Arsenal 1 Spurs 1
Wimmer 42og Kane 51pen
Arsenal were pheeble in a tedious match.
I really, really thought Arsenal would play a lot better than this.
We saw 95 minutes without a proper goal.
N in e t y f i v e yawning minutes without a real goal.
Sanchez busted a gut but produced nothing.
Iwobi, a good prospect, was abysmal.
Walcott hit the post with a thunderbolt but did zilch after that.
Coquelin’s acting looks so silly in replays. He should watch it.
Oxlade should play his football somewhere else. He’s never been worse.
Cazorla has been badly missed in the last three games.
The goals came from an own-goal and a penalty.
Centreback Kevin Wimmer, striving to reach Ozil’s free-kick into the box, headed past Hugo Lloris in 42.
Then, six minutes into the second half, surprise starter Harry Kane equalised from the spot after Koscielny’s boot caught Dembele’s boot inside the box.
After seven weeks out injured, Kane did well in his 72 minutes.
Pochettino’s teams are brilliantly organised and here he tried a Bielsa-style 3-3-3-2 formation which worked well enough.
Spurs will need to be organised when they play at Chelsea on November 26 and I’m already looking forward to a tight tactical battle.
After he got home a Gooner friend phoned and said, “If Dele Alli had played, we’d have lost.”
Totally agree. As soon as I heard Dele had been injured in training, I’d said, “Lucky Arsenal!”
Did you see Liverpool against Watford?
Liverpool scored by doing something Arsenal never do. They took a short corner on the left. Coutinho to Milner, got the ball back and whipped in a cross to the near post, where the agile Mane scored with a tremendous glancing header.
Such a shame that Wenger is too snobbish to rehearse set-pieces.
After 30, Coutinho scored with a wicked shot from inside the D to make it 2-0 and end the contest, so I stopped watching to allow Jan to watch Andy Murray v John Isner.
Final score : Liverpool 6 Watford 1
CONCLUSION: Stan Kroenke’s favourite manager will sign a new contract. So fasten your seatbelts for another three years of same old, same old. Another three years of Wenger’s lame excuses and sour whingeing every time Arsenal don’t win.