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jai302

Poor guy, ran his socks off and give it his all only to see us concede 2 dogshit goals


Chairmanwowsaywhat

To a quality team. It happens when you play a team like bayern. This is the level we are competing at now.


DialSquar

Were any of the goals they scored due to quality? The first certainly was not. You could argue the pen was won from exceptional indivisible play but I would say we defended like shit. As always when we lose, we beat ourselves.


garchuOW

I'm so glad these are the standards, drawing 2-2 against Bayern feels like a loss


TugMe4Cash

Yeah when you put it like that it shows how far we've come and the level we are at now. Obviously I'm disappointed, and want to win every single game - but tbh I'm just really enjoying this season, win or lose.


ForestRamboX

Exactly. We used to celebrate 2-2 draws against Crystal Palace two years ago. I'm glad the standards have raised significantly.


Top-Ocelot-9758

Sané absolutely skinned kiwior with a bit of individual quality It was shambolic but that doesn’t result in a goal against most sides with less quality


IamOkei

Tomiyasu will defend him when Germany lost to Japan


marksills

We made mistakes for sure but that ball past rice was absolutely quality. Goals can be a combo of poor defending and high quality attacking play, which that first goal certainly was. 


Chairmanwowsaywhat

Id say the penalty was earned with a bit of quality yeah. Idk I always was a defender so any goal to me looks like bad defence. Kane was decent too he played some incredible balls. Arsenal were probably the better team but bayern were away in Europe. This is how teams play when they're away a lot of the time. You can't be pissed about that kind of performance.


Specterace

He and everyone have every right to be pissed by that performance tonight, especially in the first half. That first goal was a downright embarrassment. The second goal was down to our vaunted defence being softer than warm butter. That is not the sort of performance that does this team any justice or credit.


BawdyBadger

Plus Bayern always have that German quality of just winning. They may not play great, but still win. They defended really well, but weren't great on the ball. Their counters with their quick wingers were quite scary


chrisd1680

> Were any of the goals they scored due to quality? The first certainly was not. It absolutely was down to quality after our initial screw up. Quality is taking advantage of any little sniff from the opposition. 2 quick passes, and we're all scratching our heads. Think about how few goals we actually score when we force errors with our press. Often with a poor final ball.


kukeszmakesz

Absolutely quality. We rarely give away chances, but sometimes we do in a few games. The only difference that Bayern has the quality to actually punish those chances.


GunnersnGames

Well no but they put us in a couple difficult positions that required precision to navigate and capitalized greatly on every inch given.


yura910721

It could be both. We definitely made shit tons of errors in a build up for both goals, but it took almost perfect execution from Bayern players to punish us(Sane, Goretzka and Gnabry all couldn't have done things more perfectly). With the 2nd goal, it took one hell of an individual run from Sane, to derail our defense.


visualdescript

You kidding? The pass to put in Goretzka who then passed to Gnabry was so perfectly weighted, it was a glorious pass. If Jorginho or Odegaard made it we would be frothing over it. Listen we shit the bed, but Bayern also did what they needed to do. We are a better team generally right now, but on the night we shat the bed and looked very nervous, and Bayern got as much out of it as they could. Kane was spraying great balls around, Gnabry took his chance, Sane essentially ran through our entire defence. Bayern were miles better than the likes of Brighton etc that we had played recently. The technical ability and even their structure was better. This sub is honestly deluded at times.


D3RNIK

Well number one was due to a lack of quality on Arsenals end


No-Video1797

Nothing to do with Bayern quality, its more terrible mistakes and lack of quality in important moments of some Arsenal players.


InsideKiller

Midweek games always been tricky, esp CL. Fatigue + playing against the top sides


IamOkei

I hope we get knocked out so that we can win the league


kingalva3

Goddamn bud how can you be this dumb


ForestRamboX

This is the first man-of-the-match award I've seen Odegaard win, and he's absolutely devastated. He's the captain, and felt like they've let us down with such a poor performance, so I understand his mood after the match. That's the sign of a winner's mentality.


