DiscoD1882
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Deserved nothing. Got nothing. The underdogs played better and wanted it more. So many poor performances today.
Arsenal vs Tottenham: NLD Match Thread
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nipponyid
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Wasn't that curry then....Had a bad feeling about this game, i just knew with all the media stuff over the last weeks bigging us up that they would be so too up for it...dust ourselves off, bad day at the office, onwards to Dortmund Wednesday!
I don't think that excuses his performance. He is a quality player and essential to our team.
SpursDave88
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I agree a ridiculous back handed compliment.
Actually although they wanted it more, they won not because of greater desire, but because they just played better than us, their use of the ball was incisive and positive. We gave the ball away consistently all match.
TheChosenOne
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StevePil
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There are too many ridiculous fans, its why we are the laughing stock sometimes!
We finish once above them and suddenly they are shit and we are great... lets see who finishes higest this year but I support spurs to see us win stuff, not battle over who finishes higher spurs or arsenal, joke mentality but some fans need to wake up
Biggest concern moving forward: a demotivated squad who sees their title hopes potentially vanquished and plays with less urgency in league matches. This team has been on the precipice the last two seasons. I worry there could be a serious drop off if all they have to fight for is a 4th place finish. I expect continued high level performances in the Champions League, but when the goal you've set for yourself isn't achievable, there's a tendency to drop off just that little bit, which makes all the difference in a top league like the EPL.
To put things in perspective, we'd have to win 20 matches, draw 3 matches, and lose 3 matches with a +49 goal difference in our next 26 fixtures to match last season's league standing. That's a nearly impossible order. We have to hope more teams at the top lose frequently to teams in the midtable and Spurs pretty much beat all the lower tier teams without much issue, as we lose a lot of matches to the top teams, it seems.
To put things in perspective, we'd have to win 20 matches, draw 3 matches, and lose 3 matches with a +49 goal difference in our next 26 fixtures to match last season's league standing. That's a nearly impossible order. We have to hope more teams at the top lose frequently to teams in the midtable and Spurs pretty much beat all the lower tier teams without much issue, as we lose a lot of matches to the top teams, it seems.
But that's he was bought for, direct running and breaking the lines. His confidence is improving and with it his touch. His positional sense is very good. There was a breakaway created by him and in the end he didn't pass to Eriksen. I wondered why he hadn't passed, but he really didn't take up a position and Sissoko was waiting for him. The problem was that Eriksen kept up with their back line, which means that you have to delay to ensure he's not offside.
I didn't say you hadn't criticised Kane and Alli, but Eriksen has to impose himself if he is to be considered in the top tier. He's like Ozil in that respect.
Mattspur
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Always disappointing to lose to Arsenal and it’s easy to be knee jerk when summarising the match but overall I think we were unlucky to come away without anything. You expect the home team to have periods of dominance in the game and sure, Arsenal had those. But we also had periods of dominance and we had some good opportunities to score. It came down to a number of refereeing decisions which went against us. Both the goals were offside and I think there was a penalty on Kane which wasn’t given. Once you go 2 goals down away from home it’s very difficult to get back in the match but we gave it a good go and had the ref made the correct decisions we could be coming away with the 3 points.
Led's Zeppelin
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I don't think this Arsenal team is capable of playing better than they did today.
We absolutely know that Spurs are capable of playing far, far better than they did today.
So yes, fair play to them, they did what was needed. For a variety of reasons, some avoidable and others not, we didn't. A frustrating-as-shit result for us that probably makes no difference in the end.
We absolutely know that Spurs are capable of playing far, far better than they did today.
So yes, fair play to them, they did what was needed. For a variety of reasons, some avoidable and others not, we didn't. A frustrating-as-shit result for us that probably makes no difference in the end.
tony0379
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dricha1
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What is the incident you refer to?
DEFchenkOE
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I think a bit of hype around us and supposed lack of character around Arsenal got to out players heads. Arsenal were 100mph from minute one. Whereas we tried to ease into the game but that never happened.
And you can't go into a game like that if players are not 100%. Can't give maximum effort.
And you can't go into a game like that if players are not 100%. Can't give maximum effort.
spursbhoy67
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Unfortunately Poch blamed the decisions on the final result while Wenger said it was a free kick and the players were inside.
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