I was going to write you out a Monday morning banger, then I realized we have two weeks until the next game… bad times ahead.
For blogging, it’s Dry January without anyone to listen to your empowering story.
Traffic wise, it’s like we’re Rolf Harris at next years Glastonbury.
The comments section becomes the part of Hyde Park corner where the soap-boxers get arrested for a excrement related offences (sorry guys, it’s true).
It’s so boring that sometimes I resort to courting attention by click-baiting certain fandoms with fake headlines.
OZIL COMPILATION THAT PROVES HE IS GOD
It’s desperate times.
So I’m saving all my prose up so I can spread it thinly enough to keep you interested.
In the meantime, I made a SOLO podcast for you to listen to. I figured people stomach ebooks for 19 hours at a time, you could easily do 35 minutes of me arguing with myself and ultimately resolving the differences.
Give it a go and I PROMISE that I will come back with real people for Wednesday morning. Also, know this… I finally worked out how to run Skype into my mixer. Gonna hit up some elite journos and industry people, only to be refused, and fall back on some failed AFTV personality from 2014.
Enjoy…
DM
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Tr4phy
Bankz is here for the tr4phy again
Can I sneak up on DM?
Lol
I wasnt expecting Peter to crash into the party.
Grouvillegooner & Kamp
Good posts on the previous.
I posted this at the end of the last blog and then saw the “new post” comment. I’ve been browsing a few Un**ed and spuds blogs.At Un**Ed they seem evenly split between OGS and the players being to blame. Some blaming the Glazers.Spuds are all over the place but there seems to be a general consensus that can best be summarised with three words. Poch Knows Best.I did get a laugh from this though.“The question everyone wants an answer to is whether Pochettino is the man that can take Spurs back to their former glory. Or is it time the… Read more »
Do you think Emery will be sacked at the end of the season even if we make top 4. In a similar way to Bruce being replaced by Wenger way back when?
Kamp October 7, 2019 09:20:07 The rhetoric surrounding winning ugly and keeping a clean sheet is disappointing, but not at all surprising. Try looking at it from a positive point of view. We are slowly rediscovering old characteristics: winning ugly, scrapping, standing up for each other, not being bullied. You can’t look at an ugly win and say ‘where’s the flair,’ nor can you look at us thumping relegation fodder and complaining we are flat track bullies. Like it or not, Emery won this week and his detractors have lost. The future looks good off the back of the Europa… Read more »
Cheers Bamford, and nice to have you back. @ Un. Of course nothing you said in response to me is untrue…maybe a little unfair to lag some of it at Emery’s door. He needs to do a better job with his team sections and in game decisions, but make no mistake, he is improving this club from where Wenger left it. All this talk about sacking him is juvenile and counter productive. Do you think United Chelsea or Spuds would be talking about asking their manager if he were a point behind city? There is an element of the anti-wenger… Read more »
Grouvillegooner October 7, 2019 09:14:13 Some humble suggestions for Unai. Pick Chambers and Holding as the starting centre backs by the end of this month. Do not think that Ozil is the solution to creativity; he will create but there are so many things that he does not do and it has been like this from the day that he signed. Stop picking Xhaka. Stop defenders putting their hands behind their backs. Try to make your thoughts at press conferences more rational and less of a rambling confusion of thoughts. (This might lead to more coherent team selection.) Keep Pepe’s… Read more »
Kamp
Ziyech is who we should have signed (rather than Pepe). Next summer, maybe.
Great phrase aimed at our captain, he has a lack of ‘performance authority’.
By Pedro
@Bamford : I’m sure he will follow your advices.
We all see the problems. Xhaka is a major reason for the ponderous play. However, the general intensity( as seen against Bournmouth yesterday) is lacking, which I would have expected Emery to have sorted out by now. As someone pointed out yesterday, Arsenal are one of the worst teams at looking vulnerable when other teams attack. This was always the case under Wenger but why can’t Emery fix this? The space that we gift centrally is often embarrassing. Closing down and tracking runs is easy to implement as long as the players understand and buy into it. Why though does… Read more »
If we look back to how emery got the job , we were told that he jumped in and stole away the position with his detailed file on each player , and how he would improve them – (we all read this story , how true it is I don’t know , but I can only go on what we were told) – now correct me if I’m wrong here , but do we think that he has improved the players like he said he would ? No. I mean , it seems that was his usp when he was… Read more »
Edu, echoing my feelings. May is probably when AFC will say adiós but maybe a slight chance of a Freddie boost in the final straight.
