UEL Group Stage: Sporting CP v Arsenal | October 25, 2018 17:55 BST | BT Sport

[celestis]

Starting to piss me off. First half like Leicester and we lose to Liverpool, no question.

Yeah , hope we fix it this weekend.

 

[Wenger's Coat]

I really don't understand people blaming Guendouzi for slowing down play. Unlike most of our players, he is always trying to find a forward pass, and was personally responsible for most of the good plays in this game. It's true that he was caught in possession once or twice, but that goes with the territory, especially with someone so young.

Players with such vision and dribbling skills are meant to look a bit for the best possible option, and not just pass the ball to the nearest player like Elneny.

 

[cannonade]

It makes sense that Guendouzi might be slow to react or thinking too much, but not Ramsey or Micki. They just didn’t play very well.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Just saw the result really great job lads clean sheet too

 

[freeglennhelder2]

I really hope this doesn't end in him leaving us for Barca or Real. It'd be like Cesc all over again and I don't think I could handle it this time.

I’m not sure what else you expect to happen. If a young player realises his potential and starts to consistently turn out world class performances at any club on the planet then it’s just a matter of time before one of the big $$$ clubs come knocking. Cole, Anelka, Nasri, Fabregas ... I’m not saying it’s impossible for someone to stay - he could be the lynchpin of our new empire - but that’s fairly unrealistic in the modern game IMO.

For me personally Cole hurt the most, can’t see that ever changing. But, after a bit of time has passed I don’t have any hate for these guys, it’s just business....nothing personal. Always remember, in 2001 Arsenal pulled of one of the most shocking signings in English football history.

 

[Maybe]

Xhaka is one of the best left backs in our recent history, just compare Gibbs, Traore and Santos with him. Sweet left foot with good understanding of the position, too bad he's not blessed with pace.

 

[Mitch]

I haven't seen a CB pairing for us bully opposition physically like they did last night since the likes of Campbell and Keown.

 

[9jagooner]

Like

I also still feel like Emery isn't getting the credit he deserves, 11 wins in a row is f*cking impressive no matter who the opposition is. Meanwhile the pundits are all over Sarri, I guess I don't mind us going under the radar but just imagine if Liverpool/United had won 11 games in a row we wouldn't here the end of it on social media/sky.

There are right to be all over Sarri. Chelsea are unbeaten and they've played one or two big teams.

Whilst our 11 game winning run is very impressive, we lost against the two biggest teams we've played this season. Had we beaten one of Chelsea or City, I'm sure the media will be all over us too.

Overall, I'd rather we take it game by game and not bother about what others are saying

 

[Dennis_Bergkamp_10]

3 points again, do we play them at home next? I want to see the likes of Nketiah and ESR playing again.

 

[Big Poppa]

Our first halves are starting to piss Emery off .

I feel like it's more to do with obvious substitutions and tactical tweaks than first/second halves. Emery seems to like keeping an ace up his sleeve - for example the difference between Torreira and Elneny is quite significant, and when the former replaced the latter yesterday we wrestled back control in midfield.

Same thing on Saturday, he brought Auba and Guendouzi on and Leicester couldn't cope.

I don't think we've had a single 90 minutes with Laca, Auba, Douzi, Özil, Torreira and Iwobi on the pitch, and it seems somewhat deliberate to keep everyone on their toes. Risky, but it's been paying off.

 

[Big Poppa]

I just love that he says 'The Arsenal'

funnily enough I think the Spanish call us "El Arsenal" or "Los Gunners" which is pretty much a direct translation to "The Arsenal". I guess English doesn't use prepositions the way Spanish, French etc do.

 

[Makingtrax]

Missed the game last night, but put it on record and watched early morning. Similar pattern, poorer first half, much better second.

Still can’t believe our unbelievable luck again. Sokratis clearly pulled the defenders shirt to hold him back, nothing given. He was through on goal, red and off in the old days. Could have killed the game, liked Van Persie’s red against Barca.

