Yep. Wenger -Originally Posted by Kano
After all the criticism he's received, but I think it's fair to say:
Wenger
Tactically, he got that spot on. Commentator was saying we needed to press them, push up further and not let them have so much space. Nope! We had it under control and Wenger got our defensive set up right. Lewandowski was kept quiet.
Bit annoying the other match wasn't a draw. Still going to take a huge effort to get out of this group.
Even a draw in the Allianz will probably be a bad result in the context of the group if Olympiakos beat Zagreb again.
Ramsey, Wilshere and Rosicky all dead at the same time.
We can get away with Cazorla and Ozil in midfield for a while but it could catch up with us if none of them return soon.
Ox needs to step up now and prove his worth.
Starting Bif, Feo and Alexis is some games might be effective too.
Giroud also deserves his praise. Lost his place but has more on the board than Theo now.
But like Theo against Utd, he has to realise giving his all like this can't just be reserved for the big games.
Cech said during the last international break that Rosicky was still coming back from injury, on his own specialised training regime. We won't see him until Jan/Feb I reckon.
Jack is dead, I think we all know that. Ramsey? Could be anything from two weeks to two years.
Need Flamini back tbf.
Hopefully the added competition is doing them both a world of good. Strikers are selfish and thrive off outdoing each other.
Great to see us win by 2 goals despite the Munich possession which was pretty predictable. I thought we had the better chances throughout the game and although they weren't as good as they have been, Theo and Sanchez really have some incredible mojo between them. Really intriguing to see it unfold at times.
Giroud may not be quick but he too benefits from coming on against tiring defences and he held the ball up beautifully today.
Great to see Ozil stick it to his German Brethren too.
Up the Arse!
Buzzing!!
What a win!!
The dreaded player ratings
Cech - 9 - overestimated by the commentary team how much he actually had to do, but what he had to do he did well....very, very well
Bellerin - 8 - struggled to deal with Douglas Costa at times but most players would single handedly....but wow did he shine tonight otherwise
Mertesacker - 8 went about his work very low key winning the ball back vitally at times, lack of pace didn't appear to be a problem.
Koscielny - 8 Match winning interceptions, one of the best centre backs on the European stage at this moment in time
Monreal - 8 Saw to it that Mullers impact was negligible
Coquelin - 7 Did what we needed of him got in the faces of Bayern players but ocassionally bamboozled by Bayerns pass and movement game.
Cazorla - 7 Good ball distribution and solid if unspectacular
Ramsey - 6 Largely ineffective with disappointing end to the night for him
Ozil - 7 Some good passes at time and did well to ghost in to finish off Bellerins beautiful surging run, anonymous at other times.
Sanchez - 7 Mixed night for Chilean, caused Bayern no end of problems with directness and pace but could be ponderous and sloppy in possession.
Walcott - 7 Like Sanchez made hard work for Bayern with his pace, but lacking cutting edge should have scored at least once
Subs
Oxlade Chamberlain 6 - Had no more impact on the game than the man he replaced
Giroud 8 - Didn't know much about the goal, but right time and right place tends to help, held up the ball brilliantly, rolled up his sleeves to help both ends of the pitch. Arguably should have done better with free header.
Gibbs - 7 - Solid defensive option when holding onto lead, won the ball back well to give up respite when Bayern building up head of steam.
Seen some extended highlights now although I didn't get the sense from those how the game flowed - I read we only had 30% of the possession, that didn't come across from the bits I saw.
Fantastic result, typical Arsenal to balls up the 'easy' games and then get a result last night.
Cech
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