I disagree that Wengers boys came of age, it was a great match and both played outstanding football
Any Arsenal Fan that does not admit they done a smash and grab on Barca are liars.
Messi had a goal disdallowed and the pen that wasnt given was a scandle
Arsenal shouldve been dead and buried at 3 nil there wouldve been no way back
Arsenal tactically got it right by pressuring the ball like they did bu Barca tired and Arsenal took advantage but Van Pursie did not mean for that to go in it was a ball due to go across the goal with pace and any sort of knock couldve sent it in
Fair play to them i wont say that very often but the result was better than the performance and they got more out of the game than they deserved
NLA you seem to have summed up perfectly the match I watched last night.
The media frenzy today about it was absolutley OTT including the Daily Gooner doing a 5 page spread and basking in it in the manner the Daily Mail would if Diana rose from the grave to slay immigrant muslim benefit scroungers.
Fair play Arsenal on a great result but just wish the media would chill their boots a bit. A top class team in Arsenal,containing some world class players nicked a win against Barcelona. In one leg. At home. It's hardly Ronnie Radford against Necastle.
[cite]Posted By: RodneyCharltonTrotta[/cite]in the manner the Daily Mail would if Diana rose from the grave to slay immigrant muslim benefit scroungers.
[cite]Posted By: RodneyCharltonTrotta[/cite]The media frenzy today about it was absolutley OTT including the Daily Gooner doing a 5 page spread and basking in it in the manner the Daily Mail would if Diana rose from the grave to slay immigrant muslim benefit scroungers.
Messi's goal...beautiful from Iniesta, and then the lift over Almunia from Messi...on first view I thought he mucked it up and lost control, then on the replay shows he meant it. Wonderful.
Absolute joke sending off. RVP isn't my favourite character in world football but he's very unlucky to have been booked for either of those offences, let alone both and be sent off.
Koscielny's face says it all aftre that penalty award - not sre Arsenal have any idea what to do with Barca. Can't remember that last time I saw a side looking quite this rampant.
[cite]Posted By: ken from bexley[/cite]Graeme Souness " best club side ever'......
Very difficult to verify a claim like that, but given that footballers are as physically tuned as they've ever been - it's hard to imagine a side that will have been much better than Barca. It's not just about their ability to pass the ball and pick apart even packed defences - their workrate off the ball is phenominal, there's always at least 2, usually 3 or 4 players moving to make themselves available and Arsenal are one of the best passing sides in Europe, but their technique just crumbled under the relentless pressing.
It was a bit of a masterclass, even allowing for the fact Arsenal can be a bit of a soft touch at times and had a man disadvantage for much of the second half.
Arsenal did not have a shot on target and only had TWO touches in Barca's penalty area compared to their opponents 47.
Barca made over 700 passes, Arsenal 200 odd.
Arsenal - Great young side, gonna win everything one year..................Well - Not this year!
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I will have to speak to my brother who is a life long gooner, so will expect the usual 'verbal kicking'.......
That aside, both sides played some magical stuff. The precise passing was some of the best I have seen!
Wenger's boys came of age last night!......still do not like there fan's though!
Any Arsenal Fan that does not admit they done a smash and grab on Barca are liars.
Messi had a goal disdallowed and the pen that wasnt given was a scandle
Arsenal shouldve been dead and buried at 3 nil there wouldve been no way back
Arsenal tactically got it right by pressuring the ball like they did bu Barca tired and Arsenal took advantage but Van Pursie did not mean for that to go in it was a ball due to go across the goal with pace and any sort of knock couldve sent it in
Fair play to them i wont say that very often but the result was better than the performance and they got more out of the game than they deserved
The media frenzy today about it was absolutley OTT including the Daily Gooner doing a 5 page spread and basking in it in the manner the Daily Mail would if Diana rose from the grave to slay immigrant muslim benefit scroungers.
Fair play Arsenal on a great result but just wish the media would chill their boots a bit. A top class team in Arsenal,containing some world class players nicked a win against Barcelona. In one leg. At home. It's hardly Ronnie Radford against Necastle.
If Arsenal threw away a 1-0 in the Prem like that (being technically superior, with possession but not taking chances), they'd get slated...
I actually did laugh out loud
oh and I've done Messi and 3-1 @ 25/1, cheeky fiver.....you never know now !
game on, come on Barca...;o)
not sure about that , but they made Arsenal look like a pub side at times....... where is the phone my brother is going to get an earful!
still there is always next year, or the next decade!, to win some silver eh!
Very difficult to verify a claim like that, but given that footballers are as physically tuned as they've ever been - it's hard to imagine a side that will have been much better than Barca. It's not just about their ability to pass the ball and pick apart even packed defences - their workrate off the ball is phenominal, there's always at least 2, usually 3 or 4 players moving to make themselves available and Arsenal are one of the best passing sides in Europe, but their technique just crumbled under the relentless pressing.
It was a bit of a masterclass, even allowing for the fact Arsenal can be a bit of a soft touch at times and had a man disadvantage for much of the second half.
Barca made over 700 passes, Arsenal 200 odd.
Arsenal - Great young side, gonna win everything one year..................Well - Not this year!
Think he nearly hit me when I was checking scores on a very slow phone and joked- "my phone says it is still 0-0 so maybe it still is"