so given its importance i thought this merited being started earlier than 10 minutes before the game ;)
perhaps foolishly, I'm optimistic we can really give them a game tonight.
still i hate to break with a tradition so... 0-3 Salah hatter :lol:
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so given its importance i thought this merited being started earlier than 10 minutes before the game ;)
perhaps foolishly, I'm optimistic we can really give them a game tonight.
still i hate to break with a tradition so... 0-3 Salah hatter :lol:
Would happily take a draw, which is what I think the outcome will be too.
1-1.
If the weather stays like this, I think it’ll be a goalless draw.
Might do a rain dance if the weather looks like improving.
I'd be happy with this outcome too assuming we play relatively well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Xhaka on a rain-soaked pitch has "mis-timed two-footed red-card sliding tackle" written all over it...Quote:
Originally Posted by Xhaka Can’t
Big match, deffo Xhaka red card territory
Expect a pel for Liverpool at some point
Do we stick or twist? I’m really tempted to go full galaxy-brain here and try Martinelli or Smith Rowe up top (with the other on the left) - give Lacazette a rest and go for max running, pressing and pace on the counter. I doubt we’re going to dominate possession or be able to play through them with quick, intricate passing, and if we’re ever going to try something like this then a game that we’re expected to lose anyway might be the ideal time…
Merse is in the studio along with Carragher and Souness.
Merse just said it'd be a major melt-up if Citeh don't win the league. :haha:
Arsenal: Ramsdale, Cedric, White, Gabriel, Tierney, Partey, Xhaka, Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli, Lacazette.
Subs: Leno, Smith Rowe, Holding, Pepe, Tavares, Sambi Lokonga, Elneny, Nketiah, Swanson.
Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Fabinho, Thiago, Jota, Mane, Diaz.
Subs: Kelleher, Konate, Keita, Firmino, Salah, Gomez, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jones, Minamino.
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Salah on the bench. Which in theory would be good but Jota scores all the time against us.
Diaz against Cedric. :lol:
This doesn’t bode well.
How long until the Mane elbow that goes unpunished? Four minutes?
Need OdeGOD to continue his brilliant form and Lacazette to maybe be clinical for once.
Ramsdale saves from Van Dijk.
Bit of a scuffer from Martinelli.
Martinelli. :bow:
Shocking dive from Mane.
Cedric shoots. :lol:
Didn't go well.
Did Xhaka's shot go for a throw-in? :lol:
Brilliant from Martinelli.
Woeful from Xhaka.
Mane. :lol:
0-0 HT.
Done alright. Not created that much but in the game.
Martinelli. :bow:
Just need a break. One of those that usually go for form teams.
Ref is onviously out to give us absolutely fuck all
Correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
He is outstanding.
Good performance all round so far
Knocking it about with confidence and defending well. Just need a bit of spark up front.
All set up for a Xhaka howler to break the deadlock.
Aw we're coming out to Razor Ramon's theme song.
Scott Hall. :(
:rose:
Disallowed goal for Mane.
Fuck me Martinelli.
How did we not put it in?!
Saka shot saves by Alisson.
Good save but yeah, we should have done betterQuote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
0-1 Jota. Fuck sake.
Jota of course scores.
Not great from Ramsdale.
Piss.
He was about to be subbed. FFS. :lol:
Jota off, Firmino on
Diaz off, Salah on.
Ramsdale should have saved that.
This is another one of those performances.
Where we basically play well but then lose.
And I know Liverpool are a level above us but still, we’ve done this so many times down the years
Salah. :lol:
0-2
Game over.
Don’t know why we thought tonight would be any different.
0-2 Firmino. Their intensity has gone up.
Yellow for Firmino.
Because we’ve been on a good run and that obviously raises hope and expectations.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
But we are not at Liverpool’s level, pretty much no one is.
Good first half performance from us but Liverpool have raised it and they’re just better than us.
The important thing is we have to react at the weekend and get a result then. Otherwise we’re just going to collapse again