Emery was really confident today in his press conference....have a feeling Arsenal will sneak a narrow win against Liverpool
Top Four Race 2018/19
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Good Joke. Bellerin, Monreal, Sokratis, Kolasinac all questionable for tomorrow. No idea how the defense will loke like and we never look good against the Top Teams.
Well said my friend
I'm feeling more confident about this than I was for the City, Chelsea & Spurs games mainly because Arsenal have looked poor defensively all season. They seem to be second best in a fair few games and I think they'll be stuck with Xhaka at LB against Salah.
Massive three points for us. Bournemouth's record at home is good.
Aye, that's a tough 3 points for any team to get. Deserved win.
If Liverpool want to win the league nothing less than a win against Arsenal is good enough.
We’re back on track. We can still easily salvage a respectable position on the table if we can just string together a long run. We’re better than Arsenal, don’t care what anyone says.
Massive win. Hoping for a miracle next week.
I fancy us to beat City if we can keep it tight at the back. For that, Matic needs to be dropped, Smalling needs to come back to some semblance of form, and perhaps we need to decide which of Lindelof/Rojo/Bailly is good.
Hopefully Arsenal beat Liverpool. 5 points off Arse and 6 points off a dodgy Liverpool side despite their winning run isn't a bad position be in by November.
Arsenal v Liverpool draw and a Spurs loss/draw please. Puts us 3 points behind 4th. Though an Arsenal win would still be lovely, despite how bullish their fans are getting.
Their attack is better than yours, and I'd obviously take DDG over Leno/Cech, but the rest of the field is pretty give & take. Only guaranteed starters in midfield/defence for me (from either team) would be Pogba/Shaw.
I agree. Conceding weird goals colours how good we're performing going forward.
Arsenal and Spurs seem to play shit and score from a nothing situation, we have to peg teams back and turn it on to win.
Hope Pool beat Arsenal.
I think our best bet is to catch Spurs and Arsenal.
I think our best bet is to catch Spurs and Arsenal.
Yeah, that is what I want too. I think Liverpool and Spurs will edge their games though.
Draw for me please.
Laughably close to top four considering our form. Didn't think we had a chance honestly, but now it would be foolish to rule it out.
Would sadly expect Liverpool to dismantle Arsenal with ease, but I suppose the upside is it helps us in the race for top 4.
Would sadly expect Liverpool to dismantle Arsenal with ease, but I suppose the upside is it helps us in the race for top 4.
Their attack has been performing better, but when we actually turn it on with Martial, Rashford, Sanchez, Mata and Lukaku, we’re stronger imo.
If I were to pick a top 5 attacking players list between the two clubs, I'd probably take Lacazette/Auba/Ozil/Martial/Sanchez, and I'd only take Sanchez if he can get back to his best.
I see everyone is in a happy mood here, which is great... Not trying to sound pessimistic but I think we have given ourselves too much to do and top 4 is gone, imo. I'll only start believing if we can pick 3 points (nothing less) away to city next week.
I think it's daft to say it's gone when the gap is tiny and it's only November. And I've hardly been Mr. Positive on here.
Got 10 points out of your last 12 so don't see why you wouldn't be close to top 4. Indeed if you look at form past Spurs defeat Man. United have actually won 5 out of 8 league games.
Issue is forum includes all the cup games so makes out the league form (note not performances) is actually worse than it seems.
Things looking a little healthier. Hopefully some dropped points elsewhere this weekend.
Don't discount the impact that the Europa League will have on Arsenal and probably Chelsea.
And Spurs will always leave the door open.
Don't discount the impact that the Europa League will have on Arsenal and probably Chelsea.
And Spurs will always leave the door open.
This is United spirit of old: not giving up until the whistle goes.
People really think we cant catch these teams?
Don't see Man. United finishing above any of the top 3. Don't think you should just dismiss competiting with Arsenal and Spurs though.
Pretty damming that even that Arsenal back 4 looked better than ours today
We can all look at individual games. That Arsenal defence really isn’t good.
We're only 4 points off Chelsea who's 3rd. Top spot might be a stretch. Guess we'll know what's possible at the end of December.
It's not but they looked very well organised and facts are facts they've conceded far fewer goals than us
Imagine if we beat City away next week. We're right back in it!
They played like a unit today. We were a bit shit up front, but Arsenal are doing well. I have them as my fourth placed finishing team now. Ahead of a knackered, and will continue to be knackered, Spurs.
City, Liverpool and Chelsea are nailed on for the top 4. That leaves one place with Arsenal, Spurs, Utd all sniffing around.
Arsenal look better organized at the back and are much better coached in attack than us, neither them or Spurs will be easy to overtake.
Yes please.
Too early to say, apart from City, the other two are not nearly as convincing as you think. If we continue our run till January and sign a CB, we could even do better. Of course, manager and players must continue to pull together instead of the bickering we saw early on in the season.
People are forgetting the games where that Arsenal defence have been exposed and got lucky this season then.
No but maybe they've improved?
feck that Barkley's goal so bad
If we beat City next week even though it is most unlikely, it's a loser for Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs who probably are guaranteed a loss when they face City at Etihad.