Match Reaction vs Leicester (home).

[Özim]

Right ok, if punishing a player's stupidity is harsh than so be it. The guy was already on a yellow so he should've known better.

Don't disagree with that, but it's the same with the penalty, it was punishing a players stupidity but harsh but it was a mistake by Monreal with a mistimed attempt to get the ball which created the situation in the 1st place

Both can be deemed correct but both are harsh, the sending off though changed the game as Leicester could barely get out of their half after it, so we certainly had the best of it today, that's ignoring the penalty they should have had when Mahrez was caught.

[Niall_Quinn]

Not quite levelled out in terms of the sending off as there's happened early on in the 2nd half whereas the other one would have been much later but no matter.

Dixon's opinion was:



That's his opinion and the guy knew how to defend and would know when it should or shouldn't be a penalty, the fact everyone other than Arsenal fans agreed tells you a lot, they have no reason to be anti-Arsenal.

As I said on the match thread, people on here are heavily biased with decisions, which is fine but don't then be surprised and call people names when they disagree.

Wasn't the case at all. For the offside goal everyone said - offside. And people called the Vardy and Mahrez dives exactly as the replays showed. Doesn't matter what Dixon says because there's video footage that shows he's incorrect.

I don't think the sending off affected the match as much as some thing either. Leicester were already getting deeper and deeper and it looked like they were going to try and hang on for the 1-0. We'd have exerted pressure for most of the second half anyway and the way I saw the match going I expected us to win it even when we were the goal down. You can just tell. We were the better team and even though our passing was shite for large parts of the game we had more ambition today and we got stuck in well. Ramsey didn't abandon his post and Coquelin was a huge upgrade. Leicester couldn't shift the ball quickly through the middle and out to their front men, we closed that option off. Best team won it despite the ref giving Leicester a goal lead.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

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[Kano]

Not quite levelled out in terms of the sending off as there's happened early on in the 2nd half whereas the other one would have been much later but no matter.

Dixon's opinion was:



That's his opinion and the guy knew how to defend and would know when it should or shouldn't be a penalty, the fact everyone other than Arsenal fans agreed tells you a lot, they have no reason to be anti-Arsenal.

As I said on the match thread, people on here are heavily biased with decisions, which is fine but don't then be surprised and call people names when they disagree.

How do you assess that a second red wouldn't have impacted on the game, what is that opinion based on? And does it matter if it affects the final outcome of the game? The rules exist for a reason. The ref is there is enforce them. So if you believe the ref should've called for a second pen, then you should also be of the opinion that there should've been a second red for Leicester. I cannot think of one Arsenal fan that would argue otherwise after seeing our player so blatantly taken out like that. An atrocious foul like that has to be punished in the first or last minute. But it's clear why you believe otherwise and it has nothing to do with affecting the score line. Your bitterness towards Wenger is unparalleled.

And Dixon's experience in defending doesn't detract from the fact we all have eyes and saw what happened.

You have to be the dullest Arsenal fan I've ever come across. Absolutely no joy in you after scoring in the last minute of a football ball game. It's beyond surreal at times.

[Niall_Quinn]

How did Mahrez cheat? His foot was clearly caught in the replay, with regards the first yes Vardy went into Monreal but Monreal mistimed his challenge and didn't pull away and thus gave the ref a decision to make. If you mistime a tackle you leave yourself open to a decision going against you at the end of the day.

He didn't mistime his tackle because there was no tackle. He missed the ball and the man so Vardy bundled into him and hit the deck. It's cheating. Mahrez's was even more blatant. It's actually a bit sad watching players who have contributed such a huge amount this season resort to that sort of shit.

[dostoy]

What is the latest on Kos and Gabriel ?

[Ernesto]

All the pundits including former Arsenal players think it's a penalty but because they do they are anti-Arsenal?

People on here don't seem to be able to accept others have their own opinion, they've played the game at the end of the day so know enough about it.

Fact is even if that wasn't one (Monreal was reckless and you can see how that was given to be honest) the 2nd one they didn't get was and the sending off was very harsh and pretty much handed us the game in the end, so not sure why there's still whingeing about this.

We won and the turning point was pretty much the sending off, Leicester fans have a lot more to whinge about than us.

[Özim]

Wasn't the case at all. For the offside goal everyone said - offside. And people called the Vardy and Mahrez dives exactly as the replays showed. Doesn't matter what Dixon says because there's video footage that shows he's incorrect.

I don't think the sending off affected the match as much as some thing either. Leicester were already getting deeper and deeper and it looked like they were going to try and hang on for the 1-0. We'd have exerted pressure for most of the second half anyway and the way I saw the match going I expected us to win it even when we were the goal down. You can just tell. We were the better team and even though our passing was shite for large parts of the game we had more ambition today and we got stuck in well. Ramsey didn't abandon his post and Coquelin was a huge upgrade. Leicester couldn't shift the ball quickly through the middle and out to their front men, we closed that option off. Best team won it despite the ref giving Leicester a goal lead.

We're not going to agree on this but that's fine, the first was very harsh as Vardy did going into Monreal but Monreal did make a mistake, the 2nd however was just poor play and was a penalty IMO.

As for the sending off, Leicester had no outlet at all after it so I think it did change the match, they don't have a lot of possession in most games but losing the player up front meant they had even less and just meant we just had attack after attack and they had nothing to offer.

[Kano]

How did the 5 min demonstration go btw?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Yup, red cards change games. See Chelsea X 3.