A difficult night against the best passing team in the world against whom we had to play most of the game with 10 men.
Here’s how we thought the players rated.
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A difficult night against the best passing team in the world against whom we had to play most of the game with 10 men.
Here’s how we thought the players rated.
Ozil… like a new signing.
What?
Ozil is a cunt is what he is trying to say.
But at least his off the ball movement was world class.
Mesut Ozil last 12 games:
0 goals
2 assists
World class my ads
Good to know your ads are world class…
I know everyone’s entitled to their opinions, but why do they have to be so shit?
Actually I was just being a bit daft.
I couldn’t agree with you less Mr Shaaban.
Ozil is not a c@%t.
He is i a very talented footballer, who had a difficult game last night.
People who use your type of language to describe our hard working players are foul and have no positive connection with our club.
I was making a pun on LANS but it came more negative than I meant, and encouraged idiots to use abusive terms.
I regret that I have encouraged your type of bile.
Kind regards, Bingobongo
Haven’t been an Ozil critic before as he’s just settling in to his first season with the club, so should give him time. But I thought that yesterday was pretty poor. People are saying that ‘defending isn’t his forte’ Then others are saying ‘he had nobody to pass to’ When you are one of the world’s best and most expensive players, I’d hope that EITHER you can dig in and defend hard OR keep something going when you get the ball. I think absolving him of criticism on both fronts is a mistake. What I found particularly disappointing was his… Read more »
Love him or loathe him, Mourhino wouldn’t have stood for his first half performance last night and especially after the sending-off, should have brought him off and not Santi, who at least does some chasing around defensively. Oncde the Ox was struggling with a knock, he should’ve brough Rozza on earlier too. As usual, Wenger has no Plan B when Plan A goes off the rails.
Don’t see what Mourinho has to do with anything.
the fact he was his last coach might have something to do with it.
Have to agree with you. As far as I am concerned, Rosicky is a better player. He can split defences with his passes, is great defensively and always runs his socks off. If Ozil is worth £42M, then Rosicky is worth £60M.
And Rosicky’s goal against Sunderland proves what a class act he is.
I just read the main post and to hear Arseblog defending Ozils “defending” is ridiculous just because he is a forward.Arseblog was one of Arshavins biggest critics for the exact same thing.
No I think the point with Arshavin was that he never even tracked back and never ran around putting a shift in.
Ozil on the other hand – as the numbers show, ran around a lot last night, and as we often saw was back defending. I think the point is Ozil at least did try to defend at times but we can’t blame a number 10 for not being a capable left back can we? It’s like blaming Rio Ferdinand for being a crap striker and qualifying it with, “well he cost £30mil!”
While your point is a very good one I’d just like to mention that, much to all our delight, Rio Ferdinand is also a crap centre-back nowadays! 🙂
I don’t read anything into those stats that say he ran the second hardest working Arsenal player last night. By my book, jogging around the pitch at half pace making token attempts to close people down does not mean he ‘worked hard’. Lack of effort is not excused by the fact that he is a ‘creative player’. Personally, I’m getting a bit fed up with Ozil.
Been following this blog for ages, from my point of view you guys offer the best reviews of Arsenal’s games – criticise and defend the right points and never over sensationalise stuff. Sick of fans pointing fingers at Ozil for the recent games, some even wanting him to be benched. Honestly, its like criticising usain bolt for not attempting for the 400m or 800m world record. That said, theres no argument about his penalty take though. But for me the biggest frustration was the way we conceded the 2nd goal. with minutes left, Kos broke and went on a risky… Read more »
I genuinely feel embarrassed to support the same club as some of our supporters… To read all the clueless shit about Özil just because he’s having a hard time, even after a game that wouldn’t suit any nr.10 in the world. People on Twitter saying that Giroud shouldn’t be starting a game again as Sanogo is the new big thing, but a month ago he was a flop, having barley played. This is making me way more depressed than the fact we lost 2-0, with 10 men, against one of the greatest teams ever, even though we could have got… Read more »
As long as these idiots stay away from Holloway I’m not too bothered.
Sadly they don’t. Group of guys behind me in the queue for Highbury & Islington were just slagging Ozil off for about 10 minutes straight. Sure he looked a bit lethargic (not that I blame him), but when you’re actually saying one of the best players in the world is shit and a waste of £42 million… well, I don’t know what can be done for you.
