Pep was terrified of Garnacho & Rashford transitioning (Unitedโs only trick, but a f*cking good one) so he put Foden & Bernardo behind the ball & killed Cityโs momentum from minute 1-25.
By the time he changed (Stones stepping forward, Foden 1 up etc). it was too late and the
@whosgenrul
I donโt think our game plan was perfect. The fact we was so defensive & still created the better chances makes me think if we had been braver we win imo
Spent ยฃ105mil on him & I donโt think he is exceptional as a 6 or an 8. An extremely good defensive minded midfielder.. never worth the fee paid if we are being honest
@AJ__SR7
How could the system not be optimal for an attacking midfielder who was constantly receiving passes in the most dangerous areas for an attacker ?
Wish we saw more of this but this squad consists of too many square pegs in round holes. Both our midfielders here would suffer having to defend in these areas
I feel sorry for Saka getting the majority of the slander on social media, when it's the fault of his manager Arteta.
Saka is the superstar in our team, being made to do graveyard shifts almost every game.
Free Saka.
@oluok1
Garnacho open next tax but yh Arteta too extreme with his set up. Makes it worse knowing we have a competent back line .. they donโt need their hand held
@veerburner
Itโs not even as though the fullbacks are elite going forward so compromising for them makes no sense. Suppressing the best players for no reason
This Arsenal team really is the antithesis of the heritage I grew up knowing Arsenal to beโฆ easy to beat but beautiful footballโฆ not even a criticism I just wonder if some Arsenal fans arenโt happy about thatโฆ DNA of the club is importantโฆ
We could literally go in 2024:
Played 18
Won 16
Drawn 1
Lost 1
And not win the league.
That isnโt normal, youโre asking us to be perfect all because of City
@AJ__SR7
I think it's that he shouldn't be told to camp in the rhs & roam a lot more.. he's much better that way it was painful watching him beginning of the szn playing exclusively on the right
I know my eyes arenโt deceiving me.. heโs a top player but heโs overrated in terms of quality. How many iconic memories does he have? Think about neymar, fabregas ozil at the age
@whosgenrul
He had more space to attack & run into so he hit higher speeds more frequently. Heโs better from a stop start position nowadays .. needs to work on his exit plan as he often gets sent down the line with an extra defender lurking behind the fullback
Saka has shown high levels as a fullback, midfielder & winger. I donโt get how that isnโt classed as natural talent.. the game comes way too easy for him
Arteta basically has to coach a perfect game every single week. Thatโs not possible, every team has players that bail their manager out, from City to Liverpool. I donโt feel with Arsenal it happens as often. Over a 38 game league campaign itโs less obvious than knockout football.
Both games against emery clearly highlighted how shocking our midfield is. Couldnโt get any change from them in central areas so we resorted to zinny over the top passes to havertz
@yaqheemoff
Half of them gna get replaced with no medal to show for it. New signings gna take all the praise over the ones that built this frm the ground ๐
@7Erzil
Thereโs way more space in these clips teams donโt let him get a running start. When he drifts centrally you see glimpses but Arteta donโt let him roam
Leverkusen, Brighton, Bayern & Man City love that move where the attacking mid ghosts behind the opposition mdf to receive the ball.. impossible to stop once done properly
Biggest CL game in decades and Arsenal have skimped out on the chance to deliver an stadium-wide tifo to instead request for fans to buy the matchday programme (to make more money) and hold that up instead
What a joke
๐ช๐ฆโ Rodri has completed ๐๐ consecutive matches without defeat, marking the longest ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ streak for a player in the history of the Premier League.... ๐คฏ
Before Foden's hattrick vs Aston Villa B team a month ago, he had:
๐ฌ ๐/๐ in ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ vs ๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐
๐ฎ ๐/๐ in ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ด๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ vs ๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐
By a landslide? Don't joke with that one.