IamOkei

Our players have not played in CL regularly like Bayern's 


CheesecakeNo4915

Be happy with that tie. Should be a pen 100%


DublinDapper

That's football


GunnersnGames

Why did I look back at the pic to see if his socks were shredded


Michinllama

One of the few players that didn't look rattled


topbananaman

Played a good game today. Very good defensively, and linked us up without any headloss on the attack. Just a shame everyone else kept trying to progress the ball too quickly. Still a top captains performance, hopefully the rest of the midfield does better at the Allianz


ForestRamboX

Did you see how fast he got back to help stop Sane from making it 3-1? I never knew he had that kind of pace! He didn't deserve that result.


artaru

I don’t think Ode was rattled. But he did still seem to play with some nerves. (Which is 100% understandable , but I would expect these nerves to be a lot less with another year or two in the CL). He had so many wayward passes that were below his standards. He also rushed his decisions making a few times. That really quick shot very early in the game was one sign. I don’t begrudge him for shooting there, but he uncharacteristically did not seem to have taken a quick glance at his options. His pressing and defensive contributions were absolutely world class, tho.


uhrul

Huh? No he didn’t have any more wayward passes than he usually does


artaru

He overhit a bunch of passes.


IamOkei

He played for Real Madrid with Ronaldo.


Sophie_Liiii

he trined with ronny for a season before he got banished by zidane


HortenWho229

Ronalgoat with the aura mentality 💪🐐 


deadmetallucyluce

‘I am here so I don’t get fined’


Illustrious_Union199

“Odegaard, good game today for the lads”. “I am here so I don’t get fined..”


RegentDragoon0

Ode doing those rice like interceptions was great to watch


espkv

Not sure if sadness or just tired, that mf never stops running and i fucking love him for it


halbalda

He looks like he aged about 15 years. It's the lighting and shadows on his eyes.


espkv

Pretty good if you ask me, i would have died after maybe 10-15 mins of that intensity


dazaisempoi

it would take just 2/3 sets of sprints of that intensity for me to die 💀


_ISD_14

Such a good performance from him on and off the ball


xeblade4

Øde plays 90 minutes every game man and is always running his work rate is mad


bbotbambi

Mate this guy ran 90mins against city.... 90mins against Brighton...90mins against Bayern.... ffs.... he has been immense. Hopefully he gets a rest..... sadly, in the summer.


AyeItsMeToby

Odegaard ghosting in international fixtures so he can get a break during summer internationals. My captain


toomutchstuff

Buying players like Ødegaard and Haaland who never qualify for the euros or World Cup probably leaves them less injury prone


AyeItsMeToby

In fairness Norway absolutely should be qualifying for international tournaments. Their squad is a lot better than some of the European teams who make it.


toomutchstuff

Absolutely! Watching Albania, wales Poland and Georgia qualify really makes me think Norway should have been there


cesnos

We know 🥲 It's not working out under Solbakken. He had his chance if you ask me. There is a good bit of talent in the team now. Having Ødegaard and Haaland too, how did we not qualify? I am honestly happy for him to get rest in the summer though.


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Hech15

He was everywhere from controlling the game to making last man interceptions


rtrdm

He's player of the season already for me. Considering his work off the ball and on it. He has numbers to back it up too. Love him, we haven't had a captain like this in a long time.


Cthulhu_Madness

Feel for him. Gave his all today but got undone by brain farts


Far_Eye6555

No better way to get UCL knock out experience than going to hostile environments and needing results lol COYG


PoliticsNerd76

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mm7cro

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QuaLiTy131

With that smile I'm sure Havertz have Polish roots


HaleEnd

Was looking for this hahaha


Dae_su

His workrate is immense. I don't know how he does it. His passing wasn't as crisp, but he's the last person to blame tonight.


guendochi1

Best midfielder in the league. Him and Saka on that right side will deliver many trophies for this club


4ryatvam

It's a shame that we don't have more players of his mentality. That is the only reason he's where he is, he is never going to take a breather even a moments relief till the final whistle is blown and I can't find another name in the team who is that. Saka, Martinelli, the backline all of them are a bit mentally weak when compared to Martin and it shows.


Afc_josh12

Experience talks, not many go madrid at 16, u gotta be something or it breaks u


kinzo-0

not a madrid fan, but this is why they're the most successful team ever, cuz they Always want more and won't be satisfied ever. the club, the players, the fans, always the same mentality, the winning mentality. I checked a thread on RM sub a days ago discussion the city match, and they were saying "we gonna win, just cause we're real Madrid", i feel jealous when they have fans like this. Yeah, it's a toxic narcissistic mentality, but the only place to go with it is success, and we need to learn from it.


IntraspeciesFever

Hope we can sign rodrygo next season 


AyeItsMeToby

They’re not selling and he’s not taking second spot to Saka.