Third in the league, a point behind city? There isn’t a pundit around who would have given us that by this stage. Hats off to Emery for getting it done with squad still missing major components.
Erm. No Bamford. Hats off to Aubameyang beacuse without him we’d be 13 points worse off already. And before you start it’s not emery who’s facilitating those goals it’s Aubameyang and his ability to sniff out goals whilst feeding off nothing but scraps
With the squad we have, against that level of opposition and being at home, that should have been a massacre. However, we had Xhaka as DM and our decent DM on the bench until he came on to become… a winger? We had the chuckle brothers at CB and Kola at left back. So we ended up pretty turgid overall, but at least we won dirty and there have been plenty of times when we wouldn’t have in the past. Plus we managed to get 3 points the weekend that Spurs (HAHA), United (HAHA), Leicester and City (HAHAHAHA) all lost.… Read more »
Edu me a favour Fantastic post on last one mate. Perfect He’s not improved anyone. Only lacazette and Aubameyang have kept him even close to that tied 43 game record which equals wenger’s last 43 The point you made that best sums it up is this Can we say we are lucky to have him? No. He’s the minimum we should expect. We are arsenal. We need to be hiring a coach that makes us all grateful he’s at our club. There will be no gratitude for emery come May. He’s two years and a great opportunity wasted and whoever… Read more »
He needs to do a better job with his team sections and in game decisions, but make no mistake, he is improving this club from where Wenger left it.
Kamp
How? Please tell me how Unai Emery is improving arsenal and providing anything better than the shit last two years under wenger.
Kamp
Those wounds would heal if we had a manager who United the fans.
We are making the exact same mistakes and Man U post fergie
Not Xhaka again. grrrrr. Xhaka is the classic case of technique over actual substance on the pitch. However much people moan about him he does have footballing technique. This would be appreciated by his coach and more than enough fellow players especially on the training pitch. It’s just that this technique doesn’t add up to a great deal on the pitch and added to this poor off the ball attributes and suspect character and temperament. Xhaka is a hangover of the Arsene Wenger times and which Emery is refusing to eradict. Those that were so happy with the departure of… Read more »
I can’t argue about being third on the league table and a point behind City who are second. . If I was told Arsenal will be third by week 8 at the beginning of the season, I would have taken it. I would rather win playing ‘ugly’ than lose or draw playing beautiful football like we use to do and found ourselves in Europa. Emery was appointed to win. He is doing just that. Just win. Winning is ‘beautiful ‘ football. See the joy when a goal is scored. Football is about goals and outscoring your opponent. The rest is… Read more »
What a shame we are too bang average to see off 2 teams in crisis like Man U and the spuds 4 points dropped.
Such a dishonest thing to say the victories are because of Auba because he’s feeding off scraps, plenty to criticize the manager with but don’t throw common sense out the door when you do that, makes you sound like a loony…….Oh, Van persie was feeding of scraps the season he won the golden boot because the quality behind him and the football we played that season was borderline atrocious
Morning you miserable people, still have a good old moan about Emery? Well, good luck with that. The fans attending the games and the board clearly don’t read the shite posted on here, thank god for that
“Those wounds would heal if we had a manager who United the fans.
We are making the exact same mistakes and Man U post fergie”
I’m sorry, but this is a load of krap. If anything, we have done the complete opposite. Do you actually watch the games or feed off the le grove trolls? There’s no shortage of them
“If I was told Arsenal will be third by week 8 at the beginning of the season, I would have taken it.” If you were told United and Spurs are in a relegation battle you would have scratched out your ears. And if you are objective about it, we could very well join them given the football that’s on offer. If we win while being outplayed, it simply means we are lucky. Don’t confuse a Mourinho style defense with what we have here. A Mourinho play book concedes possession statistically without conceding space in a very coherent manner. You can… Read more »
Ironically Thursday night footie is so enjoyable.
