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Confirmed Arsenal team to face Man Utd in FA Cup third round

Arsenal welcome Manchester United to the Emirates Stadium for the FA Cup third round, and this is the team Mikel Arteta has selected to secure the win.

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A few weeks ago, this game—while always competitive—was one that Arsenal fans would have felt confident about. However, recent results have shaken that confidence, and the match could now be a lot closer than Gooners might have anticipated.

The reason is simple: Arsenal have put in a number of lacklustre performances, including the home loss to Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup last Tuesday night, while United went to Anfield and, against all the odds, held a rampant Liverpool to a 2-2 draw.

If United replicate that Anfield performance and Arsenal play as they did against Newcastle and Brighton, then this FA Cup tie could go either way.

The pressure is certainly on Arteta. A defeat to the Red Devils, and the fans will start to turn against the Spaniard even more than they have already, which would not be good for anyone.

That said, on a positive note, Arsenal have only lost once at home in the last nine months, whereas United had been struggling until their performance against Liverpool, and there is no guarantee that Ruben Amorim’s men will reproduce the same performance this afternoon.

As long as Arsenal play as we know they can, they will win. However, any drop in performance, and it could be a bleak day for the Gunners.

Let us know in the comments below what you think of the team Arteta has selected and what your predicted final score is.

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  1. No Rice? No Partey? Interesting to know why but that is a big risk if the manager’s decision. I know there is the NL derby coming up but even so.

    1. Well, if they did play, the usual commenters would just use it as another excuse to slam MA, in this case, “never” rotating (as opposed to even just not rotating enough) as opposed to the ever so slight possibility that there may be other potentially good reasons for not playing them such as having them fully fit for the NLD among others.

  3. I think Jesus will play LW

    I hope Arsenal will take it easy, because we’ll have the NLD soon and we can still finish strongly in EPL

      1. A top four finish will give us a UCL ticket and we’ve already got too many FA Cup trophies because it’s much easier to win as compared to EPL/ UCL

        1. There are never enough FA Cups to win
          I want to win trophies 🏆
          Also we will finish in the top 4 regardless if we win or lose

          1. There are too many strong teams in EPL this season, so a top four finish isn’t guaranteed

            1. Missing the top four would be disastrous and this is just the kind of season where such a thing can happen to any club.

    2. @Gai we can’t finish stronger than last season except we win Epl. However, we need to make a statement at FA Cup competition because of our history and records. The midfield combination in our lineup could be very slow at moving the ball quickly in the middle. ManU will give Arsenal a run for their money. Hope Arteta gets his tactics right he has become very predictable recently.
      Hope we win today, but at least we shouldn’t lose the match.

      1. The FA Cup trophy will only give us a Europa League ticket, but a top four finish in EPL table will make us qualified for UCL

  5. I hope Jesus is playing RW so we can finally see how he an Havertz interact. Martinelli-Havertz-Jesus is arguably our strongest frontline with saka out. Jesus has a lot of qualities needed to play RW in our system.

  6. Don’t quite understand why Rice and Party are on bench as for me we have to play the strongest side possible in our one chance for silverware if we don’t win then the calls for his head will intensify

  8. The 3rd game on the trot where Arteta has picked a really strange midfield and attack. I know we have a game Wednesday but its just the balance that looks all wrong.

  9. This game could b over B4 halftime I’m sorry to say jorginho my lord where r the goals in this line up

  10. Merino won the Euro remember when it was mustafi won the world cup plays like jorginho a OAP

  11. 15 mins gone and it has been awful, so slow in build up AGAIN and it does make you wonder if anyone has the balls to mention this to Arteta

  13. That was a goal, I can’t believe that, the ball came of McGuire, we’ve had goals given against us before where that’s happened, whether we meant it or not. Total joke.

    1. Just seen reply and maguire does play the ball so it should have counted. But are we all really surprised

    2. Is it not offside if the ball is deliberately played by the opposition, so a rebound would be offside as he gained an advantage?

  15. Why even play the ball forward on counter attack if Jesus is just going to stop and play the ball backwards.

  17. Is arsenal football team or arsenal rugby team can’t make my mind up awful style of play

  20. Won’t see Jesus for a long time, probably next season. It was always on the horizon unfortunately. Get better soon.

    1. It might make Arteta a bit more active in this transfer window, especially with our captain now injured. We seem to be made of paper or there is something seriously wrong with our fitness staff. Maybe a time for our players to man up a bit and put some hard tackles in

    1. I am pleased, i don’t waste my money now regularly going to watch this robotic, slow brainless football. We won’t win anything st all playing like this. How can the Arteta apologists can’t see it is beyond me.

  25. Great 45 mins ,scintillating stuff
    Love watching us take 5 mins for every set piece ,that coach needs to go over to NFL with all the playbooks he’s got .
    Just surprised there wasn’t 30 mins extra time added on

  27. Great now odegaard maybe injured. This season can’t end quickly enough🙄🙄
    1st it was all Lb injured then all RB now all RW.

  29. We have sold too many players without replacements, our squad is wafer thin, injuries were always going to happen, as the players are playing too many minutes, which they have.

  30. Irrespective of result I’m saying time up for Arteta as this has been absolutely 💯 crap. 12th of January and no sign of anyone signing, absolutely shameful and it’s getting really hard to watch this rubbish week in week out. Sure you can blame players but the responsibility is solely on Arteta as he sets them up. Defeat today and the defence of Arteta must most definitely end

    1. We are giving the ball away so much and so much putting foot on ball at the back. I live in hope

      1. Wenger’ s later era? Arsenal fans will bite off your hands to experience the last five seasons of Wenger. Stop disrespecting Wenger:

        2013/2014: FA Cup Winners
        2014/2015: FA Cup Winners
        2016/2017: FA Cup Winners
        2017/2018: League Cup Runners Up

  40. Havertz may be on the chopping board along with Sterling & Mikel this summer.

    Shocking AGAIN….

