Liverpool 3-3 Wengers Minions

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Originally Posted by selassie

Same thing happened up there last season, the team just buckled under pressure and ran out of steam. A point aint bad away at Liverpool, just feels like a loss due to the circumstances. We desperately need some bodies back, this team is starting to look really ragged, we were absolutely awful in Midfield tonight, I mean really really bad.

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Real worries for our midfield. We are riding our luck here and it will run out.

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Originally Posted by Globalgunner

Seen it all before. Wenger thinks hes a tactical genius, taking Ozil off means he really is blind. Without Ozil or Sanchez, we are not the same team, can keep possesion, cant hold on to a lead. What is the point of bringing Arteta on anyway. He only makes the pressure worse

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Took him off with just over five minutes remaining and we were treading water (quite literally) for a long time before that. The problem was not being able to clear our lines.

at least Giroud is disappointed with that result, and rightly so

Result today shows why we won't win the title, leading and in control Wenger brings off Campbell and Ozil and goes negative and we draw.

A win today would have made all the difference given the other results, but we blew it, or should I say Wenger blew it. We've seen this before haven't we?

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Originally Posted by Özim

Result today shows why we won't win the title, leading and in control Wenger brings off Campbell and Ozil and goes negative and we draw.

A win today would have made all the difference given the other results, but we blew it, or should I say Wenger blew it. We've seen this before haven't we?

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At least twice already this season, in fact...

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Originally Posted by IBK

Real worries for our midfield. We are riding our luck here and it will run out.

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We ride our luck a lot, fortunately Wenger is a very lucky manager, but eventually it always runs out, or he does something which helps it run out like bringing off our best players when we're well placed.

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Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie

Took him off with just over five minutes remaining and we were treading water (quite literally) for a long time before that. The problem was not being able to clear our lines.

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Ozil and Campbell were shot by then. Walcott had done nothing for the whole game. Saw no problem with Ox coming on, he was as non-effective as Theo and Arteta was on to try and get some ball retention back in the game. But Liverpool took back control of the game way before that. Was an excellent game of football, really enjoyed it.

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Originally Posted by IBK

That assumes that we will perform the same in the second half of the season as we have done in the first - and given our run of away fixtures I'm not so sure we will. I don't think we can keep spurning opportunities and win the league.

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You could say the same for city, a win would have been excellent but I reiterate irrespective of the other games would have taken a point tonight.
I'll be happy if we get four points from our next two fixtures, the fact is we may relinquish the lead in the title race between now and May, the difference between Chelsea and city is if we were Chelsea at their best we wouldn't see them for dust.

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Originally Posted by Kano

Ozil and Campbell were shot by then. Walcott had done nothing for the whole game. Saw no problem with Ox coming on, he was as non-effective as Theo and Arteta was on to try and get some ball retention back in the game. But Liverpool took back control of the game way before that. Was an excellent game of football, really enjoyed it.

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I wouldn't go as far as to say I enjoyed it, but it was a good game and I agree with what you say.

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Originally Posted by IBK

Real worries for our midfield. We are riding our luck here and it will run out.

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Yep, most def. Flamini's legs have gone, the game was too quick for him and largely passed him by. The same applies to Arteta, they are both no longer credible options for us in high paced PL games. Ramsey in spells was good offensively and took his goal well but didn't really offer any defensive protection. I sure hope Elneny hits the ground running because he's our only real hope at the moment.