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Need to have another look at the replay of that first goal.
And laugh.
I knew with our best team out tonight we might just do it.
Need to resign Senderos tbh.
cech and bellerin .....you were fucking monsters today, thank you
great fucking win, the look on pep, lewandowski and neur's collective mugs priceless
Wenger out
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Europa league, here we come! :bow:
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without question :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hump
Well credit to Wenger. That's how you beat them. Apart from an early problem with the centre backs we kept an on-form Bayern out and grabbed the better chances. Thought we were going to get murdered in the early stages but Cech, Monreal, the two centre backs and for the most part Bellerin were up to the defensive task.
Had to deal with an off form Theo and a knackered Alexis too.
Bif changed the game when he came on. For a guy who has a habit of being a statue he was all over the place.
Bellerin doing a Bolt in the 94th minute of a tough match :bow: Ferrari engine.
Not a handball for that first.
Enjoyed that
Didn't see it but what a result!!
Not out of the woods yet, even harder task to come in a fortnight, but for now...
Arsenal. :bow: :dance:
Well done boys.
I would like to add:
Cech! :bow: :bow: :bow:
I said to myself after 65 to take Walcott off for giroud, we were getting pushed back and had no long ball option. Walcott's headers on goal were too tame, and we have seen girouds one touch finishing this season that I thought he'd fare better with those balls. The whole team deserves credit, but cech, kos and ozil for me deserve the highest praise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Both of our fullbacks are absolutely superb.
Very enjoyable game. And you jellyback GW chumps had us written off from kick off. :haha:
Fantastic effort from the team. Had them rattled with our counter attacks. Restricted their chances with some very solid defending and the pubbed in two goals. Fantastic. Wenger got his tactics right, the players came out with the right attitude and I really enjoyed that game. Very exciting. That Douglas Costa guy was a bargain. Beast of a player.
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Originally Posted by Douglas Reynholm
great to see, they've both been consistently very good for over a year now
Again serendipity comes to our rescue. Ramsey injured, maybe Wenger will put Walcott back on the right or keep the Ox there.
The groupis messed up now that Olympiakos have wom at zagreb. If we cant beat Bayern at home we are essentially fked. As no matter what we do we arent likely to overhaul the Greeks. I would rather come last than 3rd. At least we have some dignity back
I dont know who I had this conversation with, but whoever you are, do you still think this Arsenal squad is way behind Man City?
Monreal has worked hard to earn that respect from the fans. Was once written off harshly but was never as bad as people made out. Wasn't bad at all. Credit to him for really holding down a spot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maestro
Didn't see it coming, we dig deep tonight and put in a big performance. I'm looking forward to going over there because me thinks we will cause them lots of problems on the counter.
Just compare our relative front lines. If Aguero is fit. No contest. As it is what keeps us competitive in the league is that City can be vulberable against the stokes and W-Hams just like usQuote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
On another note. those extra linesmen. I used to think they were a waste. No more:respect:
He has worked hard to gain that respect, treated as a clown during his first season, although he didn't help himself at times. One of the first names down every week now, one of our most consistent performers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Wish I had put money on a win tonight.
Never underestimate WUMgers ability to troll us even with positive results.
He's adjusted well but I'll always prefer him over Gibbs. Not as attack minded but his end product is better and he's very reliable when it comes to defending. Very consistent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kano
Arsenal :bow:.
Wenfer :bow:.
Bif :bow:.
Bellerin :bow:.
Cech :bow:.
Monreal :bow:.
Koscielny :bow:.
Coquelin :bow:.
Neuer :bow:.
I'm not surprised by the outcome. We've beaten them before when the odds were stacked against us and we've beaten Pep before under similar circumstances when we've been written off. We usually play well and surprise teams under such circumstances. The next CL game is a bigger test. Can we do it again? If we play like that again we can. We brought the game to them. Very unlucky not to score in the first half but a late goal is so much sweeter.
After all the criticism he's received, but I think it's fair to say:
Wenger :bow:
Francis Coquelin is my hero! :lol: That guy is so underrated. Was so impressed by how calm he was on the ball under pressure.
Yep. Wenger - :bow:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kano
Tactically, he got that spot on. Commentator was saying we needed to press them, push up further and not let them have so much space. Nope! We had it under control and Wenger got our defensive set up right. Lewandowski was kept quiet.
Bit annoying the other match wasn't a draw. Still going to take a huge effort to get out of this group.
Even a draw in the Allianz will probably be a bad result in the context of the group if Olympiakos beat Zagreb again.
Ramsey, Wilshere and Rosicky all dead at the same time.
We can get away with Cazorla and Ozil in midfield for a while but it could catch up with us if none of them return soon.
Ox needs to step up now and prove his worth.
Starting Bif, Feo and Alexis is some games might be effective too.
Giroud also deserves his praise. Lost his place but has more on the board than Theo now.
But like Theo against Utd, he has to realise giving his all like this can't just be reserved for the big games.
Cech said during the last international break that Rosicky was still coming back from injury, on his own specialised training regime. We won't see him until Jan/Feb I reckon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master Splinter
Jack is dead, I think we all know that. Ramsey? Could be anything from two weeks to two years.
Need Flamini back tbf.
Hopefully the added competition is doing them both a world of good. Strikers are selfish and thrive off outdoing each other.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kano
Great to see us win by 2 goals despite the Munich possession which was pretty predictable. I thought we had the better chances throughout the game and although they weren't as good as they have been, Theo and Sanchez really have some incredible mojo between them. Really intriguing to see it unfold at times.
Giroud may not be quick but he too benefits from coming on against tiring defences and he held the ball up beautifully today.
Great to see Ozil stick it to his German Brethren too.
Up the Arse!
Buzzing!!
What a win!!
The dreaded player ratings
Cech - 9 - overestimated by the commentary team how much he actually had to do, but what he had to do he did well....very, very well
Bellerin - 8 - struggled to deal with Douglas Costa at times but most players would single handedly....but wow did he shine tonight otherwise
Mertesacker - 8 went about his work very low key winning the ball back vitally at times, lack of pace didn't appear to be a problem.
Koscielny - 8 Match winning interceptions, one of the best centre backs on the European stage at this moment in time
Monreal - 8 Saw to it that Mullers impact was negligible
Coquelin - 7 Did what we needed of him got in the faces of Bayern players but ocassionally bamboozled by Bayerns pass and movement game.
Cazorla - 7 Good ball distribution and solid if unspectacular
Ramsey - 6 Largely ineffective with disappointing end to the night for him
Ozil - 7 Some good passes at time and did well to ghost in to finish off Bellerins beautiful surging run, anonymous at other times.
Sanchez - 7 Mixed night for Chilean, caused Bayern no end of problems with directness and pace but could be ponderous and sloppy in possession.
Walcott - 7 Like Sanchez made hard work for Bayern with his pace, but lacking cutting edge should have scored at least once
Subs
Oxlade Chamberlain 6 - Had no more impact on the game than the man he replaced
Giroud 8 - Didn't know much about the goal, but right time and right place tends to help, held up the ball brilliantly, rolled up his sleeves to help both ends of the pitch. Arguably should have done better with free header.
Gibbs - 7 - Solid defensive option when holding onto lead, won the ball back well to give up respite when Bayern building up head of steam.
Seen some extended highlights now although I didn't get the sense from those how the game flowed - I read we only had 30% of the possession, that didn't come across from the bits I saw.
Fantastic result, typical Arsenal to balls up the 'easy' games and then get a result last night.
Cech :bow: and, while we're here, Neuer :bow:. The save from Walcott was crazy and although it was all for naught the 'save' from Ozil at the end was pretty incredible too.
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