You know how Tottenham could totally stick it to Arsenal?
By losing the North London Derby, but then taking points off Manchester City so Arsenal win the league.
Then they could be all like “we helped you win” and we could be like “yeah, sure, whatever.”
We’d be so owned.
Havertz, Ødegaard, Martinelli, Saka, Jesus is probably Mikel Arteta's preferred front five.
They hadn't played a minute together all season.
They scored 5 goals in their first 45 minutes.
If Thomas Partey isn't on a yellow card, he gives a foul there and that goal doesn't happen.
See how much more leeway Rodri has to stop attacks because he hasn't been properly booked for all the fouls he should have been earlier in the match?
These things matter.
Bukayo Saka was physically lifted up and thrown to the ground. Penalty wasn’t given.
Martin Ødegaard brushes against Eriksen. Foul given. Goal ruled out.
Just a shred of consistency is all I’d like to see.
Mikel Arteta was booked for some reason.
But De Zerbi was not booked for waving an imaginary card earlier in the match.
Different rules for different clubs.
In 3.5 seasons, Mikel Arteta, Edu, and this young core of players have taken Arsenal from its lowest point in decades to a Champions League quarterfinal and two Premier League title races.
From where I sit, big changes would be foolish.
Finally, Graeme Le Saux says it.
Manchester City's squad costs double the amount that
#Arsenal
's does.
"They can go into the market and pick off anyone they want. They don't have to compromise anywhere."
Juxtaposing Mikel Arteta's yellow for stepping outside the technical area while celebrating an extra time goal with Erling Haaland not being punished for getting the face of, bumping into, and screaming at a referee highlights the absurd priorities established by the PL and PGMOL
As NBC Sports is saying, how is the “foul” on Ødegaard a “clear and obvious” error?
Paul Tierney is right there and has a clear view. He decides it not a foul.
Right there, BY DEFINITION, it cannot be a clear and obvious error.
This is what you get when you permit Manchester City to flout the financial rules for more than a decade, racking up 115 charges.
Liverpool and Arsenal have been magnificent this season, City have been less than themselves. And still, one slip and City are in control.
According to
@TheAthleticFC
, Arsenal have had players miss 962 days through injury this season, around the middle of the Premier League.
The team with the best injury record this year? Manchester City at only 437 days missed, nearly 300 less than any other club.
Mikel Arteta should lose it at the refereeing after the match. Like take the fine, take a one-match ban, whatever. Sometimes you need to make a statement and try to wake ‘em up. And the Premier League needs to wake up.
Every Arsenal supporter knows that Harry Kane is that kind of player. He looked where Gabriel was and popped him with an elbow in the neck / jaw.
Despicable player. Has always been one. Tries to hurt defenders.
This situation happened twice - here with Xhaka and once with Martinelli not playing Balogun in. My concern is that they’ve been coached to take the safe, easy pass to Tierney out wide instead of trying to riskier but much higher reward ball up the channel.
Poor from Paul Tierney, then poor from Liverpool to not give the ball back to Forest.
Really no two ways about it. There is a way we generally do things in football, and it wasn't done here.
And it helped Liverpool win a match that otherwise, they almost certainly don't win.
Honest question. CHO had it wide at 96', play was still running, then it was whistled for a head injury (Tierney made the motion after seeing Konaté down after running into Kelleher). Liverpool got the ball on restart. What am I missing?
You know you’ve scored a banger when your teammates can’t believe what they’ve just seen.
What a goal from SALIBA [to the tune of Tequila by The Champs]!
And Martin Ødegaard at the double. You love to see it.
It’s five straight Premier League victories hosting eight straight as Liverpool head to the Emirates. Can
#Arsenal
pull off the upset and continue their march towards the Champions League?
#ARSLIV
Saka touches the ball beyond Neuer, Neuer steps into his path, and takes him down.
100x more of a penalty than the one given against Arsenal.
Unbelievable.
Ilkay Gundogan, only playing because KDB is being rested. Phil Foden rotating in for Jack Grealish.
That’s what more than a decade of financial doping gets you.
The buzz around Youri Tielemans to
#Arsenal
has much the same feel as the Ben White and Aaron Ramsdale moves from last summer.
As in, it’s very likely to happen, and it’s just of question of when and for how much.
This is a perfect example of why we absolutely cannot completely bin VAR.
