Arsenal Vs Dortmund

some ppl said playing cazorla and wilshere we lack width. i think having attacking full backs in sagna and gibbs has its own advantages and it helps us open gaps in defenses when they push up. Its helps us retain possession.

the dortmund team like to press and we like to retain possession. When they press it leaves spaces behind them taking advantage giroud and others can move in those spaces. It will expose dortmund.

More one touch football needed then!

The only question i have is regarding CAZORLA OR ROSICKY. My mind says ROSICKY should play because he is better defensively. But its wengers decision.

F*ck defence let's just score more!

AG86 wrote:More one touch football needed then!

Put it as u like one touch, off the ball movement, individual brilliance etc etc can avoid that aggressive pressing

arteta is going to be our week link in this game, hope i am wrong. but he struggles in games like this.

Just watched Klopp's and Wenger's press conference's, so much class

There was Nuri Sahin aswell and after inevitably being asked about Arsenal's interest in him last year he said it was not the first time, that Arsene Wenger wanted him 3 times in his career (when he was 16, the year he moved to Madrid and last year). I thought that was interesting.

Also Szczesny: "Lewandowski is excited to come here..." I was waiting him to say permanently, didn't happen

Anyway great match, and a special one for me as I lived close to Dortmund for a while, went to games, know people there and always want them to do well. Not tonight though.

It's such a big test for us, there's no favourites - it can go brilliant, terrible or just meh. There's so much pressure that not even a trashing would surprise me (for both sides).

Our team should be the same as Norwich, just Ramsey for Flamini. 3 points and we're almost through, if we lose there are 9 more points to take so no need to overreact.

C'mon Arsenal, let's do this!

Oh gawd there's going to be steamy footy at the Emirates tonight  

Respect Dortmund so much, cause they've been through very similar problems with top players leaving their club and still battling to maintain a top club status. The football that they play is stunning as well...best counterattacking team in Europe imo.

A draw or even a loss wouldn't be the end of the world, but with a relatively easy game at Palace on the weekend, we should be going ALL out for the win to basically confirm our spot in the next round.

The better defense could be the difference today, Mert and Kos must bring their top top top game.
The game is pretty wide open but i believe we have what it takes to win the game at home and book our ticket to next round.

we didn't create anything, we didn't deserve anything (neither did Dortmund but that's a different matter)

lol.
everybody was expecting an art of football speed and combination fest, and it turned out to be just a terrible game with piss poor performances, sloppiness and bad mistakes all around.

Yeah thought it was a pretty average match that could've gone either way. The fact that the only shot on target by either team in the second half was their goal says it all really but they took their chance well so credit to them. We've got it all to do now, we have to get a result in Dortmund in 2 weeks or we could see ourselves not qualifying from this group.

They will play better and create much more chances in the next game, however they'll surely not convert them as clinically...

It's a really tough group now...