KevinRichardsonsMoustache

Makes the penalty area his own in shootouts. Controls the ball, the space, the crowd…he controlled the referee for crying out loud. 
 

 
The man is a maestro in these situations 

He is getting a fair bit of quiet praise in the media atm, but you’d hardly know that he’s second only to Haaland this season. Can’t help but compare this to the flash in the pan when Nketiah was scoring for Arsenal: next big thing, blah blah. 
 

Maybe Ollie thrives off this sort of thing? 

13 hours ago, foreveryoung said:

With a bit of hard work, guy could be living the dream in the Prem, really got no time for him. His story he came out with to gain some support (as no one supports him for his football anymore) had no sympathy from me at all. We all have hardships chap, just many of us don't have the chance to set our families up for generations to come, boo hoo.

Sky on frickin suicide watch or something. The anount of wasters been commentating on games lately is nonsence.

Watching him is like watching a child. Has no emotional resilience. Lacks confidence in himself. He's psychologically ruined. 

Skysports shouldn't be giving him this platform: they might think they're helping him but it's counter productive. It's like watching a car crash in slow motion. 

1 hour ago, HanoiVillan said:

One of my favourite moments of the season, this. Shows how people who know the game don't get swept away in reactive stuff like scorelines, and focus on fundamentals. Worth remembering, and trying to 'be more like Alex'. 

I wish they would have asked him what he saw to be able to come to that conclusion. Instead, they nod their heads in a sort of reverent way, but there's also a bit of 'this guy has lost it, he's nuts' condescension there, too. 

Modern media: get the soundbite. F*ck the learning. 

Fantastic. How can this not give these players a massive lift for the remaining matches? This was special but we might have just reignited a few players 

Fire drill in the stands at the Emirates 

Just now, Farlz said:

An all timer masterclass. Unai you are special. 

It really is. Unai is playing 5D chess while Arteta is at home having a sad w*nk 

Clever by McGinn 

It’s a tactical masterclass. Everyone has done their job perfectly, 

Almost three 

They won’t score if they had 80min extra. Goodbye, Gunners 

Deserved 

Unai has a plan…

Worried about this one: If we are as weak in the middle as we were against Lille, then I don’t fancy us. I guess Arsenal will be up for it. 

However, in the back of my mind I have this thought that there are signs that a couple of big players are playing themselves into form again: McGinn and Watkins in particular, but it’s clear that Emi is a f**king colossus atm. Just need Doig or Youri to step up and the midfield will be far stronger. 

 

I love how he’s embracing being a leader. I don’t think it came naturally to him, but Emery seems to be showing him how he can exert influence. 
 

A stunningly good player. I love that he was with us in the championship and all of our time back in the PL. He is symbolic of everything we’ve done to get here.  
 

And fwiw, he’s improved immensely and developed professionally since Jack left. 

9 hours ago, VillaChris said:

Really liked watching Haraldsson, he found pockets of space beyond our midfield nicely and on another night could've had a couple of assists.

Only 20 and Lille signed him for around 10m from Copenhagen last summer so guess he's already in 30-40m bracket but would be an interesting one to target I think.

Agreed. Looked sharp on the ball, surprisingly strong and made things happen. Bit like Buendia? He’s the sort of player that you could see going to a slightly unfashionable PL club and ripping it up. 

I thought he looked clumsy when he came on, but that might be his manner. 
 

Tbf, though, none of the subs had much of an impact beyond having fresher legs yesterday so I don’t think one can pass comment on Zaniolo.
 

I think, at that stage in the game, it was a matter of us staying in our shape. At one point leading up to their corner, he got into a bit of a pickle and lost his man on the left. Other than that, I think he did the job that was expected of him. 

Has got a bit of swagger about him now. 

Unbelievable player. 

Would’ve taken that result before kickoff. Fact is they are orders of magnitude the best team we’ve played in the competition. Considering the injuries and the fact that we’ve taped together a team, we showed flickers of some v good football. Defensive shape and concentration has gone to sh*t, but Emi bailed them out. Fantastic fantastic player. 

Their fans were in v good voice all night, too: they’ll make it a difficult atmosphere at their place. 

Think some of the talk of players being ‘petrified’ is more a reflection of the poster. 

Just now, Villa87 said:

Mings and Kamara huge misses. 

I’ve not seen either of their partners but I’m sure they’re not that overweight..,

Just now, Taxahunter said:

Come on, you can not pin this one on Zaniolo 

not for the goal, but for the move that led to the corner 

Just now, StefanAVFC said:

What’s Diego Carlos actually good at?

He’ll get his shirt off immediately on the final whistle. Mark my words 

They deserve that. Flat footed defending mind