[Post-Match Thread] Arsenal F.C. vs. Manchester United

3 years ago by Astrealix to c/gunners

enhancedscurry 18 points 3 years ago

Just awesome to see Rice score and then for Jesus to slot home a finish, cool as a cucumber, on top of it. I really hope this heralds some more output for Jesus.

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get_off_the_phone 4 points 3 years ago

Cityzen here in peace, still looking for my instance... Glad to see you guys knock United down, though honestly was hoping both of you would drop points with a draw. Best of the worst outcome today as I see it.

Jesus (or Gabby as we called him cuz he was the only Gabriel on the the team) was one I always had high hopes and much love for. Joined us as a promising youngster, had many clutch moments, but didn't capitalize on enough of them.

Odegaard is good and a force by himself. And I hope Rice pans out for you as well as Grealish has for us so far.

Just don't do Zinny wrong. He is a player and a half when you need him. Take care of him for us.

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Astrealix 15 points 3 years ago

Ten Hag is seriously saying refs went against them lol

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Mansuke 13 points 3 years ago

Yeah it's a bit of sour grapes really, especially considering penalty overturned and Eddie got kicked in the face on that counter! The one play the had was kick the ball to Rashford and hope he produced some magic, it backfired and he looks stupid because he had to bring on Jonny Evans and Slabhead

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Astrealix 5 points 3 years ago

Tbf i don't think the boot actually reached Eddie but that shoulda been a red anyway

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ThePowerOfGeek 9 points 3 years ago

I have a lot of respect for managers who can publish accept that their team was second best on the day. Ten Haag consistently does not earn such respect. When he loses, he's a sore loser.

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Astrealix 13 points 3 years ago

RICE RICE BABY

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9point6 13 points 3 years ago

What a match!! Did not expect this scoreline at 90 mins

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sensiblepuffin 13 points 3 years ago

Highlight of the match: the entire bar I was at cheering "HARRY, HARRY" as Maguire prepared to come on

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Matt_Sams_314 5 points 3 years ago

It was "Oh Harry Maguire" in my block in the stadium

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ironeaglebird 12 points 3 years ago

It wasn't until I watched the highlights that I noticed Gabriel was aware of the threw ball to Garnacho and makes a desperate jump back to make him offsides.

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Astrealix 7 points 3 years ago

Dayum, that's good awareness and good jumping if that's the case.

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Mansuke 10 points 3 years ago

Full time thoughts: Rice looked good again even before the goal, Havertz worked hard off the ball but was very poor in possession/transition, Saka should have scored and I think the defense overall dealt with the counterattacks well but Saliba stood out as per usual

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Mansuke 10 points 3 years ago

Viera and Tomiyasu looked good when coming on as well, I thought Jesus looked off the pace still before his superbly taken goal so he put me in my place

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WorldcupCSR 10 points 3 years ago

@Mansuke @Astrealix how do you have any coherent thoughts besides ahahahahahhhbbbhbhahweoepepeoeleoweofjkeowkw!!!!!!!!! ?

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Astrealix 6 points 3 years ago

Hkfidjwndjlakzfnwjkxlfwjj

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Mansuke 6 points 3 years ago

Oh my bad!

Full time thoughts: ahahahahahhhbbbhbhahweoepepeoeleoweofjkeowkw!!!

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WorldcupCSR 6 points 3 years ago

@Mansuke hah!!! What a roller coaster. From thinking we threw away the game at 2-1 to winning 3-1. What a crazy game we all enjoy somehow!

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Mansuke 2 points 3 years ago

I think Man U fans will feel hard done by based on the balance of play but it was only so close because we weren't clicking, we attacked, we pressed and we deserved to win for trying

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thatdosbox 4 points 3 years ago

That's a fair assessment on Havertz, though I think he did well at stopping their attacks again. Need more from him though.

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Mansuke 3 points 3 years ago

He did do well stopping attacks but the first half miss and sloppy pass for the counter means he will get even more scrutiny unfortunately and when the people around him are so talented it becomes clear when things aren't going quite right, no room for passengers in the team and Xhaka last season was so important in the same role both offensively and defensively.

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hangonasecond 5 points 3 years ago

The great news is he has a bit of time to click. Xhaka changed roles when Arteta made changes to the system in his second season, and that year and the next were statistically two of xhakas best in his whole career.

Havertz has played a handful of games in a position he hasn't played much at all since before Chelsea, in a different system and with a different player starting at LB every game so far. We know how important the FB-Winger-8 link up is in this setup (case in point, White, Saka, Ø).

I agree we need Havertz to step up, but we've got a lot of room for optimism.

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Mansuke 3 points 3 years ago

Oh definitely, the comparison between the two wasn't a dig at Havertz, just trying to highlight how important the 8 role was for us last season and why our attacks have been lacking a bit of cutting edge and fluidity these past few games.

We've got a lot of room for optimism as a club in general, not just trajectory but when you look at the quality on our bench compared to the past few seasons and the potential of our young squad, we've got it all to come.

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ThePowerOfGeek 10 points 3 years ago

Let's fucking go! Nothing like crushing Yanaited in injury time (though we deserved the win).

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TheBig2023Meltdown 10 points 3 years ago

What a massive goal for rice. One to remember as his first

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DeathWearsANecktie 8 points 3 years ago

Fantastic result for us, absolutely thrilling end!

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HaleEndGrad 8 points 3 years ago

Who would've thought that our attack would lose it's fluidity because of the lack of Xhaka of all people, a former CDM.

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throbbingpens 5 points 3 years ago

I think that’s a big reason for Havertz’s slowish start — it’s a difficult role to play for someone who hasn’t really been playing in midfield for a few seasons now. We may have to be a little patient with him. Also, ESR and Vieira would be more familiar so we could let Havertz get used to it while he rotates with them.

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ironeaglebird 7 points 3 years ago

That match was a rollercoaster of emotions.

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thatdosbox 4 points 3 years ago

@ironeaglebird @Astrealix I'm in a chat group with a bunch of Utd supporting friends, and it was definitely up and down.

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MHPengwingz 6 points 3 years ago

I'm at work and my coworker was like you should've turned it on 🤣

But man unclench...

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Astrealix 4 points 3 years ago

we should go see a game at the arsenal nyc thing tgt some time, hopefully as good as this one lol

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ironeaglebird 5 points 3 years ago

Going into international break on a high

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Arsenal4ever 4 points 3 years ago

Rice calls for the ball at the back post. He's open, and Johnny Evan and Harry Maguire are bad at football, so they don't notice. Saka sees it and hits it straight at Rice.

I think this is from the training ground.

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MutualityWSDEs 2 points 3 years ago

They had enough opportunity to get *one* right..

#afc
#arsenal
#ArsenalFC

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HaleEndGrad 4 points 3 years ago

The left triangle needs work. Ø needs to stop being allergic to touching the ball with his right foot.

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throbbingpens 4 points 3 years ago

Funny how we used to say the same thing about Ö :P

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