Proud of the hard work our lads put in tonight. On to Sunderland.
(And huge thanks to REDaction for the cards. Actually got goosebumps when I saw the East Stand put theirs up)
Holloway Road? Where the hell is that?
Joking.
Always take the stairs should you have to take the tube from there though.
Seriously how many times are you allow Ozil to be shit without being criticized.
it’s prats like you that make me embarrassed to be an Arsenal fan.
just because a guy cost £42.5m doesn’t mean he is exempt from criticism.
He’s obviously not exempt from criticism, but he’s also a proven world-class talent. So when he’s in a run of shit form, as he certainly is at the moment, you don’t say “he’s fucking useless, sell him to Doncaster” like a reactionary muppet. He put in a shift as the numbers prove, but his penalty was dismal and he’s not having the influence we’d like at the moment. But he IS trying, despite the preconceptions pushed as fact (and belied by the actual stats). So by all means dish out the criticism he deserves, but have some perspective. If that… Read more »
Look, I don’t agree with Shaaban calling our players cunts, that is just not on. But I would like to know by what objective measure you are basing Ozil as being world class. He probably was good enough in Spain to be considered ‘world class’, but Spain is a lesser league, and he had Ronaldo alongside him. When you have Ronaldo in your team all you have to do is pass it to him on the halfway line and you’ll probably get 10 assists a season, just because he does the rest. If Ozil had not come to England with… Read more »
Out of 20 outfield players last night, he covered the third most amount of ground. That’s a pretty decent metric for assessing his work rate as acceptable in my opinion. You’re not wrong that he hasn’t shown world class form at Arsenal, but I am firmly of the belief that if we stick with him, he will regain it. But that’s not to say I think we should play him constantly, regardless of his form. Personally, I’d drop him for the Sunderland game (and possibly the Stoke game). I’m not sure I’d agree that La Liga is a lesser league,… Read more »
He played well as long as we had some offense going before the red card. Both teams missed a penalty, it’s not unusual. The red card was the thing that cost us the game, not Özil, not the subbing of Oxlade, not Koscielny going up for a freekick. Take heart that we kept the best team in the world at bay for 40 minutes and then a real wholehearted effort to keep them from scoring out of control for 60.
While I agree with what you are saying, our spirits seemed to have been broken after our Penalty miss. That is what worried me. In the first 10 minutes we made them look VERY average. Once we missed the Penalty, the players looked like they had just lost their chance to win the game. That’s when I knew we lost the game. We’re still in it though! COYG!
Well said lad. I wouldn’t worry about it though, anyone who knows their stuff realises how good Ozil is and judging by the reactions to their and your comments, that’s most gooners. Just finished watching the first half. Ozil’s penalty miss was hugely disappointing but the fact we regressed backward as a team afterwards and let Bayern take control was more disappointing. I don’t mean that in a critical sense, I know when we lost Fabregas and Nasri in one summer we had to adopt our game to be more practical. I just feel now with the players we have… Read more »
I don’t think we played long per se. We stood them off whenever they got the ball. That’s absolutely reasonable. Say we take the ball, Sanogo and Ox run forward, Flamini and Jack pass to each other through the lines and look to pick out a run or give it to Ozil further forward. Up front we’d be short by one man, so we’d need an outstanding moment of individual brilliance to be a threat from open play. Our defensive line would need to push up to support, and being one man down, if they intercept and get the ball,… Read more »
Ozil was fantastic vs liverpool in the cup, only last weekend. It’s incredible how some people can overlook this just because he didn’t get the assists himself.
Can’t really be too critical of any individuals, I thought the whole team put in a fantastic shift in the circumstances. Wenger was justified with his team selection, Sanogo and especially the Ox were brilliant in the opening half hour. I can’t remember us playing so well in an opening since the Napoli game. Too bad the rule stinks and the game was ruined as a spectacle. While Özil did miss the penalty (Which he shouldn’t have been taking) he wasn’t as bad as people are saying. Yes, he wasn’t good defensively, but he is not that kind of player.… Read more »
It was so frustrating when Arsene took off Chamberlain for Rosicky.
I felt Ozil should’ve made way and Rosicky should’ve gone on the left.
That isn’t a slight on Ozil’s performance, but as you said it’s not in Ozil’s game to play like that and Bayern knew that which is why they targeted our left flank in the second half.
