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Author Topic: Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 2 Post Match Thread.  (Read 14838 times)

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Re: Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 2 Post Match Thread.
« Reply #105 on: January 18, 2025, 09:03:23 PM »
First time in 52 Premier League away games we’ve not lost after going 2-0 down.

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Re: Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 2 Post Match Thread.
« Reply #106 on: January 18, 2025, 09:07:59 PM »
Personally I thought it was the most obvious handball of the season, possibly in the history of earth.

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Re: Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 2 Post Match Thread.
« Reply #107 on: January 18, 2025, 09:09:49 PM »
I thought Bogarde played well when he came on especially as he was out of position. He played a great ball to Digne before he crossed for Tielemans' goal.

Also Arteta is the most dislikeable character in English football since Denis Wise.

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Re: Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 2 Post Match Thread.
« Reply #108 on: January 18, 2025, 09:13:33 PM »
Fantastic point in the end .

When did we last come from 2 down away vs a "Sky6" side to get anything , you'd be going back decades , may not have ever happened .

Shout out to Bogarde great performance, Unai clearly likes him.

Our two goals were also both masterpieces, a lovely diving header and a well controlled volley , both from fantastic crosses .

Only downside the injury to Onana and the worryingly poor performance from Maatsen.

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Re: Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 2 Post Match Thread.
« Reply #109 on: January 18, 2025, 09:14:13 PM »
We’re not as free flowing as pre xmas last season. But we’ve had PSR challenges, we’re doing unbelievably well in the champions league, and despite not being brilliant all season, we are right in the mix for the top 4 again.

No one is beyond criticism but Unai is as close as it gets.

Contrasting  emotions through the match. Despite the hyperbole amongst some on the match thread, I thought we were well in the game at half time. Thought we were dead and buried at 0-2, but our resilience to come back and stay strong defensively was impressive. Kamara, Digne both great. Bogarde did really well, as did Ollie. Great result and feels like we’re on the march for second half of season.
Good summary - agree with all of it

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Re: Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 2 Post Match Thread.
« Reply #110 on: January 18, 2025, 09:21:52 PM »
A word for the onfield officials , possibly one of the most corrupt performances I've seen for a while particularly second half .
I thought we were pretty poor first half though had a couple of chances , we were yards off the pace and hence conceded . The second goal almost seems to wake us up .

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Re: Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 2 Post Match Thread.
« Reply #111 on: January 18, 2025, 09:24:11 PM »
Very good point today, thought the ref did his best to give Arsenal the win though, nothing went our way until the (correctly) disallowed goal.

Good bench too, especially with Malen and Emi B as unused options, plus McGinn and Ross to come back too.

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Re: Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 2 Post Match Thread.
« Reply #112 on: January 18, 2025, 09:29:06 PM »
I thought Bogarde played well when he came on especially as he was out of position. He played a great ball to Digne before he crossed for Tielemans' goal.

Also Arteta is the most dislikeable character in English football since Denis Wise.
.he looked better in cm than at right back. Started slow 1st half but grew into game as went on. He also almost scored. Was happy with his performance  although at first i found it a very wierd sub
.gutted malen didnt get any game time.

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Re: Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 2 Post Match Thread.
« Reply #113 on: January 18, 2025, 09:29:50 PM »
The worst ever refereeing of a game as you’ll see. Gave them everything, I mean everything. It must have galled him to make the imaginary TV screen to rule out the goal.

I thought defensively we were very good, Digne makes us stronger. Hopefully they can all stay fit.

What’s that song/hymn the sing before the game, it seems to have appeared put of nowhere.

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Re: Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 2 Post Match Thread.
« Reply #114 on: January 18, 2025, 09:32:55 PM »
Great comeback today, showed some resilience 2nd half and real quality In patches. A very decent week with Monaco next, with Duran nicely rested and ready. I questioned Bogarde coming on, but he did great in the middle and had some key moments, which should give him some confidence. Havertz claiming the ball hit his chest was comedy gold...

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Re: Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 2 Post Match Thread.
« Reply #115 on: January 18, 2025, 09:38:42 PM »
Check out bogardes stats, absolutely unbelievable. Real promise there

https://x.com/AVFCStatto/status/1880700902837031255?t=jjWC0NaY1QQ5cratdXxnlQ&s=19
« Last Edit: January 18, 2025, 09:40:43 PM by coreyfeldman »

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Re: Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 2 Post Match Thread.
« Reply #116 on: January 18, 2025, 09:39:16 PM »

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Re: Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 2 Post Match Thread.
« Reply #117 on: January 18, 2025, 09:43:29 PM »
I thought Bogarde played well when he came on especially as he was out of position. He played a great ball to Digne before he crossed for Tielemans' goal.

Also Arteta is the most dislikeable character in English football since Denis Wise.
.he looked better in cm than at right back. Started slow 1st half but grew into game as went on. He also almost scored. Was happy with his performance  although at first i found it a very wierd sub
.gutted malen didnt get any game time.
You found it a weird sub, but it wasn’t as it worked well. Bogarde’s natural position is cdm as opposed to defence.

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Re: Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 2 Post Match Thread.
« Reply #118 on: January 18, 2025, 09:45:34 PM »
Someone was asking on the match thread, when did we last come from 2 goals down against a Sky 6 team?

Well, I was at Highbury for a glorious night in '96 when we did just that. Did we manage to do it again in the 29 years since?...can't remember

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Re: Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 2 Post Match Thread.
« Reply #119 on: January 18, 2025, 09:47:59 PM »
A word for the onfield officials , possibly one of the most corrupt performances I've seen for a while particularly second half .
I thought we were pretty poor first half though had a couple of chances , we were yards off the pace and hence conceded . The second goal almost seems to wake us up .

I thought we were pretty poor for the majority of the game. Digne was only one of back five I was happy with. Maatsen blew his big chance, Cash was roasted by a man in top form, wasn't impressed by either centre back if I'm honest. Konsa left Cash far too isolated and too much got past his post. Mings still is nowhere near his best for me, lots of fouling maybe to be expected after so long out. Just half a yard short at times. Martinez shite for both goals.

Kamara was decent again, Bogarde tried very hard next to him and Watkins put a fair old shift in. Got very little from our de facto wide men, Rogers improved a bit on left late on. Rogers at start of second half and Bailey at end completely failed to track their men and really should have been punished. Disappointed in Ramsey really, he jumped out of a tackle with Partey in the second half that I was sure Emery would hook him minutes later as a result. Minding himself too much and was bullied by a midfielder out of position.

Any day you go 2-0 down at Arsenal and draw is a great result but our form worries me. It's like we are doing enough lately in 20-30 min spells to get results but that's not really sustainable. If there's any chance we could get Luiz back this month we should take it. There's something lacking in our team.

 


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