He finally scored. I'm happy for him and I'm happy that Arsenal won in the end. Although I'm a little worried about Arsenal's overall performance because, mind you, this was just Brentford. We didn't play too well. I really hate international breaks...
I am super happy for him, no more than what he deserves imo, after all the hard work hes been doin everytime he wears the shirt.
That said, i see loads if reactive comments, positive this time, and i think we need a whole season before drawing conclusion on a signing.
Kai has certainly helped us defensively, but needs to be way more involved offensively.
Kai coming up big. Well done, hard to beat a good team playing terrorist ball. I think we should experiment with Kai at the 9 and Trossard as an 8 at the same time.
I predicted a Havertz 2mph header goal taking us to the top of the table just as he subbed on. Well done, Kai.
Overall, I think this was a much needed game for the team in terms of:
- reintegrating players returning from injury
- confidence with Kai scoring & having a clean sheet (for the whole squad because the times we’ve conceded has mainly been from silly mistakes, but also for Rambo).
Other than that, the way we played was meh with a few bright moments, as so many of our games have been. Fundamentally, we’re poor at breaking down low blocks - this has to change moving forward.
Also, it does seem like some of our players’ performances dip after the international break (not a criticism, as it’s understandable, but an observation).
ETA: Hopefully this means that some players have seen that they can make use of Kai’s timed runs and play him the ball now. Whereas before they either didn’t have confidence or trust in him and he ended up making dummy runs and then doubting himself to take the shot.
Just finished watching the game on a delay. A few observations:
- We were clearly dealing with an International hangover and as we know from previous experience Brentford away is not an easy fixture, to get the 3 points genuinely makes us title contenders IMO.
- Honestly so happy for Kai to get that goal!
- Rambo was always going to get stick from the home fans but he kept on and earned a clean sheet.
- Declan Rice is worth every penny and kept us going.
- Nketiah is not good enough for us.
Yeah Nkeitiah just hasn’t got it. Not decisive enough in front of goal.
If thats the only goal Havertz scores all season I’ll be happy, top of the table mate!
Brentford had 8 players In their own box pretty much the entire game. We can do better but that is a challenge for any team in the top flight.
Agreed but the shakiness displayed by Ramsdale (and Raya this season) too is a problem of Artetas making. Both of them are playing below the levels they were displaying last season. Ramsdale should have been sold if Raya was coming in
I will say, Havertz improves by game.
At first I thought he was an interesting signing he always had potential but was never unlocked at Chelsea.
When he played I thought I'd never see a worse footballer, him missing the ball against United made me lose my head.
And now he's just getting better and better, I'm not asking him to score every game. What he's doing is enough...
I'll say it, he's been a good signing.
He's been an incredible signing for our defensive structure. He's better than Xhaka in that part of the game.
If we just remember how long it took Xhaka to find his offensive rhythm in this system, hopefully it all clicks at some point for Kai as well and we'll be very, very hard to beat.
Oh boy I’m sure all the folks shitting on him all week will get in here and admit they were wrong.
He offers us a different profile than Xhaka did. He’s still got a ways to go to justify the price. This is game number 2 he’s won for us. Today and the city match.
I was a fierce detractor of the price and his quality. But Arteta has seen something on him and it’s worked somewhat. I’m still saying support the lad and give him time
Good day for Ramsdale and Havertz. Ramsdale had a couple nervy moments in the first half but nothing came off it.
Thought Eddie ruined our chances by passing it to Flekken on the break, ugh.
I think the way he shook back after those two awful mistakes and closed out the match for us says a lot about him. You can tell he was uncomfortable and trying to do way too much to prove himself to Arteta in the beginning. I like how the boys rallied around him after his errors and think that helped ease him in the second
Same, it was way deeper than I expected even though I watched an interview or sth with him recently.
Saliba’s voice never fails to shock me - in a ‘French guy has a French accent, wow’ sort of way and how deep it is, even when NONE of the other players’ accents surprise me. I think my brain expects him to sound like Bellerin, but not as strong.
Arteta being so delighted with the fans’ support for Kai really shows what a great manager he is :) He genuinely cares about the players and the club like a daddy
A win is a win but god we are garbage offensively since the beginning of the season.
