Arsenal and Liverpool draw 0-0
“To me it’s arrogance”.
“I thought we were outstanding”.
Henry claimed it is about “belief” rather than arrogance. “It is either naivety or arrogance because they keep losing this way”. Because they keep losing this way. “(If it is) belief, it is misheld belief”. “I really do”, said Neville, as quoted by the Daily Mail. “But you look at them defensively and it wouldn’t compare with City’s back four and Chelsea’s”. We still miss the spontaneous attitude to finish well what we start.
Arsenal have made an uncertain start to the season and as Wenger says, the 2-0 defeat to West Ham at the Emirates on the opening day has given them food for thought, that match being followed by a slightly fortunate win at Pardew’s Crystal Palace. I know I’ve got to be patient.
While Coquelin did a great job last season, he has looked slightly off the pace so far this year in a way that has led for calls for reinforcements.
Wenger was asked about Neville’s comments after the game and said: “Everybody has his opinion”.
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Liverpool starlet Jordan Rossiter is relishing his Premier League debut for the Reds, saying that he wants to feature more often in the first team.
With Arsenal centre backs Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny absent Liverpool dominated the first half, hitting the woodwork twice forcing Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech to produce an astonishing save to deny Christian Benteke.
“I think sharpness is missing a little bit in some players. The overriding feeling is we get a point, a clean sheet and we move to the next game”.
Graham told talkSPORT: “Arsenal need an out and out goalscorer”.
Arsenal’s new central defensive pairing were caught out just two minutes in, when Coutinho’s shot from inside the box struck the crossbar after Benteke was allowed too much time and space to race away and the cut the ball back to the Brazil midfielder.
“In the first half we had chances, [Alexis] Sanchez had a good header, we scored a regular goal, we had enough chances to win the game”.
“I can’t see why it was cancelled – it was clear”.
“The replays suggest I was onside so it should have stood”.
“We definitely could have had all three points”, he added.
“Performance-wise I was very happy with how we worked”. While Cech kept Liverpool at bay in the first half, Mignolet was up to the task to thwart Arsenal’s onslaught in the second period. You see it on the screens, they go off for 20 seconds and they get the decision right in the end.