Re: Champions League 2015/16 | Group F

by RealGunner Tue Oct 20, 2015 9:46 pm

Magnificent performance by us. Specially tactically.

Monreal was an absolute rock. I hope people saw why Arsenal fans rate him so highly for the past season.

Kos-Mert did nothing wrong.

Bellerin struggled against Costa, which was expected but man he has insane potential. Won us the match

Cech probably MOTM

Coquelin shut down thiago, vidal and alonso with ease. None went past him apart from 2-3 times.

Giroud with a great cameo.

Ozil shutting down haters

by Hapless_Hans Tue Oct 20, 2015 9:47 pm

Art Morte wrote:Arsenal with their Jekyll defence tonight. A very solid defensive performance. Muller wasn't in the game all night and after a bright start Costa disappeared, too.

This group is nicely balanced now.

Costa came back unfit from the international break and wasn't very good tonight. Destroyed defenders as usual but then made bad decisions.

by VivaStPauli Tue Oct 20, 2015 9:49 pm

Hapless_Hans wrote:Costa came back unfit from the international break and wasn't very good tonight. Destroyed defenders as usual but then made bad decisions.

Agree 100%, this paired with Müller having a half-bad day, and tending to gravitate towards the center made Bayern lack width, this makes them a lot more predictable, and Pep has set them up to base most of their game plan on their wing play, which is, well, injured right now.

by Helmer Tue Oct 20, 2015 9:49 pm

should Girould always have a sub role in games like this hmm

he seems like the most prolific sub in Europe this season :coffee:

without actually looking into stats !

by VivaStPauli Tue Oct 20, 2015 9:50 pm

Meh, Podolski would've scored a hattrick had he played, forget about Jirooooooh.

by Helmer Tue Oct 20, 2015 9:51 pm

Hapless_Hans wrote:
Art Morte wrote:Arsenal with their Jekyll defence tonight. A very solid defensive performance. Muller wasn't in the game all night and after a bright start Costa disappeared, too.

This group is nicely balanced now.

Costa came back unfit from the international break and wasn't very good tonight. Destroyed defenders as usual but then made bad decisions.

some BS excuses there...Bayern players came with some notion 'Arsenal are under tremendous pressure and they will commit mistakes and we will get goals' and they lost Laughing

by Helmer Tue Oct 20, 2015 9:53 pm

VivaStPauli wrote:Meh, Podolski would've scored a hattrick had he played, forget about Jirooooooh.

well Podolski always managed that when he was not on the pitch for Arsenal !

by Jay29 Tue Oct 20, 2015 9:56 pm

We parked it and made it difficult for Bayern to create chances, and got a lot of luck with refereeing decisions and Bayern's forwards having an off day. I don't know why Costa swapped flanks in the second half, because he had Bellerin on toast.

Even if we don't qualify, we've managed to get a very memorable win.

by VivaStPauli Tue Oct 20, 2015 9:58 pm

Helmer wrote:
Hapless_Hans wrote:
Art Morte wrote:Arsenal with their Jekyll defence tonight. A very solid defensive performance. Muller wasn't in the game all night and after a bright start Costa disappeared, too.

This group is nicely balanced now.

Costa came back unfit from the international break and wasn't very good tonight. Destroyed defenders as usual but then made bad decisions.

some BS excuses there...Bayern players came with some notion 'Arsenal are under tremendous pressure and they will commit mistakes and we will get goals' and they lost

And I think we're all a bit surprised by how defensively Arsenal approached the match, even if it was smart, aren't we?
I expected them to press high up the pitch TBH.

by rwo power Tue Oct 20, 2015 9:58 pm

LOL, that was a great reply by Pep...

Reporter: What was the reason for your defeat?
Pep: They scored two goals, we scored none.

by VivaStPauli Tue Oct 20, 2015 9:59 pm

I thought he'd be more like "If you look at the possession stats you'll see that, really, we, ney, I, won."

by RealGunner Tue Oct 20, 2015 9:59 pm

Arsenal fired in eight shots on target - the joint-most by any team ever in a Champions League game against a team managed by Pep Guardiola.

by Sri Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:01 pm

rwo power wrote:LOL, that was a great reply by Pep...

