_Bergkamp_10]

Looking back. The 1-0 is not Miki's fault. He's moving backwards and will always be slower than Alonso.

The pass needed to be cut out

 

[Axel9090]

If we can improve our defense massively, we will be a team to contend with. We havent even got all of our top players on.

 

[Godwin1]

Give Auba the vote of confidence, he needs to get a goal to get the ball rolling for him. Özil time to do something, he might not been the same his whole Arsenal career. Xhaka has been woeful though played some good forward balls from deep in particular towards the end of the half, needs subbing off though.

 

[Taylor Gang Gunners]

Also, Bellerin gets too much of a hard time. He’s vital for us going forward.

 

[dka1]

What a match, Iwobi and Guendouzi leading the way. Incredible entertainment.

Just looked at my Ionic, heart rate over 90 in that match, normally I’m 49 resting

It's crazy, Guendouzi looked so good lol. And Iwobi finally showing that spirit, hopefully he can fulfil his potential with us.