In fairness to Emery, he has shown that he is capable of quick learning this season. These are some positives from the first 8 games. -He’s shown loyalty to Chambers and dropped AMN from that RB position. Bellerin would have to work very hard to dislodge Chambers. -He figured Ozil out and is Standing his ground. -He has dealt with Saka and Martinelli quite well, showing that he values meritocracy. -He’s taken risks with Willock, he’s show he trust youth. -He’s been patient with Pepe and pulling him out yesterday sent a message, a tough but necessary one- form still… Read more »
Batistuta
Maybe it is fair to say that without Rvp we would have been in a similar position but Walcott was electric on the right that season while the ox was offering some quality showings too along with rosicky.
We have nobody supporting Aubameyang this season. He’s in his own. The XG tells its own story. We are creatively bankrupt this season like never before in the previous 24 years
It’s disingenuous to claim that we’re it not for Aubameyang emery would be in big big trouble
The teams are so bunched up together that the league position means very little
Unai na
You wrote like you still miss Wenger
Even though I want Emery gone, I’m glad that we don’t have a manager who thinks the club owes him more than a job.
You seem so nostalgic those glorious Wenger days.
I’ll say this on a positive note. It CAN get better this season. The fact that we haven’t clicked could mean that when we do we will already have gone though a shitty adjustment period and came out with a decent points total Tut when laca comes back and Pepe finds his feet with hector and Tierney adding another dimension going forward that we are set to find our groove still. I really don’t think it will olay our like that though Key reason for me is the fact he’s persisting with xakha and Torreira in the wrong positions Is… Read more »
We are not making the same mistakes Un**ed made.
If Graham had his way and Howe had come in, I would have agreed with you. I am no fan of Emery’s but he was a better choice for us than the Chosen One at Un**ed.
Un Na “Let me ask you just one question. Simple yes or no answer. Was our squad good enough to beat Leicester or Wolves or Palace in the final run in?” A simple yes or no answer would oversimplify the matter, so I’m not going to be doing that. Oversimplifying things helps no one. Leicester are more or less even with us in the table at the moment and for good reason — they’re good — and they fielded a better XI than we did when they beat us at the end of last season. Our loss in that match… Read more »
One could argue that Aubameyang is simply doing the job he is paid to do, put the ball in the net and win games for us. He’s not the first striker to bail his team out and won’t be the last.
Emery is not without fault but let’s not be ridiculous, and repetitive.
Dissenter
Of course I’m nostalgic for the glory days. What fan isn’t? I don’t miss wenger either. I do miss the occasional performance of astounding beauty and the constant champions league participation though.
I’ll be glad when emery is gone as things stand and look forward to seeing what a proper coach can do with the quality squad we have. And make no mistake it is quality. It’s being misused
It’s a pity there’s a subset of supporters who whinge after we’ve won a game and are just 1 point behind City after almost a quarter of the season played. Spurs and Utd both embarrassing themselves isn’t met with the glee it deserves. Emery is here until the summer barring a total capitulation in the league. Accept it, and pray we finish in the top 4 before he’s released so the next guy has cash to spend and the CL carrot to dangle in front of potential new recruits. Auba scoring too many goals: “Emery is totally reliant on Auba’s… Read more »
Un Na
“Is persisting with this stupid diamond.”
He isn’t persisting with the diamond. He hasn’t gone with this formation for a number of games now. Let’s hope he has learned his lesson.
Can we all stop to just think about how far United have fallen over the past 5 years??! We can complain all we like but wow… I’m loving their demise!
Oh cheers Bamford made my morning!
Dark Hei, very well put. This is not a moan about Emery but some people in here really need to understand the term, ‘wining ugly’. I know this is a hypothetical scenario but if Bournemouth had taken one of their chances, it might have been a different outcome. Because the moment we concede, we are in a crisis mode at full throttle.
Like i said earlier, i’d rather we finish top 4 and then get a new Manager in summer then see Arsenal implode under Emery with even more damage in the short term.
When we replaced Wenger, the idea was to remove the power from the manager and split it into a DoF who would focus on the long term and a headcoach who would take care of the short term. The headcoach concentrates on making the team function better and improve both players and results. 1 year later, we can assess the aituation. Objectively we don’t play better. The football is as bland and boring than during Wenger latter years. The results have been marginally better over 38 games, but with a better squad and better headcoach should have been much better.… Read more »
So how long is Xhaka’s paternity leave?
Will he miss games after the break?
@grooverdaddy : not long enough.
