Match Reaction Arsenal vs United

Liverpool pelanty now.. only a few points separate us!

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Time for a drink.

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Time for a drink.

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Originally Posted by fakeyank

Liverpool pelanty now.. only a few points separate us!

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Fourth place trophy :rose:


Argghhh so frustrating. We're throwing this away again.

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Originally Posted by Özim

Didn't think we worked hard enough from the off, expected a higher tempo and more closing down.

Man U are rubbish this season, 5 defeats out of 9 games this year with just 3 wins and one was in the cup when they got knocked out, don't kid yourself they were there for the taking.

Today was about 3 points, anything less isn't good enough after getting hammered at the weekend, especially when playing at home.

We didn't have that many chances at goal, Cazorla was the pick in that regard, but Man U had 3 clear chances despite playing sh*t.

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Yeah they had 3 clear chances.

But we had about 6 clear chances with one cleared off the line. It's not as if we didn't create anything at all. We had Kos's superb header cleared off the line, Giroud's header wide, three Cazorla shots that were all into the corner of the goal all which De Gea superbly saved and Giroud missing a fantastic cross from Sagna.

I'd have loved the 3 points today no doubt.

But after a 5-1 pasting where questions were asked about this defence we responded well in that regard.

Don't get me wrong - the lack of investment in the team, the lack of wide and flair players and the lack of a proper striker of course is killing us and those are all things that Wenger has to answer for.

We really are getting dragged back into a scrap for 4th, the teams below us are winning and hitting form, our form has been getting worse and worse and with the games we have left 4th place is going to be a fight, never mind fighting for the title.

Rvp

So glad we have an easy run of games from now on...

It was NEVER going to be an easy game, regardless of how shite they are. That said, we should still have won the game and a team who has led the league for the most time can't got to Anfield and get beat 5-1.

One point in both those games is disappointing to say the least.

Not even worth making any further comments about Giroud. But someone will tell me, a centre forward at Arsenal doesn't need to score goals.....as if he's Bergkamp or something.

Podolski our apparent most lethal forward not coming on for even a sniff is an absurd state of affairs too. But it's okay because it's impossible to sign players in January right.....or in the summer before....or the January before that....

For me my reaction ain't knee jerk. Far from it. We are not a shit team. Our manager isn't shit. But for good reason many Gooners were circumspect when we were riding high, and this result and performance simply underlines the fact that despite the 42M. Despite the defensive improvement. We are still no more than a top 4 team with a top 4 manager.