Unai Emery does NOT seem too concerned about away form.
“I think generally we are well. I don’t think we are very bad,”
“It is a bad result, not a good performance but we are fourth.
Yes, this is true.
“This was a very good opportunity to take the three points and go third but after the result we are fourth and we need to be consistent.
“We are going to have chances also in the next matches and it depends on us and on other teams.
“After the result we can be negative because three points less (to be won) but it is in our hands to continue taking chances to be in the top four.”
This is also true.
Our top 4 chances have taken a big hit after that result, mainly because the loss has taken the wind out of the momentum sails. We’re heading into a crunch run of very important high-intensity games with a horrible away record hanging around our necks with tired legs… not. ideal. fam.
However, if we want to mix it with the big boys next year, the players have to react. If they want bigger bonuses, they’ll have to dust away the sad-webs and make a serious adjustment to their mentality away from home.
The manager is going to have to start learning lessons a touch quicker. Matteo G and BIG Mo cannot be played together, it’s a mix of low talent and raw experience that blends worse than orange juice and milk. Our rotations are going to have to be cuter if we’re to maintain belief, energy, and skill.
We have a monster match this Thursday against the MIGHTY Napoli. I say mighty… I’m not really sure. Juve are mighty and they are top of Serie A by 20 points. Napoli reside in second, 7 points ahead of 3rd. Is this a bit like the difference between Dortmund and Bayern? I would think so. That said, it’ll not be easy and let’s be TOTALLY real here… we’ve been taken down by Rennes and BATE this season, so even if we snatch a win, it’ll be very tough to deal with them at their place.
The big question for Emery is how hard will he go in this game? Where does he see his biggest opportunity? Or, has the season become so unpredictable now that he’s just going to gun hard for both top 4 and Europa? I think likely the latter. He’ll be desperate for a trophy and he’ll really want that tag of being the greatest Europa League king who ever did exist… I heard that he’s hoping they retire the trophy if he wins it this time. He’s very focused.
That could come with issues, we have 6 games in 18 days, players are already tired if Everton was anything to go by… so what impact will gunning for everything have?
Well, we’re going to find out my pretties… but please, don’t be dim in the comments and tell me that an international break is enough to bring players back to freshness, or that fatigue is related to character… or that love for the badge will change anything.
SEE U IN THE COMMENTS x
P.S. Hazard… whoooahmy
@Dissenter, the key will be the ability of Emery to rotate his players the right way.
Benfica are the team to beat though.
I hope they get drawn against Chelsea in the semi finals
Three sitters? Bullshit.
One sitter and even then Aubameyang, a supposedly world class striker, has missed worse at twice this season.
How stop being a bitter twat and take into account his part in the first goal. Involved in the build up and then on the end of it.
As a team we seem to have missed loads of those types of chances this season.
Mikhi ballooned a couple over as well.
Receding
Shouldn’t you be saving your energies for the big night?
2-0 is a good result but 4-0 is better, especially is we are to play Mustafi
That said, Sokrates will be used solely for the EL for a while.
Knowing UEFA, I wont be surprised if they draw us with Chelsea in the semi-finals
Sorry people
The draws are already in, made that error, not once but plenty times
©UEFA.com
1. Napoli (ITA) / Arsenal (ENG) v Villarreal (ESP) / Valencia (ESP)
2. Benfica (POR) / Frankfurt (GER) v Slavia Praha (CZE) / Chelsea (ENG)
Was hoping for the third goal too. If we nick one in Naples, especially the first goal of the game, then its curtains for Napoli
We have to face Gabriel and Coquelin if we reach the semi-finals
Chelsea so lucky with the draw, as usual… any news from pedro ???
@Dissenter
The Semi is drawn already. We’ll play one of the Spanish team if we advance.
People keep praising Cazorla for scoring but keep ignoring the fact that Villarreal have been on a gradual slide with him in the squad.
The dude is on his last legs and La liga is perhaps too fast for him because the central midfield role he is running isn’t ticking.
Valancia beat them at home and they’re in a relegation spot.
@Guns : let’s not forget that our away form at the moment is…. average ?? lol
But tonight it was nice to see Emery beating Ancelotti with his tactics.
At least Emery has made us less prone to self inflicted last minute cock ups which plagued Wenger throughout his career.
always fools on here
Always trolls on here.
Dissenter regardless of how the game went offer anyone at Arsenal a 2-0 first leg win and they bite your hands off.
