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Every game feels so pressurised right now. Time to forget the cups, they’re are gone now Time to re-focus and win next 3 👊 #COYG

@EbukaMeansGreat Now stole it from a deleted handofarsenal tweet.

Who should we believe?

@kayakaynak97 @EGTVEgal Coaching team is paid to prepare players for a run in. We under used players when games where ‘less’ important. Here we are.

People wonder why the #AFC first team has looked so knackered. Today you see why

.@HandofArsenal has every one dancing around with an Eze tweet, which was immediately deleted @now_arsenaI writting article and breaking posts based on a handof flash notification 😂 Hungry

@archiert1 Journalist/Reporter using angel emoj, says it all.

A reminder that Aleksandar Mitrovic received an 8-game ban for pushing the referee. I’m sure the FA will be consistent. 😇

@McHighbury Cricky we must have watched different games Pop shots from 20yrs dont count for me personally. They had 4-5 dangerous opportunities. 3 they should score and a pen. We had odergaards guilt edge chance, cant think of many others

@AfcRobo10 Around 7 -3 in our favour. Dowman could have scored a hatrick. There’s 3.

Final word on the Southampton game. I’ve seen some say they were the better team and deserved to win. They weren’t. They parked the bus and defended well. They took advantage of a defensive mistake and caught us out when we were pushing for a winner. Possession: Sou 36.4% - Arsenal 63.6% Shots on goal: Sou 8 - Arsenal 23 Successful final 3rd passes: Sou 47 - Arsenal 153 Touches in opposition box: Sou 18 - Arsenal 60 Not bad for a makeshift Arsenal ‘B’ team that had never played together before against an inform team on a 14 game unbeaten run. Now onto Lisbon where hopefully our ‘A’ team are back in action. COYG “Through thick and thin” 💪🏼

@SirLeoBDasilva Turn it in ffs

It’s better for England to take Dowman instead of this guy to the World Cup.

@blocksixgooner The aggression and reactive nature isnt great. But zero point being consistent all year then start under performing when it matters. 2 big games, 2 losses. Pressure on now

Oh look a bad performance and this rat is straight out again. Whatever we think of the team yesterday these lot need to go.

@AFC__G Simple wasnt happening. Nonsense

Arsenal fans were screaming quadruple for months and it always confused me like why is everyone so confident ? When we haven't won anything big in so long

@RohanJivanAFC Here* unbelievably*

@RohanJivanAFC Dont think anyone has forgotten. But no point been unbelievable consistent unless you win the the games that ultimately matter. We are hear, now 2 chances left, make it happen

The league was always the objective. We mustn’t forget that. It’s been 22 years for goodness sake. It’s part of human nature to want more and more, which isn’t a bad thing. Totally natural to want more. CL still there, but yeah… Anyways, from a league perspective, the team has demonstrated its ability to sustain a strong level over two seasons, 22/23 and 23/24. Getting over the line this year will be strong evidence that our proclivity towards trusting core aspects of the game model was justified.

@EGTVEgal They’re not fans, obviously

There's fans that would rather Arsenal lose the league than be proven wrong and Arteta Win 🏆

@EBL2017 Unless you convert the games that matter. We have 2 more chances, they MUST get one over the line. Simple

@EBL2017 Lots sensible stuff BUT Blaming injuries is nonsense, Arteta chose to go weak, 80% of these injured players will be fine in 48hrs can assure you. We wasnt well balanced, norgaard was isolated with Havertzs inability to play an 8 role Consistency is absolutely irrelevant…

