Arsenal v Aston Villa Match Thread

[Demitri_C]

Carlos and emi have been superb today.

I think tielesman has been quite poor to be honest. He is letting the team down with some of his passing. Certainly needs to improve 2nd half.

Very promising half. We can expect relentless pressure 2nd half so we need to be prepared for that. Saka and odegaard have looked good. They will im sure bring on martenelli as we know what a threat he can be

[Baldy]

Very professional first half. Love the way we are slowing the game down whenever we can. Builds the pressure on Arsenal who are desperate for a win.

[Flamingo Lane]

Where were the screaming hysterics when Ollie nearly scored???

I knew it was hitting the post but then swerving in the back of the net so I jumped and screamed goal  , cant believe it stayed out

I reckon we would got a draw or even win with that going in.

I just screamed FUCK OFF!

[AlexAlexCropley]

Missed the first half, to hear the commentary we are getting funeraled but almost snatch a goal. Is that true ir has it been fairly end to end

Grown into the match and worried them on several occasions

[Garyth]

[...]SJM should've just run up and put his foot through it and seen if they would be a deflection.

Yeah thats what I would have gone for

I've sometimes wondered what would happen if you hit it as hard as you can. After a few times the defenders would know what's likely to happen, and no one would be too keen to be in the wall.

[Nev]

That was good. You feel that they will eventually get a break or something. Discipline and energy needed in spades again second half. Subs will be important.

[dicedlam]

Good half.
A few sticky moments but concentration so far holding well.
I would like to see Duran come on at some point. Saliba and Gabriel need working more.

Same again lads.

[bilsim]

Reminiscent of the Spurs home game. Feel like once Arsenal get one it's open season. Until then, we're going to have to keep fighting and hopefully Emi can keep us in it.

[Forge10]

Hard not to be happy holding Arsenal away. I really can’t believe how many times we give the ball away in ridiculous positions. I want to like Zaniolo but at times it’s like playing with a man down. Diabys first touch is poor, hopefully we will see the best of him from next season because at the moment we get better value from Rogers who cost a fraction of the £50m Diaby cost.

[taylorsworkrate]

Missed the first half, to hear the commentary we are getting funeraled but almost snatch a goal. Is that true ir has it been fairly end to end

Arsenal should be ahead. They've got into great positions and been wasteful.

We've defended well and on the odd occasion looked ok going forward

[rob_bridge]

After Citeh gone I thought we'd be 2 behind at HT.

[olaftab]

To the Sky team Villa are only there to be ripped apart. Commentator is itching to  burst with his prepared script when they score. Fucking awful twats.

[Risso]

Can we please not have our usual lax 10 minutes after half time please? A point here and we could be four points clear as Spurs have to play Arsenal.

[Nev]

The ref has been OK generally but missed a few fouls for us. As for the drop ball....

[VillaTim]

I've put it on Optus to avoid Drury , sadly Ian Wright in the studio giving it we this , us that . Fuck off twat .