PL: Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal | Sunday July 12 | KO: 16:30 BST | Sky Sports

[Shalmaneser V]

Get off Pepes back ffs. The midfield contribute no goals. They don't create anything. Anything he does he does by himself ffs.

I would have dragged him off after 20 minutes. His attitude is sickening at times.

Got more involved towards the end of the half but still wasted a few counterattacks by taking the wrong option.

Has to improve.

 

[Trilly]

Definitely not an agenda, both of our wingers have been bad

I think we just accept now that Auba will score at least one out of his three chances without necessarily playing well.

As for Pepe, horrible first 25 mins but hopefully growing into the game now.

Laca seems to be having one of his rare days where his touch is good , we should find him more.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Xhaka was very smart in our look how he blocked aurier to tackle laca before laca was ready to take a shot

 

[TriniGunner]

We're definitely gifting them more goals here thanks to those wheezing gasbags Luiz and Kolasinac. My nan can run faster than them

It was hardly Luiz's fault to be fair. Kola was the culprit for that goal 1000%. He has 3 other options to play the ball.

1. Out wide to Tierney.
2. A cross the field high pass to the right back (the other side was vacant)
3. A left side pass to Luiz because the defender was on his right.

This is U18 type stuff man. Pro players should not be taught this!

 

[kraphtous]

Replacing Luiz has absolutely no effect at all, but yeah Tierney at LCB and Saka at wingback would be a good move. Although Arteta usually waits quite late to make changes.

Luiz is a potential red card in this game and Mou knows it. My guess is that Arteta will not take him off but that could prove costly.

 

[2Smokeyy]

Kane hasn’t got his goal yet, so we need a couple to win this.

We need to score 2 more before the 60th minute if we want to win this.

Kane will get his penalty.

 

[Gunners1616]

That other angle of Kola’s mistake is brutal, such a terrible footballer

He had all the time of the world to pass it forward to Tierney or anywhere else but he chose the only bad option.

He just doesn't have football intelligence and he can't pass. It was obvious in all the previous matchs when he kept giving away the ball cheaply.

Sokratis or Holding can't be worse but Arteta is obsessed with having a left-footer there at all cost.

 

[Hooplehead]

Redknapp is right, as a KT fanbhoy a I've been frustrated by how often he's ignored when he's in space, not just in this game, I've noticed it in pretty much every game.

 

[SingmeasongSong]

@Hunta on point with this imo, tierney back in for Kola and Saka to the left.

 

[Sniper Mik]

It was hardly Luiz's fault to be fair. Kola was the culprit for that goal 1000%. He has 3 other options to play the ball.

1. Out wide to Tierney.
2. A cross the field high pass to the right back (the other side was vacant)
3. A left side pass to Luiz because the defender was on his right.

This is U18 type stuff man. Pro players should not be taught this!

A quicker CB than Luiz would have still got to the ball despite the errant pass. Luiz looked like he had cement in his boots

 

[Big Poppa]

Redknapp is right. What is with this team’s obsession with passing backwards???

Too many one footed technically limited footballers in key areas

 

[Hunta]

Redknapp is right, as a KT fanbhoy a I've been frustrated by how often he's ignored when he's in space, not just in this game, I've noticed it in pretty much every game.

Now’s not the time hooplehead mate.

 

[Aussie_gunner123]

Pepe has been one of our better players who can seem to create something of nothing, knowing how negative/defensive Arteta has been I bet you he'll take Pepe off for an extra defender. We've probably got to keep Pepe on & put Saka on the other side.

 

[Makingtrax]

Kola is not going to make a mistake like that again. Get behind the team.

That's a ****ing brave post. He rarely does anything else bro

 

[krengon]

I’m already in a bad mood ffs..

We better not do our usual **** 2nd half starts..

 

[Oxeki]

Aurier or Kolasinac.

Who's worse?

 

[dashsnow17]

It's interesting how since Ceballos became good, Xhaka has become not so good. We need Ceballos, but like another Ceballos. If we had two guys playing like Ceballos in midfield we'd be pretty good.

 

[Aussie_gunner123]

Front 3 of Saka, Auba & Pepe is what we need to see.

 

[African Flair]

This game shows me maybe why we shouldn't give Auba a new contract.

Or build a proper team. Not a 3 cb formation where the striker has to drop down. Why Arteta can't play him through the middle.

 

[KrissKringle]

We were **** in the first half, now the question is if we're doing our regular parking the bus routine in the second or are we gonna show up?
Unless Spuds score a second, I don't see us going all out. Almost all of our players look like they don't give a ****.

 

[TriniGunner]

A quicker CB than Luiz would have still got to the ball despite the errant pass. Luiz looked like he had cement in his boots

True but as a team you know the strengths and weaknesses of your teammates, it's why we train. I won't play a running pass to a defender who I know is slow. I'd chose another option of just play it long.