Arsenal beat Liverpool 3-2 in a wild game at the Emirates on Sunday to keep the Gunners atop the Premier League. Here are my three thoughts on the game: • Arsenal was the better team in the Chaos Game of the Season so far.
Good thoughts. This is a different Arsenal club from the ones we have seen in recent years. In prior years, Liverpool took it to them big time. Today, they were dictating the play for much of the match.
Have to say Grant that it’s my opinion that YouTube is the greatest since sliced bread. Highlights so well all games for about 10mins and replays better. Love YouTube.
Remember when Arsenal “fans” were screaming for Arteta’s head not too long ago?
Liverpool simply haven’t been the same defensively this year. Is it accumulated little injuries slowing the backs? Lack of confidence? The front line certainly misses Mane, but their problems are in the back.
I couldn’t see the game live, so thanks for the insights, Grant. I checked out the highlights.... on YouTube.
I see your 3 very good thoughts and raise you 6 :):
1. Everything is more chaotic in Spanish.
2. I pay $65/m to watch Céline on MSNBC, and get some soccer for free :)
3. But seriously, it's admirable that NBC shows one match per week on open-air NBC - it's free for all with an antenna. And I agree - all EPL matches (including the NBC/USA ones) must be also broadcast on Peacock. It's 2022 ffs.
4. Arsenal controlled the game for long stretches. Tomiyasu had Salah in his pocket. Klopp had to make three defensive/formation changes just to cope with Arsenal's tactical superiority. Arsenal is the real deal.
5. All 14 Arsenal players today, except for Xhaka and Partey, are 25 years old or younger. Zinchenko, Smith-Rowe, Lokonga, Nelson, and Marquinhos, as well as out-on-loan Blaogun, Maintland-Niles and Tavares are also all under 25. Of the broader squad, including the aforementioned Xhaka and Partey - only Holding, Elneny, Soares, and Turner are older than 25. It's an astonishingly young team. Arsenal is here to stay.
6. I wonder how Andrés Cantor would pronounce Emile Smith-Rowe's name. I remember the Gala commentators from WC 2002, which I watched almost exclusively on Gala/Univision (the ABC/ESPN commentary was unwatchable), calling Emile Heskey "Emily Jezkey". Neither Drury or Cantor were pronouncing Ødegaard's name right (it's /oodegor/, with a throaty r in the end and a silent d) - and that's fine.
Doo doo-doo doo-doo doo doo - Saliba! The triple Gabriels, in particular Jesus, are revelations.
Good thoughts. This is a different Arsenal club from the ones we have seen in recent years. In prior years, Liverpool took it to them big time. Today, they were dictating the play for much of the match.
Have to say Grant that it’s my opinion that YouTube is the greatest since sliced bread. Highlights so well all games for about 10mins and replays better. Love YouTube.
Sling orange doesn’t have ESPN (ESPN+ is different) and a lot of local channels. How do you get around that?
Remember when Arsenal “fans” were screaming for Arteta’s head not too long ago?
Liverpool simply haven’t been the same defensively this year. Is it accumulated little injuries slowing the backs? Lack of confidence? The front line certainly misses Mane, but their problems are in the back.
I couldn’t see the game live, so thanks for the insights, Grant. I checked out the highlights.... on YouTube.
I see your 3 very good thoughts and raise you 6 :):
1. Everything is more chaotic in Spanish.
2. I pay $65/m to watch Céline on MSNBC, and get some soccer for free :)
3. But seriously, it's admirable that NBC shows one match per week on open-air NBC - it's free for all with an antenna. And I agree - all EPL matches (including the NBC/USA ones) must be also broadcast on Peacock. It's 2022 ffs.
4. Arsenal controlled the game for long stretches. Tomiyasu had Salah in his pocket. Klopp had to make three defensive/formation changes just to cope with Arsenal's tactical superiority. Arsenal is the real deal.
5. All 14 Arsenal players today, except for Xhaka and Partey, are 25 years old or younger. Zinchenko, Smith-Rowe, Lokonga, Nelson, and Marquinhos, as well as out-on-loan Blaogun, Maintland-Niles and Tavares are also all under 25. Of the broader squad, including the aforementioned Xhaka and Partey - only Holding, Elneny, Soares, and Turner are older than 25. It's an astonishingly young team. Arsenal is here to stay.
6. I wonder how Andrés Cantor would pronounce Emile Smith-Rowe's name. I remember the Gala commentators from WC 2002, which I watched almost exclusively on Gala/Univision (the ABC/ESPN commentary was unwatchable), calling Emile Heskey "Emily Jezkey". Neither Drury or Cantor were pronouncing Ødegaard's name right (it's /oodegor/, with a throaty r in the end and a silent d) - and that's fine.