Arsenal vs. Villarreal - CL quarterfinal discussion thread

so close

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Senna 1-0.

SENNA!

gollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll senna

He really had acres of space to get the shot off.

The EPL is cracking up!!

Come on you Yellow Submarines!

Senna almost never scores in normal play, but in such a big game, he comes up with a cracker. Hallmark of a world class player

Good save from Diego Lopez...good move from Arsenal.

kas wrote:Senna almost never scores in normal play, but in such a big game, he comes up with a cracker. Hallmark of a game-raising player

Seriously, it's not much of a good thing to almost never score in normal matches - world class is scoring in both normal AND big matches (not that scoring is a big measure of world-classitude in DMs)

Backdoor Glenntry wrote:Come on you Yellow Submarines!

Pires still plays for them

I agree with the sentiment though

Fabianski on for Almunia.

Fabianski coming on for Almunia. I didn't think the challenge with Rossi looked that bad.

Double save from Fabianski! First from Senna (another long distance shot) and then from Llorente in the small area.

Dangerous foul at the edge of the box for Villarreal after a fantastic run from Rossi.

Gallas fell awkwardly in the process...being stretchered off.

Really dangerous freekick for Villarreal here.

Gallas about to go off injured. Silvestre time?

Cani - so close after good work from Rossi and Angel.

Djourou on for Gallas.

Sounds like Villarreal are playing really well and dominating the game?

I'm watching the other one and Porto are much better than the English team there too.

Yeah, Villarreal have had most of the ball. The last 5-10 minutes they've just been toying with the Arsenal defence in and around the box.

i'm watching them both, porto look good, but man utd will win

Dangerous free kick now for Arsenal.

Fabregas cautioned for taking the freekick while the ref was setting the wall.

kas wrote:Sounds like Villarreal are playing really well and dominating the game?

I'm watching the other one and Porto are much better than the English team there too.

The positives for Arsenal are: Walcott's first 20 minutes and the fact that we haven't been buried in this tie yet.

Otherwise we have been appalling. The core of the team has been truly shocking. The defence are asleep, the midfield can't control the ball, pass or close down space and Adebayor doesn't look like a footballer. Plus we've lost two players to injury.

Villarreal are playing well, no doubt about that, but we are making it extremely easy for them. It's typical Arsenal, they play a team they are expected to do well against and the attitude is completely wrong. So complacent and they just can't get into the game. Really shit performance, as bad as any this season.

Half time in the Madrigal - Villarreal 1 Arsenal 0.

what a fucking nightmare half.

Sheffield gunner wrote: Adebayor doesn't look like a footballer.

Shame we have used 2 of our subs already, otherwise he needs to come off for bendtner who might actually give a fuck.

God awful first half from our perspective, nothing has gone well at all.

Walcott's one interception in the box automatically makes him our best defender this half. Attacking wise he has been the only positive too. The others have hit all their final balls into Lopez's arms, to the opposition or out of play. Barely seen Adebayor as well, aside from being offside or fouling players.

I fear Gallas' injury will be a minimum of three weeks.