Little deflection in the box and a half chance for Smith-Rowe- blocked.

Like wot ? Bring on nketiah

Plenty of time. It’s not actually that bad Granit got caught out of position but can’t be blamed he’s doing his best. Passing could be quicker though

Take Xhaka away from left back, he is too slow. They are exploiting him at every opportunity.

Put Xhaka back into midfield and put Tavares at LB. We have to because we have no pace at LB.

Why is White so slow to pass the ball? Too ponderous!

Agree. Bring on Tavares at left back, move Xhaka to midfield and sacrifice Smith-Rowe. Move Ødegaard forward.

We can barely string 2 passes together. Its embarassing.

Like what? How about adjusting the subbuteo players standing stationary in midfield.

Granit should never have been back there. He got badly exposed last time so why is he there.

Martinelli!!! Huge goal!

Martinelli !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*%^@, I think that's offside.

We haven't deserved it but who cares.

Edit: Bollocks.

Because he played better than Tavares after we subbed him. Quite simple really

At worst is online with GK. Come on VAR, don't screw with us.

Benefit of doubt surely!?

Yeah that's offside. 45 minutes to turn this around now.

They just can't wait to screw us, damn

That;s a disgraceful decision

That’s ridiculous

So ripping him out of midfield which is now a complete mess makes sense does it?

Come on Arteta, get your boys more charged up.
We don't need VAR or the referee to stop us winning this one.
We have enough quality to come out fighting with confidence.

The Polish commentators very clear. If it takes that long to make a decision and there isn't a clear offside the goal should stand.

Depends which you think is the bigger problem really.

Didn't see any definitive proof Martinelli was closer to the goal than Cuccurella, whose position was obscured. How do they overturn the original decision under those circumstances?

Arteta is managing like Wenger at the moment. If you have multiple players out then you reduce the number of changes. Not make even more.

Xhaka to lb out of position, odegard to cm out of position alongside an inexperienced lakonga.

*%^@*** Elneny would have been better to at least do the basics in midfield.

If there is any doubt then var is supposed to rule in favour of the attacking team.

It should be clear and obvious to overturn the decision from the ref. Hard to see how this fits the criteria.

The state of this

I agree, Elneny may be boring but he doesn't give the ball away and can at least keep the ball moving

Not sure what the sniggering is about, unfortunately its true. We've no central midfield and our transitions are far too slow and predictable.

Just goes to show that being at the stadium doesn't mean you have any clue about how teams actually work.

We're basically asking Lokonga, a player who has barely gotten a minute the past few months, to hold the midfield alone against three Brighton players. It's tactical suicide and means we have no control of the game.

Not there today. I flew in too late last night to be able to attend. If I had gone I’d be supporting the team

Deflection 101 bolles. Xhaka back to midfield so apparently those non supporters know more than you about what was going on.

Better start to the second half, moving the ball quicker and running with more purpose.

Or it’s just about trying different combinations to see if they work whilst a bunch of divs lose it on the internet.

Martinelli at left back. Risky, but I suppose we have to take risks.