Sagna and Chamberlain had the right sown up so why not put the tireless Rosicky in front of Monreal to shore that side up?
Didn’t Ox have a knock?
Hope scz doesnt get an additional ban for the gesture! would be so stupid if he did
Being a pessimist most times, I wouldn’t be shocked if he gets banned for the gesture and Robben gets away with spitting on Sagna.
I’m sure it wasn’t spit, but sweat. He’s patting Sagna on the back at the same time, and the OX doesn’t react at all
my main pain is that why are we always on the receiving end of all this red cards in very important champion league games especially when we are playing against the so called best team in the world
If not for the injury and the red card, we most likely would have seen Giroud at some point. About his not starting, maybe his mind’s not right after the week he’s having in the media so far, or at least Wenger is trying to shield him (ironically by starting a much less experienced striker and raising eyebrows and attention) or [hopefully not in this manner] punish him for the curfew violation.
…and Giroud’s work rate is double that of Sonogo’s, with a plus: Giroud can dribble around in the box w/o whiffing every third kick.
Giroud has good one touch play skills but… he cannot dribble! And his work rate is not double that of Sanogo… the young guy did well, too much raw for that kind of game but still, he did pretty good regarding the context.
Showed a ton of fight against the best team in the world, especially after the red. I questioned the Flamini signing but I’m happy to say I was wrong about him. Has shown an unbelievable amount of fight and winning spirit all season, desperately needed from last year.
Wasn’t Ozil’s best game but he is still world class and will come good. Bonus points to Szczesny for the gesture.
Seriously, what about Ozils performances have been “world class”.
last 12 games 0 goals 2 assists, clearly doesn’t defend so what the fuck is world class about that.
Is he world class because we paid £42.5m for him?
He has been our worst player in at least 7 of our last 12 games, what is world class about that.
Can we please stop riding this guy’s dick!!
You must really have a sad life mate…
Has he fucked your missus or something? You seem to have a weird level of hatred for him
I think you’ll find that key pass and chance creation statistics (i.e. passes like the one to Chamberlain leading to the 2nd goal in the cup game) will tell a much more accurate story of his performances recently… He’s not been at his best, but better than you are claiming!
what ozil needs is a runner in front of him to bring out his killer passes. his first game in arsenal colours where he made series of passes to walcot whom would have score hattrick if he was more accurate with his shooting. in Real Madrid he had runners like CR7, benzenma, and others to pick out and not a slow runner like giroud
We showed a lot of heart today. All the guys. Sometimes life serves up a shit sandwich and all you can do is chow down and smile. Ozil and Monreal were overrun all night on the left flank. There wasn’t much they could do about it. This would have been a great night to have vermaelin come on as a left back. Bon apetite.
Perhaps Ozil should have defended.
Rami, reading all your comments here I get the picture you don’t like Ozil at the moment? Here’s an idea…next time you watch our game, just look away from the screen everytime Ozil touches the ball – hopefully that will your enhance your viewing experience and make you a happier bunny!
Bit harsh on ol’ Yaya. He was the definition of isolated in the second half, but kept grafting. In the opening 20 minutes he showed some good touches. One in particular was excellent when he shielded the ball, took a touch to get it out of his feet and away from two Bayern defenders, then pinged a 25 yard ball over to Ox, who almost made it through for a 1 one 1.
He’s not the finished article, no shit, but we can see now why Arsene bought the kid.
If you take into consideration after the sending off we had only one substitute to make in the second half I think we made a very good team look ordinary.
And if you look at the bench we had firepower to make the difference so all is not lost we have been here before.
Really surprised how low these ratings are.
Ox was abeast tonight. As was Koscielney.
Flamini and Wilshere were solid in defense.
Gibbs was outstanding, did he lose marks for getting injured?
They would automatically go up 1 to 1.5 pts each if we’d won. Such are the way of the ratings here.
I hate moaning about squad depth..but Giroud was too knackered both on and off the pitch to play tonight, Sanogo is totally raw and unproven and Poldolski clearly does not have the backing of Arsene.. Arguably our biggest game of the season against arguably the best team in the world.. Surely the Arsenal should have someone to put upfront who has the ability to so something?! I have found myself wishing we had a Dzeko or Balotelli and that is depressing!
