Thank God for COVID precaution if not we would have seen Willian/Luiz.

Have always cried for this Smith rowe all the time

Thank goodness Jorg missed that PK, else, we would have drawn this game.

Honestly we need to sell Willock to one mid table team and move on Jàre.

The guy has just refused to grow past the mediocre player he is. I know one should not write young players off like that, but sincerely I've had enough of Willock

We are back.
Title charge incoming.

Kokaneprodigy you fit login now

Lana1:
We are back.
Title charge incoming.

Kokaneprodigy you fit login now

That one fit done forget him PW.

ndidibabe:
So you still regard William and Pepper as players? Na wha o...

Lol... Who regard dem? Not me. At least, not even Willian

Roland17:


Doesn’t change the fact that he is useless..

... At least he tried today

Still not buying his market sha, I'm just acknowledging his free kick today

sod09:

He's still useless abeg
I'm buying yeye market cos of fluke freekick

One thing or lesson this game taught me is that we lacked forwards (wingers) or attack all season.
We created chances upon chances as normal arsenal would have created and also took purposeful shots like a top team. The midfield played well and even the defence wasn't under undue pressure cos the forwards were great. Tierney had a great game and so was xhaka who had an OK game (bar the free kick)

Just imagine what saka, martinelli, ESR were doing in that front. It even rubbed off on lacazette and he played a very good game. We were always on the front foot and the front press was great. No wonder Chelsea never had a shot on target (the closest they had was mason free kick that struck the bar)

Now what happened... We introduced willock and Pepe for Esr and martinelli, then our attack stopped. Chelsea increased their attack and our defence was under undue pressure. We now receiving shot on goal and on target. Not only did we concede a goal but also caused a penalty. We might have drawn the game if not for Leno save. All these happened just because our 2/4 of our attack was off.


This game typically tells us what we've been suffering this season and what we needed to correct. Come to think of it, how many cross and insha Allah we did today.?

If after today's game and Arteta still sticks to Willian and Pepe, then he's really not serious


Coyg!!

sod09:
Amen
We have Brighton, west Bromwich and palace
9 points will put us in top half
Can we do this?

To be honest!
I don’t want to get ahead of myself. I just want us to win, one game at a time.

Let’s just build on this win.

Fkforyou:


To be honest!
I don’t want to get ahead of myself. I just want us to win, one game at a time.

Let’s just build on this win.

You right, just thinking out loud
We suffer no be small abeg
Just imagine what small ESR played today if we con get better top class 10 nko

fredoooooo:

Roland we don dash una 3 points , atleast we are good senior brother , we no wan make una go relegation

Wenger was right after all. Chelsea is full of fear of failure.

Jodera:
One thing or lesson this game taught me is that we lacked forwards (wingers) or attack all season.
We created chances upon chances as normal arsenal would have created and also took purposeful shots like a top team. The midfield played well and even the defence wasn't under undue pressure cos the forwards were great. Tierney had a great game and so was xhaka who had an OK game (bar the free kick)

Just imagine what saka, martinelli, ESR were doing in that front. It even rubbed off on lacazette and he played a very good game. We were always on the front foot and the front press was great. No wonder Chelsea never had a shot on target (the closest they had was mason free kick that struck the bar)

Now what happened... We introduced willock and Pepe for Esr and martinelli, then our attack stopped. Chelsea increased their attack and our defence was under undue pressure. We now receiving shot on goal and on target. Not only did we concede a goal but also caused a penalty. We might have drawn the game if not for Leno save. All these happened just because our 2/4 of our attack was off.


This game typically tells us what we've been suffering this season and what we needed to correct. Come to think of it, how many cross and insha Allah we did today.?

If after today's game and Arteta still sticks to Willian and Pepe, then he's really not serious


Coyg!!

We have wingers our problem is attacking midfield which Smith-Rowe did a good job of. If we have him or a decent signing in Jan, along side Partey, who be Liverpool?

Roland17:
Thank God for COVID precaution if not we would have seen Willian/Luiz.

Please explain further

Spy360:

We have wingers our problem is attacking midfield which Smith-Rowe did a good job of. If we have him or a decent signing in Jan, along side Partey, who be Liverpool?

who be the wingers?
Pray tell... What did pepe play wen he came on. Did you watch were Tierney was motioning for him to make a run so that he will lay him a through ball? Aside that, what meaningful thing did pepe do??

See if you watch this game eh, you'll see that the difference between martinelli and Pepe/willian is as clear as night and day. Dem no near martinelli at all.


As for the bolded... You don start again abi

sod09:
Now Arteta must be an unfortunate soul for bringing in willock

ESR was tired i guess. AMN would have done better.

mostob:
ESR was tired i guess. AMN would have done better.

Exactly

Spy360:

Wenger was right after all. Chelsea is full of fear of failure.

Oga abeg stay on your lane, leave me and Roland abeg ...

