danvilla2
I’m not an expert
Away performance masterclass.
Yes, Arsenal had some golden chances in the first half but we have a world class keeper, they didn’t and couldn’t put those chances away and the longer it stayed at 0-0 the more likely we were to win it.
First half, I thought Carlos was excellent particularly. The biggest weakness was our right hand side with Diaby just not doing anything right and Konsa having a tough time defensively.
Second half, we didn’t concede early which was the biggest risk. A perfectly timed sub with Unai obviously reading the forum in real time as called by many, with Bailey coming on.
The game had changed, we were in control of the ball and looked threatening whilst we were able to crowd their attacks out. The double substitution by Arteta to take Odegard off surprised me, that changed the game in our favour. We could afford to concentrate on our game in the middle as opposed to make sure he wasn’t pulling all the strings.
Big credit to Zaniolo today. I slaughtered him a few weeks back, I still felt he wasn’t street wise in this league, he didn’t work hard enough and was too left footed to play left wing. But everything in that sentence he has worked on since then, and won so many throw ins and corners whereas in previous games he would’ve tried to nutmeg or turn into someone and lose it.
Youri came into a game winning class of his own, he’s such a player when he wants to be. Someone on the forum put that he could at Real Madrid if he was a bit more athletic, that’s completely right which is a compliment to his footballing ability. Fantastic player.
What a win, I’m still buzzing
Yes, Arsenal had some golden chances in the first half but we have a world class keeper, they didn’t and couldn’t put those chances away and the longer it stayed at 0-0 the more likely we were to win it.
First half, I thought Carlos was excellent particularly. The biggest weakness was our right hand side with Diaby just not doing anything right and Konsa having a tough time defensively.
Second half, we didn’t concede early which was the biggest risk. A perfectly timed sub with Unai obviously reading the forum in real time as called by many, with Bailey coming on.
The game had changed, we were in control of the ball and looked threatening whilst we were able to crowd their attacks out. The double substitution by Arteta to take Odegard off surprised me, that changed the game in our favour. We could afford to concentrate on our game in the middle as opposed to make sure he wasn’t pulling all the strings.
Big credit to Zaniolo today. I slaughtered him a few weeks back, I still felt he wasn’t street wise in this league, he didn’t work hard enough and was too left footed to play left wing. But everything in that sentence he has worked on since then, and won so many throw ins and corners whereas in previous games he would’ve tried to nutmeg or turn into someone and lose it.
Youri came into a game winning class of his own, he’s such a player when he wants to be. Someone on the forum put that he could at Real Madrid if he was a bit more athletic, that’s completely right which is a compliment to his footballing ability. Fantastic player.
What a win, I’m still buzzing
