Arsenal

[Shoes]

Robbed, but still top of the league.

[BlinkyBear]

So that should be what, 5-5 and we should've had a pen?

So we should be winning 5-6?

Hang on, 6-6 now?

Yes, I am being tongue-in-cheek here.

[humdrum]

Milner is a diving cunt!

[Shoes]

Looks like the same old Arsenal. CL loss, league loss, our season could go downhill rapidly here. We're just not big time, not when it really matters.

Jesus christ. We're top. We're in the CL knock-out stages. We were denied two goals today, against a superb Man City side.

[Dude Ranch]

Robbed, but still top of the league.

I'm reading about the poor officials but can you really be robbed 5-2?

[Silent Runner]

Second best all over the pitch. Shit end to a hard week. Don't think we deserved to be thumped like that but it was still a poor show. Decent rest until the next match and hopefully Kos won't be out for too long - he was sitting on the bench at the end.

[hercules]

Terrible officiating all game. We have looked leggy, and our passing has been poor. Jack has been awful all game, yet the score line could be very different if those offsides were given

[mop]

I'm spectacularly hung over and this absolute fucking madness didn't help. Incandescent with rage.

[hercules]

Haha another Milner dive

[Dude Ranch]

Jesus christ. We're top. We're in the CL knock-out stages. We were denied two goals today, against a superb Man City side.

We're the leaders and got beaten 5-2 by a superb Man City side. We lost to a poor United. I wouldn't put a penny on us beating Chelsea.

EDIT: 6-3!

[The Fox]

Christ, what a ridiculous game.

Should have been closer than 6-3 and would have been but not for some terrible officiating. But they were clearly the better side; we were far too sloppy.

[Shoes]

I would. We're going to shag Chelsea.

[wev]

Lets face it Man City away on their current form was always going to be very difficult, the final score says we got 3 when we actually got 5 whilst we were fatigued. Doesnt matter what we did, the "not serious contendors" types would only move the goal posts again.

[Steve007]

Christ, what a ridiculous game.

Should have been closer than 6-3 and would have been but not for some terrible officiating. But they were clearly the better side; we were far too sloppy.

We should have had another goal and the officiating was dreadful but City could score when they wanted. If we had scored 5 they could have had 8.

We were horribly outclassed and the difference in depth between both squads is frightening.

[BlinkyBear]

the difference in depth between both squads is frightening.

So's the amount of money they've spunked on their squad.

[hercules]

Wenger made silly calls this week. Playing Giroud against Napoli when u aren't looking to attack was stupid. As was playing Gibbs then resting him today, we have had a hard week again. We went all out attack after going 3-1 down and we suffered for it as we lost any control in the midfield that we had. But let's be realistic, city were better yet the score line could've and should've been level at stages but due to poor officiating that wasn't to be. 9 days rest until Chelsea now which is a huge game. We will be fresh so can have no excuses on that front.

[Jonathan_Kerr]

So aside from the handball we weren't given, what were the officiating mistakes everyone is talking about? (edit: aside from some interesting foul calls).

I was watching on a pretty stuttery feed that dropped out a lot.

[The Fox]

They've spent nearly £700m Steve, hardly surprising.

There are mitigating factors that contribute to it looking like a thumping (ridiculous fixture congestion; poor officiating). They're amazing going forward but we're better than that defensively. Flamini was a complete waste of time and there was uncharacteristic sloppiness from Per and Kos directly leading to two goals.

Still think we'll beat Chelsea.

[pinholestar]

Disappointing result but City away is the toughest fixture of the season & the scoreline doesn't tell the whole story of that game at all. We're still top by at least 2 points no matter what happens this weekend & if we beat Chelsea at home (which I'm quietly confident we will) then our tails will be up again. If we don't, then.....hmm, time to start worrying perhaps. Thank God for that nine days rest though. We desperately need it after a fucking horrible schedule recently.

On another note I'm beginning to get a little concerned about Wilshere. His over-dribbling & giving the ball away needlessly is becoming far too frequent for my liking. I'm hoping that he's doing a Ramsey & just finding his way back to form before he explodes into one of the best players in the country, but he was fucking awful today & not for the first time.

[Gotters]

city deserved the win but the score is proof that neither team defended very well

monreal was truly awful, alays tucked inside and leaving huge gaps

words fail me too with milner feeling need to dive deep in injury time at 5-3, utter scum (and I'd say the same if it was one of ours)

chelsea huge as really does look like the wobble is on now unless we can get a good win in that game, draw not enough

[The Fox]

Ramsey was the only guy who had a good game IMO. Theo peripheral but some good flashes obviously. Everyone else was very sloppy (partly because City are very good, obviously, but not solely so).

[BlinkyBear]

So aside from the handball we weren't given, what were the officiating mistakes everyone is talking about? (edit: aside from some interesting foul calls).

I was watching on a pretty stuttery feed that dropped out a lot.

Handball:

Disallowed goal from Bendtner:

Disallowed goal from Giroud:

And this is interesting, Per apparently having a go at özil for not applauding the away fans. Love the BFG, a Gooner through and through.

[Dude Ranch]

Ozil quite often doesn't look particularly interested IMHO.

[Guest]

My opinion:

No handball (although a different ref may have given it)

Offside

Onside (and great finish)

[JamesTW]

It's a great finish but the keeper had stopped and didnt bother

[The Fox]

Amazed people think that isn't a penalty, as if Zabaleta doesn't have ample time to get his arm out of the way. He has so long to judge the flight of that ball that when it hits his arm, you can't conclude it's an unavoidable accident.

Also as if Pantilimon was saving that, come on. Bendtner one is fractionally off though, I agree.

[The Fox]

Ozil quite often doesn't look particularly interested IMHO.

Some players are a bit introverted, he's hardly the only one. As a semi regular away fan personally I don't give a rat's ass if they clap me or not. Some do, some don't.

[Rocafella]

The handball was as clear as day. The ball went miles and if he doesn't trap it with his hand, Theo is one on one.

[The Fox]

There were two other offsides given which weren't, against Monreal and Theo. Totally ridiculous.

[FATEone]

Amazed people think that isn't a penalty, as if Zabaleta doesn't have ample time to get his arm out of the way. He has so long to judge the flight of that ball that when it hits his arm, you can't conclude it's an unavoidable accident.

Also as if Pantilimon was saving that, come on. Bendtner one is fractionally off though, I agree.

I'm amazed you think it is. The laws are quite clear. The handling of the ball has to be deliberate. There is no way that it was deliberate, and referees are told that any deflection onto the hand, unless the hand/arm moves towards the ball, is not hand-ball.