Mikel Arteta, after watching his team draw 2-2 with Bayern Munich on Tuesday night, has pointed out the one mistake they made.
The Arsenal manager remarked, “In the Champions League, you cannot give anything to the opponent. We have given them two goals today.”
In that game, the Gunners had a promising start. Bukayo Saka gave them the lead with an early goal. However, unlike the Arsenal we’ve come to know in recent weeks, their defensive blunders cost them; Serge Gnabry equalised, and Harry Kane’s penalty gave them the lead. Bayern didn’t really have any clear-cut chances other than our Gunners own mistakes.
“In the Champions League you cannot give anything to the opponent. We have given them two goals today.” 😑
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Arsenal remained resilient, and after a couple of changes, Leandro Trossard equalised to salvage a 2-2 draw.
Arsenal will now face Villa this weekend before heading to Munich to face Bayern at the Allianz Arena, where they have only lost twice this season.
Hopefully, next week, Arteta’s team will not give up anything to the German giants; it is the only way they will leave Germany with a major win and their heads held high.
Ultimately, the Gunners must understand in tight games, avoid making errors that lead to goals, and be ruthless when you get a chance.
Daniel O
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The game was there to be won, but their experience in this competition paid off for them.
Raya blunder was the beginning of those mistakes and led to the poor decisions that followed.
Can’t help but wonder if Raya is a level up from Ramsdale or not if I’m honest.
Definitely the weaker shot stopper of the two, and his distribution is not elite or even next level in my opinion.
He seems to lose focus and prone to bad decision making like Ramsdale.
Is he worth the change and 27 million fee next year?
The first goal wasn’t all Raya’s fault.
Sure, he rushed too far forward, but:
Gabriel tried to do too much, Kiwior looked like he coud have done more and Rice wasn’t alert enough.
It was a compilation of errors.
You are correct AndersS.Quite frankly neither Raya nor Ramsdale are top quality keepers imo, but it looks like the Raya loan option will be taken up with Ramsdale moving on.With regard to the second leg against Bayern I cannot believe our centre backs will be as unconvincing as they were the other night when I think the “occasion” got to them and I hope Tomi and Partey will be brought in from the start.Bayern were made to look good by our insipid display and to win the match our players need to shake off any lingering sense of inferiority which I feel affected them on Tuesday.Against teams who are used to playing at this stage of the major European Competition, defensively we simply cannot take risks and if this means being less elaborate in playing out from the back for example, so be it.
I disagree with some of this.
They are both top quality goalkeepers. Raya is better than Ramsdale, especially if you consider all the requirements of a modern GK.
It’s difficult to say that Partey should come straight back in. At his best, one would agree. However, in his recent cameos there has been evidence that he is yet to recover his best form.
I agree that there was some nervousness amongst the players. It is important to remember however that this is still quite a young side and many players have never played at this level before.
I agree that the Arsenal team played “inefficiently” against Bayern. We gave away the ball too often, we were timid in goal-scoring areas. The “away” team is in absolutely no way looking as good as our Premier League team. Yes, it’s the same team, but lacking it’s style, flow and creativity I was so disappointed at the end. Yes, a draw is better than a loss, but, a WIN is what we Arsenal celebrate. Why fight the same battle twice, when our “troops” have the ability win initially?
Raya is as bad as Ramsdale what was he doing outside? He made it hard for gabriel and kiwur was equally bad that night that said
The penalty, raya was already on the ground showing kane where he was diving to, before kane even kick the ball. That was poor goal keeping from raya all night.