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Arsenal -v- Man Utd - Match Thread
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Thierry is due into Heathrow in the morning and will sign on loan until the end of the season.
Breaking News: Henry is injured. Sources claim that an angry Irish man has whacked him in the shins with a stick.
Could happen.
Doesn't seem that Wenger will be adding anything to the squad according to that interview.0 -
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Totally delighted with the result and performance .
Nani was fantastic (god two weeks is along time in football )
Rooney what can you say ,at the moment he is just in a class on his own.
Carrick put on another good effort ,long may it continue .
Evans is really starting to come into his own .
My only problem with the team was Giggs when he came on but maybe thats better left for the super thread,
Its a good good day
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Park Ji Sung wrote: »CCTV footage released to try to identify those involoved:
[Credit:Top @ Redcafe.net]
The more you see it the better it gets!:D0 -
DBraithwaite wrote: »The more you see it the better it gets!:D
credit where due united punished us big time today, fair play. the extra class told
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certainly today Arsenal if they are been more clinical in front of goal we might have had a different result
What a result! Great from Nani, Rooney and Manchester United. Could have scored an awful lot more too...especially Rooney. But still a good performance with the Rio, Vidic, O Shea and (to a lesser extent) Hargreaves missing.
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Park Ji Sung wrote: »CCTV footage released to try to identify those involoved:
[Credit:Top @ Redcafe.net]
look at the way Clichy holds up his hands after nani goes past him. Classic. Its as if he says what the f#ck just happened there.0 -
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Spiritoftheseventies wrote: »MOTD on. Should be interesting what Hansen and Dixon have to say about this.
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Indeed its great to see a match thread without (SEE MOD WARNING POST XX) in the title.
of course speaking of the title that looks far away for us after that.
Beat Chelsea next week and you would be back in it. Lose and your out.
I cant see you winning it though. Could have done with a couple of bodies to bulk up the squad / strikeforce a bit0 -
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Just watching the repeat of Rooneys goal today. The way he adjusted his speed and feet for the finish was brilliant.
it was another incredible goal. (like ronaldo's last year) Arsenal in their prime (2004) would have been proud.Spiritoftheseventies wrote: »Cant remember the last time a home team were outplayed like that. What went wrong for Arsenal?
Almunia for starters is a terrible goalkeeper. He's a decent shot stopper but his distribution is poor (putting defenders under pressure) and his ability to organize his defence is abysmal (hence Arsenal having trouble at set pieces generally speaking) therefore the defence have very little confidence in him to begin with.
The first goal goes in (with the aid of almunia) and the heads drop. You can visibly see the confidence being shattered at that point. However all is not lost and lads like Vermaelen, Rosicky, Fabregas and Gallas galvinize the team and urge to push for an instant equaliser. This is where Arsenal fall apart.
See up till now, Arsenal weren't far off united with Arshavin really causing problems up front. A goal wasn't out of Arsenal's reach. What they needed was a calm head instructing the lads to get the ball at their feet and pass it - something Arsenal are famously good at. Instead they pile forward for a corner dying to get this instant equaliser. But crucially leaving themselves open to a counter.
If you recall at Chelsea it was two quick goals that destroyed Arsenal who uptil then were just about matching the Blues. Again here. Rooney does brilliantly (Denilson - Wtf??) and thats game set and match to United really. The key to Arsenal's win at Liverpool was NOT conceding that killer second, but here we were hit by a KO punch.
After that the youth of the team showed and essentially they played the match out as best they could. Flickering now and again but ultimately if Rooney and co were in a nastier/more clinical mood it could have been a hammering.The 3 key weaknessess were Almunia, Clichy and Denilson.
Almunia I have discussed, but Clichy (and Sagna to a lesser extent) is being explioted by the Arsenal tactics of 4 -3 -3. He's not the strongest defensively and with no player in front of him (denilson and fab /song floating around in the middle) he's being destroyed by nani. Nasri is supposed to focus on attack mainly and help out occasionally defensively but as we saw , that wasn't enough to deal with Nani. As for Denilson. He's not physically strong enough to be the ball winner Arsenal need him to be. He's smart but not technical enough to survive on being smart (a la Fabregas). Diaby was a big loss today in that regard.
And very finally Nasri and Rosicky are struggling to adapt to being wingers. That's why there was no shape to the team up front. They prefer being involved with the play and are sucked into the middle, leaving the Utd full backs free to attack and overlap causing even more problems for Clichy and Sagna.
*exhales*
Basically we were outplayed hands down
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not like Arsenal to drop their heads as anyone who watched our 4-4 game last year will attest to. looked totally lost at the back. As Hansen said the amount of space Clichy gave for third goal was unreal. Not sure if it was the worse piece of defending in thirty years but was pretty bad.it was another incredible goal. (like ronaldo's last year) Arsenal in their prime (2004) would have been proud.
Almunia for starters is a terrible goalkeeper. He's a decent shot stopper but his distribution is poor (putting defenders under pressure) and his ability to organize his defence is abysmal (hence Arsenal having trouble at set pieces generally speaking) therefore the defence have very little confidence in him to begin with.
The first goal goes in (with the aid of almunia) and the heads drop. You can visibly see the confidence being shattered at that point. However all is not lost and lads like Vermaelen, Rosicky, Fabregas and Gallas galvinize the team and urge to push for an instant equaliser. This is where Arsenal fall apart.
See up till now, Arsenal weren't far off united with Arshavin really causing problems up front. A goal wasn't out of Arsenal's reach. What they needed was a calm head instructing the lads to get the ball at their feet and pass it - something Arsenal are famously good at. Instead they pile forward for a corner dying to get this instant equaliser. But crucially leaving themselves open to a counter.
If you recall at Chelsea it was two quick goals that destroyed Arsenal who uptil then were just about matching the Blues. Again here. Rooney does brilliantly (Denilson - Wtf??) and thats game set and match to United really. The key to Arsenal's win at Liverpool was NOT conceding that killer second, but here we were hit by a KO punch.
After that the youth of the team showed and essentially they played the match out as best they could. Flickering now and again but ultimately if Rooney and co were in a nastier/more clinical mood it could have been a hammering.The 3 key weaknessess were Almunia, Clichy and Denilson.
Almunia I have discussed, but Clichy (and Sagna to a lesser extent) is being explioted by the Arsenal tactics of 4 -3 -3. He's not the strongest defensively and with no player in front of him (denilson and fab /song floating around in the middle) he's being destroyed by nani. Nasri is supposed to focus on attack mainly and help out occasionally defensively but as we saw , that wasn't enough to deal with Nani. As for Denilson. He's not physically strong enough to be the ball winner Arsenal need him to be. He's smart but not technical enough to survive on being smart (a la Fabregas). Diaby was a big loss today in that regard.
And very finally Nasri and Rosicky are struggling to adapt to being wingers. That's why there was no shape to the team up front. They prefer being involved with the play and are sucked into the middle, leaving the Utd full backs free to attack and overlap causing even more problems for Clichy and Sagna.
*exhales*
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