Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 2 Post Match Thread.

[Tony Daleys Shorts]

First time in 52 Premier League away games we’ve not lost after going 2-0 down.

[Monty]

Personally I thought it was the most obvious handball of the season, possibly in the history of earth.

[Exeter 77]

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.

[VillaTim]

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.

[Beard82]

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

[VillaTim]

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 .

[ldavfc4eva]

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.

[Demitri_C]

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.

[Brend'Watkins]

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.

[Chip Butty 111]

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...

[coreyfeldman]

Check out bogardes stats, absolutely unbelievable. Real promise there

https://x.com/AVFCStatto/status/1880700902837031255?t=jjWC0NaY1QQ5cratdXxnlQ&s=19

[Rory]

AFTV. To be enjoyed.

https://x.com/aftvmedia/status/1880702204715082084?s=46

Jesus Suffering Fuck

That bloke after their second has the mother of all wedgies.

[RamboandBruno]

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.

[Martyn Smith]

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

[brontebilly]

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.