Arsenal 1:2 Manchester United

Dargonk · Nov 22, 2014

Very undeserved victory, but I'll take it. Need defenders back and quick, because if we defend like that each match a good striker will punish us. We got lucky today.

Fellaini was great again, really showing some great form at the moment and DDG was good in net, though kicking let him down at times today.

GifLord · Nov 22, 2014

2-1 giroud

Mali_Zeus · Nov 22, 2014

I'm going to give points to the players despite the fact I havent watched about 70 percent of the game. I'll base the points on your posts people.

Gannicus · Nov 22, 2014

An immortal performance by De Gea. Not only motm, but man for the ages!

Silva · Nov 22, 2014

Did sky choose that headphones to draw attention to Rooney's ears?

)_( · Nov 22, 2014

Horrible game but at least we got the three points.

manufanatic · Nov 22, 2014

Dylan94 said:
We got a slice of luck today with the first goal. But we've been due a bloody cake of luck recently.

Or if valencia that on target then it's not luck

JinnerJamie · Nov 22, 2014

DDG proving to be the difference he won this game for us.

SalfordRed1960 · Nov 22, 2014

Dargonk said:
Very undeserved victory, but I'll take it. Need defenders back and quick, because if we defend like that each match a good striker will punish us. We got lucky today.

Fellaini was great again, really showing some great form at the moment and DDG was good in net, though kicking let him down at times today.

Why undeserved. Arsenal didn't take their chances, end of. No dodgy decisions, other than Wilshire should have gone.

rooney2009 · Nov 22, 2014

Lucky win but thank you and hopefully this should start us on a run now,this is a nice unexpected win.

Dylan94 · Nov 22, 2014

This is a massive result. I wasn't expecting this at all. However you get it you get it and we got it. We've been due the luck for a long time now with all the injuries that have come our way and dodgy decisions in other games too. This is massive. Really happy.

ElectroManiac · Nov 22, 2014

David De Gea

Thanks to him we are on top 4 now.

sunama · Nov 22, 2014

De Gea - MOTM
No doubt about it.

togg · Nov 22, 2014

what on earth do people expect. We've lost the majority of our team....lost shaw early and yet still win. LVG is a master of this..he's done it before and he'll do it again. Big big fan of his. Well played...

Rolandofgilead · Nov 22, 2014

LVG got the game plan spot on today, we set up to contain and hit them on the break, yes it was nervy but credit to the boss and the lads, great win.

RedRavi · Nov 22, 2014

we have DDG to thank really not just for today but the whole season. He's the reason we are at 4th right now

Red4Life_#7 · Nov 22, 2014

Can't believe Di Maria missed the opportunity to make it 0-3. He should work on this as it was a clear goal-scoring opportunity.

SqueakyWeasel · Nov 22, 2014

NOW is our time … two home games and then the Xmas period. Secure CL place by Feb would be nice along with a successful cup run and an end to this injury nightmare with some strong defensive signings in the summer would be a pretty successful season IMHO

Dinghy · Nov 22, 2014

Fellaini has looked good in the big games so far. Probably our best player besides DDG today.

GifLord · Nov 22, 2014

di maria awful miss

rooney2009 · Nov 22, 2014

Why no Herrara though

Evo5man · Nov 22, 2014

If only Di maria scored that would have been the cherry on top, but i wont be to harsh he did a good run to release rooney and looked dangerous on the counter.

sunama · Nov 22, 2014

Just to point out.
The most popular score prediction by this forum, was Arsenal 1:2 Man Utd
The forum got it right.

inside left channel · Nov 22, 2014

It is a deserved win not matter what people say. If you chose to invest so much in the first minutes its just normal that your second half will be worse. It wasnt a great performance but I still think that our position game is improving steadily.

sunama · Nov 22, 2014

rooney2009 said:
Why no Herrara though

Herrera is carrying an injury.
LvG doesnt like to put injured players on the pitch.

LazyRed-Ninja · Nov 22, 2014

Lawman said:
Agree but by God we were shocking performance wise and it doesn't bode well for us if we play like this. Hump the ball to Fellaini or give it to Di Maria is that our philosophy!!

