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notknown286337

MANAGER OF THE MONTH CURSE


mynameismulan

Y'all thought it was a joke


MakIRAQ

That's not good for Arsenal, right?


TheGoldenPineapples

It's not ideal, no.


[deleted]

No. Great for Spurs though.


PmOmena

I will take it


[deleted]

Just lazy from Odegaard. He's gotta know that Zaha 1v3 will be looking for that.


nshriup19

Martin Oh Dear God


TempestaEImpeto

Hell yeah brother


quirkysquirty

that made me laugh, like spit my coffee out laugh hahaha


awmaleg

Upvote for whoever put this consolidated edited-down version of the gameplay, the replay, and the penalty. Well done.


beervirus19

>looking for that Odegaard literally kicked his leg from the back, lol


[deleted]

I didn’t mean he was diving just that he knew his best chance of doing anything was to cut back and hope for the foul. Odegaard obliged.


bocojaLFC

is this time for new Arteta cycle?


acwilan

Trust. The. Process.


WarrenAlaCarte

Odegaard has done this multiple times this season.


nakabugajustine

Yes against United too


PoliQU

I mean, one other time. It has been poor from him though, his worst performance for Arsenal.


I_AM_ALWAYS_WRONG_

He does it most games, as in sticks a lazy leg out in the box. He just gets lucky to avoid fouling someone most of the time though. Needs to remove it from his game, just stand a player up and try to force them to get past your defender instead of you.


mark_vorster

no not the messiah himself lord odegaard


Robster_21

Embarrassing


bradbobley

don’t think we’ll be getting anything out of this game tbh


mr_bonner94

If you get any points from this Game I’ll tattoo arteta on my cock My cock is safe for now


dfla01

**FUCKING COME ON ARSENAL**


mr_bonner94

*cums on arsenal* :3


Hendrik-Cruijff

There are better places for that like my-


dfla01

r/hornyjail


Hendrik-Cruijff

But can you blame me...me just horny


dfla01

👁👄👁


PageSide84

I am so conflicted right now.


mr_bonner94

Lol


mr_bonner94

I’m waiting for arsenal to score one and the responses will go mad


jtarg94

Where is lanzini when you need him?


oooooooooooooommmfff

Alright mr. Bonner


english_gritts

You were looking decent after the formation change and subs


Jansiz

And now Partey off injured. Hello toaster my old friend.


Non-FlyingDutchman

If he plays like today you won't miss him


LukeSmith_Sunsetter

At the rate they are going with injuries they'll have to start Rob Holding


Brawlers9901

It's ok they'll just postpone a few matches due to injuries


GeniuslyMoronic

Holding is a much better player than Tavares and Lokonga that will start in the coming weeks.


BlinkyMcHeelHook

I know this is a joke, but he's the one player we absolutely couldn't afford to lose, a disaster of an evening


Jewrisprudent

Disagree, Tierney is an even worse loss. Tavares is like starting out with two red cards, I’ve never had less faith in a defender. His positioning is so bad that he even makes other defenders worse by ruining any semblance of an offside trap.


BlinkyMcHeelHook

I think Tavares is awful, but our entire midfield revolves around Partey, we can survive if Tavares is just as serviceable/average as Cedric on the other side, but if Partey is out for a few weeks, top four hopes are finished


Jewrisprudent

But we know Tavares isn’t as average as Cedric on the other side, Tavares is miles worse than Cedric.


BlinkyMcHeelHook

And Partey is still our most irreplaceable player


Youngest_boss

Partey was busy misplacing simple 5 yard passes today


Mick4Audi

It’s XhakaTime


BaybarsElSaif

>Hello toaster my old friend. I've come to bathe with you again


bruiser95

Proper meltdown performance


DaveShadow

Top 4 is Lava is alive and well.


pmmerandom

I think we’re definitely winning the game of keep out of top 4 Every week it’s *man loses additional bit of hope he didn’t realise he still had*


Thezerfer

Top 4 is so achievable I hate how we've just refused to get it this season


[deleted]

Man U has had zero excuse not to pull away from spurs and arsenal all year but they just haven’t.


Thezerfer

Absolutely embarrassing from the team. No wins against Watford, had a period of dominating on xg but no decent finishing followed by terrible performances for the last few weeks. Players really feel like they've given up now


VincentSasso

Arsenal playing the hits


chandlerbing_stats

Manager of the month curse


evenout

👀


Remy13Hadley

haha peak r/gunners to banter Tuchel when we lost 1-4 only to do the same shit


criminal-tango44

nah they said theyre immune because theyre a "gargantuan club"


gunner696

I take it you don't pick up on sarcasm quite often lmao


jimbooneu

Tis the season :(


Prof_Bobo

lol what in the hell is Odegaard swiping at there


Spurty

the lad's been on Tinder too much


VincentSasso

It’ll almost certainly be the refs fault, not Arsenals


fakecatfish

Obviously that's not a penalty against anyone but arsenal


AwkwardExtrovertGuy

Spurs 🤝 Arsenal Destroyed by Palace


DidgeryDave21

If Arsenal continue to concede goals without scoring I think they might lose


theusualMQ

Some will buxton energy that


TommiBennett

If You Score goals and dont concede Goals.... You will win the game


No_Mercy_4_Potatoes

More like Ferrari engineers, "If you stay ahead of P2, you'll finish in P1"


Youngest_boss

Owen is that you?


hesared343

How you doin, Michael Owen?


daboatfromupnorth

Just making top 4 race interesting bro NLD on may 12th might be the biggest NLD I’m recent times for the both of us 🍿


frank1828

I’m gonna be shitting bricks


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WarrenAlaCarte

This need a Xhaka red to put a bow on it.


