Quote Originally Posted by Marc Overmars View Post
If we win this I'd say 2nd place is ours. We'd then be able to lose at Old Trafford and still finish above the Mancs if we win our other matches because we have an extra game in hand.

Huge ask though, I honestly don't see anything other than a typical Mourinho hatchet job. They're not going to slip up so close to the finish line now, especially against the team closest to them.
Which is why we need to take away their ability to dictate the game with their negative bullshit. We have so much pace available to us. They have creaky old codgers at the back we can exploit. We have to get their defence turned. If we play tippy tappy in front of Matic they'll lap that up all day long and a loss is guaranteed. But hit them constantly with pace and we can blow their bus to pieces. Forward passing, attacking on both flanks simultaneously, none of this sideways shit, using Ozil's and Santi's passing ability to find the runners, tracking back relentlessly when we lose it. High tempo for 98 minutes (which is what we'll need to play if we are winning on 90). Doesn't mean we have to go gung-ho, which some fans and commentators imagine is the only alternative to being negative.

If we had a different manager I'd be quite confident of beating them. We have better players. But it will be slow, sideways, tippy tappy shit and intricate eye of the needle bullshit. Wenger will pick the least suitable tactics.