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Roland17:
Nwaneri dey there na

Shegzdave:
It’s only this match he’s gonna miss

iamoyindamola:
Does he really trust him

MSGAMBLE9:
Rice is really overwhelmed today that Merino for Midfield is a no no... his marking of space is terrible for me


And Trossard and Ode (especially the latter) has been a mess for weeks now.

daveP:
Merino has never had 5/10 game for Arsenal in midfield since he came. It's that terrible.

Personally, it is an insult to PSG by MA to try him there when he couldn't even do anything there vs Everton, Bou, Forest, etc that are not as dangerous as PSG.

daveP:
Okay. That yellow Card dampen Saka. I noticed they use 3v1 for our wingers and we have 0 box presence for any cross whatsoever. Meaning Enrique don study this aspect well well to go ahead with 3v1.

Unlimited22:
One day very soon we'll have a conversation about Martin Odegaard.

For now, make we dey observe.

daveP:
The detail with their own plan whenever Saka or Martinelli gets the ball

They know no runners or nobody to call for a cross this very instance. So they just stay compact, while one comes to pressure up.
Rinse and Repeat.

johnjunior39:
For me , I actually think it was a case of finishing.

Honestly, they were not better than us. We missed our chances , Trossard and Martineli were shooting like nobody at the goal post.

We utilized our chances when we met them earlier, defence was very observant.

It is in our hands to decide id we want to qualify or not because PSG can be beaten at home

Shegzdave:
Exactly💯
Partey absence affected our midfield and forward cause of the stability he brings, the 3v1 on Saka wouldn’t have happen cause Partey would’ve taken control of the midfield thereby creating space for Rice and Ordegarrd(even tho he’s been shite thus season) to move up and Saka and Merino able to penetrate them, I wouldn’t call Nelli cause that boy has brainfart

daveP:
Guy felt it all 90. He knew why Rice was furious. It also brings me down to the aspect I've been screaming about since last year -We need to address these useless yellow cards issues. These players get yellow for the dumbest reasons and it need to change. Abi they dunno this is UCL semifinals ni? It's unfair to Rice at this point.
The good thing is it is 1-0. They should overturn that. But before then, we have Bournemouth.


Let's see how MA manages selections cos that bench was embarrassing. Reminded me of the bench for Bayern last season.

iamoyindamola:
Going back to the game, all I can say is what I have been saying
Arteta is very stubborn, if this man is winning trophies I can cut him some slack but he's not
Merino in the midfield is a disaster he knows this everyone does, MLS should have played there and we saw what he can do, white at RB will help us alot in that game because PSG were pressing aggressively from the front, if you guys noticed raya started playing long ball this is something white can do with ease eg his assist against lfc
Like davep said, this man should warn his players against stupid bookings, we are not known for this
I still believe in the boys and martinelli should start from bench

Spy360:
If MLS plays midfield who will play LB? Plus how do you blame Arteta for 31 yo Partey getting a stupid yellow?

Make you dey try na

Spy360:
We lost by 1 goal. So a simple win will either make us qualify or take it to penalties.



At this stage we know we have to go out and attack. But we also have to know how to control the game. The one/two goals we need can even come in the last ten minutes

MSGAMBLE9:
Av never seen Rice almost gassed-up like this before....he looked done by 70mins

daveP:
I don't like that you bring it just down to the 1-0 without the events that led to that overall. It's the semis. We got overwhelmed until 27th minutes and by then, we already knew we can't play the usual possession game with how PSG were attacking us. Saka reacting that way sums up the mental angle even if he was on the right side. Ucl semis and our bench is the wackiest I've seen for any cup game in a KO stages in the last 15years. Chai. Arteta sef. The player he no suppose trust for something he go dey over trust. The one he supposed put faith in, he go dey overthink dey over shalaye why he doesn't want to risk it.

Gucciboy:
Arsenal midfield is nothing without partey.

He is doing all the work yet not appreciated enough.

iamoyindamola:
Going back to the game, all I can say is what I have been saying
Arteta is very stubborn, if this man is winning trophies I can cut him some slack but he's not
Merino in the midfield is a disaster he knows this everyone does, MLS should have played there and we saw what he can do, white at RB will help us alot in that game because PSG were pressing aggressively from the front, if you guys noticed raya started playing long ball this is something white can do with ease eg his assist against lfc
Like davep said, this man should warn his players against stupid bookings, we are not known for this
I still believe in the boys and martinelli should start from bench

Gucciboy:
Arsenal midfield is nothing without partey.

He is doing all the work yet not appreciated enough.