*grooveydaddy
(sorry)
I hate to see it but the notion that Emery hasnt improved certain players is utterly wrong . Xhaka in the past seasons was a complete liability like he is now + mentally unstable. He would pick up yellows on a weekly basis and reds on a monthly. Sure he is still fouling a lot but those fouls are further away from our goal.But the bottom line with Xhaka is that his natural slowness will never allow him to be the player managers want him to in the PL. Athleticism is the first trait a midfielder needs to have if… Read more »
“Xhaka in the past seasons was a complete liability like he is now + mentally unstable.”
And ??
(lol)
Valentin
Excellent post. Unfortunately, as long as we are in the top 4 race and in the EL, Emery will still be in charge. More likely that he gets a contract extension than being relieved of his duties.
Wasi, calm down and take a deep breath.. :))
For those of you with a subscription to The Athletic, James McNicholas has written an excellent article on how the Arsenal can get the best out of Pepe today. Well worth a read.
“We need to act now, because next summer we could be in competition with lots of clubs such as Spurs and ManUtd for the same decent coaches”
Lest i be accused of lying and needing to learn English later, isn’t the above Valentin calling for the immediate (now means immediate) sacking of a manager who finished two points off third last season and has only lost one game this season?
Anybody remember the good old days when Emery made half time substitutions?
” Unfortunately, as long as we are in the top 4 race and in the EL, Emery will still be in charge. More likely that he gets a contract extension than being relieved of his duties.”
Nothing unfortunate about being in the top four race and a good run in Europe for true fans of any football team…spare me the bigger picture nonsense.
Dream10, even i’m not a fan of Emery but being in Top 4 should be celebrated and enjoyed even though it might mean Emery gets to complete his tenure. However, i do agree with Valentin regarding the new manager coming in. But as things are difficult to keep secret in this mad digital media, it is a bit risky in terms of the effect it would have on the manager, the players and the team as a whole.
“Last season people were blinded by the unbeaten run when it was clear it was a mirage. This season our current lofty position is a mirage due to the current sheer incompetence of the other top 6 teams. Let’s not be blinded by another mirage again. May I remind people that last season we reached 3rd for a while. In fact With 6 games left we were 3rd and due to our easier run-ins a shoes in for that position and we all know how things turn out.” Unai Emery’s incompetence produces unbeaten runs and points…wonder what happens when he… Read more »
Receding, i’m sure Valentin was advocating moving for a new manager and having some pre-contract agreement in place to take over next season.
“Receding, i’m sure Valentin was advocating moving for a new manager and having some pre-contract agreement in place to take over next season.”
Then he should say that…English is a very simple language. Say what you want to say without ambiguity. And by the way the above will also be wrong,sack him if you must but don’t undermine him, we already have a certain number 10 sulking around waiting to outlast him.
“Anybody remember the good old days when Emery made half time substitutions?”
Yep… but since, he has been wengerized.
Un na Auba’s job is to put the ball in the back of the net and Walcott was his usual injury ravaged self that season and Ox was just bursting on to the scene, nothing special about his numbers that season. Again, our football that season was hot piss, we were very bad but had a very in form striker… It looked good for a game or two but overall it stinked so no need rewriting history. I’d happily see the back of Emery to be honest but the reality is he’s here till at least May unless we go… Read more »
Dream10: Excellent post. Unfortunately, as long as we are in the top 4 race and in the EL, Emery will still be in charge. More likely that he gets a contract extension than being relieved of his duties. What makes you say this though? I mean it feels like we are heading in the right direction. We have only just got rid of Ivan and we are in our second season after suffocating under Wenger for more than a decade. We look to be making all of the right moves. Edu has brought in Martinelli – huge tick. Whether he… Read more »
On Emery, I was all onbaord when he came in to replace Wenger, he has done a lot of good regarding clearing out much the crap that was left in the squad. But…. I can’t bare his style of football, it is beyond bland, no fluidity at all. I know its a bit much to complain about the aesthetics, but its not like we are some well drilled machine, we are still leaking goals. I was hoping Emery would address that, but I was wrong. As I say, he has done some good things, but I don’t think he is… Read more »
Here is a piece of good news. Xhaka had his baby girl today.
I wish the new father all the very best.
Please feel free to take the rest of the season off! 😂😂😂
Why does Emery need to go?
We had 2 shots yesterday. We gave Aubameyang, one of the best players in the world in current form, next to no service.
Emery blamed the lethargic performance on the lack of experience… but then replaced Pépé with Martinelli.
