Quote Originally Posted by AFC Leveller View Post
City were the better team on the day and could have scored more than 6.

However, were always in the game, even at 4-2 with 20 minutes to go. We seemed to stop though due to tiredness/fatigue and City just passed it around us with ease. as many have pointed out, we had 3-4 big decisions go against us and when you add the sloppyness and mistakes, it was always gonna be tough.

Theo was our best player i thought, gave us penetration and pace and could have had a hatrick. jack was our worst player IMO, the amound of times he lost the ball was shocking, he didnt track back all day and Zabaleta gave him a torrid time. He lost him for the 2nd goal, and gave the ball away for their 6th not to mention the amount of times he lost posession in the first half.

Giroud will never be the goal machine but what he offers us is priceless and i think he was good yesterday. he wins just about every long ball/pass to him and his passes/flicks tend to find an arsenal man more often than not. He was blunt on a couple of occasions when put through but overall i think he was one of our better players.

Ozil produced one or two moments of real genius and put theo through with a lovely pass but i thought he could have done more.

Worrying signs over the defence in the last couple of games. I dont think we've looked as assured and comfortable as we did in the first 10-12 games and with chelsea coming up, we need to tighten up and not let the old game creep back in. Players are understandaly tired and we are paying the price for having a smallish squad.

A big win against Chelsea is absoloutely KEY. a draw is not good enough (even though it would put us level with City assuming they win).
city scored 6 from 7 shots on target. I think we had more or less the same number of shots on target and there were plenty we really should've stuck away. Our pass completion was in fact better than city's

our finishing was inferior, we were a shambles at the back and we gave the ball away at key times. basically we made a lot of forced/unforced errors at crucial points in the game and fluffed our lines big style.

Some of that could be tiredness and fatigue of course. Not just from Napoli - I think certain players have been in redlining for a while now. Giroud is running himself into the ground, cazorla has gone missing again and you have to think ramsey will need a rest soon.

Monreal is shit.