Loss FA Cup 3rd Round: Arsenal 0 - 2 Liverpool | Sunday 7th January | KO: 16:30 GMT | BBC One

Prediction

Arsenal 0-1 Liverpool

 

[DJ_Markstar]

Just finished watching the full match, the malding over performance is well off the mark. We played Liverpool off the park in the first half and created enough chances to win 2 or 3 matches. Was even enough in the second half but we still could have easily won it by 2 or 3 just from second half chances.

This is entirely on finishing, Once the chances start to go in we start to look like a good team again, but while you miss 5-6 good chances a game you're always open to a counter attack or an own goal deciding a game.

 

[squallman]

Just finished watching the full match, the malding over performance is well off the mark. We played Liverpool off the park in the first half and created enough chances to win 2 or 3 matches. Was even enough in the second half but we still could have easily won it by 2 or 3 just from second half chances.

This is entirely on finishing, Once the chances start to go in we start to look like a good team again, but while you miss 5-6 good chances a game you're always open to a counter attack or an own goal deciding a game.

This post feels like I stepped into a Time Machine back to 2008/2009 or 2013/2014. How many times did we play United off the park only to lose?

With us, there's always some missing piece of the puzzle.

"If we get in a great attacker/striker" - Then our midfield becomes porous
"If we fix our defence" - Then we can't score goals.
"If we fix the midfield" - See the above.

This isn't even directed at you, this is just the latest post I've seen. I'm tired of being valiant losers with nothing to show for it, because we never fix what the issue is in a timely manner and in doing so, we create two more.

 

[Tourbillion]

This post feels like I stepped into a Time Machine back to 2008/2009 or 2013/2014. How many times did we play United off the park only to lose?

With us, there's always some missing piece of the puzzle.

"If we get in a great attacker/striker" - Then our midfield becomes porous
"If we fix our defence" - Then we can't score goals.
"If we fix the midfield" - See the above.

This isn't even directed at you, this is just the latest post I've seen. I'm tired of being valiant losers with nothing to show for it, because we never fix what the issue is in a timely manner and in doing so, we create two more.

Just sick of being the banter joke club that we have been since 2008. Why do I still put up with this ****?

 

[albakos]

Haven't seen this, what happened? Caught the game late last night without sound so didn't notice anything with Arteta's pants

Check the full match on the website.

The eagle eye of @SA Gunner was the first to spot something with it at the 60:30 mark
Highlights | Arsenal 0-2 Liverpool

 

[Heskey]

Check the full match on the website.

The eagle eye of @SA Gunner was the first to spot something with it at the 60:30 mark
Highlights | Arsenal 0-2 Liverpool

I found it

I have it ready as a gif and tried to post it in the Arteta thread earlier but seems I can't embed gifs with Giphy links anymore?

 

[fute]

I was listening to Lawrence Mckenna, the Liverpool fan, who has good takes on football.

He makes a good point about our matches played. Says Arsenal play with a bit of naivety to them, because they want to force the issue with their technical and tactical superior play. Not being able to force matters in our favour, make our players more anxious and we end up not getting the result we want.

Its a good point and I think it serves a good warning message for the rest of our season, in all our games really. I think we need to continue working on our game, but also remember the importance of composure and not panicking in the crucial moments.

This team has what it takes, but it also needs to get its mind right for the psychological fire that will still come this season.

Liverpool went through the same thing when they played Man U in Anfield this year. Everybody was expecting a slaughter, and Pool kept forcing shots and kept getting frustrated. Man U didn't budge and it led to a draw.

 

[SA Gunner]

Good analysis on the game played.

Says Klopp's personnel changes in the second half confused our marking system a great deal, which allowed Liverpool to get their longer balls out to their forward line. This evened up the game a great deal.

The Martinelli substitution threatened Klopp once again, and he responded with the youngster sub on their right side.

Good tactical battle, but the boxes were the story of the day.

February should be another interesting tactical tie.

 

[Sapient Hawk]

Some sp*rs fans genuinely wish death upon Sol to this day. I'm not overhyping that

It pleases me to know that 23 years on it still eats at them that he left them for their greatest enemy & won the lot

 

[Sapient Hawk]

A-M turning on me instead of Mikel @A_G

Absolutely revolting is what it is!!

We need to get our affairs in order by ridding ourselves of Tets. The moment he's gone though, you're up, lad.

I've had it with your poxy matchday threads which are wreaking havoc on my blood pressure

 

[Clrnc]

This is entirely on finishing

For this match, maybe. For some other matches, we didn't create any meaningful chances or test the goalie at all.

