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A point there isn't a terrible result. They lost to Leicester and Bournemouth at home early season and haven't lost again at home in the league since. But when you're 2-0 up...yeah, you might want to win. At least we did get a point, this was one of the tougher games in our run in. Leicester are gone but I still reckon we can catch Spurs although if they beat Utd that does start to look trickier.
Looking at the replays again and their 2nd and 3rd goals could go down at Gabriel own goals. Ospina looked like he would comfortable save them both.
To little to late though.
Second and third weren't down to the keeper as you say. Especially the third, which he was perfectly positioned to push the ball back out Gabriel put his dumb head in the way.Quote:
Originally Posted by AFC Leveller
Looking at the match stats and then comparing them to the BBC highlights suggests extreme bias in the coverage, so it's hard to judge anything from those appalling highlights. However, the dire defending is easy to spot. We didn't have a defensive strategy at all from what I could see. Wenger's insane insistence on having the full backs lay off wide men and give them time and space to put in crosses was at the root of one goal and a corner that led to a goal. But we've been doing this for over a decade so nothing is going to change. Add to that what looked like (from biased highlights) a shocker from both central defenders and it appeared we were lucky not to lose that game heavily. I see Wenger did nothing to correct the obvious flaws. He's such a non-event as a manager. All his bullshit talk about winning all our games, yeah right, as if that was ever going to happen. He needs to go yesterday so we can get somebody in to at least lay down some foundational work with the defence. Looks like 4th place is beckoning again. Fucking losers "led" by the arch loser himself.
Which suggests the keeper was at fault for not making the call and taking decisive action. Ospina is a good shot stopper but he doesn't command his area like Cech. Wonder why the loon kept our best player this season on the bench?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kano
He really can't see the repeating pattern, can he? He takes each repetition as some unfortunate one-off oddity. If you can't handle headers in the box then a) Why the fuck not because that's bread and butter for a central two and b) Why give the opponent so much space and time on the flanks?Quote:
Originally Posted by Munchies
I'm not mad at the results at this point. I'm just happy this team is actually playing good football in the attack.
I like watching this team play since Elneny, Iwobi, and Welbeck have been getting starts.
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Pressure on, Arsenal off.
Be fair. Ospina wasn't at fault. Gabriel and Kosienly were terrible once again. Also, we weren't doing enough to stop the crosses. Just like against Utd when Rashford destroyed us, Kos and Gabriel were terrible in the air and not marking. Getting beat in the air is one thing but both seem unaware of the threat in the box and give players all the space they need in the box.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn