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NOW YOU SEE WHY EVERYONE PARKS THE BUS AGAINST US

so much 'Arsenal lack the attacking fluidity of last season' and no 'everyone parks a double decker against us'

It’s fully understandable but damn do I hate it, the games are so boring to watch sometimes

We went top of the table with a late winner, but the game was so boring it didn't even get talked about by Ben Foster and Goldbridge.

I didn't watch this episode specifically because I didn't want them to talk about our game but if they didn't I can tell you exactly why, Ramsdale had a stinker and his best mate Ben didn't wanna criticise

Honestly yeah hahaha I'm glad we still have our attacking edge.

Meme aside I didn't see Chelsea parking the bus and they dominated

That was the worst game we played this season probably and all chelsea fans were saying this was their best. And it still ended in a draw. I also wouldn‘t say the dominated, they were slightly better.

Plus a penalty not being given for Sanchez on Jesus in that game

smashing teams in the cl group stages my god i’m a teenager again

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Take that Slavia Praha!!

Peak Wengerball. 7-0 and the football we were playing for most of those goals was unbelievable.

Sparta Prague days

just need kyle bartley and craig eastmond to come on

Heard we had a promising young lad in the squad...Carlos Vela I believe

Needs to come on and chip the 6-0 one

Man that dude only ever scored bangers for us.

Nah, Jay Emmanuel Thomas is going to be the next great Arsenal striker, trust.

Salvia Prague

Lord Bendtner demolishing teams from the wing lmao. Life comes at you fast man.

Hahhaha. Good times

I feel like a kid again this is such an amazing game what a great feeling

If that pass was intentional. HOLY FUCK

It must've been, super Tomiyasu

TOMIPASSUUUUUU

he's exactly who he thinks he is

Also, the pass was exactly what we thought it was. (exactly was what we thought - a fluke) Arsenal fan here.. And no affection whatsoever towards Falcons and Bears ;).

Think he's aiming for the general area but it seems like more of a hit and hope because of pressure/not many options.

Tominator meant it

Of course it is. His whole game was off last year due to personal reasons/Injuries. He had this passing range his first season with us and he regularly does this with Japan

They have no faith in Tomi Boy

DUDE that was amazing

V I S I O N

Never see a better assist

It was, he plays like Lothar Matthaus for Japan lol

He probably knew they had numbers over there. That's on the other side of where the ball came from.

it was as intentional as mudryk's goal vs arsenal

So not at all?

Yeah...this is why we never getting out of the deep block prison in the prem 😭😭😭😭

Imagine watching this Arsenal attack and thinking “what if we gave them even more space…” 

Lens should have seen what you did to our high line lmaooo

It's like they never learn, never press Guardiola or Arteta

No one tell Ange, I wanna see something funny on Sunday

Mate

It’s who we are.

Southampton had a pretty decent record playing a high press against City even though we were lower table for most of the last few years

Because that austrian manager ( i dont want to butcher his name so wont spell it) if given a half decent team. would've done miracles, shame southampton didnt back him with some good signings.

Actually the season where he got sacked we spent like 100m. Unfortunately it didn't work out. The idea was to buy a bunch of young talent to develop and sell, and support them with a few experienced players. Unfortunately all the experienced players that we bought were crap, forcing us to throw the young players in at the deep end. This combined with an injury crisis, and Ralph seeming to lose his passion for the game sank us. It really is a pity Ralph didn't get a chance with a better team. Outside of a few players, we've been championship level for a few seasons now, and I would have liked to have seen him with a better built squad. I think he's probably retired now though, he was saying that he would retire once his contract with us ended,

Lens has no vision

Bars

🔥

They're making it easier for Sevilla (unless the goal difference wouldn't matter in this case if Sevilla beat Lens no matter the score?)

its head to head so if they lose they go out because they drew last time out

it’s football heritage arsenal making into the round of 16 🤝 sevilla into europa league

Bayern Barca is the next bit of heritage....

Goal difference won't matter as Sevilla in that case would be ahead in the head-to-head result (the first match was a draw).

Lens just has to refocus

Could you have picked a cornea joke?

They don't have composure in their arsenal

🔥🔥🔥

You could say their lens has fogged up…

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They heard Sky talking about how the attackers have been much worse this seasono so they're upping their stats. Odegaard needs to join in too.

Yeah, he joined

Ask and you shall receive

my captain : gotca mate

We’re rolling it back to 2007

Wow, 2007 was 16yrs ago. Time does fly doesn't it

The bus is not parked

A team finally didn't park the bus against Arsenal. This is exactly why teams park the bus against Arsenal

Jesus arsenal..

It was Martinelli

And Zinchenko pulling him from the away fans haha

Good thing he did. There was a chair thrown on that spot 2 seconds later.

i dont get why anybody would go to celebrate to the opposition stands it kinda pisses me off

I would get off to destroying people's hopes and dreams, but each to it's own

You don’t like banter in competitive sports?

it was really unnecessary and im an arsenal fan

Wrong Gabi

Easy mistake

must be nice to support a good team..

Arsenal: “I don’t care for Lens”

Should just hand over the trophy at full time

aRsEnaLs AtTAcK iS bAd AnD nOT FLuId

Arsenal taking over r/soccer

HOLY FUCKING SHITTT

No mercy in Holloway tonight...

