[Albion] Arsenal vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

[LamieRobertson]

And once again, @dwayne was spot on when he said we'd get hammered because of Hinshelwood v Saka. I trust nobody at all will ever doubt him again.

Nah I think he’ll somehow spin it as a 1/1 hammering

 

[Bodian]

awful how we played after the equaliser

Not a brain cell between any of the attacking players on display

Pedro was getting quite wound up at the lack of service to him.

 

[Steve in Japan]

Keown with his own agenda

Hes a boring bustard

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

awful how we played after the equaliser

Not a brain cell between any of the attacking players on display

Rutter the worst of it. Difficult to break down that backline but we could have played until next week and not scored.

 

[Triggaaar]

Moaned that Veltman was playing the referee while ignoring that kicking the ball away is a yellow card offense.

Ridiculous. Veltman just stood there with his arms wide - I suspect simply to say 'it's not my fault I kicked him'. Veltman and others were trying to help Rice up, saying there's nothing wrong with him. Did our players really expect Rice to be sent off?

Having pundits who've played for these big clubs is annoying, just giving their warped views.

 

[WhingForPresident]

They'll totally blame the ref for them not winning, conveniently ignoring the sitters Havertz and Saka missed at 1-1.

 

[hart's shirt]

What did he say?

"The referee has played a major part in this match."

 

[Triggaaar]

Definitely 1 point gained, not 2 points dropped.

Don't be too hasty, let's wait for the inevitable poll shall we?

 

[Cheggers]

Rice Rice baby my a#se!

 

[HalfaSeatOn]

Superb Veltman, his dark arts got us that point

 

[papachris]

Good honest interview from Dunky with Jules there.

 

[southstandandy]

AFTV should be fun later!

 

[Cordwainer]

Will have to start watching games v the ‘big 6’ teams on mute as the desperate commentary and the entitled fans is an unbearable combination.
Glad to see Zombie Tintin have a sh1t game..shame there wasn’t a bit more attacking composure as it could so easily have been 3 points. But unbeaten after facing Man U n Arse

 

[Reddleman]

Absolutely delighted with that point. Even with ten men they had the better chances in the last twenty minutes. It’s clear our attackers haven’t quite got to know each other yet as we don’t create enough but if you had offered seven points before the season started we would have ripped your arm off for it.

 

[Bodian]

Dunk a bit downbeat - not happy with just a point, says we made wrong decisions and didn't create enough chances in the second half. I always like his interviews - he never talks bollocks, and just says what he thinks.

 

[Triggaaar]

Completely disagree. After equaliser we made the wrong choice every single attack whilst being very open at the back.

Arsenal much more likely to have scored

Yep, we disagree.

We had 22 shots to their 11. Nearly all of ours were after the red, and I imagine most of theirs were before it.

They did have chance at 1-1, but I'm sure we had a lot more. Ayari missed an open goal.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Keown crying, plastic Arsenal fans crying, Havertz crying. They're well and truly rattled

And they weren't even trying to win it! Raya falling down onto the ball to waste time. No way Pep and City would be doing that.

 

[hart's shirt]

Don't be too hasty, let's wait for the inevitable poll shall we?

I thought I'd launch a preemptive strike before @Bozza arrived.

 

[Cheggers]

Absolutely delighted with that point. Even with ten men they had the better chances in the last twenty minutes. It’s clear our attackers haven’t quite got to know each other yet as we don’t create enough but if you had offered seven points before the season started we would have ripped your arm off for it.

Yes. And with two tricky away games and the home one against United. Not too shabby at all.

 

[hart's shirt]

Lewis Dunk speaking to TNT Sports:

"I have to look at myself in the first goal. I had to bounce-back from that. In the end, it's a good point the Emirates is a tough place to come."

On his mistake for Havertz's goal affecting him:

"No. Maybe when I was younger. You make mistakes and it's how you react to those mistakes. It was nice to set one up at the other end."

"The way we want to play is forward and vertical - we have quick forwards we can make passes to."

"We didn't create enough chances when they went down to 10 men, but we will go away and look at it."

"We always believe we can win any game of football. We are in a good place and we know we can beat anybody."