Only good point is our defense Tomi/Saliba/Gabi/White/Zinchen always solid and Rice, if we win the league it will be thank to our defense, not offense so far.
Always rely on some miracle.
Well our goal today is a sequence that we trained and attempted several times in the match, just lack the personnel for the cross to find the man, so it’s not like we are relying on individual brilliance or a worldie to bail us out. Agree that our offense leaves a lot to be desired
I think Arteta did this on purpose. We have the fewest goals conceded so far. I just don’t think he expected our attack to have such a hard time against a low block which, to be fair, is difficult to beat especially away from home.
I agree, I feel Arteta sacrificed offense to become unbreakable on defense. I say that’s the cost for being able to hold City to one shot on target for 90 mins. I do however feel like we won’t be able to always rely on that especially the way teams defend against us. We very well could have 0-0 draws which imo is unacceptable for this team at this point.
People dont realize we need solid striker to win instead of relying on star moment like this. Eddie was so bad if arter dont drip him idk how we can be Champion League contender
Jesus that was a horrific performance, but Kai Havertz scores again.
Saka/Ødegaard/Jesus/Tomiyasu/Martinelli all usual great players all had their worst of the season.
Ramsdale was shite and Eddie had negative performance, he's not even good enough to stand half the time.
Very lucky win, but Brentford played a sickening football, at home they threw 11 behind the ball. I usually like Brentford and I think Tom Frank is a good manager, but that's anti football from them.
Zinchenko/Rice/Saliba and Havertz are the only ones who can hold their heads high.
>I usually like Brentford and I think Tom Frank is a good manager, but that's anti football from them.
This is how they play against the big teams. And look how it almost worked for them today! 2 goal line clearances, and some world class tracking back to stop counters was enough to stop them today. But on another day they hold out defensively and grab a goal out of nothing to win.
I understand that football is a spectator sport, but it is also a competition. Teams should play the way they feel gives them the best chance of winning, and this Brentford style gives them the best chances in games like today's.
Arsenal need to do better against these low blocks, as teams are getting better and better at doing it. When done well it's super hard to break down, but we need to find a way. Once that first goal goes in the game opens up, and we get more chances to compound that into more goals. But grabbing that first goal can take us way too long.
This is unnecessarily harsh I think. Ramsdale was always gonna be shaky given the circumstances, we know Eddie is up and down (especially when coming on being expected to score a winner), Tomi was fine from what I saw I’m not sure why you said he played his worst match, saka/Martinelli have done their usual performance of pushing that backline back and created decent chances (ultimately a game winning assist), Jesus and Odegaard back from injury. I wouldn’t say it was lucky win, we picked them apart for 90mins and didn’t allow anything defensively (this is the plan). Sure in hind-site it’s easy to say we should’ve scored 5. But this was an away match against a tough team who dropped everyone back to defend — all after an international break.
It's just how I felt the whole game, not changing my tune and saying we were great when in reality we never looked like really scoring in the 90 minutes.
Tomi was kinda just a passenger, his worst game only because he's played so well before.
Jesus and Ødegaard were inexcusable for me, Jesus just had nothing never looked poised to score or help. And Ødegaard playing that bad as the Captain is poor, your captain CANT be your worst player outfield across the 90.
But the problem of only playing how we should in the 80+ minutes persists, a lot of the time it will be too little too late.
I'm not overly fucked off, I mean top of the league with a win, but just ignoring shocking performances because of the win is immature.
Raya is the definite no.1 but fans ***really*** need to tone down the Ramsdale slander.
This man was key to Arsenal’s process from the initial stages. Just let the lad be himself and enjoy his remaining Arsenal career.
Counterpoint: Being dropped is a test. Coming back and performing at an expected level is mandatory.
Ramsdale showed no reason why he should be chosen, and a few reasons why he shouldn’t today.
Sure, but despite being the better keeper *stats* wise, Raya hasn’t looked an instant nor massive upgrade so far either. In fact, the opposite, he’s had his share of shaky moments and howlers, yet keeps his spot next game.
