Dear Arsenal supporter,
Some people have said that Wayne Rooney was the difference between the two sides on Sunday but I don't agree. I feel we had early chances in the first half which we didn't take and after that I believe Manchester United were sharper than us.
Well yes rooney did make the difference since he scored and set up the second goal and made the 2-0 scoreline.
Physically they had the edge after the first half-an-hour and I believe that made a big difference. On the first goal we lost the ball in our half and after it was 1-0 we missed two great chances, one for Van Persie and one for Adebayor.
Shots on goal dont mean 'great chances'
I left Thierry Henry out of the starting line-up because he had not recovered from Wednesday night's game. He was not injured but he has played more games than the other players and he played on his own up front against Juventus twice.
Ah poor Henry, he must be so knackered, even though he was out for 3 months earlier in the campaign with a groin injury
But I don't think Thierry being on the bench was a major factor in us losing the game. The game is not about those who sit on the bench, and we have lost at Old Trafford with Thierry on the pitch as well.
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I think it is important to do the right things in the game, and we did not concede a goal because Thierry was sitting on the bench. It is always easy to look at the game like that but you have to analyse it like it happened, and United deserved to win because they were sharper.
No you didnt concede more goals cuz of Toure's goalkeeping skills. We deserved to win cuz we were sharper?? We deserved to win cuz we the better team, get it right.
Basically, in a big game you must score first if you want to win. You cannot lose a goal like we lost the first one and expect to win the game.
Well if your good enough, you should be able to come bk from being a goal down but your team just wasnt good enough.
We were jaded on Sunday and the result certainly diminishes our chances of finishing fourth. However, it is still in our hands mathematically. We are five points behind Tottenham with a game in hand, we still have to play them at home and they also have some difficult games.
Mathematically in your hands?? Contridiction at its best. If your team is 5 points behing 4th spot, and relying on tottenham to lose 'some difficult games' then surely its out of your hands mathematically and theoretically
It is open but of course we want to win every game. Our problem is that we have fixture congestion with the Champions League games and we paid the price a little bit against United.
Good one, the fixture congestion excuse. Always works in big defeats like this. It consoles fans into believing their side is getting the bad side of the draw with fixtures, although arsenal had a weeks rest 2weeks ago when their match with Portsmouth was postponed but we dont hear of that advantage when they defeated Juve.
In previous years we could afford to drop the odd point and still qualify for the Champions League, but this season were are in a worse league position so there is less margin for error.
In previous years arsenal werent worrying about qualifying for a champions league place cuz they were actually good enough to be concerned about challenging for the title.
Thanks for your support.
