Ceballos plays, Willian plays, Saka full back?

1Leno
21Chambers
16Holding
6Gabriel
7Saka
25Elneny
8Ceballos
19Pépé
32Smith Rowe
12Willian
35Martinelli

Substitutes
2Bellerín
3Tierney
9Lacazette
11Ødegaard
13Rúnarsson
14Aubameyang
17Cédric Soares
18Partey
30Nketiah

No Aubameyang or Lacazette in startup

They’re being rested for the Europa League fina........ oh, wait.

Here’s a good stat. Kroenke‘a ranch at 800 square miles is bigger than NYC and LA combined...

That's put the kaibosh on it . Fat Sam never beaten Arsenal away. This never comes up every game and the opposition have wiped out all the nevers to date#
.

3 days ago I said no more this season. I’ve had enough. And yet here I am once again.

40 x 20 miles!!

Wow.

ditto but I also cancelled my red membership saving £29.00 a year.

I have been reflecting on whether or not to renew silver membership for my family. And Covid adds another dimension.

Super. Opening 12 minutes. All defending.

Ref's a clown too. Martinelli shoved in the back ref clear view gives nothing.

Two bits of commentary so far
‘....a pedestrian start from arsenal’
‘...arsenal balloon a shot over the bar’

I really struggle to see a team in the league who shoot so wildly over the bar so often

Saka looking a class above.

That was a penalty?

I thought that he went straight through him.

No appeals why so ever though

Feels likes we’ll lose this today. Devoid of any confidence or motivation.

a bit more of the ball would help too.............

Saka to Smith Rowe 1-0

Nice move, Smith-Rowe 1-0.

Willian Saka Emile Smith Rowe

Hale End 1-0 West Brom

Saka has been our most dangerous player, from left back.

Can’t watch on Sky Go for some reason. Anyone with any links?

Whoosh. Pépé.

Pépé special

Pépé 2-0 wonderful strike!

BT are showing it, not Sky John.

Stunning

What a shame that Villarreal didn’t give him that sort of space on Thursday.

Oh balls! And I’ve just called Sky and given them pelters!!

Cheers Brom, got it on now.

I know he’s been our best attacker, and there is an element of hindsight but how might we have fared if we’d just moved Saka to left back when Tierney got injured instead of Xhaka. Arteta’s false 9 in the first leg and then strange 4-1-4-1 formation in the second leg didn’t help us but Saka has been such a threat from full back. Something we just don’t have if Tierney is out.

You could make an argument for improvement in virtually every position in our squad but having a pair of really technically excellent, pacy, attacking high quality full backs would improve us massively. It would give us so much better balance, rare for a top team to have anything but excellent full backs

Watching West Brom tonight makes you wonder how on earth they managed to put 5 past Chelsea.

Another peach of a cross by Saka, following a good quick break.

Never mind a yellow, that elbow in the face should have been a red.

Hopefully it's coming but it is Dein on VAR

*%^@.

Why does Gabriel back off AND then let him inside on his stronger foot???

Would that be David Dein?

You'd think after making that pile on his shares he wouldn't need the work.

Bloody hell, that was close. We need another goal here or we're going to blow it.

Hanging on aren’t we?