    This isn’t the Arsenal we all enjoyed the last 2 seasons, trophies YES but we played with some spirit.

  41. Someone recently said that Arteta’s Arsenal is exactly like Pochetino’s Tottenham
    And that gentleman is right actually

    1. Kedar,

      Were not like Tottenham, at least they try to play attacking football. As we will find out on Wednesday.

    1. Havertz dived, but Maguire also dangled the leg for him to go over. Shouldn’t have been a pen, but also bad from the defender. Ugarte probably would have been sent off if they had var. Havertz is a cheat and an instigator – don’t mind the latter, but really dislike the former

  45. I thank Arteta for what he has done thus far, but I think the time has come for us to part ways.
    That should never be a penalty.

      1. @Naftali I am just a fan and i have my opinion. In my mind, I have checked out with Arteta, and I can’t anymore see the selection, the talent ID, the stubbornness, the lack of player and ingame management, and the boring football.

      1. @ Admin Pat. It has nothing to do with this game. I said I have seen enough to know Arteta would never win a trophy at this club.
        We pay Tottenham next .

    1. Odegaard has been shit in the last 6 games but no one wants to mention it because he is a fan favourite and takes the blame to other players.

  47. Why isn’t the man u player sent off for head butt and before anyone says it wasn’t, it clearly was

    1. No var – hard to see with so much going on. They sent off dalot and we got a dodgy pen, so hard to argue refs are against us today

        1. There was too many players. He didn’t see it. Anyway we can’t complain he gaves us plenty. And we still shot ourselves in the foot. It wasn’t a penalty in a million years.

  56. The kind of chances our forward players waste each match is enough to last the fans a lifetime.
    Maybe Arteta should Play Sterling as a 9.

  61. Our attack is embarrassing. Couldn’t hit a cow’s ass with a banjo! And, what is the point of Sterling?

  63. Our finishing has been utterly terrible this season. We have created chances in most games we failed to win.

  64. Sterling did Okay in this game in my opinion. Havertz and Martinelli both need to be more composed. If Arteta cant buy a striker in January. He should start the Sterling as a CF experiment. He scores goals and can dribble past players.

      1. I agree with you @ Admin Pat.

        This is a cup competition. It is a tough one. The Man united defence has done a great job. I believe Arsenal will win this game. I wish Arteta can play Sterling more often in the EPL.

  66. Isak clearly showed what a top striker can do, while Arteta watches from the sideline.

    But hey, what is best for the club (striker upgrade) is nothing compared to Arteta trying to prove to the world he doesn’t need one.

    At least Jorginho is gone in the Summer, unless we are foolish enough to extend such a slow, part-timer who really doesn’t improve our midfield unit.

  67. Arteta can’t be blamed for this fiasco. They made a movie back in the day called”The gang that couldn’t shoot straight” That’s our squad at the moment. Just sayin…😂

  69. Bring on the young lad butler arteta I dare you couldn’t b any worse than havertz jorginho how is he still on

  77. It’s always the same bs they score from 0.15xg and we miss gazillion chances 2.96xg. Seen that all season. If we win this game on pen then these players have balls of steel, after shooting anywhere but the goal for 120min.

  78. Plain to see that Arteta and Havertz are having a secret romantic love affair 💘💘💘💘. Maybe he’s still on in case it ends in a penalty shoot out. Still, he should have been subbed ages ago

  80. Backwards sideways backwards sideways… wait for them all to get in the penalty area… aaaaarrrghhhhh…….

    2. Fingers legs and anything else we can cross for a win but sometimes your name is on the trophy but I’m not hopeful
      COYG

  86. We had gilt edged Chance’s but disgusting football from us absolutely useless without striker who’s gonna score a pen raya

  87. We need to replace Havertz. He is NOT a striker. How can we at penalties against this crap 10 man UTD? Embarrassing!

  88. The attack is the problem. It’s why I am still hoping arteta can correct the ship. Hes laid a good foundation but the investment in our attacking players is just so bad and our spending last window has added nothing. This season its just not going to happen anywhere. time to accept that. arteta also needs to refresh his tactics. if we can still get UCL then the season isn’t a total loss. but we need to make some big changes. and the club must react to this wayward season.

    1. Saved. I won’t give you too much credit for that call lol. Typically, when it rains it pours for Kai Havertz. Chelsea fans warned us.

  96. Predictable – if I didn’t know better, I’d say we didn’t want to win that. God help us on Wednesday.

  97. No hiding or excuses about this result or our season so far. An inquest should be initiated ASAP. I wonder why Edu really left?

  98. Wow…a no name team who even gave us an hrs handicap . A new epl manager who spent zero beat a tactically clueless 800 mil spending novice. Time to go.
    Ex chelski players have cost us AGAIN.

  99. Totally ashamed to support a low class team like Arsenal who cant win against 10 man shitty club than UTD. A ST who cant score and dive, a captain who misses penalty, a CM who cant pass, shoot, head, An attack who forgot to score. Badly needs 300 million ST and 200 million winger in this team to keep the second place. Yeah, they cant win league cause pool already ahead too much. Utterly shameful to play like this.

  100. No wining driven management, no trophy.
    Good investment at the right time, we will be back stronger than the past 2 decades.
    The solution is simple: BRINGING THE RIGHT PEOPLE AT THE RIGHT POSITIONS.

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