Spurs v Arsenal match report<\/a>. You\u2019d have thought Arsenal were dismal and lost given the tone of the first couple of paragraphs.<\/p>\nNow, nobody is asking the a bright and shiny BBC headline which stated \u2018Arsenal score four against Spurs as they go five points clear\u2019 which has certain ChatGPT glaze about it. But the sheer commitment to a Richard Keys-esque salty reading of the game was disingenuous.<\/p>\n
Arsenal won pretty decently. 60% possession and 20 shots, leading to 4 goals. While the conceded goal was sloppy, and endemic of recent mistakes, Arsenal steamrollered Spurs in the second half and celebrated because every game means something now. Backhanded criticisms are boring. And smug.<\/p>\n
Time to step up and be the title F365 used to be, back when it was a fan\u2019s voice of football reporting, rich with humour and jibes, and an honest view of the game.
Alexander<\/p>\n
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Better, Arsenal\u2026better<\/p>\n
Let me start with Gyokeres, this was is best game since signing for Arsenal. I hope this continues next week against Chelsea.<\/p>\n
The game was much better but our defense is still shaky and I worry whenever teams attack. We got better when Timber was substituted.<\/p>\n
We need to shake of the nerves when playing at home, am not sure if the crowd at Emirates has something to do with it.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t like Spurs but that was a goal, and never a foul.
Lwazi, South Africa<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Where\u2019s Stewie?<\/p>\n
I bet we don\u2019t hear much from \u201cStewie\u201d after that.<\/p>\n
Makes you wonder how he deals with Arsenal playing well, doesn\u2019t it (maybe he thrashes himself half to death in his Tony Pulis Y-Fronts, whilst cutting the heads off Arteta press clippings)?<\/p>\n
He certainly only pipes-up from his mum\u2019s spare room when he can spout all his tenuous nicknames about Arsenal playing badly.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ll wait, Stewie. We\u2019ll wait\u2026
Andy FTM (fair play, Fulham. Well-deserved and no complaints. Not so long ago we got beat by Burton at home though, so all things considered, life is still pretty good).<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Can we talk about that Gabriel dive?<\/p>\n
That game just felt like Sky needed Arsenal to win. No acknowledgement of dive for Spurs equaliser. All praise for tap ins and lego head. Var isn\u2019t the problem, it\u2019s the TV rights. They decide.
Anthony Fox<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2026Gabriel with one of the most pathetic dives you will ever see, and Spurs second ruled out, changing the face of the game. What an absolutely horrendous, pathetic decision. Game is officially gone.
James Byrom<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2026I know that a foul committed by a defender and a foul committed by an attacker in the box are judged differently, but that Gabriel dive is so shameful it makes me desperately wish for retrospective action.<\/p>\n
This is a player whose greatest attribute is physicality, who has contributed countless goals through sheer strength on corners \u2013 largely by holding and blocking opponents.<\/p>\n
But his dive for the disallowed Spurs goal is an absolute shocking call from the ref, and deserves to be addressed. How can we enjoy this \u2018sport\u2019 when that kind of behavious is so richly rewarded?<\/p>\n
It\u2019s so hard to like what football has become. VAR ruining games, set-piece fouling being the best way to goal, and diving being constantly rewarded. The worst part of the sport is the officiating, and we just deal with it each week, say nothing and pay our license fees.
Ryan, Bermuda (watched the hockey before the NLD, now there\u2019s a sport where toughness still matters)<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Declan Rice and shades of Steve G<\/p>\n
It\u2019s just gone 1-1 in the game, writing this in the 35th min.<\/p>\n
Declan Rice not letting the players celebrate fully after the Eze goal and giving some kinda lecture to keep their head in the game. Gave me shades of Stevie G.<\/p>\n
Then next minutes goes on to become Stevie G by giving the ball away to concede. Just absolutely hilarious & so predictable.
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