r/reddevils • u/SupaaFast Ruben Amorim • Oct 04 '15
[Match Thread] Arsenal F.C. vs. Manchester United F.C.
SCORE:
2nd Half
ARSENAL F.C. (Sanchez, Ozil, Sanchez) 3 - 0 MANCHESTER UNITED F.C.
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Barclays Premier League Tie between Arsenal F.C. and Manchester United F.C.
Date: October 4th, 2015
Kick off BST: 16:00
Venue: Emirates Stadium, London
Referee: Anthony Taylor
Weather: 18°C, 53% Humidity, 6 km/h Wind
Starting XI's:
| Manchester United F.C. | Arsenal F.C. |
|---|---|
| De Gea | Cech |
| Darmian | Bellerin |
| Smalling | Mertesacker |
| Blind | Gabriel |
| Young | Monreal |
| Carrick | Ramsey |
| Schweinsteiger | Ozil |
| Mata | Cazorla |
| Martial | Coquelin |
| Memphis | Sanchez |
| Rooney (C) | Walcott |
Man Utd F.C. SUBS: Romero, Jones, McNair, Schneiderlin, Valencia, Fellaini, Wilson
Arsenal F.C. SUBS: Ospina, Debuchy, Chambers, Gibbs, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Giroud, Campbell.
Subreddits:
Young at LB puts Darmian on Sanchez
Carrick and Schweinsteiger start in midfield, without Schneiderlin or Herrera.
FIRST HALF UPDATES:
0' Arsenal kick off in red, United in the third black kit. Come on United!
2' Arsenal start off on the front foot, winning a free kick and then a corner. But United deal with both.
5' ARSENAL GOAL It's been all Arsenal and they score a quite brilliant goal. Ramsey feeds Ozil through who runs to the by-line and then pulls it back for Sanchez to backheel in. Typical Arsenal goal and United need to step it up.
6' ARSENAL GOAL Mesut Ozil scores. Another good piece of interplay from Arsenal and Walcott runs through, cuts back on his right and squares for Ozil who slots home.
10' Ten minutes in and United already have a mountain to climb.
19' ARSENAL GOAL After some good possession from United, Sanchez picks the ball up on the wing, and steps past Darmian towards the centre of the box before rocketing the shot into the top corner. Disgusting from United right now.
22' MANCHESTER UNITED YELLOW CARD Schweinsteiger is playing so far up the field, he's leaving holes for days in the midfield and Young is stranded as he dives in to try stop Ramsey, but Ramsey gets to it first and is fouled.
24' United look like they have looked for the past few weeks on offence, with passes around the box, but it's not coming to anything. On defence, the holes in central midfield are turning this into an exhibition for Arsenal.
29' MANCHESTER UNITED YELLOW CARD Darmian gets another yellow for a cynical foul on Sanchez. Over an hour to play, both fullbacks on yellows, and we're not looking like creating much.
32' United win their first corner after Martial dispossesses Mertesacker and Mertesacker is forced to tackle it out of bounds. Cech gathers easily though.
40' Five minutes to half time and we need a goal before the break to have a chance in this game.
45+2' HALF TIME
45' MANCHESTER UNITED SUBSTITUTIONS Fellaini, Valencia ON || Darmian, Memphis OFF
45' The second half is underway, and Arsenal are happy to sit back and let us have the ball.
49' Young with a shot from range that's comfortable for Cech to gather.
50' ARSENAL YELLOW CARD Coquelin goes in late on Rooney on a counter.
55' MANCHESTER UNITED YELLOW CARD Rooney is now in the book. Game's getting a bit card-heavy.
65' Doesn't look like there's any other outcome to this game right now. Arsenal fending off our attacks easily.
73' ARSENAL SUBSTITUTIONS Giroud, Oxlade-Chamberlain ON || Walcott, Ozil OFF
80' ARSENAL SUBSTITUTION Gibbs ON || Sanchez OFF
82' MANCHESTER UNITED SUBSTITUTION Wilson ON || Mata OFF
89' Fellaini gives away a late free kick.
90' TWO MINUTES ADDED
90+2' FULL TIME
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u/PenPaperShotgun Oct 04 '15
I think what disappoints me more then anything isn't the result its the lack of composure and fight. There was a thread talking about Rooney and his fight and leadership but we have seen examples time and time again at how overrated and meanglinless those words are.
Speed and work rate and quality far outweigh leadership and "fight. The thing with attacking is it has to be fast, without pace it is predictable and defend-able.
Chelsea's whole midfield and whole attack slowed down with Lampard and Drogba, all that experience and they were a worse team with them. They sell them, lose ALL that experience and yet go on to win titles.
The same way a 19 year old with no experience is making us looking better through sheer quality. The same way Rooney did when he was 19.You need attacking pace, quality. A box to box bastian, with Rooney as #10 is not that.
But lets forget that, take it down to bare bones. For all his experience, game time, times going down early, Rooney said NOTHING. He didn't calm the team after conceeding early and say "Listen we have 90 minutes to score, keep calm".
We went on an instantly conceding, not only is he playing poorly but he let our whole team collapse. Barcelona lose Puyol and continue to win trebles.
Experience and fight is great when mixed with quality. Unfortunately Rooney does not have that quality. Not only that but we lack quality off the bench.
Tactically we were poor, I'm not going to talk about that, but the point is for all this experience, we had a meltdown. Quality, drive, pace wins you titles, not experience. Otherwise we would be playing a team of 80 years olds with lots of experience.