Match Thread Arsenal v Everton - Friday 23rd, Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[diggerdestroyer]

Very good win. I thought we played quite well first half. 2nd half we slackened off and scraped home. Arsenal are bang average without their front boys.

 

[Ring master]

Translated to

three points that are very important. we keep adding in every way

 

[witchdoc187]

I don't think we're even remotely Arteta's dream job

Arsenal are "his" club and he's managing them currently

We are everyone's dream job

 

[deipnosophist]

Just seen the score (forgot the game was on!)...well in Everton!. I was confident our lionhearts lose that (due to too much performance pressure ). I have zero idea of how we played...but 3 points is all I care about.

 

[catcherintherye]

Slightly off topic but is there a date set for the extra game against Villa yet?

Waiting for Grealish to get back fit.

 

[Ring master]

 

[Toffee-nerd]

Arteta after game press stuff​

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Arteta on disallowed goal​

"There are certain things we cannot control. To disallow a goal 15 seconds before - I saw it ten times but I cannot see it. I don't get it."

Arteta on the fans​

"I am desperate to have them back because we really need them. We have a really young team who has to experience the emotion, security and trust when you feel your people really behind you."

Arteta on the VAR decisions​

"At the end I have to defend my club and our interests. Today I said that is enough."

Arteta on whether the players knew about the protests​

"We got inside the stadium [early]. Obviously they know what is happening, they are all connected to social media. We let them know the reasons why they [the fans] were outside."

Arteta on Leno​

"We have two really good goalkeepers and Mat got a chance because he deserved it. Bernd is our no.1 goalkeeper, he's been doing well and errors are part of football."

Arteta on qualifying for Europe via PL​

"It's becoming very difficult mathematically to achieve that now."

Arteta on the protests​

"We knew that was happening, we knew our fans wanted to express their feelings and we made preparations with that in mind. It's not an excuse."

Arteta on VAR decisions​

"This has been building up. Enough is enough. Today I had enough. We've had many of them that noone explains them. It affects a lot of people, our job and most important our football club."

Teta can get in the bin. His clubs going backwards and he knows it. Pipe down mysteron.

 

[Verbal Kint]

Let's be honest that was awful, i don't think the most bias of us would suggest otherwise. Arsenal are bloody awful and we barely throw a punch at them..

I'm all for winning and delighted we still have a chance for Europe, but how much improvement do we need for next year. Hopefully its a case of making us hard to beat for Ancellotti and adding more quality this summer.

 

[Osamabindiesel]

Arsenal are a striker away from being relegated. Pure crap

 

[hallamblue]

Let's be honest that was awful, i don't think the most bias of us would suggest otherwise. Arsenal are bloody awful and we barely throw a punch at them..

I'm all for winning and delighted we still have a chance for Europe, but how much improvement do we need for next year. Hopefully its a case of making us hard to beat for Ancellotti and adding more quality this summer.

I don't think that's true. We could have scored 1 or 2 in the first half. 2nd half wasn't great but we never looked like losing. We're a limited team, hopefully that will change next season if we can get a few more players in.

 

[hallamblue]

We need to sort out our distribution from the back. Pickford was the only one of the back 5 who could play more than a 5 yard pass tonight.

 

[marnie]

If only we had Beaten Spurs last week.We might have been invited to that Super League.Oh well.

 

[roy vernon]

Funny old week, with one thing and another. If you had offered me 4 points from Spurs and Arsenal this week I’d have torn your hand off. Kind of thought that, if it happened, it would be beat Spurs and get a point off Arsenal.

MOTM for, me, Pickford, I’m beginning to worry myself, I think that’s the 3rd time I’ve voted for him this season.

 

[Brownie]

What a wonderful win and a wonderful moment in the second half where Sigurdsson and Gomes combined to produce consecutive aimless legs wafted in the air in attempts to play the ball rather than moving one yard to challenge for it properly.

 

[riddick]

Arteta after game press stuff​

​

Arteta on disallowed goal​

"There are certain things we cannot control. To disallow a goal 15 seconds before - I saw it ten times but I cannot see it. I don't get it."

Arteta on the fans​

"I am desperate to have them back because we really need them. We have a really young team who has to experience the emotion, security and trust when you feel your people really behind you."

Arteta on the VAR decisions​

"At the end I have to defend my club and our interests. Today I said that is enough."

Arteta on whether the players knew about the protests​

"We got inside the stadium [early]. Obviously they know what is happening, they are all connected to social media. We let them know the reasons why they [the fans] were outside."

Arteta on Leno​

"We have two really good goalkeepers and Mat got a chance because he deserved it. Bernd is our no.1 goalkeeper, he's been doing well and errors are part of football."

Arteta on qualifying for Europe via PL​

"It's becoming very difficult mathematically to achieve that now."

Arteta on the protests​

"We knew that was happening, we knew our fans wanted to express their feelings and we made preparations with that in mind. It's not an excuse."

Arteta on VAR decisions​

"This has been building up. Enough is enough. Today I had enough. We've had many of them that noone explains them. It affects a lot of people, our job and most important our football club."

BEST LITTLE SPANIARD WE KNOW!

Arrogant little tit. What Jorginho said about Lampard goes about 10x more applicable for Arteta.