Player Rating and Match Reaction - Arsenal 4-1 Leeds United

Ramsdale 7 - Deflection meant he couldn’t do anything about Leeds goal but solid all game unlike the defence in front of him


White 6 - Good goal but Summerville made an arse of him at times


Holding 3 - Sweating spinal fluid that Saliba is back for Liverpool, if he’s not that could be the end of the title charge.


Gabriel 6 - Wasn’t helped by Zinchenko but looked flat footed at times today


Zinchenko 2 - Can we please just drop the fucking guy if Tierney is back, he can’t defend


Partey 6 - Allowed Roca too much room to operate in


Xhaka 6 - Not bad game by his standards, but still didn’t clear the ball properly for their goal


Martinelli 7 - Was the focal point of our attack for much of the first half and was dangerous


Odegaard 6 - Sloppy in possession


Trossard 6 - One of his quieter games, did well for Jesus’ second goal


Jesus 9 - He’s back a consummate menace


Subs - Jorginho, Smith Rowe, Saka, Tierney all did ok…no glaring errors so a 6. Vieira didn’t even know he’d come on scrawny fuckface


Once again no doubt I will have people criticising me for the player ratings, but the defence and midfield play like that at Anfield or Etihad, they’ll go through us like shit through a goose

I’m not being overly critical because it’s impressive that we can play within ourselves and still win comfortably but Zinchenko and Holding scare the shit out of me

I think if we win at Anfield I’ll be confident enough to say it out loud that we should win the title from there.

But I’m very pessimistic about getting a result there. Far too much history and angst there to be confident, even though we’re obviously much better than them now.

Agree with all of that. Win at Anfield and I’ll be confident that it’s coming home.
But it seems unlikely we will.
Get over that mental block and it’s ON!

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Originally Posted by Letters

Agree with all of that. Win at Anfield and I’ll be confident that it’s coming home.
But it seems unlikely we will.
Get over that mental block and it’s ON!

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Liverpool are fucking shite.
But they will probably beat us because they will raise their game.

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Originally Posted by Chippy

Liverpool are fucking shite.
But they will probably beat us because they will raise their game.

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They are shite away from home but their home record is very good. I’d honestly take a draw

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Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn

They are shite away from home but their home record is very good. I’d honestly take a draw

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Me too. It's going to be really difficult up there. I think we will definitely score and cause them problems, but they will cause us problems too.

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Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn

They are shite away from home but their home record is very good. I’d honestly take a draw

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I would too, but that may not be good enough.
That could reduce it to 6 points with a game in hand, and they still have us to play :(
City have to slip up which is certainly plausible given the number of games they have to play.
:sick:

I wouldn’t take a draw because it would probably give City control. As difficult as it’s going to be, we need to win. A draw is satisfactory as it means a difficult game out the way without losing but it’s really going to be on a knife edge then, where any dropped points after could be fatal.

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

I wouldn’t take a draw because it would probably give City control. As difficult as it’s going to be, we need to win. A draw is satisfactory as it means a difficult game out the way without losing but it’s really going to be on a knife edge then, where any dropped points after could be fatal.

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We draw against Liverpool, City and Newcastle but win the other games we win the title no matter what City do

HCZ giving nearly everyone a 6 for a 4-1 win :haha:

Ridiculous as always...

we were a bit nervy but played very well once we hit our stride and now the international break's over and we've had a big win, I'm hoping we can start the Liverpool game like we finished this one - assuming Saka starts we'll be stronger, Trossard wasn't used to being on that side for us and it meant White had fewer opportunities to link up with him than Saka

Ram - 8 - some good saves, caught out by a deflection for the goal
White - 8 - becoming one of our very best performers, loved the pub goal :lol:
Holding - 7 - not as good as against Palace, think Liverpool will target him
Gabriel - 8
Zin - 6
Xhaka - 7.5
Partey - 7.5
Odegaard - 8 - what a ball for the final goal
Martinelli - 8
Trossard - 7
Jesus - 9 - two goals - he's back

Subs

Saka - 7 5
Jorghino - 7
Tierney - 7.5
Smith Rowe / Vieira - whaddever