Arsenal

[gizmo1990]

Gotta get Vieira at Arsenal in some capacity or another.

An absolute Legend.

How we let him end up at City I'll never know.

Nah, I'd much rather have Bergkamp any day. It would be awful to see him at another pl club.

[Lucky]

Yes, Bergkamp is an absolute must at some stage but why not both?

[The Fox]

Napoli: Rafael; Maggio, Fernandez, Albiol, Armero; Dzemaili, Behrami; Callejón, Pandev, Mertens; Higuain

Arsenal: Szczesny, Jenkinson, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Flamini, Arteta, Rosicky, Cazorla, Ozil, Giroud

[hercules]

walcott should have started, this game is perfect for him. lets hope we dont play for a draw

[The Fox]

This analysis from Neville and Henry is great stuff.

[Cosmic_Guru]

Why are Napoli in their away kit?

[The Fox]

No idea, but it's actually their third kit; their away kit is a camouflage khaki abomination.

[Silent Runner]

Couple of really big tackles from Mertesacker so far and great work from Giroud - winning everything that comes his way.

[The Fox]

Giroud is bullying their centre backs again, shame our midfield has been shite so far.

[hercules]

Really needed Walcott to start this game, would have made them mindful of our counter attacks. So far we are playing not to lose rather than playing to win

[toythatkills]

Marseilles down to ten men, FFS

[The Fox]

Really needed Walcott to start this game, would have made them mindful of our counter attacks. So far we are playing not to lose rather than playing to win

To be fair it's quite cagey anyway and we don't know how fit he is.

Anyway, Laurent Koscielny is the best CB in English football. Just getting that out there.

[Silent Runner]

Amazing from Koscielny there. Won a big tackle, flicked it over another guy, drove on 40 yards, little interchange with Giroud AND then gets fouled which led to a booking.

Edited December 11, 2013 by Silent Runner

[Timmo]

He's got all the attributes, if he cuts out his rashness in the box then why not? He's improved so much.

[NexivRed]

People often criticise him for being rash, but then Ramos is far worse but is probably the best CB around. Kos has a very aggressive playstyle which means he can be a tad rash occasionally, but I think it's a bit overstated. He is absolutely superb all round.

[hercules]

This is painful to watch

[Swallow]

That's a good turn and finish from Gon-za-lo HIGUAIN (repeat x 20).

[The Fox]

That's been coming, lovely finish. This has been a really poor midfield performance again. Why play so many midfielders and no outlet if it doesn't result in any control?

[toythatkills]

Well now this is interesting.

[Shoes]

Fucking hell.

[hercules]

Walcott should have started. This is stupid! We have just sat back with no outlet yet have not controlled the game from midfield.

[Silent Runner]

Fuck this. Stupidity from Artetta, he really should know better.

[The Fox]

So negative from Wenger. I don't understand it at all. Napoli really aren't all that, we shouldn't be time wasting with 20 mins left. And now we're down to 10 with two left backs on the pitch.

[hercules]

Arteta has had a really poor game. Very negative from wenger and it has suprised me a lot. We have played into napoli's hands

[The Fox]

Arsène talked about playing to win but that isn't in evidence from the team selection, tactics or substitutions tbh. Very uncharacteristically reactive, negative stuff.

[Jonathan_Kerr]

From twitter: "Arteta made two fouls all game.

Behrami on 6 without a card."

[Timmo]

Do you think that the main aim from Wenger could have been to conserve energy?

[The Fox]

Dortmund score, second place. Big cock up.

[Gotters]

Oh dear, dortmund scored, we're in runners up,spot as it stands

[hercules]

Sometimes you get what you deserve. We should have come here looking to play our game and win. Not to not lose by 3 goals.