I think it's more frustrated against their block, tired sore legs* after a tough season, and too little urgency. * Rice, Ode & Mosquera look to be completely done.
Bit of both. Mosquera isn't anywhere near as good in possession as Timber/White. He does look gassed. But this has been an abject second half.
91' There goes that prick Fleming again. This time trying to injure Raya. Who looks to have an injured lower back now. Legit.
Burnley at home, relegated and we're playing scared. The pressure is obvious. The title determines how we go into the CL final.
Think Marti slowed down. 1st touch looked good but then the ball seemed to hop up and hit his knee. After that it was a struggle to keep it under control. As soon as I saw him breaking, I thought he was gonna blow by everyone and bury it in the corner.
FT ARS 1-0 BUR Well, that was closer and much nervier than it shoulda been. Did the business. But just! Far from as impressive as we shoulda been, nor as many had predicted. But we took another huge step closer to winning the league and that is EXCELLENT, but it's hard to imagine winning a UCL Final playing like this. AND after tonight's result, there's no way we're gonna win the league via goal difference, so obviously it's a MUST WIN @Palace. Assuming that is of course that Pep boys win tomorrow. Mikel says "over to you my good friend"
Some will not care for Graem LeSaux calling us out for a poor performance, but he's right. Jon Champion called it a hard watch. True that.
Bizarre how Ode(?) is being interviewed on the pitch, and yet the cameras cannot find him???? I know the interview is by Arsenal TV Dan Roebuck(?) but surely they can do what they did at OT yesterday. Ahhh... fixed finally w/ Mikel's interview.
We can’t be playing Eze and Odegaard and Havertz and Trossard against palace They just don’t have enough games together
We are boring as hell to watch. But I don't care. A win is a win. We are so nervous. The fans in the stands were nervous. Seems the same energy. I had a bad gut feeling about this game. It was much harder than it had to be. If City wins, expect the same at Palace and even if they rest players, it will be tough.
We've had like...one good game in the last 2 months. Being top of the league and in the CL final is a borderline miracle.
I enjoy having a strong defense but I really hope that we can find a way back to scoring more next season. We are on season 2 of 70ish GF. Wanna atleast get to 80ish but back to the 90+ from 23/24 would be really nice.
My take is that the key marginal difference is coaching, and in particular Mikel. I can't come up with any other explanation.
Maybe with no Pep, and assuming Mikel sticks around, then maybe just maybe he'll loosen up a bit, release the handbrake more, and let us have some weekly fun!
Luck. Wissa over the bar in the 80th minute for Newcastle, Raya making a great save on Fernandes in the 78th against West Ham, Simeone missing wide from 10 yards. All 0.5+ xG chances in the last month that completely change our season if they go the other way. Can't win coin flips forever, just hope we can for another 12 days.