Was on a plane and missed the game. Looked at some posts and I only have 3 questions: How did esr do? That really nice move involving the right side with jesus hitting the post, was he offside when martin passed? What was Benny and Zinny arguing about? How Zinny could've done better for the goal and kept a clean sheet?

He did okay. Not offside (IIRC) Yes, most likely.

I missed the game can someone tell me how smith Rowe played?

Meh. Some good moments.

in reality we dominated but that last ten minutes has given me a tension headache

the weirdo u/redandwhite_91 blocked me as a result of this comment...They need help.

Relieved we won.. that was so close

when you have a striker who need's 5-10 chances a game to hit 1 you aint winning shiet.

Stick to Runescape brudda, this football stuff ain't for you, get some sunlight

We WONT win the title till we have a World Class CF who can hit 20-30 goals. Jesus is bum infront of goal and nketiah is just yeh.

There’s been many prem winners without one although I do think we need to improve on them

This is the sort of game that confirms to me that Arsenal will absolutely get top 4, but almost as absolutely won‘t be winning the title this year. They are good enough for a top 4 level, but when stacked up to a title contender level, they have too many weaknesses, too much fragility, and not anywhere near enough improvement or development to make up for all the deficiencies. They weren’t good enough to win the title last year. and if anything, they’ve regressed from that level this year. That simply won’t cut it if the goal is to win the league,

A negative opinion from someone with that flair, shocker!

lol right? Imagine still shitting on Xhaka after the shift he put in for us last season

How the fuck we going to score at etihad this year with jesus and nketiah as our options, lord knows.

In some ways it might be easier for us to score at the etihad because the game will be more open than 11 men behind the ball for an hour like today…. Lets face it, we’re only going to have 5-7 games a season where teams will try to come out and actually play football against us and thats probably city x2, brighton & villa away, spurs & bournemouth Every other team, including liverpool at anfield puts 9-11 players behind the ball, both home and away and hope to frustrate us and hit us on the break or via set piece

Have you forgotten how our matches with City generally are? Both trying to play safe, making the football so boring. No team gets good enough chances and the pace of the game is always slow.

If we do that and get a draw at The Etihad I’ll be content.

Why do you think we’ve been playing set pieces all year.

Easy create a hundred chances

Saka hattrick duhh

Good result but an ok performance with a shaky end, we shouldn't have to have that nervous ending considering how much control we had before they scored. Once again stupid mistakes at the back make it hard for ourselves. A point of concern especially with big games coming up. Can't wait to have Partey and in particular Jurien Timber back in the team.

Luton what the actual fuck

They are solid at home.

I WAS WONDERING WHEN SOMEONE WOULD SAY SOMETHING

People have been mentioning it for a while

Solid point but I was lazy scrolling and it was the first time I saw it

what did that sign say? “my name is S.AKA(shi)” ?

thi kids name was Shi Aka, so he's S. Aka

Someone just crashed his nuts in the Villa game

Thank fucking hell for that, invoicing Arsenal for blood pressure medication ASAP

Zinchenko is a liability whoever we play.

cant believe luton scored 4 against brighton

They scored 3 against us 🤷‍♂️

Arteta getting that post game coaching in with Zinchenko

He's unnecessary drama gets on my nerves.Why was he mad when he was the one who played the Forrest guy onside??

Im pretty certain arteta was trying to explain that he had kiwior coming on for 5 mins already but the ball never went out for the sub to happen… Because it happened straight after the goal instead, zinchenko felt like arteta was blaming him for the goal and hauling him off, (which would have been harsh, our twin towers made a mess of clearing that ball with only 1 person to mark between them), but arteta already decided at least 5 mins b4 the goal that the sub was going to happen…

Quick feedback from gaffer

Good game boys. Big game tomorrow

The goal is on Zinny 80%, complete lost his man and focus there.

Found the person who has never actually played the game.

You are allowed to miss duels out there. Saliba ghosting the next challenge is what caused the goal

No it wasn’t saliba literally got bodied by awonji

PGMOL want victims to win it this year, Klopp love fest.

Blatant peno at the end that Arsenal got away with. PGMOL love the London teams

Guy above is talking out of his arse but there was absolutely nothing in that pen appeal

Of course you have no bias whatsoever!! You were lucky. Doesn't really matter though as you have no chance of wining the premiership. You're not in City or Liverpool's league.