We (Holland) almost made the World Cup final with this tactic. On the counter, doing it effectively, you can hurt any opponent ( Holland vs Spain as prime example).

moxdevil · Nov 22, 2014

Lovely win, especially considering the amount of players out.

Big Dave man of the match. Smalling was solid and gave a mature performance with the two youngsters alongside him. Thought that Fellaini played well - got stuck in without going over the top and distributed the ball well.

Still don't have the right balance up front though, RvP needs to be dropped as when he is not scoring he's offering little to the team. Would rather have Rooney up top with an extra creative midfielder added.

Back in to the top 4.

Redlyn · Nov 22, 2014

It was very deserved 3 points. Overall Arsenal were more shit than us. They need a top striker to get past our top keeper.

Irrational. · Nov 22, 2014

DevilRed said:
The definition of smash and grab.

We just have to make it so hard on ourselves too right at the end. Di Maria should have buried that. So predictable that the gooners would get one back and we would have to hang on by a thread.

Undeserved win for us but at least we played better as the game got on. That one piece of luck from Valencia smashing into the box leading to an own goal was exactly what we needed. Maybe it will kickstart our season too. Just goes to show that if we put a quality cross into the box it causes problems for the opposition and leads to us scoring. Ashley Young for all his faults was the provider of such a cross and had a very solid game.

We look pretty decent on the counter with Di Maria and Rooney. RVP was well off the pace yet again and it might be down to circumstance (i.e. gooners chasing a goal) but we created much more with him off the pitch.

A very important 3 points and you'll take it regardless of the performance! It was a makeshift back three with two teenagers (three if you include Shaw). Unbelievable stuff and maybe luck is starting to come for LVG.

Nail on the head, great post.

Considering the circumstances, DDG, Smalling, Fellaini, Young, Valencia (Never thought I'd mention the latter two!) and Rooney were awesome.

Tarrou · Nov 22, 2014

I said before the game I don't care if it's the luckiest win ever, we really just need the points today. And we did ride our luck but we also showed a lot of resolve and determination. The heads didn't drop. If we can start getting players back we can build from this position. 4th place despite all our problems and changing managers, it's not too bad.

DomesticTadpole · Nov 22, 2014

zzakzz17 said:
Wilson did well i thought.

You wonder if he brought Wilson on to show Danny why he was sold.

Evo5man · Nov 22, 2014

Fark wilson a little quick bugger hard to catch even ox had to chase him all down the field till he finally got him

Dargonk · Nov 22, 2014

SalfordRed1960 said:
Why undeserved. Arsenal didn't take their chances, end of. No dodgy decisions, other than Wilshire should have gone.

We were hardly in the game for the majority of it. We only got a small amount of purchase in the game after the own goal when our players got a little bit of confidence. In the end we rode our luck and got the win, but Arsenal were easily the better team out there today and if their attackers had their shooting boots on we could have easily been looking at an embarrassing defeat.

shabin_d_great · Nov 22, 2014

If Chelsea played like this and won, every one will be hailing him and chelsea.. LVG did what Moyes could never do in Years.. Win away at a top 6 side...

Redlyn · Nov 22, 2014

Wasnt ADM offside for the nearly 3rd? He seemed so far ahead of all players.

BringNaniBack · Nov 22, 2014

LazyRed-Ninja said:
We (Holland) almost made the World Cup final with this tactic. On the counter, doing it effectively, you can hurt any opponent ( Holland vs Spain as prime example).

You cant sit back against every team in the Premier League and expect to win by scoring on the counter though, you will get punished in the end being under so much pressure. Its completely different to a world cup tournament.

ash_86 · Nov 22, 2014

Didn't know D'Gea can speak English this well

Rampant-red · Nov 22, 2014

Good win. In fact excellent win considering the team we had to put out there. LVG still needs to sort the defense out in January as they should have been three up after 25 mins.

BringNaniBack · Nov 22, 2014

redlyn said:
Wasnt ADM offside for the nearly 3rd? He seemed so far ahead of all players.

He and Rooney were in our own half. You cant be offside in your own half.

FlapR · Nov 22, 2014

redlyn said:
Wasnt ADM offside for the nearly 3rd? He seemed so far ahead of all players.

You can't be offside in your own half.

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