Let’s stop talking about missed chances coming back to bite us or not bite us, we got a result and a clean sheet, that was all anyone wanted going into the game. Some were on here offering spurs a bj for a 1-0 home win just two nights ago
the worst player on the pitch today was kolasinac…. he just took a touch too many on the ball, on so many perfect positions in the oppositions box…
at on point, I was made to think, he left his brains at home
Paulinho He skied two cut backs right in front of goal missed a straight shot on goal from a well worked corner and missed a shit at a tight angle in the first half on the right hand side. I’m not bitter at all but let’s not pretend he covered himself in glory with those missed chances The goal he scored couldn’t have been out any more on a plate for him Yes he was Dynamic and yes he helped to drive us forward but he squandered our best chances tonight. Aubameyang second Go back through the comments section and… Read more »
Torriera motm
AMN a close second
Koscielney 3rd
After tonight’s game, we have to put more priority on the Euro_Cup. The two Spanish teams are weaker than Napoli. We can also defeat Chelsea on a neutral ground.
This Summer, we have to replace Ramsey and Monreal. We should go all out to sign Adrien Rabiot.
Torriera got a good rest and should be good for another month of frantic football.
Mystic wont like this but I don’t ant to see Elneny anywhere near a starting 11 again.
Dissenter
Why would mystic not like it? He’s shit. The only player in our squad whose worse is Lichtensteiner
Totally enjoyed that…We shouldn’t really have any fear going into the 2nd leg as long as Mustafi remains on the bench
There has to be something wrong though with the disparity between our home form and the away form…It’s almost like we’re 2 different teams but with the same players
As I’ve maintained, the Europa league has to be the priority, we have a way of raising our game for the big ones….I’d play a couple of kids at Watford on Monday if i were Emery so everyone is fresh for Naples but what do i know
Interesting to see how we use the squad over the next week or so. We won’t win an away premier league game without Ramsey playing centrally, but we will need him in Naples as well, and he’s guaranteed to pull up with an injury if he plays all the games.
Maybe a good idea to prioritise the Europa now. I think the league is gone realistically.
@Bat
It is not the same team. Torr and Ramsey are men. Guen and Elneny are child
“The goal he scored couldn’t have been out any more on a plate for him”
Shows you still don’t get it.
He was THERE to put it in. Would Guendouzi have been to there to put it in? Xhaka? No.
You can’t seem to grasp the importance of off the ball movement and just seem to think Ramsey is there by chance all these years.
We’re still right up there in the PL, Chelsea are at Anfield and Spurs at the Etihad next week so you imagine that they’ll both drop points there.
As shite as we are away from home, if we can even win 2 of our last 4 away and pick up a draw in there we’ll be thereabouts for 4th.
Just thinking that we don’t with PapaSok for two EPL games and we have to rely on Mustafi. The chance that we can get something from the Watford game is quite slim.
Nelson
Mustafi has his good games too, not to often but he can be that beast offensively and defensively.
Receding HairlineApril 11, 2019 21:13:07 Complaining we best Napoli and didn’t concede? Most of you will whine about anything just for whining sake >>>> Not all RH, not at all. We’re being realistic that a 2 goal lead coupled with our abysmal away record may not be enough to see us through. And with being away to Watford on Monday and the having to travel to Italy on Thursday I fear Emery will now tinker too much for the Watford game and we’ll blow our top 4 place AND get turned over at Napoli. We really needed 4 and should… Read more »
That some of us are complaining about the missed chances doesn’t necessarily mean we hate the club or appreciate the players less. Missed chances mostly have ways of punishing us and when you have arguably 2 potent strikers playing like imbecile in a match where goals are needed cos away result is unpredictable, complaints are inevitable. Arsenal should have scored more than 3 goals in this match during the first forty five minutes. I hope we’ll celebrate our advancement next week.
This hopefully is a good momentum against the Mooses
I think we can get a result there
Just watching the highlights and Benfica look brilliant and some young kid of theirs got a superb hat trick.
The players and coaches at Arsenal need to figure out why we are so fragile on the road. It’s not acceptable. If we don’t sort it out very very soon we will not a successful season this year or the next.
Surely, it’s a matter of mentality.
*have a successful season…
Chelsea fans showing their class again with a video circulating of them in a bar tonight before their match singing a song about Mo Salah being a bomber or something.
A few on hear will be proud.
Players like elnehny, guendouzi, ozil are the reasons why our away form has been terrible. Elnehny played for like 20 minutes or so in this match and he didn’t touch ball more than 5 times if at all he touched ball up to 5 times. These players jumps over or just avoid any 50/50 challenge, they’d rather be marking space than marking opponents
The coaching stuff should ask Kola to shoot more. He has a hard shot. Now he always tries to advance to the baseline and then center. It hasn’t generated anything the past few games.
Benny
A few on hear will be proud.
And we all know who they are….
Right, we need to chuck our eggs in this UEFA basket. Auba needs to find some form. Think we can get a result against Napoli away and beat Villareal or Valencia. Chavs in the final? We can do this.
We’ll lose to Watford.
Away form has been bad in that Arsenal have lost some games they shouldn’t, but it hasn’t been so bad that we should be worried about shipping 4 goals away to Napoli, assuming we score at least one. 2-nil is a great result and I have to think we have basically won the tie by being able to keep a clean sheet at home.