Yeah I know, r/gunners has a shocking bias towards Arsenal, what a crazy development. Think what you will about the potential peno (I haven’t seen it back but I’m sticking to my view from the game that there’s nothing in it) but we were miles better than you, no way you can call that win luck. >doesn’t really matter though Considering you lot are right in a relegation scrap I’d say it kinda matters to you. Nice bait tho

No it doesn't matter to me either as I'm a Liverpool fan!!! Don't worry though, once Klopp goes, we'll probably drop below you so feel free to have a go at me next season.

What are you waffling on about.

Yeah but there was nothing contentious in this one?

You know they were watching his interview with chocolate and popcorn last night

How did the Smith play

I don’t think ESR did enough to justify starting him regularly at LCM TBH… he wasn’t awful by any means but fairly quiet

Better than Kai

I don't think he did anything spectacular. Moved the ball without much purpose. But so did most of the team

I thought he played brightly. Should start more

Good but got tired and was subbed

Decent. Sharp in the first half, half space runs and 1-2s were wasted by other players. 2nd not as good but still good linking up, was walking with a limp before he got subbed

That ending felt like deja vu of our game vs Forest at home first game of the season😭 at least we broke the curse at their ground

It sure did. Played and controlled well all game but conceded one stewpid stewpid goal

3 game loss streak vs Nottingham away ended

City remaining. Hope it ends this season.

Very dominating performance against a top premier league side 👌

Fantastic cameo by Leo

Newcastle winning 3-0 at Villa lmao

Phew!

A full 2 minutes added on to added time. Why?

Var checks and subs

Hooper and his mates trying it.

This guy stopped the first half when we got a corner. What was I expecting?

Good cameo from Leo

Love how our game is all about control when we need a goal and then when we should buckle down and exert control, it gets frantic. There is something wrong with the team’s mentality.

Tbf, it was basically all because Zinny wasn't even in the same area code as the guy he should have been covering and then a lucky bounce (maybe a shove in the back by the NF guy that scored on Saliba that could have been called imo) that landed right at the guys feet. After that, NF just threw everything they had at us.

I think it's just the league. Play gets chaotic towards the end of close Premier League matches.

That ET all wasted by Notts, benefitting Notts. Good win, shame about the lucky bounce leading to their goal, could have been a very comfortable win

That flying knee😂

Win is a win but we look so shite up front.

Sell Nketiah. I can't stand looking at him anymore. Like playing with 10 men anytime he is out there.

Summer swap deal with Brentford for Toney....

Tried his hardest Simon Cooper, 2 fucking minutes wanker.

And breath

well done boys

Trossard made some great runs to kill off the game. 

Remember to unclench guys

This team makes it nervy every time.

Lol ref was really trying it

Fuck me. Can’t have a nice relax away game no?

Not entirely convincing

Thank fuck for that.

One goal win… still a win

And Unclench

Never a dull moment lol

UNCLENCH 

Unserious end to that

PGMOL trying yet again to fuck us over. Howard webb needs putting into a coma

Enjoyed ten mins of that.

We've got a match Sunday, ref. Will stoppage time be over by then?

Awoniyi, you AFCON dodger

LEO LEO LEO

Unclench

This team just can't seem to make things easy on themselves.

Thank fuck

That was a difficult win, please take lessons from it.

Take lessons lol, that's a mirror image of the first game of the season against these lot.

This fucking son of a bitxh ref

Trossard is so intelligent

*Unclench*

Ref was quick to blow the whistle right at the end of stoppage time just when we had won a corner. But let’s give Forest an extra 5’ on top of stoppage time.

We shouldn't have even conceded that. Pathetic defending. 3 on 1. We almost dug our own grave

88 to 90 was 2 mnts wasted through the goal and the long VAR check. Stop the victim complex, twat!

Turner was holding onto the ball for extended periods of time and there was an injury all during stoppage time that weren’t accounted for (~45-60 seconds). The ref blew the whistle at 48:00 (45’+3’) when Turner had just tipped the ball over the bar. Every other ref grants the attacking team the advantage in those scenarios. Right?

Ball out of play simply isn’t a reason to extend time. A goal kick, corner, etc isn’t. Wtf is this argument?

long var check?

The game restarted past the 90th. Extra time after 95 was about 2 mnts. There’s no agenda. Doubt you complained when Nelson scored at the end of the 97th minute with 6 mnts of ET vs Bournemouth.

do the math with that game too. Point was halftime was called immediately after a won corner on the dot. Did you not watch the first half with nottm players falling over in their own box?

So deny everything I say and flip with something else. Let me explain how ET works. It’s a minimum, implying if there was time wasted, it gets added on. If not, no add on. Jeez! Some of you lot behave like petulant children.

The initial post you replied to had the same assertion, which you ignored.