Do you want to go back to this? Because if you bin VAR, this is what you'll get.
There's a massive, additional part to Manchester City's success that has nothing to do with Pep Guardiola that these talking heads steadfastly refuse to discuss.
"As long as Pep Guardiola is manager, it's just gonna be hard for everyone else."
Is there treble on for Manchester CIty after this dominant performance against Arsenal?
#MyPLMorning
Okay, let's get it right this time.
Because none of William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhaes, and Bukayo Saka got a 5th caution today, they will not be suspended.
The threshold increases to 10 yellows over 32 matches. If a player hits that mark, they miss two matches.
Look at this horrible thing the
#Arsenal
women have done, protesting to the referee about not stopping play when the ball hit her.
Definitely worth an FA charge, right? How dare they be upset she got the rule wrong and cost them a goal?
Precisely this. As
@jamesbenge
said, there is only one club that can bottle the Premier League for the foreseeable future: Manchester City.
Their resources mean they SHOULD win it every time. When they don’t, they’ve screwed up.
The bottled talk is as stupid when it's Arsenal as when it was us. Before City's financial doping, you didn't need 95-100 points to win the league, and City are only capable of recording those totals because they can afford—in fees and wages—£50M back-ups across the board.
Eddie Howe and the club that employs him does more to undermine the image and integrity of the game than managers voicing their frustration with referees ever can and will.
🗣️ Eddie Howe calls for tougher punishment for managers who abuse referees in effort to protect officials & improve image of game
✔️ NUFC boss backs
@MailSport
'Stop Abusing Referees' campaign. Story below 👇
May be in the minority here, but I’m encouraged by Aubameyang’s performance today in comparison to how he’s looked.
He’s attacking the posts, getting on the break, just can’t find that final touch to score. That will come.
Mykhaylo Mudryk would fill a big hole in the
#Arsenal
setup: players with neck tattoos. The Gunners don’t have enough of those.
He’d also be a solid rotational option on the wing.
That goal shows the ridiculousness of the way hanball is called.
The ball hits Matty Cash's arm in the same way it hits Kai Havertz.
Why is one deemed consequential and not the other?
The picture in the VAR review perfectly illustrates one of my general gripes with VAR.
Why are we deferring to the "call" the linesman at the top of the image made?
He's not on the goal line and he's looking through two posts, Zinchenko in the goal.
He hasn't got a clue.
Gabriel Martinelli, Magalhaes called up to Brazilian national team for World Cup Qualifiers at the end of March. Congrats to
#Arsenal
’s Brazilian duo!
Lots of people who support clubs that are 15 points (plus) behind
#Arsenal
are surprisingly mouthy right now.
I'd be a bit more concerned with your own backyard, to be quite honest.
Bernd Leno was like "I don't want to stay at
#Arsenal
long term" and the club went "say less" and got Aaron Ramsdale. And Leno hasn't been heard from since.
Let's give Ben White his due praise. Dude played CB last season and has been fantastic at RB this year.
Had another great game today. Shut down Wilf Zaha in the opener. He's playing really well.
You know why you can't see the ball on the replay of the goal?
Because it's out of play.
If it were in play, you'd be able to see at least a sliver of it around Bowen's leg, overhanging the touchline.
And as always, the same goes for all abuse aimed at footballers (and really any humans) online, in writing, or in person.
Be kind. Don't be a dick. It isn't hard.
The implication of that yellow card to Bukayo Saka is that players are expected to maintain full body control while being fouled from behind and dragged to the ground.
Utterly nonsensical.
Westwood, who is already booked, just got an arm / elbow to Gabriel’s neck or face. Of course, he’s not sent off.
Gabriel has been sent off for two quick yellows twice at
#Arsenal
. Thomas Partey was given two in three minutes against Liverpool.
Lee Mason was the VAR who incorrectly told Paul Tierney to go to the monitor in the
#Arsenal
-Manchester United match.
Mason "forgot" to draw lines that would have ruled out Brentford's goal.
He should be sacked. Immediately.
Mohamed Elneny injury "significant" per
@David_Ornstein
and others.
With Partey and Zinchenko out shorter term, will
#Arsenal
shift their transfer focus from winger to central midfielder?
Seriously, the rest of the Premier League is basically worthless.
Chief among them Aston Villa, who handed Manchester City a win at the Etihad by not even trying to win, and played their best game of the season against Arsenal.