Some perceived the trip to the Vitality to face Bournemouth as a straightforward match, confident of another three points. However, that was not the case; Arsenal lost 2-0 to the Cherries on Saturday, and Saliba’s red card early in the first half made it difficult to contain the Premier League side. Arsenal’s unbeaten run away from home in 2024 ended with that result and we lost the chance to temporarily top the league table before Liverpool and Manchester City play.
Some Gooners believe that we are exaggerating the loss to Bournemouth, but it should be a significant setback if we truly believe we need to win the league.
Looking at the results from last season, we lost points in the following match days: MD 3, MD 6, MD 9, MD 11, MD 16, MD 18, MD 19, MD 20, MD 29, and MD 32.
After those games, some of us Gooners were like, It’s just MD 3, 6, 9, or 11, and so on. On the final day of the season, 2 points ultimately decided the title race. Had we picked 2 points in one of those match days, the 2023-24 PL title race would have ended differently.
As much as our boys need to work on not picking red cards (we’ve already picked three in 8 match days, and every time that’s happened, we’ve dropped points), it’s time to abandon the mindset that “it’s just GW 8.”
Next up, we take on Liverpool, and despite the absence of William Saliba, we Gooners are confident in our chances of victory. In that game, we should expect someone like Jurrien Timber to step up and demonstrate his skills.
What do you think?
Darren N
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No match is easy and no match is straight forward. But WE should not have made it so easy for Bournemouth.
I can’t even put it down as the big one that got away,
Arsenal has dropped seven points so far to three red cards. No title winners in the last decade have had more than that across a whole season. In addition, yet another Arsenal player was booked for time wasting. Discipline is the first thing that needs to be addressed – and quickly in my opinion.
I think that the next game against Liverpool may be the toughest to date (including City away). They beat Chelsea earlier without their first-choice keeper and have conceded only three goals so far compared to Arsenal’s eight (probably time to stop lauding our defence quite so much now). It’s the kind of game a team with real title hopes should go all out to win – but it’s not really that clear which team we’re talking about.