Skhodran Mustafi

To be fair, it’s that tactic that got us second place in the PL :wink:

World-class today. Top top performance.

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Unreal today. Him and Kos are brilliant. Costa didn’t get a sniff!

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Ze germans are always reliable :ozil2:

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He was already a BALLER but yeah great performance.

Even at £35mil it’s money well spent, he will still improve as a player too.

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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A Jonny Evans-esque performance.

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Great game for him. Was a bit shaky up til today I felt, possibly from being new here, but today he was majestic. Solid as a rock, looked to be in his comfort zone as a defender all game and good decision making throughout. Him and Kos can be absolutely vital for us this season.

Awesome, awesome performance from him. Snuffed out anything that got near to his lines. I really love his reading of the game, as if he wasn’t enough of a weapon with everything else he possesses. I love that he and Kosh have got a thing going early on. Solid.

Finally a half decent CB to partner Kos! Lets hope they can forge a great partnership

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I was a little bit worried about us this year not gonna lie, but this guy and Xhaka look to be proper players. He had a great game and it’s only gonna get better whem those two have a more understanding partnership.

Settling well but there have been a couple hairy monents between him and Kos to be honest. Like against PSG and today when Bellerin engaged the turbo to recover the ball from Pedro.

Had a very very good game.

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He looked like he relished the battle against that mug Costa.

Unlike his fellow German Per, this is not a guy who’s going to turn his back on a free kick.

Club vice captain behind Granit Xhaka 2017/18 :sunglasses:

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Players stay healthy, Bellerin continues to develop, and the promising signs of burgeoning partnership of Moose and the Boss and we have the makings of the very best defense in the league and one of the best in all of Europe suddenly.

Pair that with proper, coordinated pressing like yesterday and bam.

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It’s great having a CB pairing with two great CB’s like Kos and Mustafi, rather than having one great CB playing alongside defenders like Mertesacker, Gabriel and Chambers.

Or previously, the incompetence of Squillaci. Senderos, Djourou, Sylvestre,

Shame it took so long, but we actually have great defenders and great DM’s who are fit to wear the shirt, with no weak links, like we used to have.

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Don’t think we paid a ‘premium’ for him. 30-35 million is the going rate for a half decent CB these days. Terrific signing non the less!

Yeah, loved his performance yesterday, and love having two mobile, and competent CBs for once. Certainly like our CB business more than Chelsea’s :wink:

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He and Koscielny will henceforth be known as KOSTAFI.

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This guy has slotted in so well at Arsenal. Imagine if Per hadn’t been injured, would Wenger have bothered to spend all that money on another defender this Summer? Probably not.

He seems to have the same qualties as him but not hindered by lack of pace. Not to mention in his mid 20s, which means loads of years ahead here. Along with the Xhaka signing, we really do feel much stronger and more indepth now. It’s so good having options across the team.

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