As we know we watched Arsenal Draw 2-2 at Manchester City. Personally For me if someone asked me at the start of the game would I have taken a point, I’d say yes considering we had no Odegaard, Jesus still coming back from a injury and having limited minutes, Rice being brought back in, Arsenal attack not clicking, and having just played Atalanta mid week.
However to be leading 2-1 at half time then have Trossard being sent off for kicking the ball way, and having to changing to back 5 or back 6 in some cases to hold on for 3 points, then have John Stones score a last minute winner in extra time is foe me a massive kick in the teeth. It’s gut wrenching to be honest I really thought we could hold on but I have to give praise to City for scoring a last minute goal and keep going and going, unlike Tottenham where they didn’t seem to have a clue on what to do.
After the game Haaland came out after the game on the Pitch for him to tell Mikel to Calm down and tell Miles Lewis-Skelly a 17 year old kid after defending Mikel to relax, who responded by saying “Who the F*, are you?” which personally for me I didn’t like or appreciate in anyway.
Arsenal have been so close 2 years running, just missing out by a point or two in the last 2 years. Last year being so very close having lost both Villa Fixtures, Newcastle, Fulham, West Ham being of note.
Arsenal In the last 2 years have really impressed me in their progression, but need to deliver this season in some way, whether that be through the cup competitions like FA Cup, Carabao Cup or League Title or even – god forbid – the UCL, they need something for their hard work. Players like Saliba, Saka and Gabriel Magalhaes deserve it.
Also, I truely believe we are going in the right direction under Mikel and with the sensible Arsenal Fans agreeing with a new contract. But as I mentioned earlier, Arteta needs to deliver something in this season, and in the next 3 years to have be a success. If we keep going the way we are, I believe we will get there and have many more enjoyable moments with Pep, City Fans, Haaland and Bernado Silva getting so rattled about us closing the gap, and how Arsenal fans shouldn’t celebrate draws. Its not a winning mentality as we remember the famous quote from Rodri “We cone here to win”. Thats interesting. When all of them celebrate that draw like the won the league title in September.
I will like to take the chance to try and get some reinforcements in January to bolster the squad in what will be a busy season of games, where I expect Arsenal and Mikel to take every competition and game seriously.
Max
Australian Arsenal Fan
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Surely Arsenal deserve something to show, it’s the final phase of the process.
The Kroenke’s have given their blessings by backing the manager, now the gaffer must not only continue to rally the troops, but go one foot further in the final phase
Gunsmoke,
I have to agree with Bertie on this topic.
As well as the team have done in the last two seasons in particular, you only get what you deserve if you actually win the trophy.
And please, can we stop with this what phase were in nonsense.
If we win a trophy, we will be told the phases have been completed. If we don’t one more phase will keep on being added until we do. However long it takes.
Arsenal will only “deserve” a trophy when they’ve earned it over a league season or across a whole cup run. A single EPL game in this case, no matter what the circumstances around it, just doesn’t count.
Unfortunately, I don’t see the fact that Arteta has signed a new contract recently as meaning that he’ll necessarily be with Arsenal for the three years. This is professional football at the top level, when did contract length have anything to do with job security?
Arteta will be in post as long as KSE think he can “deliver”. Hopefully, it will be this season when he does but I think it’s unlikely they’ll wait until Summer 2027 to find out.
If there’s a trophy for getting a draw in one game, away from home , then Arsenal deserve it.
But that would be it.
If you ain’t realised yet that life doesn’t give you what you deserve – or what you think you deserve – then you got some more livin’ to do.
All the talk, bluster and chest beating is all paraphernalia. Like the last two seasons, you don’t win anything from talk or promise. You have to be actually able to deliver. We haven’t so far.
That game against City is not worthy of silverware it’s just one game but what it is is great practice for the UCL if we get City in the UCL then that would have been an excellent away performance before bringing them back home for the return leg.
City finds it very difficult to beat us these days which is an annoyance for them and it shows that we are on a good path Imagine what one or two-star signings will do when added to this outfit
We don’t deserve anything on one game. The table rarely lies after 38 games, let’s talk then. We are looking good to push Man City all the way again, but it would be disrespectful, naive, to not consider Liverpool and maybe even Villa, in the conversation. One game at a time. PS who ever plays left back should wear number 13, the position seems injury cursed.
We’ve lost four points from the Brighton and Man City games, because of bad EPL officiation
Man City are too perfect and very good at influencing the officials in the field, so those four points would likely separate us apart from them
It could change if Haaland gets injured and they can’t recruit a new CF in January
No one deserves any trophies due to what they did against City this early in thw season. That’s a bit of a “SMALL CLUB MENTALITY”.
You have got to get out there and earn the respect and those Trophies. Drawing against Man City is not some sort of extraordinary achievement that warrants a trophy on its own. There is no point celebrating the City draw and then dropping point against the likes of Leicester, Southampton, West Ham etc..
We have got to sustain the fight to the last day of the season and then we can start talking about deserving to win trophies. We have to maintain the fight, focus, concentration and determination throughout the whole season and then see where we are.
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Interesting views and, in some instances, realistic assessments. However, what marks out the Man City game is the fact that Arsenal played the greater part of the game with ten men. Another point to be happy about is Arsenal’s response after going a goal down at Etihad. Previously this would have led to a thrashing by Man city. Arsenal’s response seems to have come as a shock to City! They could not believe what they were saying. Before they could recover from the shock, Gabriel scored a header from a corner. These were strange happenings to Man city who were so used to beating Arsenal at Etihad that they could not imagine what was happening! City’s situation was ameliorated when Tossard was sent off for a second foul. The numerical advantage gave them a new lease of life.
What I see as most significant for Arsenal is not the game per se but the confidence that Arsenal will derive from this encounter. It is a very good standard for future games. The ‘never say die’ spirit will be of great benefit to Arsenal. Similarly, the fact that Arsenal can go toe to toe with the best team in Europe at the moment will make the team even more confident and determined in future games.
There are other issues that we should not lose sight of: Our captain Odegaard was not in this game; our new signing, Mikel Merino, was absent; Calafiori was just recovering from an Injury; our team had been travelling to diverse places and was fatigued. The fact that we managed to stand firm despite these odds is highly commendable and augurs well for the future of our team.
What you are saying, is, it is all there to go on and actually topple city and we have no excuses or fear.
Correction: Could not believe what they were seeing instead of saying.
Yes
They should just hand those trophies to us – as we deserve them.
I dislike the statement “We deserve a trophy”
When u earn it you’ll get it, please stop saying we deserve it