GWT: PL Matchweek 12

[The Abusement Park]

Last season, this season, and the second part of 17/18. He scores mostly penalties now

He was still on pace for like 23 goals last year and on pace for 23 this year? And now that he’s playing a de facto 10 and 9 role because the rest of the team sucks it’s clearly affecting him in a negative way and still going to hit at least 20 goals.

 

[Cassano]

He was still on pace for like 23 goals last year and on pace for 23 this year? And now that he’s playing a de facto 10 and 9 role because the rest of the team sucks it’s clearly affecting him in a negative way and still going to hit at least 20 goals.

He's barely setting up teammates in that role though. That's a problem.

 

[KJS14]

Arsenal look like a bottom half side in the first half. Emery setting up the side with essentially a straight back-5 and nobody pressing Leicester in possession just shows how he’s not fit to coach this team. He coaches like a coward.

 

[The Abusement Park]

He's barely setting up teammates in that role though. That's a problem.

Shocker a 9 isn’t a great playmaker. My point is that even when he’s not playing well he’s a lock for a 20 goal season.

 

[YNWA14]

Lacazette might be worse than Sanchez for simulation.

 

[Blender]

Leicester unlucky not to be up here.

 

[KJS14]

Leicester unlucky not to be up here.

For all of the dangerous balls they played in, I still think Arsenal had just as many clear chances to score as them. But its surely embarrassing how much Arsenal have conceded control of the game.

 

[Cassano]

Leicester unlucky not to be up here.

I dunno, I feel they didn't do enough to score. Most PL teams would've potted one in that half.

 

[Blender]

I dunno, I feel they didn't do enough to score. Most PL teams would've potted one in that half.

Hence why they have been unlucky. They have had a lot of possession in the Arsenal half and have had some pretty good chances, just couldn't get one of them in.

Robbed of an obvious penalty as well, which doesn't help.

 

[YNWA14]

I dunno, I feel they didn't do enough to score. Most PL teams would've potted one in that half.

There was a stonewall penalty somehow not given when Guendouzi pulled Soyuncu back (looks even worse of a non call in the studio replays). They’ve created a bunch of dangerous chances they just need to finish.

 

[KJS14]

Hence why they have been unlucky. They have had a lot of possession in the Arsenal half and have had some pretty good chances, just couldn't get one of them in.

Robbed of an obvious penalty as well, which doesn't help.

There was a stonewall penalty somehow not given when Guendouzi pulled Soyuncu back (looks even worse of a non call in the studio replays). They’ve created a bunch of dangerous chances they just need to finish.

Arsenal could have had a penalty as well on the Ndidi handball. The commentators seemed pretty sure of it, but I wasn't looking closely enough for it when they showed the replays.

 

[Blender]

Arsenal could have had a penalty as well on the Ndidi handball. The commentators seemed pretty sure of it, but I wasn't looking closely enough for it when they showed the replays.

That isn't a handball, but yes it hit his hand/arm. His hand was planted on the pitch from falling (i.e. a natural position) and the ball hit it while moving away from the goal, that isn't a penalty.

 

[KJS14]

That isn't a handball, but yes it hit his hand/arm. His hand was planted on the pitch from falling (i.e. a natural position) and the ball hit it while moving away from the goal, that isn't a penalty.

Like I said I didn't really take a good look at it. I assumed it was a trailing arm when he went to ground by the way the commentators reacted.

 

[hatterson]

Yea that's never a handball in a million years.

It's planted right under him as he's falling (a natural position) and it only hit his arm after it was heading away from the goal after he blocked it with his leg.

The joke was VAR not giving the clear penalty for the pullback.

 

[koyvoo]

Now that’s what you call unlucky

 

[hatterson]

Ndidi needs to keep that down.

 

[Blender]

Man so close for Ndidi.

 

[YNWA14]

If Leicester don’t win this game they’ll have to feel a little hard done by.

 

[hatterson]

Another clear pullback not called, this one at the edge of the box.

 

[Halladay]

Offsides apparently.

 

[YNWA14]

Evans gets a yellow but Torreira had a much worse challenge on Maddison earlier in the match and has had a bunch of other fouls.

 

[hatterson]

Evans gets a yellow but Torreira had a much worse challenge on Maddison earlier in the match and has had a bunch of other fouls.

Yea the challenge on Maddison was a clear yellow.

Kavanaugh is pretty inconsistent with how he hands out cards.

 

[Blender]

Evans gets a yellow but Torreira had a much worse challenge on Maddison earlier in the match and has had a bunch of other fouls.

Leicester certainly not getting the better end of the officiating today.

 

[hatterson]

Even if that wasn't shoulder it'd be a stupid handball because of the deflection. Glad it wasn't called.

 

[hatterson]

Leicester have had a lot of success with those pullbacks. Arsenals defenders are collapsing to the front of the net and the midfield is stopping outside the box. There's been a ton of room just inside the 18.