Take it easy big man. We’re in the run of building a team. To get this far this fast has been brilliant. Even this Bayern team was years in the making before they hit their real stride last year. We all know we need a Robben/Ribery, we all know we need a striker, we all know we need backup on DM/RB/CB. Things like this takes time.
Let’s sit back and enjoy the season we’re having. More money will be put into new players in the summer.
Be careful what you wish for – you really don’t want Balotelli.
I think Balotelli would be a great acquisition to our side. Look, I know he’s 23 going on 15, but there’s no malice in his immature acts, and one of these days he will grow up.
Just as long as he doesn’t grow up to be anything like Nicolas Anelka or Emmanuel Adebayor. If he does, he’s fucked for life.
That’s sad indeed, because neither dzeko nor balotelli would be better yesterday than Sanogo, and while he has a huge potential for improvement, those two are basically done.
fuck it. looking for another big night in Munich to put us in gear for the domestic run-in. come on you fuckin Gooners
Szczesny was harshly penalised and his save in the first 5 minutes was world class. Also, Fabianski had no chance with either goal and did well otherwise. I rated both keepers higher based on their performances.
A bit harsh on Sanogo….considering it’s his Champions league debut, thought he deserved a seven and was brilliant in the first 30 mins…good link up play, worked the GK, lovely dinked through-ball for the OX, who was also excellent…don’t see how his rawness was such a big factor here, and don’t see how Giroud would have offered much more tonight
I was waiting for this comment. He maybe raw and all but his performance before the red was quite satisfactory for me, in fact I was pleasantly surprised when he made that good pass to the Ox, and there was a moment he dribbled a bit. Giroud might have done better but at this stage I have a few doubts about that. The boy did well for 30 mins.
I’d still like to see him start vs Sunderland… Doing enough to keep Giroud out of the team- that pass to Ox deserved a goal!
Defended like troopers
Prayedy for a one nil but there were tired legs out there
Oh well! Rambo will be back for the return leg and Ozil will have his sidekick
I must say being at the Emirates tonight was awesome, but again we failed through sheer bad luck
PS: Redaction….well done
PPS: Ozil need a month off. Sacrifice him Arsene, play Santi. let him play in his preferred role like last year,
Still buzzing like a battery toy, what a night, shame about the result
last PS. Robben is s piece of shit.
Yes, Robben is shit and Wilshere, Ozil and co were Gods, yeah? Couldn’t keep possession for 10 secs, can’t complete a simple pass (or combine) in oppn. half under pressing and rushing ridiculously back after losing the ball and sitting deep in our box like some relegation fodder and just relying on counter-attacks – what do you think will eventually happen when Oppn. has this much possession? 9/10 times, they will win. And that is what inevitably happened. Oh and I’m talking even before the sending off… It was sheer luck (and our superb defense, esp. Kos) the match ended… Read more »
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It seems I’m one of the only fans who felt a bit of pride in our performance tonight? We more than matched them 11 v 11. We could’ve had 3 on the first 15 mins?! The 2 turning points were the missed pen and the red card. The Muller goal was frustrating, though. Why was he left so open?!?
How can you be proud when you are an ‘Arsenal’ supporter (under Wenger) and can’t see them hold possession for more than 5 secs at a stretch? Every right-thinking supporter should be embarrassed by this performance (and this morbid fear of conceding which makes us pay too much respect for the opponents’ quality). People will immediately show the ‘Pool display and say we will be ripped apart if we play the high line and high pressing but truth is all big teams have this problem but they are not parking the bus (like we did) as a solution, are they?… Read more »
Expanding on an idiotic point doesn’t make it any more illuminating…..it just makes you more dim…
Weren’t they holding possession for 10 secs in your last comment. Variable then… like your commitment to Arsenal and their manager.
1. Stupid @KingKolo – stop nit-picking as long as you get the point..
2. My commitment to Arsenal is total which is why I still follow them 16 years later (I’m sure your age is less than that no). Course, my commitment to the manager is variable – frankly what do you expect after this trophy drought, selling of our best players and lastly and recently, outright sell-out of basic footballing philosophy?
Think Sanogo’s rating is harsh he maybe raw but should not get marked down for Wenger starting him. Outstanding in that first 30 mins. I liked it when he intercepted a pass in the first few mins and ran at the Bayern defence seems an age since one of our strikers has done that.
I prefer my football raw if that is what I get from Sanogo than Giroud.
