Arsenal v Liverpool. Sunday 27th Oct. 16:30

[Ollie the Optimist]

Where on earth is the foul at the end that Taylor blew for?

Obviously sky think there is one as they can’t go against the PGMOL

[HCZ_Reborn]

That's a bit silly, we literally had none of our first choice defence in their positions against a good attacking team

As much as it pains me, I agree with NQ. They aren’t a good attacking team….they’ve got Salah who yes is a great player

Diaz is a very good player but more often than not can be missing an end product

When you take the lead twice against a team at home you should be winning.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Yeah the quality of their play has been affected but not their mentality.....no matter what the situation is they try and win or grab something.

I said it earlier in the thread that I noticed nervousness in the defence, so I kind of knew Liverpool was always going to score.....just a shame we couldn't make any of the half chances count and we have idiots like Raya trying to run down the clock in the sixtieth minute or so.

The biggest shift in this team has been the mentality, the negativity is just so overwhelming and surprising....but what exactly is responsible for the shift is not something glaring IMO.....I mean Arteta choosing to plays 7- 8 defensive players anytime we take a lead might have something to do with it, but it seems there is something more....

We’ve always been negative when defending leads against the big sides under Arteta. In a way it’s understandable because we don’t have the quality up front to finish teams off.

[Niall_Quinn]

So the ref had blown his whistle before Havertz netted but was he right to? Was there a foul?

And apparently we should have had a corner at the end

No, there was no foul, he just blew the whistle and then picked something. That was a totally legit goal, but you can't question the unimpeachable and impartial Taylor. He's so corrupt and so obviously corrupt it's painful to have to find words to express the obvious. `he's been corrupt for years. BUT. If you don't fold like cheap deck-chairs in the second half, having dominated a very ordinary opposition, then you don't give the ref a chance to win his Asian Gambler of the Year award. Self inflicted inury, despite the known-in-advance corrupt Taylor.

[Niall_Quinn]

If we win the next five then it's alright I guess but dropping points in four games already when dropping points in 10 last season was too much.

Can't have many more of these.

Dude. Please.

It's already over, don't you get that?

This league will come down to 2-3 points and the officials have already decided it.

Okay, so here you are. City win. Amazing achievement, blah, blah.

We MAY get second again, it's possible. Depends if Liverpool want to haul themselves up rm their presently shitty fluke form. We can easily beat them, if we want to. But it's not actually possible to beat city because of the rules which are set by city. And this come down to money, which is unimpeachable. Do you really think the 150K a week boys will sacrifice that gig so the fans can get a balanced playing field? It takes a lot to be able to pay fairly mediocre actors 150K a week. You MUST have a return on that investment and the recipients aren't going to be complaining once they make bank. Not sure I'd complain myself if somebody was just stuffing 150K a week in my bank account. Why would I?

[Letters]

How is it a good point, we took the lead twice.

It’s not that good but not a disaster either

This is every bit as poor a result as losing to Bournemouth.

No it isn’t.
It’s an okish result for us, a good result for Liverpool but the real winners, as always, are City.

Whether it’s rigged by actual bribery and corruption or just by City being allowed to flout the rules to hoover up all the best players doesn’t really matter. The brilliance of sport is its unpredictability. But the PL isn’t unpredictable. Bookies could pay out on City now and sleep soundly in their beds. And we aren’t out of October yet. It’s why I follow it all at arms length these days.

[Marc Overmars]

Sooner Odegaard is back the better.

[KSE Comedy Club]

Sooner Odegaard is back the better.

Why, so he can sit in our own half and help defend a 1 goal lead as well?

[Marc Overmars]

Why, so he can sit in our own half and help defend a 1 goal lead as well?

No because he’s the best presser we have and someone who makes us play football.

[Letters]

Overall we've muddled through without him pretty well, Bournemouth aside, but we do need him back soon if we're going to have a chance this year.
Although City are so relentless it's already hard to look past them.