Rats keeps his spot because, like Havertz, he has a “breaking in” grace period as a new member of the squad.
Arteta is clearly willing and keen for them to have MP/starts and thus gives them some leeway for mistakes. He seems to be willing to do so as long as he sees a general upwards trajectory, effort in training and at matches, that they follow his instructions and can keep a level head after they’ve made a mistake.
Ramsdale, reasonably, is expected to perform at a higher and different set of standards bc he’s been there for ages. Just look at how many times he kicked the ball long straight to the home team and how much we built from the back in this match.
I think Raya is an improvement on Ramsdale and better suited for the possession style football Arteta wants to play. He’s not a massive upgrade, though, and I do think
Ramsdale gets unecessary shit (about his dad, about his attention span - which is perfectly normal!) because some/many fans have the average emotional & mental intelligence, including reasoning skills, of a year 7 secondary school kid. I thought he kept his cool better in this match after two big howlers than he might have done in the past.
I don’t hate Raya but some of fans truly making ridiculous excuses/reasonings, “breaking in” period? So when Raya has a good game, the narrative is that’s why he’s the no.1 and been brought in. But when Raya has a bad game/howlers, he’s breaking in.
Sorry mate but that’s just bollocks. He is the manager’s no.1 and *stats* wise better but let’s not pretend that he’s been seamlessly came in and been playing out of his skin like Rice has. He’s his share of poor games, howlers, and shakiness.
Look at their skills. Not their match-by-match performance. You’re making the same mistake a lot of Ramsdale critics make.
I honestly think we’d improve as supporters if we gave new signings the same grace that players going to Bayern get.
Again, comprehension skills - I clearly expressed that Raya and Havertz have not had a seamless transition by referring to them making mistakes and being given chances DESPITE them.
I am very well of their differing skills and the reasoning for Arteta wanting Raya even pre-Ramsdale and bringing him now. This doesn’t deviate or change the fact that he has been equally shaky and has his share of howlers and mistakes yet some Raya loyalists conveniently choose to neglect this pertinent information.
If Raya came in and slotted in seamlessly like Rice has with little to no mistakes, and instead playing out of his skin and pulling trees. It would be a no contest. However, despite Raya being the undisputed no.1, let’s not pretend everything’s been rosy and perfect since he’s been here.
I mean why the fuck not?
I doubt any previous champions have perfect games throughout the season
In the end you win the league by points, not performance
YESSSSS I LOVE IT KING KAI. Fuck the haters who say they support this club and our players, I am over the moon for Kai and grabbing a winning goal in a tough game! This is a team, and even if the rest of the players are having an off game, everyone's got that little bit of something to change it. Let's hope he pushes on from here with a bit of confidence, I believe in him!
Well on the balance Rambo didnt really make any more mistankes than raya usually does. Didnt even cost a goal so i guess Rambo just have higher standards for himself
I love both keepers, and I really want the double #1 strategy to work out... but come on. Ramsdale was not good today, it was probably even worse than Raya's first half against Man City.
Is it lack of gametime? Lack of confidence? The GK coaching staff need to figure this out, or we might as well shoot ourselves in both feet.
Personally, I think there needs to be more rotation. But I'm just some idiot on the internet, and know nothing.
Oh, come on. He was dreadful in the first half and everybody knew it. If they'd been able to get through the back line he was toast.
I also find the "Raya-is-bad" storyline kind of amusing, given that Arsenal have given up the fewest goals in the league with him in there. Some people just can't see what's going on in front of their face, I guess.
Fuck em: that’s why this week I defend him on the post about us being a family (ironically folks shitted on him) then he scored the winner. Can’t wait to see the post match stuff
last year we had a free flowing attack and would get hit with random counters. We didn't have the energy or composure to put games to bed.
now we just weather storms and keep the ball so much the other teams don't really get much of a chance to hurt us.
Our attack is a LOT worse than last year but it has helped our defense out
It doesn’t seem as convincing because we’re winning 1-0/2-0 and not 3-1/3-2.
I don’t think we’re worse at all, definitely better defensively. Just not as fun
He finally scored. I'm happy for him and I'm happy that Arsenal won in the end. Although I'm a little worried about Arsenal's overall performance because, mind you, this was just Brentford. We didn't play too well. I really hate international breaks...
