Arsenal v Manchester United - Sunday 10 March 2019 - 16:30

[Master Splinter]

Welbz, Bellerin, Holding Lichtsteiner injured. Torreira suspended.

Lacazette, Ramsey, Guendouzi, Kolasinac and Leno will probably start this.

But it doesn't really matter what team Arsenal or United put out, the result will be the same.

75% possession, 20 shots on target, 24 De Gea saves, 5 pelanties denied, United score 3 on the counter with their only 3 chances. Lacazette consolation/false hope moment on 70 minutes.

[Master Splinter]

Come on Arsenal though FFS.

[Mac76]

Yeah, we put all cynicism aside for this one...

"Arsenal, Arsenal, Arsenal..." :scarf:

[Marc Overmars]

Hopefully I’m proven hilariously wrong but I don’t believe for one second we are capable of winning this.

1-1

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

I fuhking hate these ****s. Sooo want us to turn them over....but not confident at all.

Could do with another Mkhi and Ozil masterclass.

[LDG]

:haha:

:(

[SMatthews]

Very confident. 2-1.

[Ralpheroo72]

I am confident we will concede, so 1-3

[Letters]

Very confident. 2-1.

:haha:

Arsenal are like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.

I’d take a point

[SMatthews]

No point cowering behind the sofa. Go in backing the team and see what happens.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

[Letters]

I asked Siri who said the odds favour Arsenal by 0.3 goals.

0.3 - 0

Science :bow:

[Marc Overmars]

Quite annoying now knowing winning this could have put us up to third if Auba had put away that penalty. :doh:

Come on you Gunners! :pray:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Arsenal: Leno, Maitland-Niles, Sokratis, Koscielny, Monreal, Kolasinac, Xhaka, Ramsey, Ozil, Aubameyang, Lacazette.

[SMatthews]

He’s going for goals, that’s for sure. Ramsey at CM (I presume) is a risk.

[Globalgunner]

No Mustafi, There is hope.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man Utd: De Gea, Young, Lindelof, Smalling, Shaw, Matic, Fred, Pogba, Dalot, Lukaku, Rashford.
Subs: Romero, Bailly, Rojo, McTominay, Andreas, Martial, Greenwood.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Must win.

[SMatthews]

That’s putting it on the table.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I always knew we were a plastic club. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gary Neville co-commentating. :sick:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

How hasn't Lacazette put that in?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sound clearance from Aubameyang.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Auba. :haha:

Why?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lukaku hits the bar!

Pogba loopy header, easy for Leno.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

XHAKA!!!!!!!

[SMatthews]

Xhaka!

[SMatthews]

De Gea :lol:

[Penguin]

XHAKA!

De Gea :pal: :haha:

[LDG]

Yesssssssss

[Globalgunner]

Xhaka with the magic double swerve shot!

[Letters]

De Gay, more like :haha:

[Master Splinter]

De Gea :haha:.

Was it the wind?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

De Gea :haha:.

Was it the wind?

It comes from all directions tbf.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Whack it Laca!

[SMatthews]

That Lukaku chance was a real sitter

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mesut. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fred hits the post!

[Penguin]

Ramsey's playing well again today. He's keeping his discipline in midfield and he has won the ball back quiite a few times already.

[SMatthews]

Jesus

[Letters]

The post :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

We just entered De Gea's head. :blink:

[SMatthews]

Sky wheel out graphics and Jamie to say exactly the same thing.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ramsey rubberlegs.

[Letters]

Ramsey skies it. Good move though

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rashford. :haha:

[SMatthews]

Great from Laca

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lacazette made that all himself, gets the corner.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka with a great shot on target from the corner.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pogba goes for it from miles out, easy for Leno.

[Globalgunner]

AMN is just not good enough. Nothing he ever does improves our play

[Letters]

Pogba goes for it from miles out, easy for Leno.

The wind is all over the shop today.
Some of these potshots could be dangerous

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ball sails in and past everyone.

[SMatthews]

Theyre getting in behind a few times so far.

[Letters]

Rashford wanting a pel, forgetting that VAR doesn't work in the PL

[Penguin]

AMN is just not good enough. Nothing he ever does improves our play

He's losing the ball way too often.

[Globalgunner]

It would be nice for once in a game like this to go 2 up before the inevitable opposition comeback

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Maitland-Niles penalised at Shaw's request.

[Penguin]

Maitland-Niles penalised at Shaw's request.

It was a foul tbf

[Letters]

Oh piss off Rashford, you whiny c***

[Penguin]

Can Rashford please stop moaning every two seconds?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Maitland-Niles looks like he forgot to take the coathanger out of his shirt.

[Letters]

Ozil never offside :angry:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Auba and Lindelof both as drunk as each other.

[Letters]

Can Rashford please stop moaning every two seconds?

Apparently not.

[SMatthews]

Bloody hell

[McNamara That Ghost...]

How didn't Lukaku get a clean shot away?

Jesus.

[Globalgunner]

You just know this shit ref is waiting for the slighyest opportunity to award the mancs a contestable pen

[SMatthews]

Good from Leno

[Letters]

Leno :bow:

Doing our best to concede.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Socrates booked.

[SMatthews]

Let’s keep eleven on the pitch today can we?

[Penguin]

How was that a yellow? No contact and the ball was long gone.

But it would help if Sokratis didn't keep diving in so recklessly.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kos runs it out of play. :doh:

[Globalgunner]

John Moss. He really is a turd of a ref.

Everyone on the planet knows we will never get away with 1-0 here. Why are we playing like we can

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mesut too athletic there.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

That was a fucking good attack from Man Utd.

Jon Moss ruins our counter-attack.

[SMatthews]

What a tackle

[Letters]

Oh play on ref you wanker

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Two added minutes.