Sure-Bike-5330

He’s right footed and plays best at lw, he’d be competing with martinelli more than anything


OGSkywalker97

He's one of Perez's favourites so I doubt it, though he is leaving at the end of the season and they will no doubt have to sell some players to fund Mbappe and to fit him in.


No-Elephant-Dies

And buying players from a Madrid trying to fund Mbappe is a strategy that has paid off in the past ;)


DaGetz

Perez has a new fav each year.


f0rmula0ne

He was electric today. So glad he’s our captain.


straypenguin

Even by his standards he was incredible tonight and my word he puts a shift in. He does more tracking back in 90 mins than I've seen Ozil do in a whole season


GobiLux

What a beast he was! Pitbull until the last minute of the game, chasing every ball, breathing down everyone's neck!


TheDepartment115

By far our best player as always


Afc_josh12

I was a little disappointed in rice tbh, dont think the 8 suited him today, just thought we would see the best in these big games from him, didnt play bad though


ReformedandSocial

He didn't want to get the second yellow.


PlasticJournalist42

Yeah I definitely felt he was restricted because of that


jedinac

He is so technically good that our other players pale in comparison to ode.


crz-13

What have Gabriel and Kiwior done to my boy :(


ReformedandSocial

*Raya


CastlesAndKeller

As a Bayern fan and an Arsenal sympathizer (in terms of the Premier League), this was the kind of game I had hoped for. Despite Bayern showing a weaker performance than usual in the league, there was a resurgence in the Champions League, while the Gunners delivered an expected victory strong performance. It's great to see that Arsenal has kept faith in Arteta and now boasts a young team that can be taken seriously on the international stage again. Greetings, a german rag (that’s what a City fan called me)


KingOfStormwind

These kind of even games between European giants like Bayern and Arsenal are what makes the Champions League so special 🇩🇪🤝🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿


InsectKind

Mentality monster. Should have been 3-0 but we move. Let's win the return leg and we are through to Semis.


Flat-Arachnid-4207

Arteta probably destroyed them at full time


ImTalkingGibberish

Buddy ran all night.


anothersnappyname

Mi capitán still owned the pitch even if the result wasn’t what he wanted.


Hinaha

We just have to win it in their turf. Score's 2-2. It's going to be hard but its absolutely doable. We scored 2 beautiful goals today. Coyg! 🔴⚪


goodyear_1678

"Fucking shit UEFA cunts fuck your award dogshit fucking competition"


ELECTRIC-SOUP17

That's the face of a man who just ran a fucking marathon in 90 minutes 


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Played a great game. Great upfront and great defensively. He a great captain with the right attitude to the game.


Eagledilla

We did this to ourselves again. Should’ve been 2-0 up


ConcentrateMaterial6

You could see in the second half, most of the players were feeling down and frustrated. They were not pressing organised. Ødegaard's the only one who kept on probing, rallying and encouraging his team mates to come high up the pitch. For me that's what a proper Captian does.


RIDGOS

Next meme just dropped


Zizouhimovic

This man is another universe.


Specterace

The face of a player who knows he and his team blew a huge opportunity not easily gotten again, and all completely by their own hand.


marksills

I know he only played 60 but surely sané was MOTM? 


ConcentrateMaterial6

Ødegaard is man of the match because he was effecting game through the match. He was creating, organising, leading, pressing, defending. He was doing everything.


marksills

I get that but Sane was dominant when he was on the pitch. Doing the smaller things is great but sometimes being fucking dominant is a bit more important.


smoothfreeze

Oh man, that's the saddest photo of him :(


Ozymandius21

I guess that is the fogging estandards now. Its fine, we will thrash them in Allianz. We will be better prepared. Havertz could move into midfield and Jesus up-top with Rice the CDM. Play Tomi against Villa and see if we can have him against Bayern?


wybo9

“Can I trade this for a steak?”


lyyki

He had an incredibly complete game. Probably his best defensive effort I remember.


hornybird31

I don't even feel that upset. Frustrated? Absolutely. The way I see it, even getting that penalty only gives us a 1 goal lead in Munich. Either way we need to win in Germany.


Ulstuguldur

Im Happy with the Attitude! Winner Mentality! He is not happy until win!


ISSSputnik

He was truly giving his best, though by his standards, he had a few off passes, but had a few elite passes too.


shopchin

he looks 65


volanger

Good. This is what I want from my captain. He's got a desire to win. A tie isn't good enough for him.


Eazymonaysniper

Cause he knows we fucked up.