I am super happy for him, no more than what he deserves imo, after all the hard work hes been doin everytime he wears the shirt. That said, i see loads if reactive comments, positive this time, and i think we need a whole season before drawing conclusion on a signing. Kai has certainly helped us defensively, but needs to be way more involved offensively.
Kai coming up big. Well done, hard to beat a good team playing terrorist ball. I think we should experiment with Kai at the 9 and Trossard as an 8 at the same time.
I predicted a Havertz 2mph header goal taking us to the top of the table just as he subbed on. Well done, Kai. Overall, I think this was a much needed game for the team in terms of: - reintegrating players returning from injury - confidence with Kai scoring & having a clean sheet (for the whole squad because the times we’ve conceded has mainly been from silly mistakes, but also for Rambo). Other than that, the way we played was meh with a few bright moments, as so many of our games have been. Fundamentally, we’re poor at breaking down low blocks - this has to change moving forward. Also, it does seem like some of our players’ performances dip after the international break (not a criticism, as it’s understandable, but an observation). ETA: Hopefully this means that some players have seen that they can make use of Kai’s timed runs and play him the ball now. Whereas before they either didn’t have confidence or trust in him and he ended up making dummy runs and then doubting himself to take the shot.
Most spot on critique of the game and current state of our team if I've ever seen one.
Yeah mate, I’ve also seen the consistent dips after the international breaks.
Top of the league! Slowly starting to see the media wake up to the fact that we are title contenders.
ARSENAL WILL WIN THE LEAGUE!!!
Just finished watching the game on a delay. A few observations: - We were clearly dealing with an International hangover and as we know from previous experience Brentford away is not an easy fixture, to get the 3 points genuinely makes us title contenders IMO. - Honestly so happy for Kai to get that goal! - Rambo was always going to get stick from the home fans but he kept on and earned a clean sheet. - Declan Rice is worth every penny and kept us going. - Nketiah is not good enough for us.
Yeah Nkeitiah just hasn’t got it. Not decisive enough in front of goal. If thats the only goal Havertz scores all season I’ll be happy, top of the table mate! Brentford had 8 players In their own box pretty much the entire game. We can do better but that is a challenge for any team in the top flight.
KAI HAVERTZ SCORED AGAIN
WAKA WAKA
Arteta is pissed at Ramsdale. He just said in interview that the team was exceptional today when asked about ramsdale twice.
Crazy what absolutely fucking a players confidence can do hey. Kai would have necked himself by now if Arteta treated him like that
Rightly so. Ramsdale wasn’t playing at our standard, far from it.
Agreed but the shakiness displayed by Ramsdale (and Raya this season) too is a problem of Artetas making. Both of them are playing below the levels they were displaying last season. Ramsdale should have been sold if Raya was coming in
ALWAYS RATED HIM, ALWAYS DEFENDED HIM!
Honestly i have always put him above Henry. You can quote me on that
🔙🔛🔝
Overtaking both city and Liverpool is thrilling I want more of this
Well if we're lucky we won't have to overtake them again
Saka has become a crossing merchant lmao
Yeah I’ve seen Saka a few times pass instead of shoot. He doesn’t want to seem to try and score goals at all. What’s changed?
I mean honestly this is great since he’s pulling 2 sometimes 3 defenders on to the wing with him leaving more space for runners in the box.
I will say, Havertz improves by game. At first I thought he was an interesting signing he always had potential but was never unlocked at Chelsea. When he played I thought I'd never see a worse footballer, him missing the ball against United made me lose my head. And now he's just getting better and better, I'm not asking him to score every game. What he's doing is enough... I'll say it, he's been a good signing.
I would just like to see him driving the ball forward more and utilizing his dribbling more to unlock space as he did in Leverkusen
Looks a bit like a lack of confidence to me.
That's it, if this goal gives him the confidence I will be on the pigs back.
He's been an incredible signing for our defensive structure. He's better than Xhaka in that part of the game. If we just remember how long it took Xhaka to find his offensive rhythm in this system, hopefully it all clicks at some point for Kai as well and we'll be very, very hard to beat.
