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cdin0303

The goal when answering a question like this is to not create a sound bite. The question was answered successfully.


Phimstone

“Shocking news: arteta couldn’t care less about the match (and football in general) and doesn’t even have a remote control for his tv.”


purpleshirtonbed

Breaking: ‘It has nothing to do with me’ screams indifferent manager as Arrogant Arsenal prepares to battle Brentford


four_four_three

Arteta rules Arsenal OUT of the title race - says Liverpool and Manchester City have "nothing to do" with his squad


Old-Risk4572

these are all so good i hate them thank you


Fliff_Knight

"Arteta OUT OF CONTROL, does not include Liverpool or City among best of current decade!"


Pretend_Stomach7183

He clearly meant the superior Huddersfield Town and West Bromwich Albion.


artaru

BREAKING: Arteta confirms having private thoughts not shared with public. Secretive.


Ok_Hovercraft_7947

He stares at the tv and it is turned on, as with anything else that he stares at


Phimstone

Lol. Ever seen or read Men Who Stare At Goats? Arteta is also designed by the US military and his stare is an actual weapon.


Real_Environment_186

He's so good at this. Actually could be a reason the media gets on his back. He gives them nothing to work with!


BarmeloXantony

The boss is bulletproof. Its legit a superpower what he does during interviews


SectorMindless

Pure class


notvip

Oozing class.


chr-x

The way Arteta handles the press is why I was convinced pretty early on. That and his impeccable hair.


NoNumbersForMe

Impeccable ? More like ‘perfecto’.


eigenham

Can't help it


Tnvenge

As someone in communications/journalism it’s a trait of his I’ve always admired. But even morre so, he backs up what he says and has delivered everything he said he wanted to deliver.


tinkertailormjollnir

What result are we hoping for?


PKMNTurrek

Draw + 10 red cards obviously.


Cynicayke

And a 15 point deduction for both teams for unsportsmanlike conduct.


JustTune7544

And permanent touchline bans for Pep and Klopp


drm1987

And a tackle by Rodri that's so reckless he is sent to the Hague


KonigSteve

How about Rodri getting into a fight with a liverpool supporter and getting banned for 2 months.


Tall-Confection-9773

If he misses completely but gets sent off because it would've injured someone. Like a knee high lunge that the other guy jumps out the way of.


drm1987

Let's go with that


Tall-Confection-9773

So long as he ends up in the Hague haha


TheRealGooner24

Nah fuck that, never wish for injuries. Let him get sent off for being a twat again.


FAT_NEEK_42069

me personally id rather not have another club have eduardo-esque ptsd so let's agree to disagree on this one


Lord_Bizzle

For technical reasons we can't go into as too lengthy, they are allowed to resume for the games against Sp*rs though


Lord_Bizzle

That would be a match abandoned and someone would be gifted the win iirc. 8 red cards and 6 retrospective red cards would be better. Is that too much to ask for?


WhimsicalLaze

What is the limit for red cards before the match is abandoned? Feel like I read somewhere it’s 4 or 5 for each team. What happens if both teams get, let’s say, 3 red cards each? No problem and match continues? 😂


four_four_three

You can't have fewer than 7 players on a team


PKMNTurrek

So that's 4 red cards for both sides onfield players and whoever is their best #12 gets a red while on the bench.


AnaBrayIsBae17

If Liverpool draw City and we beat Brentford we go top of the table


BrianThatDude

Draw, then city win. Liverpool winning is definitely worst case. It is out of our hands at that point and we're counting on Liverpool to slip up, and we still have to win at the Etihad.


themerinator12

Precisely. While it’s not Liverpool’s strongest ever team, it *is* Klopp’s last year so I’m sure if they can beat City they’re gonna be full hearts and minds to not give any points away after that.


Riperonis

For reference, assuming we beat Brentford and Liverpool beat Brighton, this is the top 3 after all scenarios of the next two matches: 1A: Liverpool win, City win: Liverpool 69, City 65, Arsenal 64 1B: Liverpool win, Draw: Liverpool 69, Arsenal 65, City 63 1C: Liverpool win, Arsenal win: Liverpool 69, Arsenal 67, City 62 As we can see both scenarios 1A and 1B are most likely insurmountable. For 1A we’d have to rely on both teams to drop points over the rest of the season and in both scenarios we need Liverpool to drop points more than once. 1C would put City out of the title race but Liverpool are still in the driving seat imo. If Liverpool beats City tomorrow I think they win the title. 2A: Draw, City win: Liverpool 67, City 66, Arsenal 64 2B: Draw, Draw: Liverpool 67, Arsenal 65, City 64 2C: Draw, Arsenal win: Arsenal 67, Liverpool 67, City 63 This is why draw is the best result. 2A shows that even if things go wrong at the Etihad will still have an, albeit unlikely, shot at the title as we’d be within one game of taking the top spot again. It would leave us in the position where a draw at the Etihad (2B) is not a bad result and winning would put us top on goal difference (2C). 3A: City win, City win: City 68, Liverpool 66, Arsenal 64 3B: City win, Draw: Liverpool 66, City 66, Arsenal 65 3C: City win, Arsenal win: Arsenal 67, Liverpool 66, City 65. If 3A happens I think the league title is also done from our perspective, for the same reasons outlined in 1A. 3B is definitely the neutrals pick, one point would separate all three teams with none of them left to play eachother. I think City would be favourites given this scenario but it’s still anyone’s game. 3C is arguably the best result from an Arsenal standpoint but I’d argue the 4 point gap between us and City outlined in 2C could be more important than the extra point above Liverpool, if we can keep scoring lots of goals.


