Match Day Thread Arsenal vs Crystal Palace - Matchday Thread

3-1. Annoying goal to concede. From a corner as well . Really need to sort this out.

 

Spurs would throw this away but arsenal won't

 

Almost 3-2. **** sake man, we need to get a foothold on the game. Got away with one there.

 

4-1! Saka! That move started from Jesus picking the ball up and driving with it, Will Hughes doesn’t clear his lines properly, lands at Tierney’s feet, who pulls it back for Saka to cushion it home.

 

The way we move the ball is so impressive. Really good combination play, penetrative running, 1v1s, one-touch passing under pressure to bypass their press, creation of overloads and lots of vertical movement. It’s truly top, top stuff.

 

FT. 4-1.

Fantastic win and a big result after the disappointment of midweek. Thought there might be some fatigue after the amount of minutes we played on Thursday evening, but certainly didn’t look like it.

Heading into the international break with an 8-point lead on Man City and some lovely attacking football on display. Great stuff.

 

Special mention to Holding, who came into the team and received pelters pre-game on social media (undeservedly so). Thought he looked very solid and the stats back it up, too.

 

He looked a little shakey to me but then our whole backline looks more erratic without Saliba.

Still love him though - he's still better than Cannavaro.

 

Great result today.

Saka hitting form again - which is great, he's actually looked a bit lackluster in our last few matches. We need him back sharp for the run-in.

9 more wins and we are Champions.

 

Trossard has been absolutely brilliant since he came in. Such a shrewd piece of business from Edu and Arteta.

To think we were looking having to pay £88m for Mudryk !

 

Hmm - I think he looked a bit rash early on, but as we settled, he seemed more assured.

Given that he’s barely played this season, and this was his 1st Premier League start with lots of people dreading his inclusion, he did well all things considered. He won all his aerial duels, wasn’t a liability in possession, made some decent interceptions and tackles and cleared his lines when he needed.

As far as 3rd/4th choice CBs go, I thought he was decent.