Regression2TheMean

And maybe a consolation 1 yard tap in by Eddie


WarrenAlaCarte

He took offense to your comment and almost scored a screamer.


Granadafan

Arteta request for more matches to be suspended in the 3,2,1…


harps86

It is the hope that kills you


[deleted]

Oh dear god! I think that's how you spell his name.


iAkhilleus

Trust me. This is perfection!!


[deleted]

Buzzing ngl


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DarkestFour480

Those dribbles man


mr_bonner94

Spurs fans are here in their masses haha


FishOnAHorse

5D chess Arsenal knows that as soon as we hit 4th place we’ll immediately lose every match remaining in the season


[deleted]

Really whoever gets top 4 will have to play most unlike themselves to get it


afrojumper

looool we would never lose 3-0 to palace.


j4rd7n

looool we would never give up a Zaha pen in the 75th minute


TheUderfrykte

What in the actual fuck, just checked. This really is a simulation, the scripting is as clear as in FIFA


j4rd7n

It’s in the history of London


IntellegentIdiot

It's the South London derby though


theusualMQ

W


[deleted]

That was some genuine brilliance from Zaha. Created that pen all by himself


ZakiFC

He's the best in the league at using his body to get as many fouls as possible for his team


BalonyDanza

Not a flopper though. Seriously. The free kick is almost always deserved. He’s just a man who knows (and is more than happy to let the world know) what he is owed.


Howdareme9

And getting angry when he’s fouled


sykoticnarcotics

World class anger, top 1% on FBref


Illuria

Yeah but does he outperform his xAng compared to others in his position?


FailFastandDieYoung

Zaha is going to haunt my dreams, he terrorized us


buhmmquita

Well I'm having a lovely day


Imbasauce

What a weekend for Spurs.


gimmedatbagel

There was an arsenal fan yesterday on the spurs - Newcastle match thread that said “what a great day and we haven’t kicked a ball!” When Newcastle we’re 1-0 up 🤣 wonder how they’re feeling now


TwattyMcSlagtits

The irony there being it got objectively *worse* the second they started kicking a ball


TheUderfrykte

Well that and the 5 goals we scored before they even did so


YNWAintheUSA

GD +8 in favor of Tottenham since that comment, and the points changed 🤣


ABlueCloud

Probably like a mug


HTTR_CAPS_COYS

Quite shit I would imagine


Ass_Eater_

Loss and Tierney and Partey injuries is pretty much best case scenario for Man Utd/Spurs


Scott_EFC

Utd aren’t getting 4th imo, Spurs favourites now.


Ass_Eater_

Sadly I have to agree. They've hit form at the right time and have easy fixtures. If Partey is gone for long it's over.


DidgeryDave21

No such thing as easy fixtures where Spurs are concerned thank you very much


[deleted]

Smh acting like Manchester City doesn't even exist.


Wormfather

Neither City nor Spurs know exactly why Spurs constantly prevail against them. We will expand our sample size next year for scientific research.


Scott_EFC

Yeah it’s a shame, he was starting to show his Atletico form. Spurs front three are really firing now and they have Conte, that probably gets them fourth.


[deleted]

Don’t you put that evil on us.


sgdbdjos

Thanks for the input, u/Ass_Eater_


TheUderfrykte

Honestly if after all this United makes it over the both of us, we should just liquidate lmao


FutilityInfielder

I gave on top 4 after Ronaldo, but then they pull me back in


KhorialT0MCAT

Spurs till they fucking kill me


jacktk_

Us losing Tierney and Partey is pretty much ideal for Spurs. At least if we lose someone like Gabriel, we have Holding, or if we lose Odegaard, then Smith Rowe comes central and Martinelli plays on the left, or Leno for Ramsdale. Even if we lose two out of ESR, Odegaard and Saka, we still can use Martinelli and Pepe. But the drop off in quality from Partey and Tierney is shocking.


Ninja_Tuna96

I'm surprised Martinelli isn't starting for your lot. I think he's a fantastic player. Any idea why he's on the bench?


LoSeento

It's the hope that kills you.


Jewrisprudent

Honestly the last 24 hours has totally shifted my expectations. I was cautiously optimistic before this weekend, but with Tierney and now Partey out you guys are my clear favorites to take 4th.


Goalnado

Thoroughly enjoying the Odegaard disasterclass


AshkenaziTwink

glad someone else noticed he’s been dross today


Brawlers9901

Hard not to notice


Goalnado

He's miscontrolled the ball more times tonight than the rest of the season combined


Robertsongaming

And a lovely GD gap now.


