CL | 1/8: FC Barcelona - Arsenal 5-1 agg.

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FC B

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Actually Neymar was quite good throughout the game and was the main pivot for the first crucial goal. His two blocked shots were under pressure and a difficult angle. His header should have been more powerful, but hey, Barca players are notoriously shit at headers.

Actually Neymar was good only by making a good part of the first goal. Horror decision making, could've assisted Suarez and Messi but chose to shoot and obviously miss...

Horror game, but I repeat, nobody did a fantastic job tonight bar Masche.
 
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EdmondDantes

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Decent game. We controlled it and only conceded them that first half chance and that header in the end. I can't fault the lads' commitment and performance tonight give the fact they have been playing every 3 days for a long long time now. Great result, some great performances.

As for Arsenal, Cech was fantastic despite conceding two, and Ozil was terrible. An absolute ghost out there.
 

StarLord

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Actually Neymar was good only by making a good part of the first goal. Horror decision making, could've assistes Suarez and Messi and prefered to shoot and obviously miss...

Horror game, but I repeat, nobody did a fantastic job tonight bar Masche.

I disagree. Both those instances were not clear-cut. It was difficult for him to score, and was also difficult for him to pass. They were extremely marginal chances to either go for goal himself or pass. There was clearly no obvious decision.
 

Kikan

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Arsenal played the wrong way and Wenger has only himself to blame. He should have pressed Barca and not played like a coward.

I am more than happy with the result but I wasn't convinced with our motivation and Messi in particular looked out of gas.

All things considered (our tight schedule/fatigue, playing away) this is a great win for Barca :)

Actually he got it right which was playing with 11 defenders and hope that Barca does not score , but then Arsenal had this crazy idea that they can win the game .
 

StarLord

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Arsenal played the wrong way and Wenger has only himself to blame. He should have pressed Barca and not played like a coward.

I am more than happy with the result but I wasn't convinced with our motivation and Messi in particular looked out of gas.

All things considered (our tight schedule/fatigue, playing away) this is a great win for Barca :)

Arsenal did their very best, but Barca were better. They had chances, but we had even more.

Fair result in the end.
 

MasChe

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Arsenal played the wrong way and Wenger has only himself to blame. He should have pressed Barca and not played like a coward.

yep. thought about that myself in the 1st half. Pressing is the best option against Barça if your team isn't on our individual quality level. They seemed tired in the 2nd half. I would understand that if the played pressing game, but they were sitting back.
 

Alik

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Messi in particular looked out of gas.

Yeah, that is something I noticed. He actually had plenty of space to sprint, and did, but just didn't have the same energy to it.

Still, just a minor observation.

I hope we can keep energy levels up until the copa del rey final, and throughout the CL.
 

Gnidrologist

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Arsenal are such a pathetic club. Pride themselves like they are the shining light of London, then resort to Chelsea tactics to play us.
And what should they do? Play an open game against MSN? Wenger is not the brightest tactician, but he's not an utter moron, you know. The very reason for the first Barca's goal was that they naively decided to show their shining light at the end and were swept away by predictable counter. Chelsea's tactics against recent Barca has shown the best track record to date.
 

diegomessi

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Poor tv. Dude deserves a lengthy ban. Would have been worse had he called it a waste of space
 
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