by GSK_AFC » Sun Dec 15, 2013 3:44 pm
The game was very open and end to end, reminded me of the 5-3 at Stamford Bridge where RVP scored a hattrick.
Both defences were amateurish and both sides decided not to press in the middle. I said before the game Y.Toure will be a liability and we'd get space in behind which we did but we didn't take our chances.
Offensively, Giroud missed a couple of chances which personally I think Bendtner would have taken.
We should've used the overlap on the right more often, Sagnas crossing was our most dangerous weapon all game. We played with our back to goal a bit too much considering it was an open game and I understood why Walcott positioned himself more centrally in the second half for that reason.
Defensively, Monreal had a shocker and Sagna was caught out of position quite a lot. We have a tendency to back off wingers and allow them to get their crosses in which also killed us yesterday. Although it was Koscielny with an individual error for the first goal, note it was also the second time we've conceded a set piece in a big game which City clearly targeted.
We would have won the game yesterday if our midfield was tighter and we didn't defend like school boys.
It's a joke that people want Wilshere as our captain, he dropped his head after they scored their fourth and swearing at the City fans shows he doesn't have the class to captain a club like Arsenal. As it was an open game it was understandable to go with Rambo-Wilshere in the middle after 4-2 but I agree with Angelito when saying Flamini should have stayed on. It made us too vulnerable on the counter and positionally the defenders weren't given an outlet to distribute to, hence we got dominated after going 4-2 down.
Özil was the same and dropped his head, you need your big players to perform in big games especially in such an open and winnable game.
Only Ramsey and Walcott had good games IMO.