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The defense was not struggling, why bring in Lisandro?

I expected Dalot to run in behind Anthony but that's not the case. Anthony need those runs to distract defenders

LostMyZeal:
Person wey det use livescore now go think say we dey control the game

Stats na scam

The stats is even saying we have the lesser ball possession

Is LFC trying to get Klopp fired? Just see how they're defending. Even Trent can't be bothered to pursue his man

delkuf:
The greatest undoing of man city will be haaland. With haaland, it means pep will change the style of play. They will have to hurriedly put the ball on the box which is a good thing. But if haaland get injured, with Jesus and sterling sold, they will really struggled up front. And the defense of city is shitty. They concede goal too much. Though it is still early. Man city will struggle if they will retain the premiership. They shouldn't have let both Jesus and sterling leave like that. Pep is too desperate to win champion league

The same team that have been playing together and winning the league for the majority of the last 4-5 years? Okay na

We need to pick maximum points from the smaller teams this season to be guaranteed top 4. I'm looking forward to our next match. We need the 3 points and as many goals as possible

Jodera:
Well, to me Saka and Martinelli was better First Half with Martinelli the better of the two.
2nd half Saka was clearly better. Martinelli decision making was just wrong most times in that 2nd half

Surprisingly, Dalot was able to handle Martinelli better after the break. But Malacia couldn't and that wasn't utilized at all

Jodera:
This is not about staying back just for the sake of it. It's about becoming positionally aware defensively in that back he stays. Someone who is meant to screen the backline should be ready to track any runners, read danger before it happens and snuff out attack before it becomes dangerous mostly by positioning and that's what he lacks. The first goal conceded, he didn't even attack yet Bruno pounced on his Defensive frailties to get in behind him into a dangerous zone. Person like Elneny or Partey would never let that happen.

I think Arteta and the team underrated Manchester United. Normally you should put players on two main people, Eriksen and Bruno. That wasn't done. Just make sure you have your eyes on where they are at all times. That wasn't done

maik99:
E lazy

Very and something has to be done about it

larride:
Maybe so.

Looking at the way we attack, our full back seems to tuck inside, I have seen Malacia and Dalot tuck inside when we are attacking inside of moving to the wing.

Even though, he should still do something, anything

larride:
Sancho offered no support whatsoever and his side was overloaded.

Its almost looking like a case of if Sancho is not among the goal scorers or assist, he's completely useless in the match. At least trouble your marker such that Saka or whoever is also on that wing will need to put an eye on you too. He's just not offering enough for now. He probably will when we start to dominate games

Jodera:
it's not about giving away the ball. Lokonga hardly gave away the ball ystdy sef aside for the 2nd goal which was punished.

I don't have any problem giving away the ball especially if it's not at a dangerous place. The issue I have with Lokonga was leaving him DM duties to go play attack which you guys capitalised on well. For all the ball Mctominay lost ystdy, he was never found wanting defensively

This is more of an Arteta problem. Just a simple instruction from him will make Lokonga stay back. Maybe he was encouraged to add bodies to the attack. On another day, it may have worked.

patrickmuf:
Malacia was all about stopping him from cutting inside but to his credit, Saka drove in and used his right foot to cross most of the time...Once the midfield was sorted out, Saka was pocketed and his frustration was obvious...He got a yellow for it.

We could have conceded from any of the many times Saka was able to beat Malacia. He needed help and he wasn't getting it until Fred and Case entered. Saka also tired out

Dexyity:
To play good football na juju under past managers.. God bless and continue to bless ETH for us.

Long may it continue GGMU

Lol calm down. We did more than this under past managers

I can remember mctom running into traffic and losing the ball a couple of times, heaven didn't fall. The team got together to win the ball back. But una no want awilo to rest. I vote you play him everyday and twice on Sunday, the boy got potentials

Lana1:
How to know when someone is pained. The L hook am for larynx e come dey misyarn

KingTom:
Very accurate and a good game from him, but is squawka really sure he wasn't dribbled past even once?

Ah something that we all watched, and squawka wants to claim something else. Everyone that watched that game saw Malacia being cooked for most part of the game. Fortunately for us, assnal were not deadly and Saka not serious

Odunharry:
Haba. We clearly watched different match.

Tyrell Malacia's game by numbers vs. Arsenal:

51 touches
8 ball recoveries
4 duels won
3 interceptions
2 clearances
2 accurate long balls
1 tackle
1 cross
0x dribbled past

According to Squawka

Oh I see. Malacia held it down today then

larride:
eph12

What do you think about Dalot?

He has really improved. Has that RB cemented right now

Odunharry:
Normal except u didn't see the vital clearance he made.

I have the 90 minutes in view, not just 1 clearance

engrelvis:
I dnt understand.What is really responsible for Dalot sudden transformation?

Even Mctom and Bruno. They've really improved certain aspects of their game that was lacking

melodyogonna:
Eras come to an end. We never even start to play really well under ETH yet. This will be an interesting season.

I'm just happy that ETH has proven to be very adaptable to the reality in front of him

iamoyindamola:
Arteta caused this
When we equalised he pushed them too much to be expose
Scummies will always be scummies, they will hide under officiating and bad decisions


We move

Officiating and bad decisions? LMAO

Itsrm:
It was obvious they were going to lose. Only deluded Assnal fans thought they had a chance.

This was my prediction before the match started. I only missed the exact scoreline by whiskers.

They know their true level now

Lana1:
One even said United is rubbish. As per na them be world best team. They needed this humbling

At old Trafford o? Useless team

Odunharry:
What a performance by Malacia..

Bro Saka wanted to kill him until Fred came in and added energy to that wing. Sancho was useless, I won't lie

Lana1:
Just wait make match finish first

I'm just laughing at their lamentations here. Imagine the useless confidence before the match

Nice one from Bruno to find Eriksen

Thank you Bruno

larride:
Nothing is in the midfield. NOTHING.

It's shocking when we have people on the bench that can come in

Sancho is not even helping there at all. Yo

That midfield is so open