I am beyond calm about Arsenal from here until the end of the season. Last night's emotional outburst from the masses was predictable, but also predictably illogical. In moments like this, true analysts comes to the fore and the weak are separated from the chaff. The charlatan's reveal themselves in broad daylight. Unfortunately, they take up 99.9% of the population. Anybody who complained about Arteta's system, the balance, certain players not succeeding because of the coach, or even those complaining about certain individuals not being up to par are almost all completely mistaken. We learnt nothing new about Arsenal last night. Not one thing. From a tactical or player-based point of view. The reality of the situation is that Arsenal came up against the most in-form team in England and played a rotated team due to injuries. This is not an excuse, as Arsenal should still be beating Southampton, but losing to them becomes less of a surprise when considering the context. Arteta's selection was incredibly balanced. I only saw one other analyst on this platform say this, and he is correct. Completely. Yet he is being 'dragged' for it. The first half performance proved that to be entirely correct, too. Arsenal were dominant against a Southampton team who didn't press. However, Southampton did have some moments. Why? Because Mosquera, White, and Gabriel all made unforced individual errors which negatively impacted the flow of the game. That's football, and it can happen, but it certainly happened far too often last night which made the game basketball-y. Then, as the game wore on, Arsenal got weaker due to their injury situation. It was 1-1 at the time and Arsenal had Dowman in the #10 - a role that is instrumental to organising Arsenal's press and exerting control on the game. As good as Dowman is going forwards, his non-existent attempt at a counter-press for the first goal conceded, lack of defensive intensity, and immaturity to organise the press is why he will only be used as a wildcard late on in games against deep-lying defences or when Arsenal need a goal. Right now, he is a total passenger defensively. Then, to make matters worse, Gabriel came off injured and Havertz came off as well (no doubt to manage his load). Arsenal were simply not as well co-ordinated as they typically are defensively as a consequence of these factors all taken together. Arteta picked a rotated team which got weaker as the game went on. The second goal summed up their issues. Southampton kicked long from a goal kick down Mosquera's side, he failed to win the initial aerial duel, and instead of Arsenal having one of Rice, Merino, or Havertz to compete for the second ball on the left, they had Zubimendi, who also failed to win the duel. From here, Southampton scored in transition. Would that have happened if Arsenal didn't have injuries or need to rest Gabriel, Rice, Merino, or Havertz? No. But it did happen, and knockout football is ruthless. One loss and you're out. But does a rotated and injury-hit Arsenal team losing to Southampton mean that the club are in crisis mode? Or that the system is fundamentally broken? Or that there is genuine concern over the Premier League title race or the Champions League situation? Not to any attentive viewer, no, and here's why: In the Carabao Cup final, City surprised Arsenal tactically. Mikel and his staff should have come up with solutions at half-time, but they did not. Players also could have helped on the day, sure, but they suffered too. But, like I said at the time, would Arsenal rather be surprised tactically in the Carabao Cup final or in the league game against City? The answer is so obviously in the cup final. Now, when the league game comes around, Arsenal will be prepared to face that likely City set-up. Trust me on that. Plus, despite losing to Southampton, the balance in the team was excellent. We saw that in the first half. Just because individual errors and a weakened performance as the game went on may skew that notion does not mean that Arteta's system is flawed or that any individuals are not up to par or anything ridiculous like that. Remember, none of Raya, Timber, Saliba, Hincapié, Calafiori, Zubimendi, Rice, Eze, Saka, Trossard, and Gyökeres started. That is quite literally Arsenal's XI outside of Gabriel, and he came off injured too! Realistically, the argument being thrown about regarding the defeat to Southampton is that because Arsenal's second string XI lost, the entire season is in jeopardy. I mean… come on! What a lot of nonsense! Remove emotion from the situation. Zoom out. Realise that Arsenal are 9 points clear in the Premier League with 7 games to play. City have a game in hand, sure, but that game in hand is against Chelsea away. Plus, Arsenal have to play first in the Premier League against Bournemouth at home, giving them the opportunity to extend the lead to 12 points with 6 games to go. Arsenal are also in the quarter finals of the Champions League against Sporting Lisbon. The weakest team left in the competition. If you said this was the situation to any Arsenal fan at the start of the season, they would have bitten your hand off for it, and rightly so. Plus, I don't buy into the notion that Arsenal are in bad form as they enter the business end of the season. What a whole load of contextless nonsense that is. City sprung a tactical surprise in the final. Arsenal will be better prepared for the league game. Plus, against Southampton, Arsenal played their second string XI. They are one off occurrences. The only legitimate concern Arsenal have at this point is their injury situation. The likes of Timber, Gabriel, Hincapié, Rice, Saka, and Trossard are key figures who Arsenal need to be fit and firing to see out the season. Plus, knowing the freakish nature of these guys, I don't expect them to miss too much football from here on out. They are almost all athletic freaks and mental giants. Outside of that, I couldn't be more calm and confident about the situation. Plus, on a personal level, last night revealed that my mission on this platform is far from complete. I still have so much work to do to educate the masses. So, so much work. I feel outnumbered in this moment, but I will not waver. I never have. Not since 2017. And I am not about to start now. Signing out, EBL.

@FootballEra_ No one did it with Jesus, if they did they’re insane. Havertz plenty forgot is poor games for sure but for Meirno is very different. Super consistent Vital utility squad option Calm and intelligent head Huge miss

Arsenal fans are doing that thing again where the unavailable player is paraded as the messiah. They did it with Jesus and Havertz.

@markgoldbridge Are you ok? West ham, Forest and Madrid. Full steam ahead.

Funny how Man City bought two top players in January and are the only team not running out of steam. Almost like you need to spend money in both windows to last a whole season now. Too many games otherwise

@LickshotLippy Obviously a ridiculous tweet from a casual fan. BUT the amount of losses are irrelevant if you lose the important ones, obviously

We lost our 5th game of the season in April. People’s reactions are ridiculous, our fanbase is so fickle

@BigBearKentlaar @Odgofficial001 Lets worry about that if we win the league

Manchester City will win the FA Cup & Carabao Cup double and the media will try and tell us it’s a better season than Arsenal winning the Premier League. Calling it now.

@Saka_is_GOAT @RohanJivanAFC @fkhanage Lol. Lets see Tuesday. You idiot

@AfcRobo10 @RohanJivanAFC @fkhanage Every single one of those players is either injured or not fit enough to start, you idiot.

Never one to police how fans should feel. People are entitled to feel frustrated, etc. It’s also healthy to see other perspectives, so that you don’t confine yourself within a safe echo chamber. However, I just don’t share the anger many on here have towards Mikel, personally.