Not to count chickens before they hatch but if it’s Chelsea in the final I honestly like our chances.
Watford are bully boys. They have some flair players but they have a dirty hard edge to their game.
We have to still play them with a very strong team because two back to back league losses will be devastating.
Reports we’re in for Neres. Hopefully true
A recent survey somewhere stated that teams who fail to score an away goal- win only 20% of the matches. If Arsenal score 1 -Napoli need 4. I know Emery has a penchant for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory ( Barca/PSG debacle )- but an attacking line up next week- and emphasising the importance of away goal- should see us through into the semis. Valencia are not good enough to beat us over 2 legs. So we meet Chelsea in Baku. Could that unnecessary sale of Giroud – come back to bite us on the bum? Arsenal v… Read more »
Ajax will be eaten alive this summer, hopefully they can at least pull in some serious coinage and continue the excellent work at academy level.
De Ligt, De Jong, Neres and then Tadic, Ziyech and Tagliafico on top of that.
Be doing well just to keep Tadic and Ziyech.
Tagliafico and Neres would go some way to sorting out the left side of our attack
One can dream eh Marko.
Not getting that pairing for under 100 million, Neres fee doesn’t all go to Ajax as Sao Paulo have add ons owed to them from future transfers.
We don’t sign sexy Brazilians either, always wanted one here myself.
Ramsey , Torreira and Ozil controlled the game for Arsenal . Ramsey and Torreira won the battle in midfield , they won the ball and kept it simple , finding Ozil in space who has the awareness to bring his team mates into the game , feeding the wing backs on numerous occasions. Kolasinac was surprisingly wasteful with his final ball as it is normally his strong point , consequently Aubamayang was not as effective as he was waiting numerous times for the ball across the face of goal that never came. Though Ramsey did miss a few guilt edge… Read more »
They weren’t marginalised they were injured (Ramsey/Ozil), not training well and throwing sickies (Ozil). Stop with the agenda driven mystic Meg lies.
And in the case of Ozil even if he was marginalised it was a masterstroke by Emery because now Ozil knows who’s boss, knows Emery won’t take any shit and Izil has to actually work hard in training and on the pitch for his place, unlike under Wenger, and because of Emery’s genius if marginalised we’re now seeing Ozil’s best form of his Arsenal career.
“I know Emery has a penchant for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory”
What like Lord Wenger did on numerous occasions like when we were 4 nil up against NEWCASTLE NOT BARCELONA and it ended up 4 – 4?
Chuckle chuckle vision, Charlie chuckle vision.
benny
Lol, I hope Mo Salah put a hat-trick past them.
After that they can start their Sarri-Out thing again.
We missed a golden opportunity to kill off this game by combination of wastefulness up front and some good goalkeeping by Napoli GK.
The tie is not over, because we know that our defence is leaky particularly away
from home. Arsenal need to sort out this department in the summer transfer window.
Ainsley has a major part to play in the syponomy.
Ramsey scored the goal and had the best opportunities for us tonight. But, I thought young Ainsley and Koscielny were the standout performers. Happy for AMN, he’s one of our own. Old warhorse Koscielny was excellent tonight. He’s a player who has got the maximum out of his career and come back from a career threatening injury at 33. Tremendous stuff
My guy Monreal looked way past his best. Sad to see. Even though we need him in the XI, he’s one of a few I’m pretty sure who won’t start at Watford. Cech looked rusty as well.
Ramsey, Torreira and Ozil very good as well. Next week is all about Aubameyang and Lacazette. Don’t agree with the tactics Emery will use next week, pretty sure we’ll sit back and absorb pressure. Likely that Iwobi and Mkhitatyan will start instead of Ozil and one of Auba/Laca. We’ll struggle, just hope we can get an early goal.
Just managed to watch the full game with my son here and great result, especially the clean sheet.
Emery got his selections and tactics right but he is supposed to be the master of this cup.
All eyes on next week then.
Worried for the game in Naples
We must score one …. however we cannot sit back we must attack them when they are pushing forward as they need three to move on. Just get one and the demoralization will take care of the rest
Dream
Totally agree with you
Koscielney was fantastic last night, along with AMN and Torreira. I thought Ramsey played well but his prolificacy in front of goal marred an otherwise good performance. Should have had at least one more goal to put the tie to bed
We will definitely score in Naples, as Napoli’s defence looks suspect.
It will be tough but see us progressing.
Would have taken 2-0. OK, Ramsey missed a sitter but Napoli could have scored a couple.
Watford selection will be interesting.