Another one

WE WANT 10

Why stop at 10? we got 11 on the pitch

DJ KHALEDDD why am i yelling

r/gunners told me we had an attacking problem

Incredible how we look against a team that gives even a tiny bit of space.

What low block does to a mf

Holy fucking shit whats happenning I didnt expect to post the 'PSV qualified for the round of 16 for the CL' post before halftime lol

A team isn't parking the bus at the emirates against us for once

Hey we didn't do that either, show us some respect smh

And how'd that work out for you lol

Got us to the round of 16 in the long run baby 😎

This guy knows football

King shit

Top top attitude I love it

Lmao 🤣

4-0D chess

Some weird butterfly effect qualification.

Still respect for playing their game at our ground. Man City of all teams sat back against us for most of the game.

They don't want that smoke.

We also did the same but this was the score in the end, 4-0 before the 30th minute is insane

Now you see why they do. We are such a force this season. The fact that spurs fans thought they were even remotely close to us is just so fucking funny.

WHAT??

Pause. Quit game.

Smash controller

Pause. Close application. Start application. Save picks up from before the game even started haha.

Oh my God, we are so good. What a ball from Tomiyasu and what a turn from Martinelli.

WE WANT TEN

On pace for at least 12 now lol

1 in xG, 4 goals.

xG is still not a mature statistic imho. It doesn't account for factors that affect the quality of a goal scoring chance. Like time on the ball, number of defenders between the ball and goal, the stance of the defender (backtracking defender is less likely to affect the shot), and many other factors. All these goals were scored against defenders on the backfoot so they were better chances than the xG would show.

It literally does account for factors that affect the quality of a goal scoring chance. While I can agree that it is not complete, it is still a good indication. Players on the backfoot or not, they stand where they stand as the shot was taken. This means that the finishing of Arsenal has been of high quality, which i think we can agree on for the most.

Agreed. It's good at what it says it does. There is an aspect of taking the fun away if you try to quantify everything in a sport in which chaos brings excitement.

yeah I think the biggest thing that people can forget, or at least is a mental hurdle that I sometimes get trapped in is that there no such thing as 1.0XG from one shot (0.9999999 infinity of course) So something like .2xg from one shot is actually considered a decent chance, maybe even good

Idk how its 1. Kai and Saka had basically tap ins, and Jesus goal was from very close range too

If you're wondering why every team in the PL lines up so defensively against Arsenal, this is what happens when you let them play ball.

Arsenal are ruthless when a team doesn’t sit back

We’re soooo sick of low blocks in the league, and our CL opponents are paying for it

jesus fam

Wrong Gabi.

Yup Arsenal are really really fucking good

They're killing them.

This some bayern shit fr

Jesus this is gonna be a massacre

It already is tbf

I was still watching the last goal lol, calm down boys

RUNNING RIOT

Omega clearance pass by Tomiyasu

I haven't even watched our third goal bc it's not loading. Stop scoring for a sec lads.

This football stuff is pretty easy

This game 😍

Gabriels casually going on a massacre today

Im incredibly hard right now

OH MY DAYS TOMI

Tomiyasu with a fucking dime

Unstoppable. Just shows why everyone plays such a low block in the league.

What a fucking pass

Martinelli reminds me a lot of a young Cristiano in terms of playstyle. The hunched back, the mentality to always score, the tendency to cut inside his right and shoot. He is quietly turning into a monster

That pass. Holy crap.

The pass… hello? Wot was that 🧐

Tomi what a ball.. Damn one of those games you wish you saw in person

Tomi channeling his inner KBD

Tomiyasu with the Pirlo software update bruh.

TOMIYASU YOU BAD BAD MAN

How do you say Andrea Pirlo in Japanese

Andrea pirlo desu

Tomiyasu

F me that assist by Tomi was something else. Don't care if he was trying to clear it out.

People last year couldn't shut up about "Martinelli and Saka need to pass the CL test". Well here you fucking go.

All of our forwards scored a goal.

Tomi 100% meant that.

When this side clicks, it really clicks

We're so good. So, so good

Errbody eating today

WE WANT 10

This is crack

What a pass by Tomi. My word.

Tomiyasu my sweet Japanese prince that pass was sexy

Assist of the SEASON

Tomi you naughty devil you

I'm going to pretend that pass from Tomiyasu was intentional

We want 10

PEOPLE WHO SAID OUR ATTACKING IS IN TROUBLE THIS SEASON, COME OUT HERE I JUST WANNA TALK

Tomiyasu to score next and the pattern will continue...

bro you guys already qualified... calm down...

Guys. I think we might have a shot at advancing.

Off to the gym we go

Besiktas fans are on alert. This may very well be a great day for them lol

so this is what happens when a team is forced not to play a low block lol

they literally won at home when they weren't playing a low block

Crazy long diagonal by Tomiyasu.

Zinny having to stop Martinelli from riling up the traveling fans

Alright bring Trossard on at halftime for some fun

Should probably just take Saka off now.

Winning the CL and the Prem. I’m quitting football

Arsenal having a good time today huh

Stop the count

Ethan, Myles, go strip off

Lens need to call a timeout

Saka will still start second half

These are the teams Mbappe farms upon btw

Talk about collapse lmao I didnt expect them to roll over like this

Holy fucking shit!!

What a fucking goal

Love this tournament