Great picture.
Fantastic Photo. If we can keep up with performances like this throughout the season and not have the mini breakdown we usual do we could be right up there.
Poor Cesc, he cuts a forlorn figure these days.
Nah. Fuck Cesc.
OH MY GOD
Hilarious.
Chelsea really were awful, but theyāre one of those sides where that doesnāt diminish the enjoyment of absolutely destroying them at all.
That and for the first time this season, we actually looked convincing. For that matter itās the first time Iāve thought Alexis through the middle might be a workable option.
Not much mention of Alex Iwobi yet, how amazing was he?
Looks like heās very much ready to play a whole string of games for us, Sanchez was also excellent centre forward, although Luiz/Cahill were as bad defensively as weāll face all season. I still see him as more effective coming in from wide, I bet his overall goal ratio would be higher in that respect.
Tackle from Bellerin was incredible also, nothing I love more than a clean sheet and 3-1 wouldāve felt somehow disappointing after just how superior we were for most of the game.
Good call on scoring a late ticket @Midfield_Maestro and @JakeyBoy I hope you savaged those chav fans all day long
Absolutely a fair shout, the very fact that his performances arenāt getting remarked on in the same way they were last season shows how quickly weāve taken it for granted that heāll perform.
Iāve read quite a bit about yesterdayās game to reflect in the glory a bit more, so I canāt remember which one pointed this out, but I think it was arseblog: It says a lot that he didnāt directly assist or score any of our goals and got substituted in the 69th minute and still got the MOTM award.
He was fantastic. The one touch passing with Ćzil and the subsequent pass to dissect Chelseaās defence for the second goal was out of this world, this is the biggest problem with assist stats, because Iwobi fucking owned that goal and it was one of the best team goals weāve seen in ages.
Iām really hoping we donāt burn him out or lose him to injury because he looks like a very important player to us.
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/779800443861995520/pu/vid/1280x720/3cADHjOkeJcQgG4l.mp4
@Calum the video embed work you crazy scottish genius.
What a beautiful piece.
I cant remember the last time we intentionally targeted a striker in that manner. Maybe Van Nistelrooy? Rolling back the years with that brutal defensive performance.
Excellent performance and result that. Most importantly it was really exciting to watch because prior to this week weve been horrible to watch.
The style and level of that performance will be needed to mount any sustainable challenge this season as the competition is going to be tough.
Biggest question now as always with us, is how we handle the expectation.
Not holding my breath on that one tbh. Will though be pleased to bask in this result for now.
That bit in the video around the 2 minute mark is hilarious. Costa goes to the ground, and then immediately gets up to run to the ref and cry some more
So glad we dealt with that prick magnificantly this time.
Look closer. He runs past the refā¦Heās appealing to Kosc to stop bullying him.
I realize that if Arsenal fails youāll take great satisfaction in being proven ārightā that Arsenal should have canned Wenger and hired Bilic or one of the other flavors of the month the Wenger haters have been desperate to see take over. But if youāre reduced to clinging to Liverpool and PSG to comfort yourself, you donāt have much to cling to. The truth is that even without some key players Arsenal actually played pretty well against Liverpool except for the first 20 minutes of the second half when Liverpool knocked in three goals against a defense led by Calum Chambers and Rob Holding. Aside from that, the Gunners actually fairly dominated the game. And Iāll take a first round draw away against the highest-seeded team in the Champions League group. If those are your examples of how dire things are at the Emirates, Iām not going to lose any sleep. This team is just rounding into form and if they can remain reasonably healthy I see no reason why they canāt challenge for the top. But I suppose youād hate that.
Lovely, lovely compilation that. 1:09, think itās Kosh, such a thumping tackle and I remember watching, almost felt like it was slow motion seeing that beautiful french figure gliding along the grass.
What can I say.
I have just got in from this game - literally was so buzzing after being at the Emirates on Saturday I went out and saw off the entire weekend. Unreal scenes and definitely the best atmosphere Iāve had at the Emirates in the first half.
Ozil - I would stab myself in the eye to watch him feint around Kante (best player in the world oh em geeeee) daily.
Kostafi - shouts to Midfield Maestro for that. Genius. - was amazing. Think thatās the most complete and collective CB performance Iāve seen in Arsenal shirts since the good old days.
Walcott - keep feeding him pills.
Cech - probably not that vogue to mention his performance today, but I thought he brought SO much calm to the defence. Saved the (literally) two chances they had, and generally buttfucked the entire game. I love him more than I love Oooooospina.
Anyway kids, this was a fucking great one. I hate Chelsea. I donāt know what the season holds but that match felt superb.
Over and out.
Wow what a performance. We havenāt dominated a side like that since United a year ago or City away last season.
The defense was exceptional, they all did something individually excellent and that sprint Bellerin had was almost unbelievable. Kosh and Mustafi shut down that cunt, and Nacho seems back to his best.
Ćzil dominated, loved how he skinned Kante and left him for dead. Theo my boy is killing it like I said he would, so Iām not all that surprised about that. However Iwobi is getting better every day! Iām looking forward to English core round two with he, Chambers, Holding, Ox, and Willock. Coq was outstanding as well forcing chelsea itnto their own third most of the match. He out kanted Kante imo.
Finally Sanchez looked good. I havenāt been 100% convinced of him playing at CF but that Ćzil goal doesnāt happen with someone else playing there most likely.
Glad to have finally stuffed the cunts. For as difficult a time as Wenger has had in the last 10 years, since weāve gotten some propper players heās given most other so called ātop managersā a good run for their money. The only true hurdle left is beating that disgusting cunt of a human in Mourinho.
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/779728176973045760/pu/vid/326x180/mAJaxj4OtI6XQzDz.mp4
this is incredible