Rozza is a solid player not a niche CL specialist or squddie. Even at 32 he is still better all rounder than Jack and most of PL midfielders. Let him settle with with our first eleven and we will have a very fluid attacking team.Originally Posted by Dennis Bendtner
somebody put something in my milk
I was fairly confident that we'd go on to win the game at HT, but we didn't do much upfront really.
Thought we did do enough to get a point, but the combination of Sahin and Bender stifled our attack in the middle. We had nothing on the wings to combat this, and as a result Ozil was anonymous as they didn't afford him any space to get on the ball.
Also with Jack, I'd like to see him rested for a while so he can get sorted out. He's going into too many challenges, dribbles too long and gets knocked and really needs to improve his injury record.
We massively missed Flamini today .
Wasn't a bad performance, but with 20 minutes to go, we easily could've held out for the point if we wanted it. Dortmund were happy to take a point. But then I think Wenger was a little naive in pushing forward so hard for the win when 7 points would've still left us in a much, much stronger position in the group. i.e. it wasn't worth the risk to turn 7 points into 9 IMO.
Still, there were still plenty of positives to take. Thought Arteta and Giroud were excellent. And Koscielny and Rosicky also did very well. Fullbacks disappointing but they had a tough time with Ozil basically playing as the second striker.
It's great that we're playing Palace next. Easy game to get back to winning ways.
It really wasn't worth the risk. A point against Dortmund would have been a good point. We just made mistakes in that game and they punished us. Weren't a great difference between us and we weren't outclassed like before when we played them. Fine margins.
Little bit harsh result.
Not a completely satisfactory performance in terms of intensity and overall rhythm, but after the first 20 minutes or so, we played well and were mostly on top. The lesson to be learned is obviously to make sure you take your chances in the periods of domination. And don't makes stupid mistakes outside your box against super quality teams. I don't think Dortmund had a supremely effective master plan that outwitted us, they just took both chances they had. Sczesny didn't even make a save that I can recall. Neither did Weidenfeller tbf. We had them on the ropes for a bit and didn't kill them off. If we had shown that intensity for longer periods, it might have earned a better result. Just need to get at them from the off in the return leg. We should have more space as they'll attack more and we're generally more compact away from home.
Giroud was excellent again, especially in the first half.
Arteta was really good. Tackled well, passed well and looked back to his best. The result had nothing to with Flamini missing the game. Arteta gave a nearly flawless performance in the deeper role.
The fullbacks were good, aside from their crossing.
Koscielny bossed Lewandowski. Shame he had the last laugh.
Cazorla brilliant when he came on.
Ozil was largely poor tonight. Sloppy and invisible for a lot of the game. Wilshere's bad habits crept back in after a good game at the weekend.
Nothing too worrying. We're more than capable of getting the results needed. Would be useful to have a couple of injured players back going into the tough block of fixtures though.
Also, the ref was awlful.
If Flamini was available, Wenger definitely would've gone for Flamini-Arteta holding as against Napoli. Then maybe for the first goal we conceded, he's passing it forward from the deeper position instead of trying to casually run it out like Ramsey tried, and maybe he would've been in the right place to stop the counter unlike Ramsey. Against 17 teams in the league, playing Ramsey in the deeper position works because they're already on the backfoot and won't look to press us in our own area like Dortmund tried. But against teams like Dortmund and Barcelona, we need better shape. In that sense we did miss Flamini, but Arteta did have a monster game.
to be honest as the game wore on i thought we were coping well without Flamini and actually Arteta who started poorly grew into the game as did many of his team mates, i think with aubemeyang, groskreutz (who is actually a striker playing full back), reus and lewandowski we always ran the risk of being caught cold when we went for the kill.
And that was the problem....as much as Giroud played well this evening we don't have a striker with killer instinct who could have put us in front when we turned the screw and that was the difference tonight...i think a draw would have been a fair result....no way in hell we deserved to lose and Lewandowski shouldn't have even been on the pitch.
Balls. First half was fairly even, bit lucky with our goal as it was a bad mistake from their 'keeper. Annoyed at the goal we conceded, trying too much in defence for the bazillionth time.
Second half I felt we were bossing it, their goal was against the run of play.
Not a great game, not a great performance from us but not a bad one
In brief, I blame Gary.
So, I can come back now..
I was gutted for this defeat but all these comments lift me up . It is very encouraging when people make some positive comments after a disappointing result . It is just one of those days . Nothing is lost yet . Come on gunners .
DO NOT POSTPONE TODAY'S DUTY FOR TOMORROW .IT MAY BE TOO LATE .
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