And Welbeck had a great chance, but struck the ball straight at the goalie. Fortunately it went through his legs.

It’s brilliant, we haven’t much luck for years. Lovely stuff.

Every win adds momentum.

 

[Makingtrax]

I just love that he says 'The Arsenal'

Loved it too.

That’s the great thing about having the match on record, you can eventually work out what he does say.

 

[Trilly]

disappointed and frustrated with Ramsey who I thought dawdled on the ball too long at key times, missing several passes (off the top of my head: one where he delayed a ball to Mikhi on the break, and another to Guendouzi who was left completely unmarked at the edge of the box but he checked back to Granit).

Sounds like a typical Ramsey performance just without some end product to gloss it all over.

 

[Trilly]

Missed the game last night, but put it on record and watched early morning. Similar pattern, poorer first half, much better second.

Still can’t believe our unbelievable luck again. Sokratis clearly pulled the defenders shirt to hold him back, nothing given. He was through on goal, red and off in the old days. Could have killed the game, liked Van Persie’s red against Barca.

And Welbeck had a great chance, but struck the ball straight at the goalie. Fortunately it went through his legs.

It’s brilliant, we haven’t much luck for years. Lovely stuff.

Every win adds momentum.

I see what you're doing here.

Also Welbeck's finish wasn't lucky. Going through the keepers legs is an established finishing technique.

 

[ThlRama]

Missed the game last night, but put it on record and watched early morning. Similar pattern, poorer first half, much better second.

Still can’t believe our unbelievable luck again. Sokratis clearly pulled the defenders shirt to hold him back, nothing given. He was through on goal, red and off in the old days. Could have killed the game, liked Van Persie’s red against Barca.

And Welbeck had a great chance, but struck the ball straight at the goalie. Fortunately it went through his legs.

It’s brilliant, we haven’t much luck for years. Lovely stuff.

Every win adds momentum.

You can spin this and focus on Welbeck's disallowed goal, which should've stood, no way that was a foul. But I agree that we've had so much **** luck for so many years that we now should accept anything we get.

Welbeck's finish was great, he intend for the ball to go between the keeper's legs FFS, it wasn't fortunate, strikers do that all the time.

 

[celestis]

I feel like it's more to do with obvious substitutions and tactical tweaks than first/second halves. Emery seems to like keeping an ace up his sleeve - for example the difference between Torreira and Elneny is quite significant, and when the former replaced the latter yesterday we wrestled back control in midfield.

Same thing on Saturday, he brought Auba and Guendouzi on and Leicester couldn't cope.

I don't think we've had a single 90 minutes with Laca, Auba, Douzi, Özil, Torreira and Iwobi on the pitch, and it seems somewhat deliberate to keep everyone on their toes. Risky, but it's been paying off.

Could be , but this is what he's been saying in the press for the last 3 weeks , that he isn't happy with our first halves .

 

[Preacher]

Also Welbeck's finish wasn't lucky. Going through the keepers legs is an established finishing technique.

+99

 

[celestis]

I see what you're doing here.

Also Welbeck's finish wasn't lucky. Going through the keepers legs is an established finishing technique.

He hit it so sweetly you could hear it through the tv.

 

[Makingtrax]

You can spin this and focus on Welbeck's disallowed goal, which should've stood, no way that was a foul. But I agree that we've had so much **** luck for so many years that we now should accept anything we get.

Welbeck's finish was great, he intend for the ball to go between the keeper's legs FFS, it wasn't fortunate, strikers do that all the time.

There’s no spin here bro, that’s how I saw it.

Welbeck put his hands on the defender, even if the defender slipped, so not really unlucky, to balance things out.

A striker always has two choices: try and place the ball out of the keepers reach or blast it straight at him. Much depends on the angle and time on the ball. The former is dependent on skill, the latter more on chance.