Arsenal looked to be cruising to victory against United until they hit the self destruct button. This has happened once too many times with Arsenal going in front against teams in the big 4 only to collapse late on in the game. It makes you wonder if Arsenal have the big game mentality. Arsenal were clearly better than United in the game, the players were in control of the game and then a couple of moments of madness and they trow away the game. I know it might seem reactive to this game but it makes you wonder if Arsene shouldnt add a character to the team before the transfer window closes.
The officiating was a farce in my opinion, Mike Dean handed out the most cards last season and gave away the most penalties. He was true to kind in this game dishing out yellow cards for fun to both sides. When it came to making the crucial penalty decisions, he denied Arsenal a clear cut penalty and gave United one on the other end. The last major decision he took was to send Arsene Wenger to the stand for a rather innocuous kick of a bottle at the touchline after Arsenal were rightly denied a goal in the dying minutes. I am very angry about the officiating but I am more angry that Arsenal lost a game they never should have lost in all honesty.
The officiating was a farce in my opinion, Mike Dean handed out the most cards last season and gave away the most penalties. He was true to kind in this game dishing out yellow cards for fun to both sides. When it came to making the crucial penalty decisions, he denied Arsenal a clear cut penalty and gave United one on the other end. The last major decision he took was to send Arsene Wenger to the stand for a rather innocuous kick of a bottle at the touchline after Arsenal were rightly denied a goal in the dying minutes. I am very angry about the officiating but I am more angry that Arsenal lost a game they never should have lost in all honesty.
Wenger post game interview
I agree with you phatoses the officiating was terrible. We should have won the game but again did not. Still think we are stronger than last year and should compete for first. Gutted but still its not all gloom and doom
ReplyDeleteI believe that Arsenal are better than United this season and as long as we dont let the result affect us beyond this game, we would finish the season ahead of them.
ReplyDeleteKeep the officiating aside Arsenal lost because of wenger's attitude when it comes to the top three he's always too defensive......can you imagine playin diaby instead of eduardo? that way reducing the number of chances arsenal can create.....during the last 20mins i saw arsenal play their old type of football passing the ball around with no real objective......i think he should let the team play the way they know how to play and stop being definsive against the top three especially in league matches.....and that defensive pattern put arshavin under stress which lead to that injury which by the way i hope its not serious.
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