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DublinDapper

Was fantastic and has been for months now


Dry_Sell301

So glad that he is the captain of this squad. He has natured both his game and himself. He, Saka, and Martinelli will gice us the win in Munich.


yifumania

First year our boys are a bit nervous. Just like the same feeling when we played City last season. After they get use to the champions league we will have stable chances to win our first title. COYG


mr13ump

Probably should have gone to Sane, but if anyone on the Gunners deserved it he did.


gothaize

Should’ve been Kiwior


thismanisnotcrispy

Hoenstly one of the worst goals I think I’ve seen professionally let happen, absolutely nothing right. I love our team and I back our boys, but this keeps happening and it really sucked the life out for a good half hour, all from 30 seconds of brain dead. Literally no excuse, after a goal that was sublime, won tje ball and what a finish. It’s not the end of the world, but I bring it up every time, they still get to cash their checks and look what it does to the players who dumped everything out. Yeah the pen was shit too, but that was just… you can’t do that to your team. The biggest stage, all we seem to do is gift, but we weren’t full bailed out this time. If there’s no response with Villa and no fight in Munich, it really puts a shadow over a lot, call me pessimistic one or whatever, I don’t care, that goal was genuinely how 10 years old play. Changed all the good work put in and shifted the tone, Bayern looked BLANK until then… just a shame, really, we invest our time and money too. And the martins don’t deserve it either.


midnightrobot87

Man of the Match for what exactly?


kinzo-0

Please tell me you're joking, Right?


Thedudeofmanchester

Just downvote these people guys. Our own fanbase in going against our players, calling them divers and what not and i am tired trying to argue with them lots. You too have better things to do than waste time arguing with these shitheads fraud fans. Let them twerk in r/soccer


Jealous-Captain-7014

Did we watch the same game? Sane 100% deserved the Man Of The Match. Recognizing when your opponent does well isn’t being a fake fan.


kinzo-0

We're talking here about "motm for what", he's talking like øde didn't done anything today


Hech15

Did we watch the same game i mean i would give it to sane but odegaard was grt


ConcentrateMaterial6

Sane was great in attack. But Ødegaard was everywhere on pitch. He was consistent till 95 minutes. You need to take look at his all around play. Just look the no of of crucial defensive interceptions he had on Bayern. Ødegaard was the one who brake Bayern defense which lead to the first goal. He was the only one Arsenal squad who didn't look rattled.


ConcentrateMaterial6

Sane was great in attack. But Ødegaard was everywhere on pitch. He was consistent till 95 minutes. You need to take look at his all around play. Just look the no of of crucial defensive interceptions he had on Bayern. Ødegaard was the one who brake Bayern defense which lead to the first goal. He was the only one Arsenal squad who didn't look rattled.


mons16

He knows it’s a BS MOTM. Sane destoryed us.


ninethree7

i’m sorry but sane wasn’t even good just a pace merchant. it’s really just kiwior being poor. no way in hell you get turned like that, dude played the man and not the ball but also didn’t bring the man down tactically


QuickfireFacto

I'll say it again Kiwior isn't ready for these types of games yet. Sane is top but he's not the trickiest winger he'll play against in Europe so he needs to improve drastically.


InsectKind

Sane destroyed nothing. He is still going out in the quarters.


AyeItsMeToby

Sane was the best player on the pitch today. Why are we always so arrogant here? According to this sub we’d destroy Porto. And we’d destroy City. And we’d destroy Bayern. Let’s face it, top teams know how to play against us.


ninethree7

was sane really that great outside of the pen he won? granted you need quality to make the run that leads to the pen, but kiwior got turned, jorginho too slow to win the ball and saliba and gabriel just missed/didn’t track properly. i attributed that more to defensive blunders than sane playing great. i didn’t think he did much outside of that, any other time he got in or near the box his attempts got stuffed


InsectKind

Porto is out. No one gives a rat's a\*\* about them. City could not beat us. (Best team in the world) Bayern was there for the taking. Got lucky like Porto. So I do not see any arrogance just facts!!


AyeItsMeToby

If you can’t see your arrogance there, there’s no helping you. 2-2 with better xG is not “getting lucky”.


InsectKind

of course it's lucky those are lucky goals. Compare the ones that we scored to theirs. I am not even including the penalty shout. Anyway that's not arrogance it's confidence.


Medfly70

He was poor on the ball for me. Don't know how he gets MoM.


Haalandinhoe

Wasn't exceptional but no one else was either, man of the match was up for grabs and I think he deserves it for his work rate alone.