Match Reaction v Man City

[Cripps_orig]

I love this club

Gervinho, not so much

[Letters]

I love this club

Gervinho, not so much

Arsenal

Gervinho He works so hard and he should get a lot of credit for that but he's not the best in front of goal.

[Niall_Quinn]

Awful match devoid of any entertainment, except for Ks. Not because he played with great skill, which he didn't, but because he gave 100% effort. Otherwise absolutely nothing worth a comment. City are very ordinary given the amount they have wasted.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Very good performance, shame we had to concede from a set piece.

Arsenal.

[Niall_Quinn]

Very good performance, shame we had to concede from a set piece.

Arsenal.

You think an inability to cross, shoot or pass in the final third is a good performance?

[V-Pig]

I liked Jenkinson this game. Kid's got some good legs on him.

He's also a good runner.

[Niall_Quinn]

I liked Jenkinson this game. Kid's got some good legs on him.

He's also a good runner.

He must be on a fraction of the wages that **** Gervinho is on.

[Cripps_orig]

Brilliant today

I must admit, after being utter shite last season, i thought he'd always be shite

I love to be wrong

[Master Splinter]

We were the better team overall. Going for a goal, we were caught out a few times in the second half, but a draw was the least we deserved for an excellent performance on the whole.

If Gervinho had been sharper or more decisive in the final third, we would have won the game. He destroyed so many attacks by one piece of stupidity. He was still a constant threat to their backline though. Podolski wasn't allowed to get into the game much because of his defensive work. Ramsey, Cazorla and Arteta were good for most of the game, but succumbed to sloppiness/tiredness in the second half.

Jenkinson just gets better every game. Defensively solid again, but going forward he was possibly our most dangerous player. Strong, quick, tireless and improving his all-round game every week. Brilliant. In any other game, Mertesacker would have been man of the match. He proved again today that intelligent reading of the game and anticipating danger early is far more important than being needlessly aggressive. Koscielny played his first match of the season, but looked as composed as he was last season. Apart from almost assisting Aguero, which can be forgiven today.

Matching and even out-playing a billion pound outfit on their own pitch without Szczesny, Sagna, Vermaelen, Wilshere and Rosicky and with players like Giroud, Walcott and Oxlade-Chamberlain playing little or no part, it's a promising start to the season.

[V-Pig]

So frustrating. I mean, funny to make the champions look shit, but it should've been won. If Ox was on instead of Gervinho. It's a shame that "GERVINHO!" was a lie. A lie dreamed up by Disney and made of unicorn tears and broken-biscuit promises.