Last minute winners are amazing aren't they, especially after going 2-0 down. The sheer euphoria, the exhileration. It's just crazy, spine tingling.

That said, there are only so many times you can concede such sloppy goals and come back and win.

In a title run-in you need to be watertight because the pressure to win is immense and goals are not easy to come by, even against the so called weaker sides and even more so when most teams we face play a low block, doubling up on our wingers.

The truth is that Bournemouth had 19% of the possession but still had 4 or 5 big chances and only a combination of a poor final ball, poor finishing and great goalkeeping kept them from adding to their tally.

You can't let the opposition have only 19% of the possession but still see them have enough clear-cut chances to score 4 or 5, that is simply unstainable.

The number of times teams have broken on us with 3 v 2's and 4 v 2's in recent games is a big worry. It feels like we are attacking with reckless abandon and at some point we will be punished. We got away with it yesterday but as Rich pointed out there are only so many times you can go to the well before it runs dry.

Gary Neville talked about it and I can see just how mentally and physically draining games like yesterday must be despite the euphoria of a last minute winner.

Its possible we wont have any fit strikers for Thursday's match

The other side of that 81% possession is it illustrates how much we struggle to create big chances. So many blocked shots and harmless floaty crosses.

Nelson was pinging them in hard, both along the ground and in the air (as with Whites goal)--I think that is a very good tactic against a team that is mopping up everything in the air and closing down the shooting and passing channels.

1. If a keeper take too long, award an indirect free kick. Isn't that the rule anyway? Yellow cards are not the right punishment.
2. Have a timekeeper calculate the amount of extra time accurately and without discretion OR just stop the clock when the game stops, like in rugby, American football etc.

Hi Decaf,

It would be interesting to see if we had a big powerful CF who could maybe get on the end of some of those crosses, but then again would that change our whole dynamic?

I wonder if Arteta might be tempted to sit Jorginho in front of the two CBs, giving us a little more protection against these pesky counter-attacks which routinely see us 2 v 3 or even 2 v 4.

Jorginho is not the quickest so its not the ideal solution but I'm struggling to think how we can make ourselves less vulnerable whilst at the same time having a player at the base of the midfield with the ability to spray passes around.

For all our domination yesterday we were really really vulnerable to their counters.

I wonder if Arteta might be tempted to sit Jorginho in front of the two CBs, giving us a little more protection against these pesky counter-attacks which routinely see us 2 v 3 or even 2 v 4.

Jorginho is not the quickest so its not the ideal solution but I'm struggling to think how we can make ourselves less vulnerable whilst at the same time having a player at the base of the midfield with the ability to spray passes around.

For all our domination yesterday we were really really vulnerable to their counters.

https://www.football365.com/news/richard-keys-no-problem-arsenal-celebrations-queries-late-winner

Richard Keys is back….this time he’s fine with us celebrating but questions why we were allowed to play to 97 minutes when only 6 were shown. Of course everyone knows why and it was completely valid but I’m questioning this Keys once again shows his ridiculous bias against us this season.

This season I’ve seen so many bitter people in the media towards what we’re doing. If they’re ex-spurs or even have deep affinity to some of our rivals I get it, they can’t help themself or hide their jealousy but what I don’t understand is from supposed neutral pundits/presenters - or even if deep down they aren’t neutral if they head the show they have to appear neutral

Imagine it was united or, heaven forbid, Spurs having such an unexpectedly brilliant season, Rich. Do you think you'd be able to take it graciously? It must be vary hard to stomach .

https://twitter.com/maa_gunner/status/1632363181174562816?s=46&t=fkwaCrtFB5yR-j6VVZXEoA

This is the talksport commentary. The noise from the crowd literally drowning out a commentator shouting in to his microphone.

Best atmosphere in the league game after game by far.

If you have the chance to listen to the handbrake off podcast Amy Lawrence for a day with the Ashburton Army a group of 100 youngish guys who have taken it on themselves to improve the atmosphere in the ground. A million hats off to them for what they’ve done

Nice one Gakpo.

… and Nunez (helped by Keystone Cops defending).

The good news, Man Utd is losing 3-0 at Anfield. The bad news? We have to go to Anfield.