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Arsenal 3-0 Porto
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Arsenal 3-0 Porto
Country: South Africa
Player:Nketiah
Another brilliant tactical adjustment by Porto.
Make no mistake, Pep and City would have seen this and taken notes.
Riou
In The Winchester, Waiting For This To Blow Over
Country: Northern Ireland
Player:Gabriel
... really was an emotional ride!
Mohamed7
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Absolutely.
I was extremely worried about Porto because of exactly what we've seen from them: utterly negative and disruptive tactics. However, I was taken aback by their mid-press yesterday. I had fully expected them to park the bus and hit us on the counter. Similarly, we didn't press their goalkeeper, choosing instead to block the passing lanes. This strategy gave us compactness to deal with counters and forced them to opt for long balls, which we handled quite easily.
I don't know if you felt the same, but I thought the atmosphere was too tense until we scored. It wasn’t what we usually see against big teams in the league. We were even out-sung by the traveling fans, for heaven's sake. Fortunately, after we scored, the fans were phenomenal—almost as if the belief suddenly surged within us.
Looking ahead, I’ve checked the fixture list, and we have "easy" league matches around the time of the quarter-finals. Should we progress to the semi-finals, those games will be sandwiched between trips to WHL and OT. Oh my goodness.
Mohamed7
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Definately COVID. Arteta wouldn't have survived 20/21 if there were fans specially after that Villareal home performance. One shot on target the WHOLE game. FFS.If you'd told me we'd be here after that horrid 2 months from December 2020 through January 2021 that we'd be where we are 3 years later, I'd have called you a liar.
We've come leaps & bounds and it's a joy to behold.
I'm just at a loss of whom I should thank for this phenomenal turnaround. If only there was some individual to whom I could offer my appreciation...alas, we shall never know
SteveEvets
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I don't think Arteta was afraid to make subs, it's that those players haven't contributed anything meaningful in months because of injury. Good players, but I can't blame him for not wanting to throw them into a tense situation like that when they haven't had proper game time in so long. We saw Zinchenko come in for a few minutes and look miles off the pace, easily could have cost us on a counter or something. Could have easily seen Partey or Tomi get dispossessed or play a loose pass which cost us a goal.
These players will be massive for us if we are to win something, but they are going to have to get back up to speed over the next few weeks first.
drippin
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Country: Finland
Yeah. I think that requires a great goalkeeper with his feet, so I assume it's quite risky for many EPL clubs as Costa is a quite complete goalkeeper.
roz
Fake News Merchant
This. We shouldn’t be afraid of any team imo. The one we really don’t want is City.
Would LOVE Barca. It’s payback time babeh.
drippin
Obsessed with "Mature Trusted Members"
Country: Finland
It's wonderful to see that prick manager Conceicao cry, but the great additional bonus is that Mourinho cried himself to sleep also.
And Havertz copying Wenger moves, lovely!
And Havertz copying Wenger moves, lovely!
Batman
Head of the Wayne foundation for benching Nketiah
Country: USA
Player:Saliba
The idea that Pep would take notes from that inferior manager is wild. He'll set up the way he wants to against us with what he probably worked out the night they lost to us at the Emirates. He's not copying Porto.
Arteta out!!
Country: Saudi Arabia
Aussie_gunner123
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Country: Australia
I didn't get a chance to watch this match today due to work but seeing the highlinghts & our penalty shoot out, how good of highlights & the full penalty shootout was great to watch. I'd say Raya is going to stay with us for the next few seasons now. Ramsdale is probably just as good but I don't think he'll get in ahead of Raya now.
Riou
In The Winchester, Waiting For This To Blow Over
Country: Northern Ireland
Player:Gabriel
grange
Losing my brain cells 🥸
Country: USA
Player:Havertz
What did you want them to swap? Wives? Saliva?
TH14shahriar
A gentle soul
No fights? Footballs truly gone
Riou
In The Winchester, Waiting For This To Blow Over
Country: Northern Ireland
Player:Gabriel
Sniper Mik
Not a Closet Sp**s Fan
Scouse rats seems to be the most pained set of rival fans from last night.
Sniper Mik
Not a Closet Sp**s Fan
Coming to hate watch at the stadium itself is crazy
avenellroad
John Radford’s son
They are a genuinely weird bunch of fans.’Offended by everything, ashamed of nothing’ rings extremely true for them.
Apparently we have nicked the ‘Allez Allez Allez’ chant of them. They won’t let you hear that they took it off another team though.
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