Jaded

Against Bournemouth, Arsenal should have at least picked up a point.

@Nyathi_XO @EduardoHagn Mentality monster. We need his aura at City.

@crofhalcon @EduardoHagn Bro if only...

🚨 Thierry Henry speaks… 🫡

Henry wishes he'll be playing on Sunday.

@samuraiJaq007 @Afc_saks1 My Starboy

@crofhalcon @Afc_saks1 Man said Saka…that’s funny😭

I hate to admit it but rivals are actually right about Arsenal style of play.

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Arsenal beat Madrid home and away in the Champions League last season, beat Bayern at home this season, haven't lost a game and didn't concede over two legs against a Sporting side that beat City and PSG. Success must be boring.

Expected a trivela from Olise in the buildup to that goal but man wasn't having any of that. So much class and composure in that finish.

Nah, we started the season playing total football. We were everywhere; broke down teams in open play and when they sat too deep, a method which has proved effective against Arsenal for many years, we capitalized on set-pieces to open them up and make them start playing. There was nowhere to hide. The criticisms our football has attracted in the last few games are due to a number of factors. Key players like Merino, Ødegaard, Saka, Timber and Calafiori aren't fit. We lost a great deal of dynamism with that. Rice and Zubi have been run into the ground because Arteta clearly isn't confident enough with options he has on the bench and so we've become more and more conservative as the season has worn on.

Arsenal drew 0-0 tonight at the Emirates and most people will have found it boring. I think those people missed the point. I find it interesting that Arsenal kept a clean sheet, protected their aggregate lead, and are in the Champions League semi-finals for the second consecutive season. But the story is not just about tonight. In 11 Champions League matches this season, Arsenal have conceded just 5 goals and kept 7 clean sheets in the most competitive club tournament in the world. That doesn't sound boring to me. It sounds like the foundation of something. If you doubt me, check the stats. Arsenal's Champions League results under Arteta since returning in 2023: 23/24, Quarter-final vs Bayern Munich: Drew 1st leg 2-2, lost 2nd leg 0-1. ❌ 24/25, Semi-final vs PSG: Lost 1st leg 0-1, lost 2nd leg 1-2. ❌ 25/26, Quarter-final vs Sporting CP: Won 1st leg 1-0, drew 2nd leg 0-0. ✅ Semi-finals Three seasons back in the competition. Quarter-finals, semi-finals, semi-finals again. The progress is obvious. But here is what makes this Arsenal side genuinely different from the version that used to exit this competition with its head bowed. The numbers at the back. In this season's Champions League, Arsenal have played 11 matches, conceded just 5 goals, and kept 7 clean sheets. That is a clean sheet in nearly two out of every three games in the most competitive club tournament on the planet. Barcelona, for comparison, have conceded 45 goals in the same competition over the past two seasons and have not kept a clean sheet in 14 consecutive Champions League matches. Arsenal did not win tonight. They did not need to. They kept the ball, kept their shape, kept Sporting CP at arm's length, and kept a clean sheet at home for the sixth time in this campaign. The 0-0 was not a performance that will be remembered. The semi-final place it earned will be. And that is history for you. It doesn't care about nuance. Arteta has never won the Champions League. He has never been to the final. But he has taken a club that spent six years out of this competition entirely and quietly rebuilt it into one of the four best teams in Europe. That is not nothing. That is the foundation of something. My name is Ajoje. I am a FIFA Licensed Agent and International Sports Lawyer. I write on the Law and Business of Football, a lot. Repost and Follow if you want to read more posts like this.

@rukky_nate Isn't life the origin of all disease? That's going for sure.

You’re God for 24hrs. Your only goal is to eliminate one disease from the world. Which disease are you eliminating?

@tee_tobs @rukky_nate u no wan go?

@crofhalcon @rukky_nate Bro.... U dey go na

Life. Will eliminate all life and replace it with a much less painful experience.

@djxquisite_ @seyikanbai Bro, wetin you dey put for my mind like this? Ah 🥲

@seyikanbai He said Sitting “on your” face, not “on my”.

“I used to like thick ladies but now i prefer Petite babes,because sitting on my face won’t be difficult” — Don Jazzy😂

Seems we are the only team in the Quarter Finals to be playing one leg.

@steezanobi @Wizarab10 How do you define skillful in football? Seems this is where we should begin.

@crofhalcon @Wizarab10 Yes he’s not close. Okocha was not even more skillful than Robinho. Why okocha made that name was because he was the first of his kind to come out from Africa then . Make we no too dey gas am

Neymar. It’s not even close

@Wizarab10 Homeland

Is there any series you can recite the conversations? Me: Spartacus