Edumifavor
Good analysis. Now to explain the player dossiers, it is said he got the details from Arteta ( whom he fortunately backstabbed). But like the kid who passed copying during examinations, Emery too proved a dud he is. Mediocre, not bad , thank God for small mercies.
About Emery going through his contract, considering the turmoil among the other top 4 Contenders, Arsenal might or might not get the TRO4PHY . Keeping him on we save about 3.6 million payout, but are gambling on the CL bonanza. There is Allegri available, or we could prise Nagelsmann or Nuno Espírito Santo any of which would definitely ensure we get into Champions League and the pot of money.
Bad management to persist with the lucky failure in the hope luck holds.
Why do you think Özil and Mustafi decided to stay around despite being told to leave? It’s simple they think that they can outlast him. Nobody seriously think that Emery’s extension will be taken. So the argument that he would be undermined by either removing him now or actively searching for his successor is a fallacy. Every body is just In a holding pattern waiting for him to be replaced next summer. In the meantime the club is suffering. The same way the club was suffering when Wenger was in the last year. Even before his sacking Players knew that… Read more »
Leeds, I’m happy for Xhaka to have a newborn. That being said, his partner surely could have waited until after the international break. Now his paternity leave starts which will mean he will miss games for Switzerland rather than for us. Hasn’t made my day, but best wishes all the same.
The way the team is performing at the moment it’s unlikely that Emery will get an extension at the end of the season even if we do qualify for CL next season.
It would take something quite extraordinary for him to be sacked mid season but as it stands I can’t see him being in the dugout for the first match of next season.
“Why do you think Özil and Mustafi decided to stay around despite being told to leave? It’s simple they think that they can outlast him.”
…. Its because they are both on more money at Arsenal than they will ever be paid again. No club will ever match their current wages.
BobN16
I think Xhaka plans to have an extended paternity leave… hopefully that means he will not play for a long long time.
Marc
I agree that Raul and Edu will keep it simple. If we get too 4, Emery’s contract will be extended.
The upper management may think I they have bigger issues than just manager. We need 2 more transfer windows like the last one .
Do they want to win the league or just get too 4? , that’s what determines the next choice of manager
Tottenham in free fall , Man Utd playing shite, Man City looking vulnerable, Chelski in transition and Arsenal doing brilliantly.
If only.
The issues are clear to us all and as long as Emery persists with his confusing methods and illogical player favouritism, we will never be in a good place.
I hope he does Leeds but if he has any sense he will realise that if the midfield clicks without him, at a time when our back line will be improved, he could lose his place in the starting line up.
Jim, The other clubs do not have to pay their full salary. Arsenal could organise a deal that would be financially neutral to him. Özil is on 350k a week for the next two years, most club would still be willing to take him on a free for 100kpw~150kpw. By subsidising the rest Arsenal would still save 200kpw for 2 years or the equivalent of 21 millions. The same with Mustafi. The reasons why such thing did not happen is because either Arsenal refused to subsidised such a deal or because the players refused to move. Sanchez is on more… Read more »
Congratulations (really) to xhaka on the new baby.
But yeah please don’t feel rushed to come back. They do say you need to spend the early months connecting with your kid and that. Don’t they? Guys?….guys….?
Last year – As a reactive coach, Emery was relatively inexperienced in terms of his detailed knowledge of the style and traits of of PL opponents, and the rigours of no Christmas break etc. – Notwithstanding his detailed “dossier” that he presented at his job interview he wasn’t fully up to speed on what his own players were and weren’t capable of. – he had a pretty shitty and unbalanced squad, definitely (no matter what Pedro said at the time) not “top4” – partly because of the above, and his consequent lack of trust of “squad” players, and partly because… Read more »
For the life of me, I can’t fathom out why I’ve gone from sitting on the fence in respects to Emery, to suddenly seeing him as an imposter.
Is this post- Brexit syndrome?
God knows.
Pre-Brexit even.
Emery’s contract will absolutely not be renewed. This isn’t the clueless Gazidis show any longer. How could anyone have watch Arsenal this season and not ha e serious doubts about Emery. Fluky third place notwithstanding. Go rewatch the Pool, Watford, Villa, United and B’mouth games. He has to go, thank God we have footballing people running the club now. Loyalty to the club only, not to Wenger, or Gazidis or Emery or Xhaka or Ozil.
