Leody wrote:She_Gunner_Wales wrote:Inchpractice wrote:One good thing is that Guardiola said that the first 45 minutes of that match was the best his team have played since he took the job.If that's the case and it was still 0-0 at half time then it shows how well we played to keep them out.
Maybe they can't repeat that level of intensity just a few days later....?
...and probably the worst arsenal outfield performance this season, no wonder Barca fans were laughing on that site linked. It was only Almunia that kept us in the game in the 1st 20 mins or so.
I was shocked at how badly we played, or how well they played, or the combination of the two... depending on how you want to look at it.
That first half was the most domination 0-0 half I have ever seen in my life. Even after our late turn around the stats for the game were something like 65-35 pos and we were out shot by like a 5:1 margin.
I still can't believe we turned that around. I never would have dreamed it after seeing the gulf in class the first hour of that match...
olympicos[h] the silver haired keeper denied rosicky and arshavin in the 1st 15 mins.he saved from arshavin from an angle and cesc hit the bar, he later went on to deny rvp. we had 26shots.
08/09fenerbahce[h]
2 weeks before we had gone to turkey and scored 5goals[which once again blows the myth that if a team play well away they will play better at home]rvp slid 1 wide,ramsey had a shot held by the keeper,rvp blasted over from 6 yards then hit the crossbar
16 shots, no goals
sunderland[a]
adebayor headed over early on 18 shots but it ended up with cesc rescuing a late pt
07/08
wigan[h] a good save from adebayor,2 long range shots just over from denilson and rosicky 13 shots but it took 2 goals in the last 10mins to win it.
a month before bolton[h]adebayor missed 2 good chances gallas hit over from 10 yards and a fabregas free kick caused a bit of confusion 19 shots but it took to the last 25 mins to win it
steau bucharest[a]
adebayor went for a cross whe a shot would ave been better clichy had a shot deflected nearly over the line and flamini forced a sharp save out of the keeper
16 shots but it took rvp till the last 15 mins to win it
06 /07
dynamo zagreb [a]
16 shots but it took the last half hour to win the game
and thats just the 0-0 games at half time in the emirates era there are game where we have had 65per cent more possesion and gone in at half time behind
as good as barcelona were on wednesday like us against other teams they did not put us away and i refuse to wring my hands about how lucky we are.
we hung in there and if we keep it tight for an hour tuesday i see no reason why we can,t progress.whatever happens i won,t be running to a computer tapping about it being over