Exactly what I thought happened came to pass and you're telling me it's a fallacy. I said this before we played this match not only after!
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One word - Partey
His absence totally fucked the team
Ok, we generally weren't on our game but for me it was the big difference
Some guy outside the ground still trying to sell match scarves :pal:
I was in your corner regarding the silly result this weekend and what it could mean for us in this game.
At the end of the day, this has been a fair result. One thing a lot of us have said about Arteta's system, it tries to be so intricate that all the cogs need to work to ensure it prevails.
Odegaard has been a passenger for ages.
Rice was forced to play deeper than he has when he's been terrific.
Merino couldn't lead the line and bring others into the game.
And today, not a single superstar performance from anyone to lift the team (though I felt MLS forrays into the midfield was a bit refreshing ).
TBH, I think we should be happy we got out of this only losing one nil.
We've just got to turn up in the next leg and hopefully we've got the team that has got us this far showing up.