Obviously a good outcome. Even better if we didn’t miss 3 or more big chances, though. Ramsey x2 AMN x1 Auba x1 Not counting the many good and half chances that made up the near 20 shots… a record this season? Most played well enough last night, not the two strikers unfortunately. Yes, Kolac took one too many touches. Mikhi wasn’t assured and lost possession in dangerous areas. Not cool. Away or not, demeanour of he team was noticeably different from the start, vs the meek play at Everton. It has something to do with team selection obviously. Having said… Read more »
The simple truth is that we know that our defence buckles constantly under “pressure”. Leaving aside how many goals Arsenal might have scored the fact is that Napoli could also scored on a number of occasions as well. I think that we have to accept that most of our current backline are not going to improve either collectively or on an individual basis. Frankly the only one who has room for improvement is Maitland-Niles. Messrs Mustafi, Sokratis,Koscielny, Monreal and Lichtsteiner are not going to get better. Kolasinac is okay going forward as a wing back, but is woefully inadequate as… Read more »
I think Arsenal should take a chance with a few of the youngsters against Watford.
Eddie needs to show some metal. Give him the full 90 and let A and L play a half each
Auba and Lacazette need to be fresh and on the boil for the return.
I’m Hoping that Watford slacken off after their Wembley heroics.
on the ball.
Graham62
April 12, 2019 07:23:07
I think Arsenal should take a chance with a few of the youngsters against Watford.
Eddie needs to show some metal. Give him the full 90 and let A and L play a half each
Auba and Lacazette need to be fresh and on the boil for the return.
I’m Hoping that Watford slacken off after their Wembley heroics.
graham… hope are not high on something… start a few youngsters in an EPL match… are you drunk?? who does that?¿
is it wrong to attain top four and Europa league trophy at the same time?¿
Graham
Watford play their FA Cup final on 18/05. That is in a month’s time.
We are playing them this coming Monday. I therefore doubt that they’ll slack off when playing us.
ddkingz
Just a couple of coffees!
Auba and Lacazette starting to look jaded.
At the very least play EN with them or even give Denis a game. Remember him?
3 days between Vicarage Road and Naples.
Need 100% commitment and freshness for both.
I can see that Napoli will attack Monreal’s side. Kola has to be more alert and keeps the defensive line. Our defense has more problems against over the top long passes. Napoli plays more ball procession. Insigne is fast but not physical. Mertens is not as dangerous. I think we can handle both of them.
The result from last night is good, but far from being perfect.
Napoli were shit.
Considering the number of opportunities missed by Auba and Ramsey (Laca was transparent), do you really trust them for score at least 1 goal in Italy ??
Me, not so much… Auba is a joke of a finisher.
Plus we have to play 2 huge away games in 4 days…
I’m everything exepted confident about our chances to reach the semies.
DB10
Watford has nothing to play for regarding PL. They can’t keep their intensity every game.
Nelson
As long as we continue to dominate the centre of the park I can’t see too much coming from them. I could be wrong but they were so lax centrally last night they just couldn’t get to grips with the game and I think that’s where the return leg will be won or lost. Yes we are always a danger at the back and yes we will have to limit them but I feel safer with koscielney in the side. We look so much more organised and composed with him in there
HL
Calm down. Jesus. Can’t you just enjoy a big victory? I’m meant to be an AKB and I’m happier with it than you.
@Neslon : every PL teams are motivated when it comes to beat Arsenal. And in front of their fans, they will be highly motivated, and… away, we are shit. Any other questions ?? lol
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11661/11690968/manchester-united-chelsea-and-arsenal-all-chasing-paul-mitchell
Maybe Pedro is working hard on a new post because of that link ??
I’m starting to worry about him…
For the Watford game, I’ll have Torr and Guen in midfield. Iwobi, Mikki and Auba in attack. We have to keep Ramsey fresh for the return leg.
It’s funny that some trolls saying winning the FA cup is more valuable than winning the Europa cup..
Winning Europa gets you to the prestigious champions league and the super cup, winning the FA cup takes you to….Yes you guessed it..Europa cup!!
Good win but tie far from over judging by our rotten away form..very much still in the balance I mean it says a lot the manager still see our chances of progressing as 50:50, absolutely no confidence when we go away
won’t be surprised to see us blown away in Naples and I’m even less confident on Monday at Watford
Absolute No clue why Emery can’t get the boys playing away from home
Yep, we need to hire a psy next summer.
That was High Leg longest post to date.
Well done HL
More output please
Can I reassure HL We will progress into the semis. Napoli are virtually already guaranteed CL football next season- ( they are 2nd in Serie A) they do not need to get their hands dirty worrying about this Europa Cup filth. Our concerns should be focused on Watford. And their physical style of play. With the absence of Sokratis- will Emery reintroduce our other Greek warrior to combat Deeney,Gray and the brilliant Defoleu. Monday could be painful- if Emery gets his team selection wrong ( again). Arsenal must always prioritise Prem League football. I agree wholeheatetdly with Gambons sentiments weeks… Read more »