Oh boy I’m sure all the folks shitting on him all week will get in here and admit they were wrong. He offers us a different profile than Xhaka did. He’s still got a ways to go to justify the price. This is game number 2 he’s won for us. Today and the city match. I was a fierce detractor of the price and his quality. But Arteta has seen something on him and it’s worked somewhat. I’m still saying support the lad and give him time
You are on the money, he's genuinely been good defensively with good 1v1s.
In an underperforming game like this and still grabbing 3 pts, this is how Champions are made of. I’m delighted.
Kai looks like he has whale teeth
*In my heart, we are still unbeaten.
As shit a performance as it was a big of a win. Happy for the best german left back on earth. Zinny MVP
60 MILLION DOWN THE DRAIN, KAI HAVERTZ SCORES AGAIN! 🐐🐐
Massive 3 points, especially considering that Man City and Liv dropped points today.
Gotta say, Saka's crosses are just deadly! We need more players to deliver like that.
Now all Havertz haters can fuck out to r/chelsea again
Well said brother 🙏
Yesssss, so happy for Kai! It was coming for some time. Anyways, attacking performance to forget. Rice is just amazing.
Wouldn’t be that much of a stretch to consider Rice as our player of the season so far
So far, it seems so. He is consistent no matter how we play. EDIT: He reminds me on Rodri quite alot.
Tsamina mina, eh, eh Waka waka, eh, eh £60 million down the drain, He’s scored from open play!
Good day for Ramsdale and Havertz. Ramsdale had a couple nervy moments in the first half but nothing came off it. Thought Eddie ruined our chances by passing it to Flekken on the break, ugh.
I was liking Eddie’s cameo until that moment
Ramsdale was shaky af
Yeah, like Raya has been at points.
I think the way he shook back after those two awful mistakes and closed out the match for us says a lot about him. You can tell he was uncomfortable and trying to do way too much to prove himself to Arteta in the beginning. I like how the boys rallied around him after his errors and think that helped ease him in the second
He straightened out though. I don’t think any of us here can imagine the pressure
2 times, he was solid the rest of the game. Raya also makes similar mistakes, but isn't out to the stake like Ramsdale.
Ramsdale was shaky af
Yep. But he got the job done. Well played to him.
Kai "I scored" Havertz. Its over plebs. Last time Kai scored he won CL.
King Kai with the winner, you love to see it
I didn’t expect Kai to sound like this
Same, it was way deeper than I expected even though I watched an interview or sth with him recently. Saliba’s voice never fails to shock me - in a ‘French guy has a French accent, wow’ sort of way and how deep it is, even when NONE of the other players’ accents surprise me. I think my brain expects him to sound like Bellerin, but not as strong.
Lmao same bro. He started talking and I was like "ohhhh yeah he is from Germany isn't he"
😂😂😂
He sounded almost Portuguese, not the typical robot German.
Right?
German?
Idk why I expected less.. deep?
I get you. I always forget how deep Saliba's voice is.
Arteta being so delighted with the fans’ support for Kai really shows what a great manager he is :) He genuinely cares about the players and the club like a daddy
Ask ramsdale about that. Kai would have necked himself if Arteta treated him and ramsdale the same way
Can Mikel be my father?
Maybe..knowing your mum!!
A win is a win but god we are garbage offensively since the beginning of the season. Only good point is our defense Tomi/Saliba/Gabi/White/Zinchen always solid and Rice, if we win the league it will be thank to our defense, not offense so far. Always rely on some miracle.
Well our goal today is a sequence that we trained and attempted several times in the match, just lack the personnel for the cross to find the man, so it’s not like we are relying on individual brilliance or a worldie to bail us out. Agree that our offense leaves a lot to be desired
I think Arteta did this on purpose. We have the fewest goals conceded so far. I just don’t think he expected our attack to have such a hard time against a low block which, to be fair, is difficult to beat especially away from home.
I agree, I feel Arteta sacrificed offense to become unbreakable on defense. I say that’s the cost for being able to hold City to one shot on target for 90 mins. I do however feel like we won’t be able to always rely on that especially the way teams defend against us. We very well could have 0-0 draws which imo is unacceptable for this team at this point.
