I’m so sure the Arsenal fans are buzzing, glad and
excited with the way Saturdays game at the Emirates went, from the whistle it
was a better performance , they played so well, so much better than the
previous games but similar with the community shield, just a different Man City
side.
From the start we pressed and got right in their faces,
Flamini and Wilshere to thank for that, much better passing even though
patient, every Arsenal fan who saw that game even though we just got a point
would have seen a lot of positives to take forward. Sanchez was impressive,
tracking back, coming inwards, helped Welbeck and Debuchy a lot but he still
needs to play with the team a lot more, Danny Welbeck on the other hand was good
on the day in my honest opinion, the fans ran praise on him in the opening
minutes with every touch and with him having played his first game he did
alright, good runs and link ups but can still do better and hopefully gain
confidence and much composure in front of goal.
Mesut Ozil started again on the left, I still don’t get
why Wenger does that but I think it’s too forcefully improve his work ethic or
because Theo is still out or because he doesn’t work hard enough, out wide
reduces the workload for the team, be it any of it, it needs to stop and he
needs to get his head right, the Arsenal fans miss him.
Arsenal were on top for 20mins and they needed to use a
goal to seal that superiority so that’s why when Kun Aguero got that goal, it
was like a dagger in the fans hearts, poor man marking, poor tracking back and
too easy. Flamini didn’t move back fast enough, Gibbs was caught out of
position likewise Koscielny but with that Arsenal still kept on coming,
creating chances, I’ll say again just the first half alone was much better than
all the games played this season, the good ball movements. With that goal, City
got back into the game, Navas was more involved, so was Silva. They really came
at Arsenal with Szczesny keeping them out on two occasions, could easily have
been 2/3-0.
The second half didn’t lack quality, it was another
impressive half where we say three goals, a very exciting game, Arsenal picked
off where they left off before the conceded and excellent pressing, positioning,
precise passing brought the equalizer, Wilshere won the ball half way and
started a fast break and finished the move off with an excellent unbelievable
finish, so sure Hart expected the cut back and Wilshere again was influential
in Arsenal lead, through Kompany’s clearance from Ramsey’s cross he nodded the
ball back into the box, and into Sanchez path, who partly showed the Arsenal
fans why Wenger spent so much to bring him to North London, very fine composed
technique.
So sad we lost the game, if I am permitted to use that,
to the same rubbish we have screamed on for the last two years, ZONAL MARKING,
I thought Wenger made a promise not to do that this season, I was sad, very
poor marking, why can’t everyone have a man, then we know who to blame and the
person adjusts, zonal marking to an extent is rubbish because it gives the
attacking team the advantage sadly. They just left the lead slip but still had
chances to clinch it, so did City.
A very exciting game and a much better game from the last
for both sides, so many positives to work on, next for Arsenal is a trip to
Dortmund, hopefully they can replicate the famous win in the group stages last
year at the Signal Iduna Park. Thank you for the constant support, Bless!!
Article by Asimolowo Abimbola
Follow him on Twitter - @GrownLittleMan_
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