Giroud needs to sit down and think about his football than anything else. What I saw from Sanogo was very very good and if he plays like that under pressure then I cant wait to see him perform well on league games.
I am so glad for him. Yes I was shocked he got selected but boy he is something. More of him please.
North bank – 11 / 10.
The reason they missed their penalty was all you!
Watched amusingly from East Lower.
Excellent work!
bit harsh -11
Agreed. Yaya looks to have a bloody good touch on him. He also looks hungry for the ball. That’s never a bad thing.
Neuer and Robben – 65 dogshits / 10 in each of your breakfasts you arses.
Quite surprised at the player ratings. I thought that the lads gave there all in extremely testing circumstances and actually did very well against an outstanding team. Probably surprise a few of you, but I think we can take a hell of a lot of positives from that game. The spirit and work rate was excellent and if we play like that for the rest of the season we’ll do the double, no doubt about it in my mind.
*their. I’m tired!
Shame abaout the result. But still felt this was our best start to a game since THE Napoli game. The pressing and movement was superb in the opening 20 min. If we can bring that to the league, i really feel that we have gained something from this game.
Unhappy that we didn’t put one past that c*nt Neuer though.
Am I alone in my huuuuge dislike of that ‘stuttered run up’ penalty style?! Just put your foot through it, surely?!
Who should of taken pen imo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ApnWrP-M2Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Shame things didn’t work out tonight. It felt like it was going to be one of those memorable nights like the game against Barcelona.
Indecisive penalty strike changed the mood, harsh red card changed the game. Had the makings of a classic and we were all deprived of that. The lads seemed really up for it, wouldn’t be surprised to see a spiky effort (with a big old target on that divey little bastard) in the return leg. Gibbs will be a huge loss, difference between first and second choice at both fullback spots a bit worrying. Have a feeling we would have seen Little Mozart, HFB, and Serge but for the red and hammy issues forcing Arsene’s hand. Would have been a handful… Read more »
Ozil should not have taken the penalty; Cazorla would have been better
Hindsight. It’s a wonderful thing isn’t it Duane?
If he did score… we’d be talking about a entirely different performance from this player last night. I think he is capable of scoring from 11 yards out too.
His confidence needs a boost, sure, and what’s done is done. I hope he gets and assist or a goal against Sunderland if he plays…
Cazorla has missed penalties before too. I would have loved to have seen Sagna step up… he has the cajones.
Ozil has made a dog’s meal of his last two PKs. It just proves that some gifted players are no good from the spot (just as some superstar basketball players cannot hit free throws). Next time just leave it to someone else.
It was encouraging for a change to see us come out in attack mode vs what has become our too common tactic of sitting back and playing slow. Really had some great chances, but even without the red card would have been tough to keep that level up the whole match. I think the big reason Sanogo started was his mobility and defense and speed on the counter attack as Wenger knew it would be like playing Barcelona with Pep where we’d have to chase much of the match. I can’t remember when Gibbs has played for at least two… Read more »
First, I think that currently the biggest difference between Sanago and Giroud is that Giroud’s play was quite predictable recently, he takes the ball through cb’s very rarely.
Concerning Monreal, while he has some flaws, I think he had a very, very good game yesterday – for 60 minutes he defended robben with the ball on his leg and while some people think that robben is a very good player, they looked at least equal and Robben hadn’t done anything really interesting from the flank.
Well played to the lads. Tough game but don’t get that people are slagging off Ozil. There was no one around for him to pass the ball. He was at least running and trying to do something. Monreal was clueless and was getting skinned. Sanogo was disappointing – no visible when team was under pressure. Giroud would have won headers while defending. We really need a dominating mid-fielder and some width…this team is NOT lazy but currently missing an engine to retain the ball against good quality opposition and drive forward. i still prefer this team over last few years… Read more »
Agreed. We badly need something akin to Walcott or the Ox down the left wing and a commanding Def Mid for next season. Not blaming Sanogo when he had no service after Szes was sent off. Ozil need options (i.e. runners) to get the best out of him – like he has with Germany and had with Madrid. Not overly disappointed and saw a lot from two young players (Ox and Sanogo) to encourage me.