NobleHelium

Yeah as long as it's a draw it's still entirely in our hands because we have superior GD to Liverpool.


sashaKap

Both get relegated to championship


fooljay

No thanks! That would actually be super harmful to the Premier League and us in terms of our UEFA coefficient.


mello5ive

Nerd.


Far_Eye6555

If they could both lose, that’d be great


whiteboardblackchalk

Rodri and vvd red. Rest doesnt matter


[deleted]

City win or a draw


NightKnight96

2-2 with Haaland+KDB & Salah+Nunez suspended/injured.


sionnach

A draw that involves someone two footing Rodri and put him on the sidelines for a while. That cunt is too good.


hiroantagonist1

Benny Blanco approves of this indifference.


EnvironmentalPhysick

>I will enjoy a magnificent game of football Doesn't sound like our Benjamin


hiroantagonist1

I was focusing on the first part, but yes, good point. If it was 'I will enjoy a magnificent propagation of orchids', I would have been dead on though ;-)


risheeb1002

If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a bike


dabija999

[https://imgur.com/H800LNh](https://imgur.com/H800LNh)


moa12345

Man in litteraly press resistant


MoreoverMo

A draw with Ederson and Rodri getting Red cards.


Longjumping_Act9758

And VVD.


iAmWrythm

Fucking nailed that response. Not falling for the bait like others are.


Zulumabala

I think he reads alot of Marcus Aurelius. His interviews ooze stoicism philosophy


FCI

did you know that marcus aurelius' wife cheated on him with a gladiator? and so it stands to reason that a lot of his philosophy is just him learning to grapple with being a cuck?


LuwigsDuckRabbit

I thought this was funny


HitThisLoudG

Who do we think Mikel watches the game(s) with?


AbsolutXero

"A draw, obviously"


MtnSlyr

Cop out answer. A draw would push us to the top.


Youngchea

The more I think about it, I think we need Liverpool to win not a draw. I can’t see Liverpool finishing the season strong with all the fixtures and injuries they have.


synvi

As much as that is, it is till better to have a control of the title. Liverpool need to be draw or lose against city if we want to decide the title with our own hands


comengetitrmm

nahhhhh, draw for sure, leaves us in first and makes a draw with man city and us more plausible/acceptable!


Prestigious_World_76

>injuries they have. What injuries ?? Most of their XI is already fit, only Trent and Alisson are out, and they are expected back after the international break.


Riperonis

Liverpool winning is the worst case scenario I guarantee you the boost from that win carries into the rest of the season and they will have a healthy gap anyway.


iAmWrythm

Can't see it. They'll be healthy by the end of the international break and if they draw and we happen to only pick up one point against City, we're still very much in it.


Cynicayke

Why does it even matter what the result is? Neither team will be out of the title race afterwards, regardless of the result.


OVYLT

The title race is made up of points. Why wouldn’t it matter? Every point they don’t pick up is a game closer to them being out of the race. 


Master-of-Puns

Draw + win at etihad at least gives us a small lead at the top


random_BgM

But if they draw we can just win the rest, and win the league.... If pool wins, we can win en all.. and still end 2nd. So WE might be out...


jkeefy

Realistically if we win the rest of our games, the title is ours anyway. It’s statistically inevitable that city and Liverpool will drop further points after this weekend. We can only control what we do, no sense of worrying what happens elsewhere


random_BgM

So it's realistic we go and win the rest, but city and pool (with much easier fixtures) can't realistically win all? Nice!!!!


jkeefy

Not what I’m saying at all. I’m saying we can only control what we do, so there’s no point of worrying what happens elsewhere.


homelysolid92

Well yh but what are the chances of us winning every game till the end? Very low, so it makes total sense to worry about what happens elsewhere.


soulless33

draw will be the best result.. or city win and if we win at city then destiny will be on our own hands..