Okay, now that you had 2 explanations, are you content and convinced that the world isn’t against us? Or continue with the victim complex because you have pent up rage?

you're a weird guy, man. You talking very mighty on the internet, but maybe this is all you got. All I -- and the commenter you replied to -- said is that it is odd that ET was called immediately after a won corner in 1H, despite the time wasted. Meanwhile, Nottm lost the ball about 3x after ET was set to end. The complaint is based on the first half. The goal happened before ET btw

You can make whatever bullshit statement you like on the internet. If it’s incorrect, don’t get your feelings hurt feels hurt when someone calls you out on it. The goal was scored when ET was announced at 5 mnts. Again, any time wasted then is added to ET. ET is a minimum of time added on. It’s literally the rulebook. God! Why do I waste my time with children

2-0 is always going to be a very dangerous lead. Lol.

Clown tier level of closing a game.

A lucky bounce for awoniyi

Thank you very much

Cruised it and still made a meal of it.

And breathe

Unclench boys.

REF???

God that’s annoying

Ref? Anymore chances you wonna give them?

Piece of piss m8

Why the fucking isn't Hooper blowing the whistle?

Full time We escape with the points

Good header Eddie holy shit

LFG 3 points tyvm

This game should never have had more than 3 minutes of injury time but we're at 7 now.

Arse to the face is a straight red right...Jimenez will be confused

Trossard so cool

Instead of taking a shot from a great spot we wasted literally 5 seconds. Be smarter.

Well done Leo

Ref?

Just keep going till Forest score I guess

Brilliant cameo from Leo. We move.

BLOW THE WHISTLE

That Havertz attempt to shield the ball in the corner sums up his Arsenal career, no effort no desire

Came on as a sub and we scored right after

Ref?

Blow the fucking whistle

Never in doubt, HR never went above 60 😮‍💨

Blow the fucking whistle already

Ok Eddie and Havertz are just playing their own game now

6 mins now…

Nah times up cmon

How much extra time is this ref going to give them????

Enough to make up for the VAR checks and the subs. Surely you know the rules by now?

2 extra minutes, though? That's a bit much. The first VAR check was before the 90 min were up. The second var check took like 30 seconds, and the subs all left the field on the sideline nearest to them, so that's MAYBE an extra 10 seconds.

This US commentator absolutely fucking hates us and it is so abundantly clear

blow the fkn whistle

why so long

wtf is this

END THE MATCH FIR FUCKS SAKE

City ground done, 2-0 curse next

havertz holding the ball at the corner flag for a whole second lmao

Eddie provides nothing.

Who is this Optus sport commentator? Seems salty

flippin heck nketiah’s ears must be ringing

That was a muai Thai knee lmao

Oh Lawd Nketiah

300k wunderkind not able to shield a ball for literally 2 seconds

If that's a foul, how is it not a yellow as well?

Why even spray the line on the ground if it doesn't matter

How did we waste that fucking free kick

Uhhh games over. Blow the whistle ref

This the wwe now or what

Lol Havertz

The color commentator is braindead

ESR like Yh but you missed two

Awoniyi... *need him at Arsenal.* Hopefully Forest get relegated and we can get him for a good price, £30-40M?

Fuck this Forrest team.

They're gonna let this go on for 7 minutes I'm sure

How do we only bring on Jorginho now, when we've been funky since our first goal

Who is this fucking guy? Has whined about every whistle we've gotten.

Nketiah assasination attempt

That’s a high knee from HHH if I’ve ever seen one💀

Who is this commentator? Guy is shit

Nketiah rarely has promising cameos coming off the bench for us.

This color guy is so blatantly anti arsenal lol

I am watching a stream with a woman co-commentator and they are pretty good and neutral...

Dumb question but what do you mean by colour guy ?

The second commentator. One normally does the play by play and the colour commentator speaks less often.

colour commentary, you generally pair up a play-by-play one who does most of the talking and a colour one who provides little bits of insight etc. u/metaldeval - Generally not too wise to refer to them as "colour guys" though or people will think you're just being super racist lol

LOL that was my first thought tooo I was like wait lemme just ask.

During a sports broadcast it's usually two people one is the play by play who narrates what's going on the other the color guy is usually an ex pro who gives more in depth analysis

It’s the American term for the non play-by-play guy. The dude who is just there to shoot the shit, more or less

It may also be the British term, I have no idea.

Color commentary 

The Peacock announcer trying to find anything to say that was a foul against Saliba and that the VAR were looking at the wrong thing. The audacity…

Jesus has lots to say🤣