[Penguin]

They have defended against us very easily since our goal. Not enough quality in our attack.

Could have done with Mkhitaryan today.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kolasinac. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-0 HT.

Can still concede a goalscoring chance at will but overall, that will do.

[SMatthews]

A battling performance but I’ll take that all the way to full time.

[Mac76]

Happy with that overall - AMN doing well so far, and we just look so much more solid without mustafi

[Mac76]

They have defended against us very easily since our goal. Not enough quality in our attack.

Could have done with Mkhitaryan today.

I don't know why he's not on the bench at least?

[Master Splinter]

If you believe in the "it all evens out over the season" nonsense then we are due about 150 dodgy offside calls in our favour.

[Master Splinter]

I don't know why he's not on the bench at least?

Injured. Slight back problem.

[Letters]

Still wouldn’t be too distressed with a point.
Zero chance of us keeping a clean sheet

[SMatthews]

Happy with that overall - AMN doing well so far, and we just look so much more solid without mustafi

I wouldn’t say that going on the evidence of the first half.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Well cut out from Socrates.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Well done Leno. :bow:

[Globalgunner]

Xhaka liability almost always

[Letters]

Leno playing as a winger

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good run Lacazette, Auba hit it!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rashford. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leno saves from Lukaku!

Great save from Kos before it. :bow:

According to Neville and Redknapp. Twats.

[Letters]

Leno :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

One of Koscielny or Socrates must be unable to complete the 90 when they start together.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Send him off!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Not even a yellow for Pogba. :haha:

Fine to grab people by the head apparently.

[Letters]

Pub team football scramble in the box

[Letters]

Why are all our players dead?!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Auba bundles Pogba over. :sick:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rashford. :haha:

What a pointless routine.

[Letters]

Rashford :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

This needs Iwobi.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka looking at his feet again. :banghead:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

PELANTY!!!

[SMatthews]

Penalty!

[SMatthews]

Give it to Auba!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Auba again. :sick:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

AUBAMEYANG!!!!

COME ON!!!!

[SMatthews]

Auba redeems himself!!

[Globalgunner]

Not Auba again.

Scores this time!!!!

[SMatthews]

Took some balls to take that.

[LDG]

:woohoo:

[Letters]

Auba!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dalot off, Martial on.

[Letters]

Took some balls to take that.

It did. That honestly wasn’t a good pel though.
Put it in the corner, you prick!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Laca just dropped Le Ashes!

[Master Splinter]

Seriously though, Laca is clearly our best pelanty taker so should always take them if he's on the pitch.

Auba's pels are so timid.

[SMatthews]

Close from Laca!

[Letters]

By the way, that was a really soft pel!

[GP]

It did. That honestly wasn’t a good pel though.
Put it in the corner, you prick!

Did you see the graphic for this previous pels. None were in the corner.

I'd have Laca taking them, tbh.

[Letters]

Did you see the graphic for this previous pels. None were in the corner.

I'd have Laca taking them, tbh.

Agreed. All of them were very saveable and 2/6 were.
Kudos for having the balls to take it after last week but he is not a good penalty taker

[GP]

Big 17 coming on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pogba finally gets a yellow.

Ozil off, Iwobi on.

Well done Mesut.

[Globalgunner]

Xhaka is so slow

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Smalling in Suplex City.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Auba off, Suarez on.

Suarez. :lol:

I forgot he existed.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kolasinac with a shot on target. :unsure:

[LDG]

By the way, that was a really soft pel!

The suprise, is that it wasn’t for Utd, more specifically Ashley Young

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good play from Suarez.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Iwobi with the magic legs.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sky doesn't enter in to Moss' head.

We'd have probably seen the craving for doughnuts in a thought bubble if we had.

Lacazette off, Nketiah on to finally get another goal.

[Master Splinter]

Jon Moss is too fat for darts.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Shameless nutmeg from Moss.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nketiah bundled over by a fatty.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kolasinac with the most obvious yellow of all time. Great stuff.

[Globalgunner]

Jon Moss is too fat for darts.

Nah!. He`ll fit right in

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Five added minutes. :lol:

[Master Splinter]

Five added minutes. :lol:

Would be 15 if United still had a chance.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rashford header, easy for Leno.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Arsenal 2-0 Man Utd, FT!!!!

Up to fourth and a point behind the Spufs!

Emery. :bow:

Xhaka. :bow:

Maitland-Niles. :bow:

Aubameyang. :bow:

Lacazette. :bow:

Easy win. :bow:

Solskjaer. :haha:

Neville. :haha:

Tyler. :haha:

Moss. :haha:

[LDG]

Hurrah!

[Letters]

GET IN!


Take that you cuuuuunts! :dance:

[Mac76]

Quality, great win

AMN :bow:

[Master Splinter]

Ole :haha:.

Gunnar :haha:.

Solskjaer :haha:.

Fergie :haha:.

Mourinho :haha:.

De Gea :haha:.

Ratface The Elder :haha:.

Ratface The Younger :haha:.

Rio :haha:.

Curly Watts :haha:.

[Master Splinter]

AMN :bow:

Globalgunner :haha:.

[Globalgunner]

Were gonna win the league

[Master Splinter]

Jermaine Jenas, former Tottenham midfielder on BBC Radio 5 live:


I don't see how Manchester United don't win this game. The pressures that are upon Arsenal... United are so dangerous away from home. I don't think this Arsenal side can contain them. I'm heavily leaning towards United winning this.


Jean Arse :haha:.

Does this fuckwit ever tire of being so comprehensively wrong?

[SMatthews]

Sky leading with ‘do Arsenal deserve this?’

Fuck off

[Mac76]

They gave arse-ole about half an hour for a nice long whinge there...