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The champions league is baaaaaaaaaaack!







Prediction

Arsenal 2-0 PSV

 

[BergMan]

Activity on this forum is dying that’s all

 

[TH14shahriar]

What a game, just enjoying the moment reading this thread. We're back baby, I fecking love it. Good night.

 

[Rex Stone]

I’ve toned that down tremendously

You want a medal?

 

[Riou]

Our first win in the Champions League since December 2016, our first home win since October 2016.

Been a hot minute, ngl!

 

[Farzad Stoned]

Really good performance if we can start putting together long stretches of concentration instead of playing in bursts we are talented enough to win things. Raya has sped up the buildup

 

[ThePortugueseGunner]

What a return to the Champions League! Exatly what we needed, too: a solid win to start us off. Three points in the bag, let's get the next ones. Team looked very sharp tonight, great appetizer for the NLD.

 

[Big Poppa]

Of course. But Trossard is staking his claim as first choice.

Not picking on you. I promise. But that’s the exact thing I mean. We’re now competing at a level where we need 13/14 players at roughly the same (elite) level.

 

[TheEliteMaster100_]

Comfy win and lovely to see ESR, Nelson and Vieira get minutes in them, also refreshing to see Arteta did not stench our eyes with Bumketiah ball polluting the Emirates.

 

[Riou]

After this masterclass, next is Sp**s...

 

[avenellroad]

Our first win in the Champions League since December 2016, our first home win since October 2016.

Been a hot minute, ngl!

What a long 7 years this has been. Who would have believed it if you said that back to us in October 2016?

A long hill has to be scaled with a new group of players and renewed belief. Let’s give it our all and see if this group can go one further where previous teams had failed

 

[1macca1]

I was happy to see Riess and Emile get decent game time, they put the effort in and were heavily involved in the fourth goal but I thought their combination play looked disjointed.

 

[TakeChillPill]

With Raya at the back we can actually play out the back properly even when teams are pressing. It's huge that were able to do that now, because it takes the sting out of the opposition, unfortunately with ramsdale, you know that he would eventually boot it in to the stands which then resulted in a loss of possession and momentum.

 

[1macca1]

With Raya at the back we can actually play out the back properly even when teams are pressing. It's huge that were able to do that now, because it takes the sting out of the opposition, unfortunately with ramsdale, you know that he would eventually boot it in to the stands which then resulted in a loss of possession and momentum.

I was satisfied with Raya’s performance but he twice did what you’re accusing Ramsdale of tonight.

 

[Rasmi]

To be fair to them they played more aggressive than most PL sides at Emirates they had 12 attempts even tho all were outside the box but they caused us trouble. At psv we might struggle a bit

Best team we played this season outside of Man U. Easily better team than Fulham, Nottingham or Everton

 

[Beany]

Evening lads and ladies…

The dream returns…

 

[Big Poppa]

Props to the subs btw, they were ready from the word go & created a lot for themselves

I swear Fabio Vieira is making me do a 180 on him. He looks like much fitter and more confident lately.

 

[drippin]

Saliba and Gabriel is such an incredible pair.

Remember the days when people on AM thought Gabriel would leave this summer, even if he had 4 years in contract? Oh those summer days!

When Timber along with Zinchenko comes back, Gabriel can play easily with either one on the field. If it's Tomiyasu, Arteta might put Saliba at LCB as he is better with the ball. This looks evident.

 

[Riou]

Watching the highlights back, Trossard and Jesus hugging eachother after Gabby had a shot saved...both acted like it was the last kick of a knockout match and it meant we were out

 

[drippin]

Props to the subs btw, they were ready from the word go & created a lot for themselves

Also props to Arteta for making the subs, and opting for the tactic that it's better to get a lead with the best first eleven, and then rest players for the NLD. By the lead and by the substitutions. It has not always worked as well as this time around.

He also played Havertz full 90 minutes, so Vieira will start the next game very likely. But can be substituted early. Rotation can be done in multiple ways. Nketiah might start the NLD.

 

[drippin]

Better attacking performance tonight, but I dont think we see as many open, attacking teams this season.

We werent as solid at the back though, despite the clean sheet. The XG and field tilt numbers should give us a clearer picture of this.

But the game control was better than I've seen before, when we are this expansive. I enjoyed that, it shows we are improving as a unit

Edit. XG surprisingly still good

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1704600421489111161

I hope we saw the same game, because PSV had zero chance to win the game. This was possibly the best game of the season. And on an UCL night. PSV can surely be midtable EPL on their day nowadays.

Arsenal nullified PSV much more than I thought. I thought they would score once by some mistakes or individual brilliance, but Arsenal would score 2-3 times.