Was behind the goal for their penalty, never shouted so loud. Think Ozil shouldn’t be allowed to take penalties, Neuer knew in advance where he was aiming, and the shot had no power even though Neuer dived in advance. Great game though, shame about red card and poor ref about Boateng not getting a second yellow. The crowd was great even after Ozil missing the pen. COYG
Who thought it would be a good idea to let Ozil take the penalty? Shouldn’t have been near it.
definitely proud of tonight’s performance, different game had Ozil scored. we were playing what many consider to be the best team in the world right now. what really bugs me is how pundits can lay into Ozil and the Arsenal performance, yet man city were considered unlucky last night and pundits had not many bad words to say about them. RTE ripped Arsenal, Ozil and Wenger apart calling for the sack. Outrageous. We could have perhaps had our own 2-0 victory tonight had Ozil knocked in the penalty
WE LOVE YOU ARSENAL WE DO…….
Can I also add; fabianski. What a bloody keeper. Some other club is gonna get a class act in the summer. Be a shame to see him go.
The lads gave their best tonight, and I can’t blame them for anything tonight. We were one man down against one of the world’s strongest sides (Even without Ribery), and we fought.
Also, apparently there’s both a dutch cunt in England and one in Germany, considering that Robben is probably one of the bigger tossers I’ve seen lately (With the whole spitting episode).
Let’s tear them a new one when we go to Germany. We’ve done it before, and I reckon we can do it again!
think the ratings are a little low, some very good performances tonight. Also surprised by the Sanogo comment; yes, he’s clearly raw, but I was very impressed and to be honest, thought he did a better job than Giroud could have.
I`m really proud of our boys, we played better beeing 11, and with one man down a 0-2 is not the worst result, we are speaking of bayern here, a team that won 7-0 on agg vs barcelona last year! with a 2nd leg performance like 2 years ago vs milan and bayern last year i`m confident we can make it through to the next round! COYG!!!
Not quite why some supporters are so quick to call for Ozil to be substituted. Not just tonight but on a number of occasions this season when he’s been poor. Irrespective of how badly he’s played recently, he made it abundantly clear that he chose Arsenal based on Wenger’s faith in him as a player. Does he still deserve that faith from the manager if he’s playing poorly? Of course he does! By substituting him or not playing him based on his performances (or a missed penalty), I suspect it would have far bigger ramifications on and off the pitch… Read more »
I thnk we’re being a bit lenient on Ozil but then I think a lot of fans are being way too hard. Regardless of whether he’s one of the best attacking midfielders in the world or not there’s little excuse for the lackadaisical approach to the penalty (again) and for the fact he rarely if ever tried to tackle. Blogs, you’ve slated people yourself for that fact in the past. I remember Walcott a few years ago taking no end of grief for less than that from you and others. I thought Fabianski deserved more than a 6 as well… Read more »
When Ozil gets the ball near the edge of the pitch and is ‘surrounded’, we all know what to expect by now:)
Funnily, though I have seen him take the ball out of play this way and concede possession a dozen times, the fact that this has not been still addressed shows what Wenger is doing (or not doing)
It’s a great shame that Podolski is being frozen out. With Giroud knackered, Walcott and Rambo crocked, and Cazorla still not quite finding his range, we really need his finishing ability more than ever. If we can’t find a place for him, there are plenty of teams who will, and I would be sorry to see him go without being given a decent opportunity. Despite his limited chances, he’s still looked sharp to me when he’s played. Am fearful we might live to regret his underuse. I love Ozil (though not his penalty tonight), but I honestly think it’s time… Read more »
How can I not be depressed?! Fuck the ratings, they don’t matter. I just can’t get the penalty miss out of my mind. We were driving those cunts further and further back, and we could have 2 or 3 up shortly after if we score that penalty. We’re not going to Munich and putting in another 2-0 performance…Bayern will know to put us under the cosh from the start..tonight was our chance. What’s that doc? Yea I’ll need that prescription. What? No it’s not because of my childhood. Well actually I have supported Arsenal since I was a child. Huh?… Read more »
I thought we played fuckin spectacular until the red card. Sitting in my basement alone, I was singing along with the crowd I was that excited by how we were moving the ball around. My family thought I was insane, but who gives a shit. Ozil was a spectacle to watch in the first 25 min, shame he missed the penalty but that’s life. The Ox shouldn’t be considered a revelation, since we all knew of his qualities, but damn he looks dangerous. This may be a disheartening result, but the performance is certainly very encouraging. COYG
So you’re chasing the game and the only way you can get a goal is via a counter attack. Takes off Chamberlain, keeps on Ozil. SMH. Rosicky should have started. When will the boss have the guts to drop or let’s just say rest Ozil. FFS he’s knackered and in atrocious form.