And let's not talk as if finishing is something easy to solve or that it isn't part of the game. It's an important skill to have and we don't have it at all in the team. Also, the chances we created against Liverpool ain't extreme high quality chances like a sitter. The easiest chance was probably Nelson's.

 

[Gooner Zig]

For this match, maybe. For some other matches, we didn't create any meaningful chances or test the goalie at all.

And let's not talk as if finishing is something easy to solve or that it isn't part of the game. It's an important skill to have and we don't have it at all in the team. Also, the chances we created against Liverpool ain't extreme high quality chances like a sitter. The easiest chance was probably Nelson's.

We created '4 big chances' vs Liverpool while they created none and won the game off an OG.

 

[CountChocula]

Also, the chances we created against Liverpool ain't extreme high quality chances like a sitter.

The Ødegaard shot that hit the bar would've been a sitter to any pro player.

 

[Gooner Zig]

The Ødegaard shot that hit the bar would've been a sitter to any pro player.

Nah come on man

There were like 4 Liverpool defenders to get through, he had to hit that high - it was exceptionally well struck and just unfortunate it wasn't an inch or two lower.

 

[Entropics]

What were the 4 big chances? only remember the crossbar and that set piece routine which yeah was brilliant but the cross just wasn't good enough to send home

 

[avenellroad]

We didn’t really create any clear cut openings. Maybe other than the Reiss Nelson chance where he should have taken it first time. There were loads of half chances which we dithered and dallied over.

A clinical ruthless finisher like Son or Salah converts one of those half chances into a goal. That is the difference.

 

[Gooner Zig]

We didn’t really create any clear cut openings. Maybe other than the Reiss Nelson chance where he should have taken it first time. There were loads of half chances which we dithered and dallied over.

A clinical ruthless finisher like Son or Salah converts one of those half chances into a goal. That is the difference.

I'm sorry man but this is garbage

I urge you to watch the first half again, we created enough openings to score half a dozen goals.

 

[avenellroad]

I'm sorry man but this is garbage

I urge you to watch the first half again, we created enough openings to score half a dozen goals.

They were chances which became half chances because of our inability to hit a decisive shot.

Liverpool defenders were scrambling but were in a position to block whereas we constantly just ****ed up getting a clean strike on the ball.

 

[Clrnc]

I'm sorry man but this is garbage

I urge you to watch the first half again, we created enough openings to score half a dozen goals.

Yeah we did, but none of them turned out to be chances with extremely high xG because we didn't even shoot it first time when the angle was good, we delayed till they could get a block in or dribbled till the angle was acute and easy for Allisson to save.

Nelson and Ødegaard chances were the clearest and yet it wasn't sitters where it was criminal they didn't score.

 

[Gooner Zig]

Yeah we did, but none of them turned out to be chances with extremely high xG because we didn't even shoot it first time when the angle was good, we delayed till they could get a block in or dribbled till the angle was acute and easy for Allisson to save.

Nelson and Ødegaard chances were the clearest and yet it wasn't sitters where it was criminal they didn't score.

Teams can easily score 5 goals off of just 2xG - it happens often enough. Our xG doesn't count the botched chances we had for example Ødegaard not weighting the pass well enough for Kai for ex

I'm telling you , watch the first half again and you will be amazed we didn't score at least twice.

 

[SA Gunner]

Just finished watching the full match, the malding over performance is well off the mark. We played Liverpool off the park in the first half and created enough chances to win 2 or 3 matches. Was even enough in the second half but we still could have easily won it by 2 or 3 just from second half chances.

This is entirely on finishing, Once the chances start to go in we start to look like a good team again, but while you miss 5-6 good chances a game you're always open to a counter attack or an own goal deciding a game.

It’s difficult to take perspective when you’re in a bad place.

But you’re right about this game, really good performance in both halves.

Apart from the Fulham game where we looked out of it, and just vulnerable in transition all the time, we have looked good in the games from PSV to Liverpool home. We are even getting into better situations and creating better chances than we’ve done for most of this season so far, I.E. we are performing at our best despite the losses.

I’ve been unhappy we’ve fallen out of contention for the PL, but I’m also happy about our improvements across the field. I think if we continue this way, stay fit, address the mistakes (set pieces and open play mistakes) and learn to finish, we will see a resurgence from our boys.

Whether that is enough for the PL though, I’m not so sure anymore. We’d need a 15 game run for that at least, and I don’t think that’s possible.