GWT: EPL - Matchweek 8

[Satan]

we are so back

 

[Scandale du Jour]

What an important win for Arsenal!

 

[Adele Dazeem]

Good for Arsenal. They neutered City in every way.

 

[booyakasha]

Dude with a Motorhead shirt\m/
Rad!

 

[S E P H]

Arsenal have been playing poorly (and are fortunate) but there at least seemed to be some flashes of actually trying (but executing poorly). City have been playing like a team just running out the clock for 86 minutes.

Poorly? I think that's harsh. Gabriel and Saliba had probably the best #9 before or after Mbappe/Osimhen - depending on how you rank them - in their back pocket today. Alvarez was also made nonexistent by them as well. Offensively speaking it was a no-show due to injuries, but defensively Arsenal was brilliant except for Raya's passing in the first half and the first 10 to 15 minutes or so where we were outdone by Citeh's press.

 

[HockeyGuy1964]

That was justice after Kovacic wasn't sent off.

Great win.

 

[hatterson]

From the 25 minutes I saw it looked very much like both managers neutered their own team.

They were both obsessed with not losing the managerial matchup so instructed their teams to not give up anything or be exposed in any way if they could.

 

[S E P H]

City have been playing like a team just running out the clock for 86 minutes.

A very Eddie Howe performance shows how scared they were at The Mighty Emirates.

 

[BKarchitect]

Declan Rice may have cost a lot but he’s the goods. What a performance. What an engine. And I know Haaland is completely out of sorts but Saliba…such a thoroughbred. Him and Gabby are just beasts.

This Gunners team has a backbone and spine that I’m not used to seeing. Not all big wins are pretty wins.

 

[maclean]

I know a lot of neutrals were calling that a boring game but I found it tense af, not disappointed at all

 

[phisherman]

I know a lot of neutrals were calling that a boring game but I found it tense af, not disappointed at all

Who cares what they think?

 

[S E P H]

I know a lot of neutrals were calling that a boring game but I found it tense af, not disappointed at all

My stress level was peak for 90 minutes.

 

[booyakasha]

The stats for man city are brutal.
I get they are a championship squad but, it's akin to the 90s new jersey devils.
So forgettable.
Anti-football.

 

[HockeyGuy1964]

My stress level was peak for 90 minutes.

Especially when Raya had the ball.

 

[S E P H]

Especially when Raya had the ball.

He did get better when the game went along, but at times it seems like he wants to show Arteta what he can do and makes a complete mess of it.

 

[Rob]

No way we could let Tottenham sit on top of the league alone.

 

[HockeyGuy1964]

He did get better when the game went along, but at times it seems like he wants to show Arteta what he can do and makes a complete mess of it.

The 2nd half was okay but, my god his 1st half ball handling was a disaster just waiting to happen,

 

[booyakasha]

 

[bluesfan94]

Remind me how many Champions League trophies that Odegaard has? Remind me how many Champions League trophies that Arsenal as a whole have. Let’s not compare CVs.


Reminds me of the LFC/City game when Mahrez missed the PK at the death. Pep is probably more than fine with this. Arsenal need a win in this game way more than City do

Goalposts shifted I see

 

[Savant]

Goalposts shifted I see

Did they? I see two non related things to each other?

 

[phisherman]

 

[booyakasha]

 

[S E P H]

Haaland and Walker got into some sort of altercation with one of the Arsenal staff.

 

[ItsFineImFine]

Peter Banks might be the consistently worse ref in the league.

Newcastle let that one slip in the final 20 imo when they decided to try to sit back and lose the momentum.

 

[Epictetus]

That Kovacic tackle was way worse than both Jones and Gusto.
No clue what's going on anymore.