Even Neuer said that the red card was too harsh. Hate this guy for being “Schalke’s RVP”, but you have to give him credit for that statement.
Ozil never looked like scoring that pen, against one of the best between the sticks. But I can also see the impact this would have had on his influence on the game had that gone in. I remember Mert’s first campaign in the EPL and thinking he is way off the mark and completely useless in the back, but I think now me and many more fellow gunners have been proven wrong on so many levels, I can only hope and im sure this is the case with Ozil. lets face it after the Anfield result a 2-0 deficit against… Read more »
Like Bergkamp @ Villa Park’99………………….the Ozil miss is crushing and leaves you wondering what might have been. It is infuriating to see such a technical gifted footballer miss from twelve yards, especially when the keeper doesn’t even have to pull a worldy to keep it out. In my opinion, Ozil has disappointed more than delighted since he arrived, but like many of our imported ‘Greats’ in the Wenger era, this is his first season and he’s only 25 years of age, so improvement next term is guaranteed, particularly for a player of his ability. Out of the CL for sure,… Read more »
Disagree with blogs Sanogo comment. Sanogo was raw at times but did a lot of stuff Giroud, Podolski couldn’t have.
Blogs, Gotta totally disagree with the Ozil rating. He ran his ass off, sure, towards the offensive end…probably trying to make up for his penalty puff. Any time he was asked to defend, he was lazy, disinterested, and culpable for chance after Bayern chance. When Jack Wilshere is taking someone to task over a lack of sensible defending… Ozil isn’t the villain some are making him out to be, but he was clearly the least-invested defender when we needed nine outfielders to be brave. He turned away from multiple shots instead of absorbing the contact. No way I rate him… Read more »
Surprised at the criticism floating around. The boys took it to them in the first 20 minutes even after the missed penalty we were creating the better chances. I was fucking buzzing watching that shit it seemed like our team had turned a corner, if we can harness that type of energy, movement and aggression for the rest of the season we are going to fuck some shit up! Additionally, Sanogo is exciting he just has so much more to offer then Giroud and this is only his second game. I am surprised that he is not copping more praise… Read more »
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“… harness that type of energy, movement and aggression”. ???
No offense mate but did you watch only the first 15 mins? None of those three were on display after that and certainly not in the 2nd half.
Re: ArsenalFan….this is what happens when you give moronic fans a platform to speak…they keep abusing the hospitality of this blog with ill-conceived, thick-as-two-short-planks view points. The fact that we were down to ten men for most of the match makes no difference to them….the fact that we were magnificent 11 v 11..makes no difference to them…the fact that we were playing the current european champions, of course, makes no difference to them. They just keep riding the “Wenger out horse”, not having noticed it bolted from the stalls a long time ago..WE’RE SECOND IN THE F*CKING LEAGUE, IN THE… Read more »
To respond to an idiot like you is frankly insulting to me – the concerns raised by me are valid (reg. our display in this game) and our overt defensive set-up and bottling under high pressing are shared by a lot of true supporters.. many are shutting up only coz we are “managing to win” with few moments of quality & desperate for success anyhow after this barren run.. “Magnificent 11 v 11”? – this shows that you don’t understand anything about football.. What do you think caused the penalty and red card? One team content to sit deep relying… Read more »
It might sound odd, but I thought it was a brilliant performance by the guys. I think the ratings are harsh. Our defensive structure was so damn tight, and I thought both the goals that we conceded were actually a tad unlucky. The way we attacked in the first ten minutes was breathtaking and I hope it isn’t overlooked. We could’ve completely outclassed Bayern had Ozil taken his penalty. It makes me wonder though: why can’t we perform like that against big sides in the EPL? I’ve been oddly pessimistic about our EPL chances lately, but after this game I’m… Read more »
sanogo was a delight to watch and full of energy though a bit raw on the edges due to his long time on the injury table.
Im glad im not the only one who is EXCELERATED by that performance. the result? – oh well to hell with it. time to focus on the FA Cup and league. MORE of Sanogo plzzzzz!!!! I will take his raw dribles and ball controls over girouds stiffs over and over again. If nothing else that kid is THRICE Faster than Giroud on the run. COYG!!!