Win Manchester United 0 - 1 Arsenal | Sunday, May 12th | KO: 16:30 GMT | Sky Sports

Here's hoping they beat us at home as comfortably as they've beaten Brighton, Bournemouth, Palace & Fulham.

It has fallen to me to shepherd our young, battle weary Gunners & will them on to see our last away match of the season in style.

It is to be the 32nd battle at Old Trafford between the two sides who, in the not-so-distant past, WERE the Premier League.

I say battle because no trip to Old Trafford has ever been a drab affair. Even when both clubs were cast into the wilderness.

Those titanic battles that did matter, usually swung the pelendulum towards the victor.



This legendary gunner knew what it's all about!!

We mustn't falter in the face of what is, undoubtedly, the worst United side since the PL era started. This is coupled with the fact they're being led by the worst United manager of said era & certainly the one most obsessed with us!!

God willing, it's a hard fought 3 points for us so that INEOS remains convinced Ten Hag is the way forward so he can fritter away another £400 million.

Manchester United 0 - Arsenal 2

 

[Halcyon Daze]

Could be , but we make technical mistakes that are ridiculously bad , will be interesting what Arteta does this transfer window. That will tell us a lot .

Experience. Madrid are actually bang average, but their experience breeds their mentality. Need to to create our own success which will will hopefully break down those barriers. We have issues mentally at big games imo.

 

[SA Gunner]

Yep. On one hand you have to give Arteta credit for squeezing everything out of this group. But unless the technical level improves this team win never win the big ones. The only question is does Arteta value technicians or will he always prefer solid athletes who are great following instructions

He does value technicians, that's why Ødegaard, Trossard, Saka, Jesus and Zinchenko are in the squad for example.

What Arteta needs is better balance, particularly at the crucial moments. He needs to remember what he learnt from Pep. Good ball possession and circulation is a way, and probably the best way to defend.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Well I'm glad we just make it interesting and took it to final day whatever happened now is in Sp**s westham Allah Jesus Christ Budda hands

 

[2Smokeyy]

The positive thing is it such a big glaring issue that it's good to know we have room to improve next season and some hope of getting a couple more points on the board.

True, usually it’s quite difficult to improve on a high performing team but since there are glaring issues with our creativity in open play then I don’t think that’ll go unnoticed.

Let’s just hope it doesn’t take a while for things to gel like it has this season.

 

[Riou]

The thought of Man United's midfield up against Rice and Partey is hilarious, they shouldn't be able to compete at all if our guys are on their games.

We should be seeing the equivalent today, of Patrick Vieira and Emmnauel Petit v Robbie Savage and Eric Djemba-Djemba

Was more Savage and Djemba-Djemba, v Dani Ceballos and Denilson today ffs...but a win is a win

 

[Synical]

Don’t you dare disrespect wenger to defend Arteta

Well don't make silly comments that can easily be rebutted

 

[baccy_man]

It felt like we were playing a dangerous game in the second half it would only have taken them to score and the game could have changed, We should have gone for a second goal to make the game a bit safer before we total relaxed and let Utd come at us, good result at the end of the day though, I hope Saka, has not picked a serious injury we are going to need him to help see out the season.

 

[SA Gunner]

We can afford add one luxury player but he has to be awesome for his team mates to put up with it .

Looking at both FDJ and Guimaraes, they represent the silkiness needed in attack, combined with physicality and defensive awareness.

Bringing those players in will unlock more to our attacking game and make us better at holding the ball for longer spells. We are still incomplete as a team, and you see it in these crucial moments.

We just got by against Porto and United. We didnt make it against Villa and Bayern. And they all used the same approach against us, exploiting our lack of extreme technicality centrally.

 

[Rasmi]

We can afford add one luxury player but he has to be awesome for his team mates to put up with it .

I think the biggest problem and the reason I always defend Ødegaard is we need a second creator. Every top creator always had a secondary creator he could combine with and take pressure off. If I’m a manager against Arsenal I man mark Ødegaard and you have chance

Sadly in the era of stats when you bring this up people with throw how many goals we scored and we have no issues

 

[celestis]

Experience. Madrid are actually bang average, but their experience breeds their mentality. Need to to create our own success which will will hopefully break down those barriers. We have issues mentally at big games imo.

It's interesting , was it Bellingham that said we don't have a structure like other teams we just go there play .

 

[teamsoutheast]

Look I have to disagree with you mate. We were toothless at Bayern and we were timid today as well , sure some of it is tactical but I have seen it too of often .

Seems we don't like our old staple song -"1-0 to the Arsenal" anymore... . Us getting a clean sheet today away at Old Trafford i'll add, could be decisive if it goes down to goal difference on the final day...

 

[2Smokeyy]

This was nasty. All I ask for is more players with a quick body feint.

@Trilly that’s Musiala-esque

 

[LookingForEric]

Not his point. Point is, don’t disrespect Wenger. We are where we are as a consequence of that man.

Not allowed to say anything negative towards Wenger, got it.

 

[Halcyon Daze]

It is a mental thing yes.

Remember how City were battered by Inter for the last 15 minutes in last year's CL.

We saw that these are still youngsters who are learning as they go. They'll be better next run in, but I expect to see a similar level of shakiness at the key moments of the season.

Yeah I agree with this. Good post. Think we’ll get there.

 

[Sapient Hawk]

Come On You Spúrs

 

[sdotzdot]

Well I'm glad we just make it interesting and took it to final day whatever happened now is in Sp**s westham Allah Jesus Christ Budda hands

I’m calling all the AM akhis to make sure they are doing dua everyday from now on for us to win the league next weekend, nothing else can take priority.

Don’t care if your parents sick, wifes pregnant etc. number one priority is Arsenal winning the league inshallah.

 

[DJ_Markstar]

No. xG is not reality. It's just a stat to measure the probability of a chance becoming a goal.

Really I had no idea

 

[celestis]

Seems we don't like our old staple song -"1-0 to the Arsenal" anymore... . Us getting a clean sheet today away at Old Trafford i'll add, could be decisive if it goes down to goal difference on the final day...

Our resilience is unbelievable it has to be said , also these guys are all young and have a high ceiling so whatever I have said maybe moot

 

[DJ_Markstar]

Experience. Madrid are actually bang average, but their experience breeds their mentality. Need to to create our own success which will will hopefully break down those barriers. We have issues mentally at big games imo.

People keep saying this but we haven't lost to a traditional top 6 side all season and we got a lot of decent results last season well.

Just done the league double over United as well, this narrative isn't true any more.

 

[Riou]

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