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We won the xG battle. What a relief!
Arsenal - Aston Villa, Today, In about 3 and a half hours.
From where I was sat, it clearly looked like it hit Havertz's forearm. You could tell from Merino's body language he thought it'd be ruled out.
And for someone who boasts about his detailed and methodical coaching, Arteta sure has a blind spot when forcing Partey into RB.
Also, Odegaard has been such a let down and I despise Emery. I never felt so depressed when he was our coach and now this game raising, dracula looking idiot haunts us from beyond the grave.
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Qwiss it got his arm. Not everything is a conspiracy
Though I'd like to believe that because then there's not much you can do, but watching it on replays shown by Sky Sports it looks like it went under his arm and into his midriff. I'll have to see it in slow motion to be sure but it wasn't 100% clear handball to me.
Edit: just found this. Doesn't look like it hits his hand but rather his stomach to me.
Bro it hit his hand. Check twitter. End of.
I think it does hit his arm, look at the direction of the spin after impact, it's in line with his arm.
Sicario2 - Tier 1 Bro it hit his hand. Check twitter. End of.
Why do I need to be reading twitter when a video is right there.
IBL I think it does hit his arm, look at the direction of the spin after impact, it's in line with his arm.
Maybe. It's hard to tell if it his the arm of the stomach. I can see both sides tbh.
Big Willie
Best to look at it from all angles/clips before reaching a conclusion. I know we all want to quickly blame VAR but this was not the case today.
Sicario2 - Tier 1 Best to look at it from all angles/clips before reaching a conclusion. I know we all want to quickly blame VAR but this was not the case today.
Like I said, I can see both arguments looking at the video closer. Can't say 100% whether it was his stomach or his hand. They're so close together.
Not handball. It hits the bottom of his ribcage.
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It’s a handball. Let’s get over it and move forward.
Look again, it went right past his ribcage and hit the arm in the back of that shot, not the arm in the front.
Yeah unfortunately I think that's correct, his arm also moves at the point of impact.
USArsenal I see it now. Makes it better somehow.
Artetas post match comments are concerning. Sounds like he's sending a message to the board, third match in a row he does that.
Maybe you shouldn't have wasted cash on some of the useless players you brought in.
Big Willie you have 1 angle in those twitter videos and it hides the arm.
Mirth more than achieving the targets they set? I guarantee there was no deal that said "we'll buy you Calafiori if you win the league". Everyone said we were ahead of schedule when were flying high, so obviously nobody thought what we'd done so far would be enough. There was no follow through this summer because they were happy with where we were at, not because they wanted more "ROI".