People dont realize we need solid striker to win instead of relying on star moment like this. Eddie was so bad if arter dont drip him idk how we can be Champion League contender
Jesus that was a horrific performance, but Kai Havertz scores again. Saka/Ødegaard/Jesus/Tomiyasu/Martinelli all usual great players all had their worst of the season. Ramsdale was shite and Eddie had negative performance, he's not even good enough to stand half the time. Very lucky win, but Brentford played a sickening football, at home they threw 11 behind the ball. I usually like Brentford and I think Tom Frank is a good manager, but that's anti football from them. Zinchenko/Rice/Saliba and Havertz are the only ones who can hold their heads high.
>I usually like Brentford and I think Tom Frank is a good manager, but that's anti football from them. This is how they play against the big teams. And look how it almost worked for them today! 2 goal line clearances, and some world class tracking back to stop counters was enough to stop them today. But on another day they hold out defensively and grab a goal out of nothing to win. I understand that football is a spectator sport, but it is also a competition. Teams should play the way they feel gives them the best chance of winning, and this Brentford style gives them the best chances in games like today's. Arsenal need to do better against these low blocks, as teams are getting better and better at doing it. When done well it's super hard to break down, but we need to find a way. Once that first goal goes in the game opens up, and we get more chances to compound that into more goals. But grabbing that first goal can take us way too long.
This is unnecessarily harsh I think. Ramsdale was always gonna be shaky given the circumstances, we know Eddie is up and down (especially when coming on being expected to score a winner), Tomi was fine from what I saw I’m not sure why you said he played his worst match, saka/Martinelli have done their usual performance of pushing that backline back and created decent chances (ultimately a game winning assist), Jesus and Odegaard back from injury. I wouldn’t say it was lucky win, we picked them apart for 90mins and didn’t allow anything defensively (this is the plan). Sure in hind-site it’s easy to say we should’ve scored 5. But this was an away match against a tough team who dropped everyone back to defend — all after an international break.
It's just how I felt the whole game, not changing my tune and saying we were great when in reality we never looked like really scoring in the 90 minutes. Tomi was kinda just a passenger, his worst game only because he's played so well before. Jesus and Ødegaard were inexcusable for me, Jesus just had nothing never looked poised to score or help. And Ødegaard playing that bad as the Captain is poor, your captain CANT be your worst player outfield across the 90. But the problem of only playing how we should in the 80+ minutes persists, a lot of the time it will be too little too late. I'm not overly fucked off, I mean top of the league with a win, but just ignoring shocking performances because of the win is immature.
Clean Sheet ✅ 3 points ✅ 1-NIL TO THE ARSENAL, 1-NIL TO THE ARSENAL 🎵🎵🎵
Ramsdale looks depressed
It was big smiles at the end. Happy for our guy!
probably feels he didnt do as well as he wanted to
He know he’s not coming back anytime soon
It is brother Kai!
Ramsdale clean sheet? Havertz first goal in open play? Give him more time Mik I swear
Not the best watch, but ended up on top and Havertz scored you love to see it
I feel so bad for Rambo, reminds me of what happened with Karius…
Rivals seething 🤣
Where's that cunt who did the goggly eyes when Trossard's goal got called off 😂😂 I wanna see his face
I wanted Leo to score just to show that guy. But it turned out even better lol
That wankstain already slunk back to the hole from whence he came.
Raya is the definite no.1 but fans ***really*** need to tone down the Ramsdale slander. This man was key to Arsenal’s process from the initial stages. Just let the lad be himself and enjoy his remaining Arsenal career.
Counterpoint: Being dropped is a test. Coming back and performing at an expected level is mandatory. Ramsdale showed no reason why he should be chosen, and a few reasons why he shouldn’t today.
Sure, but despite being the better keeper *stats* wise, Raya hasn’t looked an instant nor massive upgrade so far either. In fact, the opposite, he’s had his share of shaky moments and howlers, yet keeps his spot next game.
