“Lucky lucky Arsenal!” NO we weren’t! by Shenel
What a game and what a win we have just had Gooners! Is everyone still on a high? I know I am!
And I know it is just one game on the long road to the end of the season and towards the title, but it is a big, big win and it is one everyone – and when I say everyone I mean pundits, commentators and other teams and their fans – assumed we wouldn’t get, but it is one we needed and we deserved!
What is the main word ringing round from anyone and everyone this weekend? It is “lucky!”. Even if they haven’t outrightly said it we know they are thinking we were lucky due to the manner of the goals we scored!
Yes, we can be seen as lucky but having luck is one thing and capitalising on the luck is another.
When Kai Havertz missed his chance early on with the keeper saving his shot, the ball rebounded to Bukayo Saka’s path, but he could have easily blazed the ball over. The ball falling to his path was luck yes, but him finding the back of the net was pure skill and composure in a high intense game in which he found himself in the right place at the right time!
The same here goes for Gabriel Martinelli and his goal to put us 2-1 up.
The ball bouncing over Virgil Van Dijk and he and his keeper Allisson having a mix up where the ball found itself in front of Martinelli was pure luck for us and pure embarrassment for the Liverpool duo yes, but Martinelli finding the back of the net from outside of the box was not luck, it was pure skill. Because in that moment with that pressure from the game and the fans nerves, and I am sure some nerves from himself, he could have also easily blazed it wide, yet he didn’t thankfully!
That’s the sort of composure and clinical finishing we want from our side, it doesn’t matter who scored it and in what manner, what matters is that it lands in the back of the net and of course you need to be in the right place at the right time otherwise how will the goals be scored right?
Liverpool also had pure luck with their equaliser, they didn’t deserve anything from the game and that was their first shot in the first half, and so the ball went into the back of the net off of Gabriel who didn’t know anything about where the ball was at the time.
But Arsenal scored yesterday and our three goals were very good goals with great passing and great teamwork, it also showed great reading of the game to be quick in retaining the ball and taking the chances when they fell to us.
We thankfully and as I said deservedly walked away with all three points and that is the most important thing and if people want to call us lucky than so be it!
We know what it took to win the game and it wasn’t any VAR calls and that is one thing that nobody can take away from us!
Onwards and upwards we go Gooners!
Shenel Osman
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No luck with that win.Unless you believe a salty media who in their misery are once more concerned with the after mst h celebration to most about.Anything but praise Arsenal ahead of the media darlings.
Well said👌
I don’t recall anyone in the media saying we were lucky and most in the media praising us, even Neville and some ex Liverpool players.
Likewise GB, why would anyone connected with Arsenal or the opposition want to downgrade a 3-1 win against the leading team? Must have watched a different game from the majority of us?
It just amazes me everytime Arsenal win,how negative the comments from pundits and rival fans are. It’s never down to how good this group of players are and what a very very good manager we have in Arteta.
It’s always a certain defender or goalkeeper from a rival team making a mistake, a striker having an off day or the opposition manager getting his tactics wrong. Liverpool were outplayed,that’s it.
The hate is just too much. Football is meant to be enjoyed and what happened yesterday is why we love this game so much. I really pray and hope the boys keep the focus and hunger we saw from yesterday going forward. This Arsenal team can beat anyone on their day and they should never doubt it.
The lads out in the hard graft for that win. Wish they played like that in every match, or at least tried to. Jus sayin
Looking back at the FA cup game against Liverpool,we were the better team for most of the first half. We hit the bar failed to convert out chances and we duly paid for it when they buried their chances for both.
We outplayed Liverpool and our tempo was what they couldn’t contain. They committed so many mistakes thereof. We are just the better team.
I don’t think there was, any luck. I mean Pool got lucky to equalize and we got lucky to score the 2nd. So luck evens out. We dominated.
I am flabbergasted that such a left field suggestion was even considered, frankly. Our expected goals were 3.52, Liverpools was 0.41. That says it ALL!
The article writer, IMO wrongly surmises, though with only her own suspicions but NO tangible evidence at all, to back up her view that SOME – she doesnt of course name names, as I suggest she knows they dont EXIST – who, according to her, “think us lucky”.
She at least has the nous to say we were not lucky.
But her premise(on behalf of mysterous, non existent, therefore unnamed others) was in the first place an untrue one , which is MY MAIN OBJECTION to this piece.
Completely agree with you Jon, I’ve not seen any negative comments about who deserved to to win, yes some about the final whistle celebrations, but that’s a different subject.
I haven’t heard or read of anyone saying we were lucky so I don’t know where the writer of this article heard or saw this fact. To answer the question though of course we weren’t lucky.
There was no luck in the 2nd goal… Martinelli chased down the ball and his physicality forced an error from the 2 Liverpool players… thats great awareness and tenacity. !
Liverpool did not deserve even half a goal. If we had a clinical no.9 we could have given them 5 or 6. To win the league you must kill your immediate challengers. Bravo 👌👌👏👏. Let’s keep the momentum….
I would say Liverpool benefited from some favorable decisions by the referee. There were instances where the calls made in their favor appeared questionable. So my view they were the lucky ones only conceding more goals.
I would go as far to say we were unlucky to lose to them the cup
Unlike that game where failed to put the ball in the net we absolutely tore them apart in the first half
Onwards and upwards
Don’t really get the media hype. Any team would celebrate the way Arsenal won. Klopp especially is renowned for his overzealous celebrations. The more they get upset the more we want to celebrate.
👍What is wrong with celebrating the hard work behind a 3-1 win against the leading team?
The goals had a slice of luck for sure but we certainly deserved the win after outplaying them
Add a creative midfielder to this team and the return of
injured players.. and we’re cooking !! This win meant
a lot to MA. let’s hope he can use it for the remainder of
the season.. this win was no fluke (our boys are strong)
no doubt Arsenal dominated Liverpool, were the better team and deserved the win – even Klopp said so himself
but if you honest with yourself it could have resulted in a 1-1 draw no matter harsh outcome that would be
never have I seen Allisson make one howler like that, let alone two that result in opposition goals, perhaps his worst day between the sticks for Liverpool
the second between his legs is almost worse than first, crazy from that far out for a shot like that to go between his legs, there was a slight touch by Van Dyck but still a routine save every day of the week
and Van Dyck is the other factor, no doubt one of the best defenders of the decade to also have a howler, the first one is his to deal with
in fairness Arsenal also conceded a freak own goal, the likes of which I hope I have never seen before
so 1-1 would have been a case of ‘lucky, lucky Liverpool’
You make your own luck, if that was Man City, Liverpool or any other club? They would have labelled them tenacious and unwavering. I’m actually glad that we’re making their piss boil. Living rent free in their weak minds.
We were the better team on the day. Thats it.