All in all not too bad

We had what 13 corners. United had zero

Stokesnal were the better side overall. We had nothing really going forward. First have was a bit more even. Not good but not terrible either.

comment by RRRU-ben a-moo-REENG (U17054)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Baz tard - ineos your face (U19119)
posted 4 minutes ago
New manager, new system against a top side

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We played stoke
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Stokenal, managed by Markel Hughteta.
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It’s Paellardyce, I’ll have you know.

comment by Playmaker (U22780)
posted 13 minutes ago
comment by Ali - 🇪🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (U1192)
posted 7 minutes ago
I thought we were utter garbage. Nothing to be happy about there at all.
The defending at set pieces was beyond pathetic.
The attack was beyond pathetic.
The same players, playing awful, do not belong in the premier league.
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2 corners c'mon.

The rest of the 15000 corners and free kicks we were diamond.
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We looked shaky as heck on loads of their corners.

When did we look diamond?

comment by Castor Troy (U8700)
posted 17 minutes ago
We had what 13 corners. United had zero
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Incredible really. 😂

Arsenal seem to play for them because it's a real weapon to use. Nothing wrong with that either I suppose.

Didn't think much of Arsenal in open play tonight personally but then you didn't need to be good.

comment by scholayScholes (U13961)
posted 31 minutes ago
comment by Tyranny of the majority (SE85) (U21241)
posted 17 minutes ago
comment by scholayScholes (U13961)
posted 38 seconds ago
Very tough there for Rasmus today no blames on his part from me. Tactics very ugly first half but would accept it against this Arsenal side.
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Should be some blame. His hold up play was atrocious yet again.

Where I feel sorry for him is his lack of service. Garnacho and Mount behind Hojlund never looked right from minute 1.
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Saliba just has his number. This is the second time he has completely bullied him. As you said the service to him was woeful. We did not play like we wanted to score that first half
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To be fair Saliba deals with most forwards, after a slow start he looks like he's coming back into form, exceptional defender.

Personally think Hojlund was robbed of a penalty on his first game against Arsenal last season. I have watched it back 50 times and even with my Utd goggles off that was a blatant pen.

Thought he was poor again tonight. No service, true, but even with the little bits he did get he never looked comfortable or confident. He isn't ready to be leading the line for us and Amorim will one million percent look to buy a sticker in the summer. If he doesn't we will struggle again next year.

Amorim will one million percent look to buy a sticker in the summer.
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Hopefully he will know to swap in the playground rather than buying.

Encouraged by the performance, particularly the level of control that frustrated Arsenal and silenced much of the home crowd without posing a goal threat in the first half. However, we struggled to deal with their precise set pieces, with Hojlund, who was poor overall, losing his man. The second goal was somewhat fortunate, but the delivery was excellent once again. Arsenal could have scored more from corners, highlighting the urgent need to improve our set piece defending, especially in how we execute zonal marking.

In attack, we offered little, with Mount, Nacho, and Hojlund delivering highly forgettable performances. In midfield Ugarte was neat and tidy, ably supported by Bruno especially in the first half. We also lacked width with Dalot and Malacia, posing no threat going forwards. Matters improved when Amad entered the fray.

No one likes losing, especially to a team trying to emulate prime Stoke, but the performance suggests we are making progress and heading in the right direction..

comment by Roy's Keane (U11635)
posted 2 hours, 30 minutes ago
Yorro looked good
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He did. People often describe Saliba as a Rolls-Royce, and Yoro has that same effortless quality about him. I absolutely loved his cameo, and with match sharpness, he could be outstanding in a back three. Slab also put in a solid performance.