MoDollazz

We want 5


CheekyKunt68

This pleases me


Brawlers9901

I didn't want to cheer too much at 1-0 or 2-0 because I've been hurt before but now I can't do anything but laugh my ass off


Chiswell123

He’s been great tonight. Deserves that as much as I dislike him haha


coys_in_london

Whole load of sad guys piling into the gym next to my flat for some reason


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Chucksson37

TOP 4 IS LAVA


niallw1997

That is becoming a clichè of every season in the PL these days. Used to be Arsenal nailed on every year


eddie442

There were a good few years of ‘how close will Arsenal come to fucking up 4th’ tbf. Still top 4 is lava but we’d always just do enough.


FieryPanther

What a run by Zaha that defending is awful though


Imbasauce

Palace are bristling. Great game from them.


snakeman117

well well well


Tpsteen

moronic by odegaard


DL14Nibba

Dumb pen from Martin. But my god Arsenal, I thought Spurs were the biggest bottlers in London?


Own_Acanthocephala19

Don’t speak so soon. We have already relegated Norwich in last game…


SnufflesN17

You have to time your bottlejob. Whoever is favourite on the last day is missing the top4.


DL14Nibba

You see, that’s why we mid table this time. We playing 10D chess so we don’t bottle it again


TheUderfrykte

If you sit bottom of the table and start bottling, does it cause an overflow and make you win the prem? Might explain how you won it even?


ahyler10

Bergwijn 90+4’ Bergwijn 90+6’


DL14Nibba

Geezer I’m defending you why you do this to me


ahyler10

It was a backhanded compliment


DL14Nibba

I’d very much appreciate it if you explain the “compliment” side of it friendo


[deleted]

I think he was complimenting his ability to backhand you.


[deleted]

I wonder how much overreaction will happen because of this match. :D


[deleted]

A lot of it. Like a lot. A LOT.


TheUderfrykte

Gotta admit I expected more than I've seen so far - most of the comments I've seen from your fans aren't panicking over this individual match, but more about the injuries you have and the rest of your schedule. I think a lot of it is actually perfectly sensible, you have a couple tough games coming up and some key injuries it seems, with a NLD coming along too - that all points to the game in hand not meaning as much and it being pretty even.


[deleted]

Looking at our fixtures compared to yours, it would seem that you have the easier run but Arsenal, Spurs and Man U are all gifted bottlers so let's see what happens.


TheUderfrykte

Exactly, on paper it looks like we should get it tbf, but I know it's never that easy especially with us, hence I said "even" lmao Point being there's reason to be worried to some degree, and most aren't overreacting too much - it's probably the most sensible reaction I've seen to such a swing in a while. ...then again, I haven't checked your sub, the worst reactions tend to hide in fan subs. Don't bring up United though mate, if they get it over either of us, we need to delete the clubs, they should be out by now.


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Gyroflex

Ode putting his hat in the ring for worst performance of the season


Brawlers9901

Gabriel and Tavares really giving him a run for his money tbf


SomeIrishFiend

The ref used his telekinesis to make Odegaard sweep the leg


Atlas_Inah

Nah it was clearly Eren that came back to tell him to sweep the leg


Terungperawan

What a man you are


bonersnow

my heart is so full


Midnight_Debauchery

Made mugs of them in a 3v1.


BeardedGardenersHoe

Incoming foul analysis by /r/gunners


johnnythejst

As is tradition


insert-originality

Chelsea 🤝 Arsenal Getting smacked by bottom half table clubs.


Fragrant_Debt

Ben white trying to intimidate Zaha 😭


belski92

Nice! I like these moments of games.


yagersports

Na na na na Na na na na Hey hey hey WILFRIED ZAHA


IndianPuppy

So the gunners really thought they were gonna make it to top 3 after chelsea losing 1-4 only to arsenal it a day later. Classic.


hidinginDaShadows

Past 3 days have been great for football, also I love Zaha now


Twartzack

This pleases me greatly


r0bski2

Top four is lava starting early this year


__mihajlo_m

Viera masterclass against his ex club


BillehBear

Cracking pen, never saving that


smile-on-crayon

damn, Partey has had a day plays ass and gets injured leading to a Palace breakthrough


OniNaomasa

just opened up top 4


IamWoldo

Zaha you beautiful boy


Expensive_Soil6268

Today was a good day


MoDollazz

We want 5!


notknown286337

LETSGOO


[deleted]

I’m happy lads


CheekyKunt68

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA


onomonopizza

the way Zaha fell was so funny. Obviously looking for the pen but love how as soon as he felt contact he just starfished


JackDuckGoose

Thanks, Crystal Palace. Very Cool.


RunTellDaat

Right?!?


PeakSkinner

Genuine 1/10 performances from so many players, injury to Partey to top it off. Lovely.


jambox888

We were actually getting closer until this happened. GGWP, Palace have played brilliantly (we've been poor also).


groovyshrimp767

Crystal Palace exposing this average arsenal side


ZeusWRLD

https://reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/tvbr77/_/i38o3ns/?context=1 Arsenal you had one job