Standard Liege vs. Arsenal [Merged]

WillieCocker

I think we miss Denilson & Nasri's energy on a night like this.

Joeyjoejoe43

WHY oh WHY does Eboue get a game for us, every thing he touches turns to muck... cannot understand it..

Fuzzy_Dunlop

What a ****ing goal!:eek:

Joeyjoejoe43

Get in there!!

WillieCocker

LOL Bit of a flukey goal there, Vermaelen too.
Now to turn it up a notch and win it.:D

Chardee MacDennis

shocking stuff from the officials

jester77

get in, clear offside!

OPENROAD

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! should not stand, but who cares

WillieCocker

Wow nice shot by Eduardo there.

Paleface

Offside but the goal stands. A bit of luck was needed I guess!!

WillieCocker

Cheeky flick at the goal there by Vermaelen.
I love this guy.

jester77

yessss....

WillieCocker

EDUARDO!!!!!
Makes up for the earlier mistake.

hudsonriver

3 to the arsenal

Paleface

Wahey!!

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Liege will feel hard done by. Very unlucky.

Still can't complain with the way things have gone:pac:

Redzer7

:D:D:D

Beau x1

YESSSSS **** YEAH EDDY

OPENROAD

Don't know how it was accepted but got 10 Euro on at 2/1 as the corner came in

Joeyjoejoe43

Go on you gunners, stuck a few quid on em at 2-0 too Got 4-1 odds, they were out to 8-1 just before equaliser..

Beau x1

If we can make it 4-2 then I'll definitely get over our defeat away to City last week.

Joeyjoejoe43

Great to see Jack getting a run out, would'nt be surprised if he popped up with a goal

Paleface

Should have been 4.....

Redzer7

Commentators really hate Arsenal don't they :mad:.

Paleface

Redzer7 wrote: »

Commentators really hate Arsenal don't they :mad:.

As I said earlier Lou Macari is just doom and gloom personified!! The other twit with him is just agreeing with everything he says.

Headshot

Vampireskiss wrote: »

Arsenal are are joke of a club, it happens everytime a big club beats them they lose all their confidence and play crap for 10 games, lucky they have some easy games in the league coming up.Jose Mourinho was right when he said Arsene Wenger is the only manager of a big club that does not need to win things, lets see what happens when they miss out on a top 4 place.

lol

sorry mate

but you spoke to soon

WillieCocker

Great result.
Comebacks are good.:)

Joeyjoejoe43

Vampireskiss -> In your face!!

Beau x1

Good result considering we were down 2-0 within 5 minutes. Pretty happy with the result also considering our injuries.

Don't write us off just yet.

Kirnsy

Deeeeeeeelighted

Mossy Monk

Standard Liege deserve to lose for playing 11 men behind the ball.

Redzer7 wrote: »

Commentators really hate Arsenal don't they :mad:.

That is Setanta Sports for you. They have a problem with Arsenal for some reason. I bet that Pat Dolan is not in a good mood right now. I watched on Sky Sports and the commentary was quite good.

Souless

Mossy Monk wrote: »

Standard Liege deserve to lose for playing 11 men behind the ball..

My thoughts exactly, wasn't a pretty game by any means but im delighted we came back from 2-0 down

As for players who played well for us I can only really name two and that was Bendtner who ran his arse off and got a good goal and Vermaelen who was solid at the back but a wins a win sure. 3 much needed points on the board.

Kirnsy

Mossy Monk wrote: »

Standard Liege deserve to lose for playing 11 men behind the ball.



That is Setanta Sports for you. They have a problem with Arsenal for some reason. I bet that Pat Dolan is not in a good mood right now. I watched on Sky Sports and the commentary was quite good.

Lol dead right

Pat Dolan...."what has to change is wenger"

"arsenal bought vieria / petit ... world cup winners... the finished articles" - they are serious idiots.

Paleface

No one had heard of either Viera or Petit before Wenger brought them in.

