this is better, pressing starting to work. but you can see the nerves there. Saliba with only Arsenal players around heads it to a Porto player
Saka's header.. ugh. Lol. That was terrible, it was a great chance
They are a bunch of dribblers very calm under our press.
On the other hand our players looked very panicky when pressed and can't play through them
Saliba with a poor header. Gave them a chance at a shot.
We should be more direct against these lot. Play a bit like Brentford as playing through them is going to be very difficult
Tactics we are not winning any duels against Pepe though. Playing direct will need us to be incredibly precise
Starting to get into the match more now.
naz Rice is a step behind seems like
Worried about getting booked and banned.
Odegaard with 2 fuck ups in 1 minute
Clrnc We should be targetting their fullbacks, not Pepe (who is a beast in the air)
Gabriel was onside ffs.
These guys are much better than all English teams bar city and liverpool
FEBravo These guys are much better than all English teams bar city and liverpool
They are set up really, really well. Defensively and offensively.
FEBravo
Easily the best team we have faced this season bar our title challengers. They've got us at an arms length and our usual tactics aren't working.
Huge chance for Porto...
We are making similar mistakes to what Wenger's early sides did. We are pressing high, playing at a high tempo, like it's a PL game. European teams are too good on the ball to be caught out like that.
daredevil We are making similar mistakes to what Wenger's early sides did. We are pressing high, playing at a high tempo, like it's a PL game. European teams are too good on the ball to be caught out like that.
They're playing that same game but even better than us. Pressing insanely high, with a high tempo whenever we have the ball.
They have crazy levels of energy.
Big Willie these players ain't anything special, lots of journeyman in it but they are making us seems like we are out of our depth technically while they are dribbling and controlling balls with ease. Weird
Now we're letting them back into the game. We gotta take over again
Raya good on the ball
I don't know why we are encouraging them to press us at the back because we pass back at the first sign of pressure
Clrnc
There's nothing weird about it. European teams have been technically better than English teams since football began.
