Yeah. Arteta got it all wrong with his squad selection tonight. And then he waited too long to make the changes.— The Short Fuse (@TheShortFuse) April 8, 2021
Back down to earth now... If this were a group stage match I'd feel much better, i.e. 3 pts. But it's a home and away aggregate tie, so 1-0 is like a bare minimum result me thinks. Hope we can hold it until 90'!!!!
IDK but I give him serious kudos. That was no easy finish. And I personally love chipped/dinked goals over the keeper like that. He ended up converting a few mins after his introduction, something that myriad other players couldn't do before him. Well done Nicolas.
As long as they don't score I'm hopeful of going through. If we can nick one there, they'll need 3 to go through.
That whole sequence started with yet another Gabriel ********-up in the back. That man is entirely coasting on a few good performances in the fall. Calamitous set piece defending following it.
I'm willing to blame both. Gabriel gets passes caught under his feet way too often to be part of any sort of build-from-the-back system. Cedric blasts passes into his teammates at weird heights way too often. Combine the two and you get this.