Pizy

Azpi or Kante man of the match. It was basically a training session against a parked bus for 80 minutes. Then, for some strange reason, we let off the gas and allowed them to attack us repeatedly in the final 10 minutes. We looked totally gassed towards the end there despite them being the side who were chasing shadows all day.

Willian has been frankly embarrassing.

KANTE OH MY!

Barkley is completely redundant in a match like this. We need someone who is very quick with the ball and incisive in their passing like Kovacic. Against parked buses he's useless. When a game is stretched and open that's when Barkley can utilize his athleticism. Not here. Also, Willian has again been useless. He's had so many opportunities with the ball in acres of space and does nothing at all with it.

We can't do a goddamn thing in the final third. Once again. Every fucking time we play a deep sitting defense we have no clue or quality.

Zaha, Schlupp, and Townsend. They go with pure pace knowing we struggle against that. Need to be in top form in midfield in order to control the tempo and not allow those three to run at us.

Alonso going to get targeted again here. That's the one area where Sarri has let me down. I'm fine with everything else he has done. But starting Alonso every PL match without fail is crazy. Who knows, maybe today will be one of those matches where he scores and isn't caught out of position over and over. Not holding my breath.

I feel like I'm missing something here. I know Bayern are down these days and have aging wingers, but is CHO really going to walk into their team? Surely not? Why would he want to trade our bench for theirs?

People here and on Twitter who have been moaning lately about Sarri have to remember that it took Klopp all the way until now to create this fantastic side. People were saying Brendan Rodgers v2 not long ago pointing to their identical records through 2 seasons of whatever it was. Pep was also infamously called a "bald fraud" as sort of a meme when he first came to the PL. Hopefully if we finish in the top 4 we can make a similar step up.

Normally I'd be super excited to watch Arsenal Fan TV later today. But knowing we have a bogey side away tomorrow I'm not laughing yet. We may very well lose tomorrow as well knowing us.

Say what you want about how poor our defense can sometimes look, Arsenal look like the parting of the Red Sea in the center of their defense. Liverpool slice through them effortlessly. At least we've seen in some of the bigger games that we can rock up and solidify. This is pathetic stuff from Arse.

This lot winning the PL will be bad enough. For the love of god don't let them also win the CL! Almost anybody but them!

Liverpool are simply a ridiculous team. Arse have been comical at times, yes, but Liverpool just have absolutely everything. Look like scoring every time they get the ball in the opponents half. Really sad that they have 3 attackers who are utterly lethal in front of goal while we have none.

Hope so. We simply can't sell one of the 2-3 best players in the world and replace him with Pulisic.

If he's being viewed by the club as the long term replacement for Willian and Pedro I'm fine with that. He's not better than either of those two now but has the potential to be. If he's being viewed as a Hazard replacement then I think we're in trouble next season and beyond.

Not saying Pulisic is bad or doesn't have the potential to become a top player, but I'd be so disappointed if we were to buy him while the likes of Fekir and Isco move to our rivals. Both are far superior to Pulisic right now and I don't think they'd be risks at all.

Meh.

I guess not, but I'm not even sure he'd be any better than Giroud. Someone who's dangerous at times but won't score much.

Don't want him. I would've taken a punt from the beginning of the season but having not really heard a thing about his time in Milan I'm guessing he hasn't done much? His age combined with his body just makes him a panic option/temporary bandaid. Trouble is there isn't any outstanding candidate we can turn to in the middle of the season. I literally can't even name someone who is at the level required that is possible. In 20/20 hindsight missing out on Aubameyang when he was desperate to leave was a mistake. Imagine his pace and skill playing off Hazard...

Still a hugely useful sub and rotation option for secondary competitions but it's completely understandable that he'd want to leave. When he does play he's still super dangerous when given the space on the ball, but he's somehow even slower than he was in the past couple of years. It would be suicidal to start him against even midtable PL sides these days with our current defense. Would be sad to see him go but he deserves to play somewhere. Hope him leaving doesn't affect the Hazard negotiations somehow. He appears to be his best mate in the team.

Fucking Palace... We know what that means. Wilf God form and probably Andros Townsend scoring his once in every 30 games goal against us. Hopefully the quick turn around and fixture congestion will work in our favor here. Maybe Palace will rotate quite a bit.

I'll take those 3 points as a nice 29th birthday gift. Where the fuck would we be if Hazard decided to leave? Midtable, most likely. And with our board trying to buy his replacements? Yikes!

So tired of seeing Willian get the ball out wide and just having our play crash to a halt. Honestly, I'm tired of seeing all of our attacking players bar Eden. How depressing it'll be going the rest of the season with this stale attack if we don't buy next month.

Just about to praise Kovacic and Hazard and as I do they score the equalizer. Their best shooter from distance is standing unmarked on the edge of our box. Fantastic defending, lads.

It's almost like Sarri is sending a message to the club that this is all he's got.