Setanta are really poor.

keano_afc

I guess a win is a win but jees we looked ropey a times. Poor Mannone had nothing to do but pick out of his net. Plus points were Vermaelen and Bendtner, thought Rosicky played well too. Let downs were Eboue (again) and Song who I thought was absolutley abysmal. He was lucky not to have us 3-1 down with that shocker of a pass to Gallas at the start of the second half.

Anyway, 3 points at the end of the day.

Frisbee

Vampireskiss wrote: »

Arsenal are are joke of a club, it happens everytime a big club beats them they lose all their confidence and play crap for 10 games, lucky they have some easy games in the league coming up.Jose Mourinho was right when he said Arsene Wenger is the only manager of a big club that does not need to win things, lets see what happens when they miss out on a top 4 place.

Lol


We didn't deserve anything but to lose on our first half display.
Although in the Second Half Liege played 10 men behind the ball 25 yards from goal so I think a draw would have been a fair result.

Second goal should never have been allowed, don't know what the officials were playing at.

I know he got the goal but Eduardo was absolutely muck, if I was Wenger I would have had him off at HT and Wilshere on. Shows what I know.

Also Fab's dead ball delivery's were woeful tonight, after the first few I can't believe we didn't put Rosicky on them.

Clcihy had another one of those games. Some absolutely suicidal defending in a few instances, but then at the same time two top quality last ditch blocks.

cson

Ah but he has the cson curse on him does Clichy. Anelka, Vieira, Overmars, Henry, Kanu and Adebayor have all graced the back of a cson Arsenal shirt in the years past and look what happened them.... Clichy currently occupies the back of the home shirt and is the next doomed.

I'm holding off on getting Fabregas on the back of my away shirt.

Eboue maybe.....

OPENROAD

Awful start to the match but we kept plugging away, got a huge amount of luck but at the end of the day three points is all that counts,am glad the team did not give up. Plus point was deffo Rosicky, you can see how we have missed him,players to come back from injuries, lets hope we can win our next cl match, it would be nice to get top spot position with games to spare.

Roaster

The difference with Eduardo compared to some of our other ****e players on the night is that no matter how badly he plays he is always likely to score a goal. He really is world class and I hope he stays fit because he will be vital to us this year.

Wreck

Excellent result. An away win is a great way to kick off the group. The first goal was shocking play, really lax flick from Eduardo. I thought the peno was a bit dodgy, couldn't see any contact, but we did leave ourselves open. After the terrible start we took ages to regain composure, but after about 30 mins we started to totally dominate. Great to get the first just before half-time, super turn and pass from Diaby and a good finish from Bendtner.

Second half it seemed to be just a matter of time before the equaliser came, didn't think it was offside but was definitely handball so we got very lucky with the goal. Good finish from Eduardo for the third, and overall I thought Arsenal deserved to win. Outside of 3-4 defensive mistakes from Arsenal, Liege offered very little going forward.

Thought Vermalen had another great game. He was the only player who kept his nerve after the terrible start and it looks like he has the potential to become a leader in the team. Great to see Rosicky back, played very well considering he has had so little football over the last two years. Eboue also played well imo.

Clichy was poor defensively, Eduardo was terrible and Bendtner frustratingly inconsistent. Fabregas was just sh!t, plain and simple. Constantly gave the ball away, lost out in possession and failed to win anything in midfield. His setpieces were attrocious, over-hit 90% of them. Really poor, and not just by his own high standards.

Vampireskiss wrote: »

Arsenal are are joke of a club ... lets see what happens when they miss out on a top 4 place.

Quoted for stupidity.

Paleface

I've been trying to take positives from last nights game.

Standard Liege made Liverpool work very hard to progress into the Champions Legaue group stages last year and they knocked Everton out of the Uefa Cup.

So for example if Arsenal were to go to 2-0 down in the first five mins playing Everton at Goodison Park but ended up coming back to win the game 2-3 then most people would agree it was a great result and the kind that you look back on at the end of a season.

Now while I think the performance last night is one that most of the players will not want to look back at whatsoever, the result is what counts.

Lets hope they can produce a more commanding display against Wigan at the weekend!