This is true. But not surprising. This whole season and probably a good part of last season we’ve showed more mental strength, determination, never giving up. Unfortunately that didn’t do the trick the other day.
the commentators kept talking about how they kept attacking the space between CB/FB on both sides and it seemed like they did. i don't remember that being a particular problem earlier? or was i just missing it? yeah, gabriel missing that long pass for the 2nd goal did not help. that was ouch.
Lost every battle didn’t help having a left back higher up the pitch then laca who kept losing the ball
No huge surprise but the club today put out a release about Partey's thigh injury and suitably lowered everyone's expectation of seeing him again this season. https://www.arsenal.com/news/team-news-latest-thomas-partey p.s. When he did his thigh before, he was out for over a month if I'm not mistaken. And this one is sounding perhaps a little worse?
"We will continue to assess Thomas in the coming weeks, during which time he will also receive further specialist consultations." Ugh. That sounds demonstrably worse. Needless to say, this is pretty devastating. We're just a different side when he's fit and in form. And there's no one on the squad who can be such an absolute beast in the middle of the park. Sambi has his moments, though. And I've always really like Elneny too. We'd have to change things tactically but they don't lack talent. In any event, we'll need them both because the chances of Xhaka overcompensating and losing his head and doing something stupid and getting shelved for three matches (or more) are about 1,648 percent. We may have to go for it and just try and run people off the pitch. This could get wild coming down the stretch.