Match Reaction Arsenal 1-1 Shadow Dwellers

[Kano]

On 606 phone in, they worked out the points (roughly) they needed to get to the top four (chelsea). I forget exact points they need per game, but assuming 70 points gets you too 4th, they need to recreate the form they showed last season for the rest of this one to get that points total. People are saying `its early yet` but we are basically a third through the season already.

Shit pundits still scared to really criticise Jose and be seen to be getting off the fence for once in their lives, still insist they'll come good. Top four has gone for Chelsea. He's taken them into the Europa at best if he or someone else turns things around. Chance of a lifetime for Spurs and Liverpool to get into the CL.

[Marc Overmars]

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Spurs fans smashed up the toilets.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Those are sinks.

[Özim]

hes utter crap. Has been all season in the games he has played for us. He scores a couple of goals in dead leagues and some think he is brilliant. All he did today was a couple of stopovers and then lose the ball.

What utter nonsense. He works hard, he's done OK but will obviously take time to adapt, he's done well for his country and the club he went on loan to, so he has talent.

[Özim]

Yeah, we're level on points with City after 12 games, 9 points ahead of where we were at this time last year, because of luck.

Obviously you're WUMming, but that's the sort of logic I used to employ when I was 8 and my friend was better than me at various computer games "meh, he's just lucky". Looking back...yeah, he was just better than I gave him credit for.

We were humbled in the CL in midweek where we got our arses well and truly handed to us, we've lost to a couple of average teams on top of the in the CL and today we were played off the park at home by our rivals and really just got lucky because we didn't deserve anything (we also got real fortunate against Swansea in the 1st half amongst other things).

It's early days in the title race, but I'm pretty sure we'll be nowhere come May, we'll get top 4 but that's about it, manager isn't up to scratch, whether we're top no or not matters not, today we had a chance to go clear but low and behold we blow it, does it sound familiar?

[Niall_Quinn]

We were humbled in the CL in midweek where we got our arses well and truly handed to us, we've lost to a couple of average teams on top of the in the CL and today we were played off the park at home by our rivals and really just got lucky because we didn't deserve anything (we also got real fortunate against Swansea in the 1st half amongst other things).

It's early days in the title race, but I'm pretty sure we'll be nowhere come May, we'll get top 4 but that's about it, manager isn't up to scratch, whether we're top no or not matters not, today we had a chance to go clear but low and behold we blow it, does it sound familiar?

The same crew will be saying the same things next season. And the season after. And the season after that. Realisation comes at different points for different people and that's okay. We're second right now and Leicester are a point behind. Guess they are going to win the title too.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Getting the lead and blowing it was the problem we've had when we've been going for the title I thought.

[Niall_Quinn]

Henry gets it. He understands why this was anything but a good result.

'They came out in the second half with enough desire to win it, something that they did not have in the first half.' Henry said on Sky Sports after the final whistle.

'I think that Tottenham played better than Arsenal, but ultimately when you know Manchester City have drawn a game and you can get two points ahead of them you have to take that opportunity and today they didn't.

'Yes they didn't play well but you have to manage to win these types of games even when you're not playing well no matter how no matter what especially against Tottenham. They were better in the second half but it wasn't enough.'

And this will be the same story come May. Writing is all over the wall. The Sheff Wed, Bayern and now this result show that nothing significant has changed. But people say the first two results don't matter and this last one was somehow acceptable.

‘When you are 1-0 down, it's a mixture of relief and regret,’ Wenger said. ‘If we were really clinical we would have won it. Giroud had the chances to score. He is very angry.’

The manager was ‘pleased’ with eight-goal Giroud’s dressing-room reaction and believes Arsenal are showing the steel required to clinch a first title since 2004.

That's good news. Bif may not be able to do the business on the pitch but he's kicking arse and taking names in the dressing room. Do we get any points for that?

‘We have shown the character again. We were on the ropes but responded. Every time you have a disappointment I think we respond well. The results show you the championship will be difficult for everybody. Mental qualities can have a big influence in the future, and we need this.’

Wenger rejected that this was a missed opportunity given City’s draw at Villa: ‘If we look over a longer distance, in the last six games, we've played five wins and one draw. I am disappointed that we didn't win but if you look at the recent period as a block, it can happen that you drop points.’

Yep. Did you know that in 2015 we have more points than anyone? We are the Calendar Year Champions. Do we get any points for that?

What Wenger really rejects is the notion that when the chips are all down and we really must get a win, his teams come up short time and time again.

If he was seething, if he was laying into the players for blowing such a huge opportunity, then I'd have hope. But his tired old excuses? Save them.

[Letters]

It's early days in the title race, but I'm pretty sure we'll be nowhere come May

You were pretty sure that we were getting of to a 'poor start' which would mean we weren't competing. Now we're level on points with City, Utd don't look too worrying and your beloved Chelsea are nowhere.

we had a chance to go clear but low and behold we blow it, does it sound familiar?

Well, yes. But we had a chance to leapfrop ManYoo when we played them and we didn't blow it. There's only been one occasion before today this season when City have dropped points this season and we played after them - that time we beat Leicester 5-2 (still their only league defeat this season).

Spurs are a good side, they've only lost one game this year too - that was on the opening day and they were pretty unlucky, they lost to an own goal)

You were complaining we'd got off to a poor start and weren't going to compete. Now you're complaining that we're only level and didn't go 2 points clear. Questions about us will remain until we do win a title but we've answered some questions with the Cup wins (some were saying we'd never win a trophy under Wenger again), we're winning games like the ManYoo one and before today had won 5 games in a row to go level with City on points. On our day we should beat Spurs at home but they're no pushovers. City should be beating Villa away - they'd drawn 1 and lost 9 of their previous 10 league games. We didn't play that well but we got a point against a pretty decent side. We're level on points with City at the top, we're competing. For now, that's enough. What we have to do is stay challenging till the end this year.

[Niall_Quinn]

Getting the lead and blowing it was the problem we've had when we've been going for the title I thought.

We can be leading or we can be on one of those storming catch-up runs. Doesn't matter. There's always that final hurdle waiting.