Match Reaction v Man City

[Power n Glory]

Kos was the one who passed to Aguero

Before all that. Ramsey lost the ball and we were back under pressure. Him and Arteta can't be trusted in the middle. Both lack vision and made some serious errors. It's one or the other. Never both.

We should have played Walcott or Ox to give us some extra fire power. The team wasn't balanced well.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

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.

Very good game

Mert was brilliant

Kos wasnt the best in the first half but brilliant in the 2nd half

Mannone reacted well to the goal conceded

Everyone else was great

Only one thing to say about Gerv, welcome back

Agree with you both.

You know when Ach is happy and we have not won we have had a good game lol.

Good point at the champs but Gev Fuck me needs to be beatern like he stole something.

[Niall_Quinn]

That blind **** Mancini is trying to pretend he hasn't just spent a billion quid on a very, very mediocre team. Tough sell.

[Power n Glory]

Merts was bloody fantastic.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He's so good at reading throughballs.

[Cripps_orig]

Man City make me laugh

All that money and they have Sinclair starting and Rodwell coming on

[Olivier's xmas twist]

We should have won that. Some great performances, Back 4 were pretty sound, Jenkinson in particular was outstanding, we contained them in Midfield and had the run of their defence. Gervinho really should have done better. Overall it's a good point though.

Spot on if we play like this all season. no reason we can't win a trophy this season.

[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.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Merts was bloody fantastic.

He has been our best defender this season

ACH let me guess you hate being right lol.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Man City make me laugh

All that money and they have Sinclair starting and Rodwell coming on

Champions