We’re equally bad as Manure but we’ve won our points on the back of Auba. If Manure had Auba in the place of Rashford, our tally would have been reversed – they’d have 15 pts and we’d have 9. In the long run he’ll probably win us around 30 pts and Rashford will hardly earn them 10. Auba is feeding off scraps same way as not many strikers can. Emery should not get praise for the point total we’ve accumulated on the back of not controlling games or being the better team in a big percentage of the games. We’ve… Read more »
Graham
He may not be an impostor but he surely ain’t the future. Am equally off the fence now. Loyal only to the Arsenal, Sol, DB10 and Henry.
Graham62/Moe,
Why is it necessary to be “on” or “off” the fence with respect to Emery at this point in time?
We are 3rd, having played pretty poorly, we’re unlikely to fade badly, and unless we do so, he’s likely to remain in place.
@Ishola70 “It’s just that this technique doesn’t add up to a great deal on the pitch” ” All about on the ball, shit off the ball . ” I salute you, Sir. This is the best analysis of Xhaka. So many times, an opponent can pass him with ease. Either he’ll chase shadow or he’ll use his hand to help out. He has good technique and can strike a long pass. But that doesn’t help his defense. He is the single reason why our midfield is so open and why our play through the midfield is slow. He also lacks… Read more »
So Emery stays in job because Auba scores goals. Look some of are pathetic in analysing situations.
We won and that all fans want. We played beautiful football under the God of Arsene and we won zilch for almost 12yrs.
I’ll like us replace Emery end of season if he doesn’t perform well. But if we keep scrapping results by win like this am all for it.
How Utd’s and Spurs fans will wish to be where we’re now.
Auba is doing his job. If u don’t get it, tell Messi to stop keeping average managers in job.
Words
Actually, It was uncomfortable sitting up there for so long.
You’re right though, “he’s likely to remain in place”
Graham62,
One thing to keep a lookout for, is if the “next 11/Europa-Carabao team” continue to outperform the “first 11” in terms of style and results, then more and more of them will start playing in the premier league. Already two of them (Tierney and Holding) are likely to be shoe-ins after the inter lull. Belle ring and Willock are not too far behind….
Despite the admittedly poor quality of our play in the EPL I’m looking forward to the next round of matches after the interllil.
Emery will remain in place only to the end of the season. No way, he coaches this team next year.
Words
I gave him the benefit of the doubt, I didn’t fall for any of that saucy nonsense talk. At this point, I’ve seen enough to know our future rests elsewhere. That’s all.
We have a GD of just 2 after 8 games. How many GD will a worse Wenger (2016-2018) have with the same team at this stage of the season I wonder.
“Xhaka had his baby girl today.”
We could have fear the worst if it has been a boy…
Raptora, During MOTD2, Martin Keown shown that Eddie Howe adjusted his formations to suddenly attack by the wings. Suddenly we could not press higher without being exposed on the outside. The normal reaction should have been either to change our approach to defending or change our offensive play to exploit the space left by them. Emery did neither. He changed personnel but the overall formation remained. That put Arsenal on the back foot. If Bournemouth have had any luck, they could have easily equalised. Panics would have set-in. Xhaka would have committed one foul too many and get a yellow… Read more »
Just seen on Twitter that Emery has the highest win % of any Arsenal manager (AW 2nd). And a higher goals/game average than any other Arsenal manager post-WW2.
Up to now, Pepe didn’t get much help from his teammates. Emery either selects a midfield with Xhaka as DM and Guen and Torr as CM or like last game, Xhaka and Guen as DM and Ceballos as CM. When Torr is playing as CM, he is more interested in advancing inside the penalty area. He is not exchanging any passes with Pepe. When Ceballos is playing as CM, he operates on the left side. Pepe is left fighting alone. Since there is no help, he’ll have to fight through more than one defender. We’ll see whether Bellerin can release… Read more »
Pépé should watch how Ousmane Dembele dovetailed with Aubameyang. They were a frightening partnership in the Bundesliga. No reason with his speed and finishing they couldn’t resurrect something like that synergy at Arsenal.
Valentin,
Yup. What you’ve described has happened already several times in the season. It was this close to repeating.
Haven’t seen any of this game, but the inference I’ve drawn is that this performance was the antithesis of the Liege game