BigFatCoward Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Now hang on to the 2 goal lead this time arsenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 This is more entertaining than I anticipated. But then if there’s anything you associate with David Moyes managed teams it’s entertainment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorshach Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Seems everyone was right when they said Saliba is intergral to this Arsenal defense. They don't look the same without him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Probably less painful for Arsenal to just keep dropping points rather than lose by 1 point or g/d to City on the final match day. *im not traumatized by city at all* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 So two games in a row Arsenal have been two up and then ended up a little lucky to come away with a point. Kind of feels like a draw at the Etihad wouldn’t cut it now, Arsenal don’t seem likely to be perfect in all their other games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Well, City's one edge in this race over Arsenal. All those close title races against Liverpool have taught them them how to deliver those wins on demand. They know those situations. Good news for Arsenal. Today's result hasn'T really changed their prospect too much. They're still in the driver's seat, with City having a hand at the wheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Harry Maguire already having to drag down a forward on the halfway line. Not a great omen for the rest of the game/United’s season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 United's players dropping like flies. Sabitzer injured during the warm up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon the Leaner Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 unbelievable save from Navas on Bruno's shot (even by the Navas standards) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon the Leaner Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 great team goal that Dalot with his first ever league goal apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Sancho has been a terrible signing. He looks scared to take anyone on. At this point he'd be terrified of trying to dribble past a traffic cone. He's basically playing like late career Mata. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 3 hours ago, Rorschach - 2 said: Seems everyone was right when they said Saliba is intergral to this Arsenal defense. They don't look the same without him. Massively important. In the game against Liverpool, Holding gave the ball back ~15 times. Today, he was a mess too. Saliba is so good because he's so composed on the ball and rarely panics. That is not Holding. It's a massive loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted April 16, 2023 Author Share Posted April 16, 2023 2 hours ago, Daemon the Leaner said: Dalot with his first ever league goal apparently Probably why he squeezed in all the celebrations he knew. Like five different ones. Anyway, after a slightly wobbly start, good performance. And De Gea now leading the golden gloves race this season, somehow. No idea how that's happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Didn't watch the game but 1. Going away from home two weeks in a row by 0-2 and then coming away with 2 points is not great at all. We had a chance to kill the game and we couldn't. Also had most of the second half to respond to going to 2-2 but we didn't. I feel like if you want to be champions, you have to win that game. 2. We can still technically do it, but we have to be perfect really and with Saliba I would feel confident but without him I think it'll be really tough. Man city seem like they're not gonna drop points at all the rest of the season the way they're playing. Sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 I think the only hope now is that Man City get some fatigue from fixture pile up/crushing disappointment after being bundled out of the CL again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted April 17, 2023 Author Share Posted April 17, 2023 I think that's quite a decent hope to be fair. Arsenal have seven games left, straight up no uncertainty. City, unless they collapse against Bayern, have a minimum of 12. That's a mad difference in the time left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baxus Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 I think that City have a much deeper squad and can handle squad rotation more easily than Arsenal. Plus they've been in this situation a few times in recent seasons, needing to win all the matches to edge out Liverpool for the title so I'm quite sure they're up for it mentally, as well as physically. Not saying it's a done deal, but if I were a betting man, my money would definitely be on City at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 1 hour ago, baxus said: I think that City have a much deeper squad and can handle squad rotation more easily than Arsenal. Plus they've been in this situation a few times in recent seasons, needing to win all the matches to edge out Liverpool for the title so I'm quite sure they're up for it mentally, as well as physically. Not saying it's a done deal, but if I were a betting man, my money would definitely be on City at this point. I give Arsenal about 25% maximum chance now. Weird how if they had fought back from 2-0 down twice they would be much more bullish and upbeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 It is what it is. Saliba injury is massive for us and without him, I don't see any path for us to win the league. He's just so calm on the ball in a way that Rob Holding never will. Hard to control the ball when Holding gives it back 15x a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Losing both Saliba and Tomiyasu was a big blow. Otherwise, Arsenal could've put White at CB and Tomiyasu at RB. Zinchenko was out yesterday as well so it shouldn't have been all that surprising that Arsenal's defence looked a bit shaky. However, they really should have been able to see out that game after going 2-0 up but the combination of a missed penalty and Benrahma scoring at the other end shortly thereafter seemed to rattle them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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