‘Did you think you had Eze’ – asked a reporter from Thomas Frank. Thomas, appointed only recently as the manager of a shite club, responded in an attempt to create some humour by asking back –
‘Who is Eze?’
Well, he just scored a hattrick in a NLD after 47 fucking years and by the time 90 mins were done, Spurs fans were already at home, probably sobbing and blaming the cold. If you are one of those and delusional enough to think you own North London, let me just say that even with a 4-1 win, we were more frustrated than you lot because we couldn’t keep a clean sheet. You are used to losses so that was just a regular day for you.
Right, that was a brilliant evening for us Gooners. A 4-1 victory over Spurs, at Home, hat-trick from the man who had almost joined Spurs but the club brought him to Emirates in the last minutes, Saka dancing and fans staying and singing once the match was over. And we did all this without our first choice striker, and our best defensive player while Hincapie started his first game in place of Gabriel. Our captain was missing too.
We took the lead in the 36th minute when Mikel Merino set up a beautiful ball to Trossard who, very precisely, put it into the nets. Eze, doubled the lead in 5 minutes when he put the ball into the nets courtesy of Rice’s assist. We went into the break 2-0 and Frank made some changes hoping he could turn it around. I am pretty sure he is aware of the spursy nature of that team but hey, he is paid enough to at least try. Eze made it 3-0 only 1 minute into the second half, assisted by Timber but that lad was dreaming of something more.
Richarlison scored a good one from far away. When you play a high line and your goal keeper is involved in setting things up, this can happen. I don’t mind it more than Raya, who would be furious to not add this game to another one of his clean sheets. Frank made some more changes but Eze scored his 3rd in the 76th minute and made sure that no one but the red and whites celebrate the day.
Spurs were so shite we didn’t even need to use set pieces to beat them.
We had finished 2nd, three seasons in a row. We lost points in dead games, injuries derailed us and there were some very odd decisions from the manager. This season, we lost our best defender and yet Hincapie finished his 1st full game with a 9.5/10. Odegaard is out injured but Eze comes in and does better. I was doubting Trossard but he has proven that he can play better than Martinelli when he is given a chance. We have a saucy striker who looks adapted now, was out injured but we didn’t miss him. Saka was world class and will remain so.
Now, onto the next game in Champions League tonight against Bayern. Only 3 teams are with a perfect score so far, and two of them are playing each other today. Bayern sits at top of the table with equal points and same goal difference but have scored 3 extra goals than us. That also means we have conceded 3 less than them, in fact, we have conceded fuck-all so far in 4 games in the group stages and Bayern will test that today. We will be without our best CB partnership but Hincapie dropped a bombshell of a performance against Spurs so I am not really bothered.
To finish in top 8 and avoid 2 extra qualifying games later, we have to win at least 6 of the 8 games. After today, we will be playing Club Brugge, Inter and Kairat. Inter Milan is the third team with all wins so far. Frankly, it’s not a do or die situation for us but there’s always some uncertainty in Champions League. We saw Chelsea beating Barcelona last night, and Newcastle losing to Merseille thanks to 2 goals from the ex-Arsenal man, Aubameyang. Anything can happen, so make the most out of what’s in front of you.
Martinelli and Madueke are back in the team. Odegaard might also be available, though I doubt Mikel will bench the hattrick man for him. Mikel, when asked about facing Bayern, had to say this –
For sure, this is the kind of game in the competition that we want to face, and we’ve been very consistent in both competitions; they have been as well, and tomorrow is a great test for us to see where we are.
source:Arsenal.com
A very challenging game indeed, and the one which will highlight whether we have progressed to win something of importance of this year. Beat Bayern today and the boys will go home in confidence. Also, there can be only one team sitting at the top and we would love to be the one.
See you during the game.
we were lucky that Karl was so weak when it came to finishing off that nice little run into the box
we done a better job of taking advantage of Bayern’s mistakes but we’ve lacked the end product once again…in a way in reminds me a bit of the Real match, at least stylistically
Now Noni can go to his natural side..
I’ll be interested to see our shape now that we have the lead
with those subs we should be looking to extend our lead
I do like this random CB high press maneuver that we’ve seen a couple times today…we rarely see Saliba venturing that high without possession
Rice needs to up his work effort and look like he wants to be playing in these midweek european matches.
I love it when Neuer goes full-fucktard
Eze’s had a decent week!
TRVL
You almost had a second dose!
The match in Paris sounds like a completely borefest.
we deserve this one based on our second-half performance…as you said Marc, in the grand scheme it means very little, but the fact that we didn’t assume a more negative posture in the last 45 should embolden us to choose a similar course in the future
TRVL
We’ve been screaming for a measured aggressive approach. We have a billion £ squad we should respect the opposition (except the Spuddie’s of course) but we shouldn’t be scared of them.
Marc—agreed…btw I so wish Havertz wasn’t coming back anytime soon
TRVL
You have to wonder how Captain Fuckwit will cope with having Ode & Eze and Hevertz & VG all available at once.
Rather a pleasant night of football.
second best showing in a CL fixture under MA (I’m speaking primarily.about the seond half)..still wonder if he would show the same balls if that was a win or go home affair, but only time will tell…definitely pleased for the players
Top of the Premier league
Top of the champions league
Just as I predicted..
As I have been saying for the last month or so , when our injured players return we will see a different Arsenal and today madueke and martinelli came off the bench to kill the game off..
Totally dominated the 2nd half , Arteta gave a masterclass on how to beat supposedly the best team in Europe.
Munich looked in control for much of the first half but Arteta’s half time team talk transformed the game.
Rice was world class , Eze’s ball for martinelli’s goal was exquisite, what a 2nd half of football from the Arsenal.
get a room you fucking muppet
TRVL
He doesn’t need a room more like a padded cell.
The dopey cunt doesn’t remember saying the same thing after we beat Madrid last season (and then got schooled by PSG) or being top of the PL and bottling it (again).
He can mouth off when Captain Fuckwit actually wins something.