Arteta picked the team and refused to make changes until his usual 65th minute

In theory? Yes it’s easier to win, in practice? No.

Nwaneri isn’t going to get good from the bench especially when he’s the closest thing we’ve had to what we’re missing in the absence of Ødegaard. Okay, he never had a good game today, but who did?

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Of course not. But we’re not gonna win the Champions League

Trosaard has been shite for weeks. So many moves break down because of him. He offers goals, but we lose so much more. With Nwaneri, it’s a kid that came on and didn’t even receive the ball for the first few minutes he came on. Comparing the two seems harsh to me.

It took him some time to get into the match. Given that the passing was pedestrian and conservative, there wasn’t much he could do. He was in pockets of space and our players weren’t even attempting to find him. Don’t get me wrong, he misplaced some passes, but I’d argue bringing him in earlier would’ve been more beneficial to both him and the team.

Where to start? I’m so annoyed.

Arteta has had a stinker of megalithic proportions.

Right!

He’s just not offering much when he gets some minutes

Zinchenko and Nwaneri coming on

No changes at halftime. WTF Arteta?

Well that was a dog shit performance from us for the entirety of that first half. Absolutely and utterly not good enough. Our second half and the three points all depend on how brave Arteta can be. Otherwise our title hopes are looking like they’re gonna slip away.

We just need him to pull a Cazorla

We need sweeping changes

That longball for Timber shows the problems with this team. Two centre forwards on the pitch and neither playing centrally. Swap Trosaard for Nwaneri and push Havertz up

Let’s pick ourselves up

Said played, not necessarily started

What an interesting law. Wonder how that will end up in the long run.