On paper anyway I think this is the toughest fixture remaining to us in 2024, when we played them on New Year’s Eve it was the last time we had a lead in a game and went on to lose.
We’ve only lost six times in all competitions this year (compared to 12 in 2023, and 12 in 2024). I expect them to certainly be more ambitious coming forward than Man United were. We come into this fixture in better form than we did last year (unbeaten in five) and as long as we overestimate no one we should win every game between now and the end of the year. Then we have a big test in the space of three days where we play Brentford and Brighton away (a massive test in fact)
But Sunday will be a test in its own way, the consideration will be whether we feel we can do a bit of squad reshuffling with a champions league game coming up against Monaco (I think we need to win all three of our remaining games which I believe we should be capable of) and I think like the midweek game against United this is more likely to be a ground out three points (they’ve only previously lost games where they’ve been reduced to less than 11 men through both injury and infraction)
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Originally Posted by The Wengerbabies
....... Nelson is club tied, it's like predicting Boa-Morte's name on the scoresheet.