Spy360:

Please explain further

Both players were sick but both tested negative for COVID. They were kept away from the squad as precaution. Gabriel came in contact with someone who tested positive but was negative after testing so he is under precaution.

sod09:
Now Arteta must be an unfortunate soul for bringing in willock

I nearly off TV when I see the baggie jogging man coming in. The guy no serious for ball at all.. I don beg tire.. Make dem sell am, den loan Nketiah..

Roland17:


I nearly off TV when I see the baggie jogging man coming in. The guy no serious for ball at all.. I don beg tire.. Make dem sell am, den loan Nketiah..

We could have been out site if the mofo had crossed the ball instead of trying to be intelligent

Spy360:

We have wingers our problem is attacking midfield which Smith-Rowe did a good job of. If we have him or a decent signing in Jan, along side Partey, who be Liverpool?

IMHO it was not a case of attacking midfield, it was just pure desire and attitude from saka martinelli and esr. Immediately they were subbed the desire and hardwork was missing again.

Honestly they need to take a cue from the workrate of martinelli and saka especially plus like someone said, it rubbed off lacazete who also has a good game . His pressing also nearly resulted in a goal.

What they need to do is build on this Attitude. Pepe was disappointing to think he has a huge tag on him and he completely offered no threat when called upon.

Time is running out nd Arteta must be ruthless like I have always said and drop anyone who is not ready to bust a gut. January is not far off and if we can get a quality am ,hopefully we should start gaining more momentum

I have watched Arsenal come out to play twice this season, the first against Manchester United and today against Chelsea and each time Arsenal play like the Arsenal of old, the ones that rather attack than defend, they've looked the part...

Arteta should trust his players, Mari was good away from the pen. I'd like to see Saliba in action.

Great game you guys played. Congrats Roland17...

patrickmuf:
I have watched Arsenal come out to play twice this season, the first against Manchester United and today against Chelsea and each time Arsenal play like the Arsenal of old, the ones that rather attack than defend, they've looked the part...

Arteta should trust his players, Mari was good away from the pen. I'd like to see Saliba in action.

Great game you guys played. Congrats Roland17...

Patoooooo..Thanks a lot baba..I think every Arsenal fan needed this result irrespective of where we stand with regards to the direction of this club.
This is a typical Arsenal performance. After a long spell of posting ridiculous and shameful performances/ results, they show up in one big game and get a result. As for Saliba, there is more than we are being told about the kid.

This life ehn....Chelsea fans were trolling us that our goal of the month will likely be another penalty...blah...blah...Now see how we score two beautiful goals against them. Even if we don't score again this month, either of Saka or Xhaka goal against shekpe will easily clinch goal of the month

Roland17:


Patoooooo..Thanks a lot baba..I think every Arsenal fan needed this result irrespective of where we stand with regards to the direction of this club.
This is a typical Arsenal performance. After a long spell of posting ridiculous and shameful performances/ results, they show up in one big game and get results. As for Saliba, there is more than we are being told about the kid.

Arteta has to trsut the likes of Mari, ESR, Martinelli etc just same way he shouldn't make the mistake of relegating the bigger boys to the background. There should be a balance somewhere...

Jodera:
who be the wingers?
Pray tell... What did pepe play wen he came on. Did you watch were Tierney was motioning for him to make a run so that he will lay him a through ball? Aside that, what meaningful thing did pepe do??

See if you watch this game eh, you'll see that the difference between martinelli and Pepe/willian is as clear as night and day. Dem no near martinelli at all.


As for the bolded... You don start again abi

So if I mention winger you will talk of Pepe?


Please please please I take Amadioha beg you, when I say wingers I mean Saka and Martinelli.

Pepe kor crayfish ni

patrickmuf:
Arteta has to trsut the likes of Mari, ESR, Martinelli etc just same way he shouldn't make the mistake of relegating the bigger boys to the background. There should be a balance somewhere...

I don’t think he has the courage to do any of these. He needs to work on his man management and tactics.
We are going to end up burning out our full backs/ WB because of the demands of constantly crossing the ball which is the only tactic Arteta seems to be employing. They may end up not developing other aspects of their games.

fredoooooo:
Oga abeg stay on your lane, leave me and Roland abeg ...

Christmas is all about friendship...

Jencejyde:


IMHO it was not a case of attacking midfield, it was just pure desire and attitude from saka martinelli and esr. Immediately they were subbed the desire and hardwork was missing again.

Honestly they need to take a cue from the workrate of martinelli and saka especially plus like someone said, it rubbed off lacazete who also has a good game . His pressing also nearly resulted in a goal.

What they need to do is build on this Attitude. Pepe was disappointing to think he has a huge tag on him and he completely offered no threat when called upon.

Time is running out nd Arteta must be ruthless like I have always said and drop anyone who is not ready to bust a gut. January is not far off and if we can get a quality am ,hopefully we should start gaining more momentum

I totally agree. Desire first before any thing else. I believe that spirit came from Martinelli. He is the new leader of the team. Arteta should just make him captain straight away

patrickmuf:
Arteta has to trsut the likes of Mari, ESR, Martinelli etc just same way he shouldn't make the mistake of relegating the bigger boys to the background. There should be a balance somewhere...

Mari was excellent until Arteta made his sub-par changes.