Arsenal post match 3-1

[Donut]

I wasnt absolutely sure it was a red to be honest, would need to see it again.

I thought there was a covering defender but the referee gave the decision, and thats that.

Maitland-Niles could be some player too

[l444ry]

Don't know where they dug that performance up from. Everything Puel had instilled in them was ditched. Not a bad performance from anyone out there tonight but asks more questions about the manager than it answers.

Edited 9 May 2018 by l444ry

[fuchsntf]

33 minutes ago, kingfox said:

We played the way we did because Arsenal was a totally different proposition, the teams we have played lately have sat back against us and we couldn't break them down, tonight was totally different. Arsenal were wide open at the back and we were able to press and pounce on defensive mistakes, Arsenal from defence to midfield were not compact enough and it helped us massively.

 

It was decent, far more determination and energy from us but Arsenal did help us out a bit. Plenty of positives tonight though, Silva and Iheanacho had their best performances for us imo.

 

If we get hammered by Spurs then this win will count for very little, roll on Sunday.

This win over Arsenal,maybe little to you,but it will always count..!!

Arsenal have always played this way,we never beat them before.

Palace ,nor Newcastle sat back..

[Mendi]

 Finally a win against Arsenal after years! Seriously, please keep Jakupovic he seems to be a decent player! I can’t even imagine how many goals we could have conceded today had we played Ben Hemer!

[ian_marshall]

Great performance tonight. Some will argue that the result may have been different had Arsenal not gone down to ten men, but let that not detract from a marked improvement in performance. 

 

The player's demonstrated the desire and work rate that we saw earlier in the season which has been missing for months. That's genuinely the first time I think I've seen Iheanacho and Silva really put in a shift and not cruise around the park as if they were playing in a practice match. That alone made a massive difference tonight. Add in the outstanding performances from Choudhury and Jakupovic tonight, and you can see why we suddenly looked a far better side than we have in recent week's/month's. 

 

Hopefully we can now take this performance into the Spurs game and end the season on a high. 

[Matt]

Wow.

 

Best we've played all season.

 

Arsenal were poor I must say but thought we played brilliant.

 

I know i've blamed Puel at every opportunity but I struggle to believe he was fully behind that - To add to the fact the coach seemed to be doing more work on the touchline, giving more directions back up my thinking.

 

Looked at him a few times through the match, now I know we've all commented on him not being the most excitable or passionate chap and that he comes across as very dull, boring and quiet, but he hardly did anything tonight, arms crossed, quite miserable looking, when we scored he stood arms on his side, looking into the ground, kicking air, almost like he was disappointed we played well and had scored. I think he knows he's gone.

 

Regardless of my theory or not, we played well, finally and got a win, finally.

 

I just hope it isn't a case of papering over cracks and pulling the wool over people's eyes too much.

[KJT]

Please Puel play football the Leicester way!, not your type of possession passing sideways that gives the opposition time to get back in defense. 

[Monsell1976]

Pleased for nacho, diabate, and silva, best of the bunch today, didn’t always pay off, but they gave everything.

 Better effort today, a few more motivated as they are going to leave, and wanted to leave on a high, for example mahrez was desperate to score, and score a worldey

[kingfox]

8 minutes ago, fuchsntf said:

This win over Arsenal,maybe little to you,but it will always count..!!

Arsenal have always played this way,we never beat them before.

Palace ,nor Newcastle sat back..

Tonight you could see why Arsenal are yet to win away in the league this year, you press their defence and midfield then you're guaranteed chances because they hate to be pressured. 

 

Palace destroyed us because our defence was shit, Newcastle were defensively well organised, they dealt with everything.

[JohnLennon]

I'm a big fan of the way Arsene Wenger has conducted himself in the last few years, and have nothing but respect for him as a manager but -

 

My god i forgot what a sore loser he can be, and how literally anything that goes against him he contends. Likewise anything contentious that goes for him favourably he either agrees with or "didnt see". 

 

Great manager but ****ing hell Arsene, show a bit of decorum at this age.

[old koppite]

Just a great result. We should just enjoy the feeling for a few days. 

Only 1 game left , then all we’ve got to look forward for 2 months is England  in the WC - ha!

[Hammo]

Just so nice to walk out of that stadium feeling happy. It's been so long coming... but at least it finally came before the season ended.

 

Hamza Choudhury, take a bow, son. Terrific display capped by that lovely assist for Mahrez.

[Blue'nWhiteFox]

To beat Arsenal is always great. Enjoy the night and have a sweet sleep .. :-)

[kyleolly]

44 minutes ago, Donut said:

I wasnt absolutely sure it was a red to be honest, would need to see it again.

I thought there was a covering defender but the referee gave the decision, and thats that.

Maitland-Niles could be some player too

I thought Nacho slipped before the challenge came in and also thought they had a covering defender on the right hand side, hey ho how sad never mind. Also thought gray dived for the peno

[Kisnorbo fox]

Silver has had abit of an up and down reception  since joining, but tonight I felt like he showed alot of class. Hopefully the more he plays the more he will show his skills. Diabate also looked sharp. Plus jakupovic looks like a solid stand in keeper. A few positives going forward for next season. Not quite sure about puel yet, as the recent string of results have been poor, it seems he needs alot of negatives before he decides to make the right noises in terms of team selection and tactics.

[iamafox]

Arsene's first PL loss against us in his last match against us, who would've thought it

[UPinCarolina]

On to Spurs. Anything can happen. I hope we rediscover the team we can be when we counter-attack on the floor...which is what we did at first - and what we did tonight - and what Puel actually did improve, at first. We don’t need to win possession, just have a little more of it than we did in the beginning of the season. 

Edited 9 May 2018 by UPinCarolina

[The Wizard]

2 hours ago, ZeGuy said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peul in....

[ZeGuy]

20 minutes ago, The Wizard said:

Peul in....

It's Puel, mate.

[Blue'nWhiteFox]

We should aim for top 4 next season. Nothing less.

[ZeGuy]

4 minutes ago, Blue'nWhiteFox said:

We should aim for top 4 next season. Nothing less.

Why only top 4? Let's aim for the title.

[Spicer]

I think people are getting overly excited. As happy as I am to win and with the knowledge we played well, it was against 10 men for 75 minutes with a goal headstart. A lot easier to play well in these circumstances.

[HybridFox]

1 hour ago, Spicer said:

I think people are getting overly excited. As happy as I am to win and with the knowledge we played well, it was against 10 men for 75 minutes with a goal headstart. A lot easier to play well in these circumstances.

Made a change them being the side with 10 men and conceding a penalty. We have been on the receiving end for years!

[420Hashish]

Makes you wonder why the GK coach kept on putting Hamer ahead of Eldin.

 

Hamer is dogcrap, yet he was played ahead of a GK who was really good at a PL team last year.

[WigstonWanderer]

Hahaha

 

Only just watched the match. You could make this stuff up. Such a Leicester thing to do!