the biggest problem is that we don't get players in the box en masse. The wingbacks have no one to aim crosses at.

How do the players still believe in wengers methods?

Even they must see that we aren't threatening and haven't created a single good chance today despite having 75% of the ball.

It is far too common theme at home, Leicester have had the games best chances

Frustrating to see players like Walcott and Ramsey preferring to pass back, when already inside the opponent's penalty box. Kills whatever attacking initiative that's created.

Their defender looks at Giroud, jumps and studs Giroud in the back. Giroud was standing. Only a yellow

You forgot Alexis' crossbar shot

So many players absolutely clueless or brainless. Free kick goes in at least 8 men make a run as if the first ball is coming to them, no one waiting for the knock down or second ball. The consequence is a dangerous 3v3 break for Leicester and a brainless foul from Xhaka

It would have been a wonder goal so I don't count 30 traders as a good chance

Lucky goal, but we'll take it

Monreal! Goal machine

Probably an og actually

Lovely goal, great when they go in but our attack now appears to have no idea what they're doing

Monreal for Captain. At least he is shouting instructions.

Ridiculous, how is that a freekick?

That's it Alexis, show them we can be "dirty" too

Sanchez stands on the edge of the pitch to putt off the long throw, Fuchs then throws the ball directly at Sanchez, deliberately. Sanchez gets a yellow card? Is this another new rule for Arsenal players? Can someone tell me why Sanchez isn't allowed to stand a yard in from the touchline on a long throw?

Why must the referee run the length of the pitch to clear the bottles? Get the linesman to do it.

Well....got the job done but piss poor again really after signs of life in the City game.

Agree. Walcott was a waste, clueless when he has the ball.

Perhaps he got the card for his ridiculous feigning of injury. The bloody ball hit him on the shoulder and he goes down as an afterthought holding his face. Pathetic. Then he spends the next while wiping imaginary blood or something from his mug with his sleeve. F*****g hate that crap.

I agree I also hate feigning injury but have you ever seen a player yellow carded for feigning injury? Diving yes, but can't remember a player yellow carded for feigning injury.
Why didn't Fuchs get a second yellow card for deliberately throwing the ball at Sanchez? Or are we to believe he genuinely got the trajectory of his throw wrong by 40 odd degrees?

The worst thing in the game was their centre back all but Kung fu kicking Giroud in the back with his studs when going up for a header. Bizarre thing to do

Yes thanks for that

So the glorious double of FA and FP cups is still on... Arsene abú!

It seems pretty pointless to play Walcott against teams that sit deep. Without space to run into he's basically a passenger.

It does my head in when he does get a chance to take on an opponent and instead plays a little two yard pass inside or back to Bellerin.

You're right but I wish they would start carding for that. It's a blight. And that kick in the back was a red by right.

Didn't see the whole of the game but the last 30 minutes was pretty dire even although we won. Hope Huth is still seething in the dressing room. Can't stand him at all.

As for the ref we should publically ask how the deliberate foot to Girouds back was only a yellow and what action the FA will take against both the ref and player. Time to take a stand against poor refs and do it with clear decisions that go against us.

Mourinho complained all the first part of the season and was fined and suspended but guess what now their players never get punished properly and they get a lot of dodgy decisions and goals because the refs are too scared to make decisions against them.

Too much of a risk for refs to start carding for feigning injury because how do they really know if a player really is injured or not? If he can clearly see no contact with the face and a player rolls around holding then maybe but the player could easily argue his reaction to any contact is to bring his hands to his face and the intention wasn't to pretend he was hit in the face. Bit of a minefield when the ref is guessing what players are thinking.
Also noticed Xhaka getting a nice long lecture from the ref for a nothing challenge - he is totally a marked man by refs. Wanyama should have been sent off for Spurs tonight, he wasn't so he is available for the game v us and keeps Spurs in the title race. It's too easy to say Xhaka would have gone for what wanyama did but it is true

The fact that Wenger selected Walcott again, clearly demonstrates that his decision making process is not good enough for a manager of our club. As for Wellbeck, runs around a a lot but never really threats goal nor can he score the ones he should.

The three W's need to leave the club. WWW OUT

Terrible night for the Arsenal-to-lose brigade. Robbed by an own goal - so unfair. Never mind, your old mates Tottenham may help you out this coming weekend.

There's them that swear Welbeck is as deadly as Lukaku...

19 goals in 34 appearances so far this season, at a rate just a little less than Sanchez, might be one reason?

While Ronaldo's wage package is pretty big other things may not be termed large or big.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/ar ... d=11846123

10 goals in the EPL is a reasonable return. The problem is failure to mark his man, chase back, press defenders or even put any effort in at all at times. As I said years ago we will never win the EPL or CL with Walcott in the team. He remains a protected species. I stand by that statement with him in the team we will not win anything.

I think you will find many people would love us to stuff Spurs chances of the EPL this weekend. Do we have faith that the team will turn up with a winning game plan and be committed from the first minute. That is another issue. Hope to see you on the forum after the Spurs game.

He's rumbled you, Hoy. You are a caution when it comes to tweak-when-we're-winning. What was it chocolate used to say about lumps? You are a terrible old lump-avoider while at the same time doing a kind of smug hokey-cokey whenever results bear out your own philosophy of mild-mannered submission to our betters (as long as they're not from the EEC).

For what it's worth, with us winning ugly and Tottenham showing some signs of weariness I fancy an "upset" at the Lane.

Doesn't remove the Bayern, West Brom, Palace games for me or, more importantly, the fact that I think Wenger is an insufferable *%^@ who no longer knows his arse from his elbow and thinks the club is there for his benefit because the silly old bore can't think of anything to do in his dotage.

Me, I'd do some coaching with kids in a deprived neighbourhood and watch the whole of Berlin Alexanderplatz while drinking Pisco sours which I imagine would take some of the sting out of of retirement.

And in fairness of course, nobody has waxed more lyrical over "old mates" Tottenham than you in the past. (Although I still quite like them at the moment and enjoyed Eriksen's goal last night).

Yeah he's been on Twitter too pretending to have a cut lip - have had a ton of mocking e-mails about it this morning.

Sanchez should be fined a week's wages for being a silly *%^@.

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11661/10852349/watch-christian-fuchs-throw-in-kos-alexis-sanchez

Tell me this isn't embarrassing...

(And I'm not talking about Wenger's burka either. Does he sleep in that *%^@*** thing?)

He wasn't even a yard and because it's against the rules.

I can think of many a player in the good old days who would have walked over and chinned Fuchs for that. Imagine if he'd done that to Roy Keane. The only one who would have been rolling around would have been Fuchs.

Think Sanchez got what he deserved really.

The Keane/Shearer blow-up was over a throw in wasn't it? Still makes me laugh.

If by 'deadly' you mean as a goalscorer, could you tell me who has said that because I obviously missed it?

As I endured our bustling mediocrity last night, I had a terrible thought. If as I expect Chelsea win the PL, are we already in the Europa League because we’re in the Cup Final?