Reporter: What was the reason for your defeat?
Pep: They scored two goals, we scored none.

I hate Mourinho too, but you know the shit storm if he would say the same.

Fraudiola being a twat and all that. :coffee:

by Jay29 Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:01 pm

VivaStPauli wrote:And I think we're all a bit surprised by how defensively Arsenal approached the match, even if it was smart, aren't we?
I expected them to press high up the pitch TBH.

Usually in big games we play like we did tonight. It's not surprising for us. Sometimes Wenger has these moments of pragmatism.

by RealGunner Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:02 pm

GoonerJay29 wrote:
VivaStPauli wrote:And I think we're all a bit surprised by how defensively Arsenal approached the match, even if it was smart, aren't we?
I expected them to press high up the pitch TBH.

Usually in big games we play like we did tonight. It's not surprising for us. Sometimes Wenger has these moments of pragmatism.

Yep.

Bayern join Crystal Palace, Aston Villa, Newcastle & 7 other teams this year in losing to Arsenal despite having more possession.

by VivaStPauli Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:02 pm

GoonerJay29 wrote:
VivaStPauli wrote:And I think we're all a bit surprised by how defensively Arsenal approached the match, even if it was smart, aren't we?
I expected them to press high up the pitch TBH.

Usually in big games we play like we did tonight. It's not surprising for us. Sometimes Wenger has these moments of pragmatism.

He should stick with it. It suits you. Was a very professional approach, and you guys did well. In the end, maybe you were a bit lucky, though you could've also taken the lead earlier.
Should really break the piggy bank for a proper striker at some point though.

by Doc Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:05 pm

VivaStPauli wrote:I thought he'd be more like "If you look at the possession stats you'll see that, really, we, ney, I, won."

You're starting to sound a lot more bitter than you're usual balanced self. Wasn't that bad of a loss, Arsenal were really good today.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:06 pm

RealGunner wrote:
GoonerJay29 wrote:
VivaStPauli wrote:And I think we're all a bit surprised by how defensively Arsenal approached the match, even if it was smart, aren't we?
I expected them to press high up the pitch TBH.

Usually in big games we play like we did tonight. It's not surprising for us. Sometimes Wenger has these moments of pragmatism.

Yep.

Bayern join Crystal Palace, Aston Villa, Newcastle & 7 other teams this year in losing to Arsenal despite having more possession.

Wat we had more possession with 10 men the whole game lol?

by Hapless_Hans Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:07 pm

Helmer wrote:
Hapless_Hans wrote:
Art Morte wrote:Arsenal with their Jekyll defence tonight. A very solid defensive performance. Muller wasn't in the game all night and after a bright start Costa disappeared, too.

This group is nicely balanced now.

Costa came back unfit from the international break and wasn't very good tonight. Destroyed defenders as usual but then made bad decisions.

some BS excuses there...Bayern players came with some notion 'Arsenal are under tremendous pressure and they will commit mistakes and we will get goals' and they lost

How is "he wasn't very good" a BS excuse ? Laughing

by Helmer Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:11 pm

Hapless_Hans wrote:
Helmer wrote:
Hapless_Hans wrote:

Costa came back unfit from the international break and wasn't very good tonight. Destroyed defenders as usual but then made bad decisions.

some BS excuses there...Bayern players came with some notion 'Arsenal are under tremendous pressure and they will commit mistakes and we will get goals' and they lost

How is "he wasn't very good" a BS excuse ?

I dont know, may be because you guys lost because of Pep!

by Sri Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:13 pm

Go sleep Helmer Razz

by Helmer Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:18 pm

srigooner wrote:Go sleep Helmer

I think you guys won because of Wenger !

by Sri Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:18 pm

Helmer wrote:
srigooner wrote:Go sleep Helmer

I think you guys won because of Wenger !

I think I should go sleep hmm

by Tomwin Lannister Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:26 pm

rwo power wrote:LOL, that was a great reply by Pep...

Reporter: What was the reason for your defeat?
Pep: They scored two goals, we scored none.

Meh, that's more like him being a dick, only way that would be funny is if he gave blunt responses like that 24/7 and never, ever went in to detail post-match.

by Lex Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:30 pm

Rwo and Hans

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by Lex Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:30 pm

Maybe Bayern were complacent again?

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