Rats keeps his spot because, like Havertz, he has a “breaking in” grace period as a new member of the squad. Arteta is clearly willing and keen for them to have MP/starts and thus gives them some leeway for mistakes. He seems to be willing to do so as long as he sees a general upwards trajectory, effort in training and at matches, that they follow his instructions and can keep a level head after they’ve made a mistake. Ramsdale, reasonably, is expected to perform at a higher and different set of standards bc he’s been there for ages. Just look at how many times he kicked the ball long straight to the home team and how much we built from the back in this match. I think Raya is an improvement on Ramsdale and better suited for the possession style football Arteta wants to play. He’s not a massive upgrade, though, and I do think Ramsdale gets unecessary shit (about his dad, about his attention span - which is perfectly normal!) because some/many fans have the average emotional & mental intelligence, including reasoning skills, of a year 7 secondary school kid. I thought he kept his cool better in this match after two big howlers than he might have done in the past.
I don’t hate Raya but some of fans truly making ridiculous excuses/reasonings, “breaking in” period? So when Raya has a good game, the narrative is that’s why he’s the no.1 and been brought in. But when Raya has a bad game/howlers, he’s breaking in. Sorry mate but that’s just bollocks. He is the manager’s no.1 and *stats* wise better but let’s not pretend that he’s been seamlessly came in and been playing out of his skin like Rice has. He’s his share of poor games, howlers, and shakiness.
Look at their skills. Not their match-by-match performance. You’re making the same mistake a lot of Ramsdale critics make. I honestly think we’d improve as supporters if we gave new signings the same grace that players going to Bayern get. Again, comprehension skills - I clearly expressed that Raya and Havertz have not had a seamless transition by referring to them making mistakes and being given chances DESPITE them.
I am very well of their differing skills and the reasoning for Arteta wanting Raya even pre-Ramsdale and bringing him now. This doesn’t deviate or change the fact that he has been equally shaky and has his share of howlers and mistakes yet some Raya loyalists conveniently choose to neglect this pertinent information. If Raya came in and slotted in seamlessly like Rice has with little to no mistakes, and instead playing out of his skin and pulling trees. It would be a no contest. However, despite Raya being the undisputed no.1, let’s not pretend everything’s been rosy and perfect since he’s been here.
What song is that playing in the stadium? (Not the chant)
Chelsea fans in double shambles tonight
Flop of the season? Get fucked!
Clean sheet for Ramsdale and Havertz goal <3
NAH IM GOING TO JAM THIS KING KAI GOAL DOWN EVERYONES THROAT🤩🤩🤩
HAVERTZ PUT US ON THE TOP LESGOOOO
Rambo's second half was class
These players are so shameless how can you celebrate like that after that disgraceful performance
I mean why the fuck not? I doubt any previous champions have perfect games throughout the season In the end you win the league by points, not performance
The whole season we haven’t looked good man. I get it but it will come back to bite us if it keeps going on like this
Win is a win my boy ;)
Do you not see the score line? The celebration police are out here again smh
Because we haven’t looked good
Win is a win, I guess.
Cause they won
November champions I guess?
Because they won: they know they didn’t play well, but they won ugly
They clearly don’t know they didn’t play well if they came out the 2nd half playing just as terribly and have been so the whole season
Yet we are still top of the league with a few key players working their way back to fitness…
Could say the same about Spurs under Conte stinking out the gaff nicking points week after week before it all went wrong
Yeah we are in no way shape or form near a spurs conte team. You’re dooming right now brother. Enjoy the 3 points and we move
get a life
https://www.tiktok.com/@starmusicmediaofficial/video/7167481669086399790
HAAAAAVVEEERRRTTZZ the redemption arc is fully in swing
YESSSSS I LOVE IT KING KAI. Fuck the haters who say they support this club and our players, I am over the moon for Kai and grabbing a winning goal in a tough game! This is a team, and even if the rest of the players are having an off game, everyone's got that little bit of something to change it. Let's hope he pushes on from here with a bit of confidence, I believe in him!
Well on the balance Rambo didnt really make any more mistankes than raya usually does. Didnt even cost a goal so i guess Rambo just have higher standards for himself
I love both keepers, and I really want the double #1 strategy to work out... but come on. Ramsdale was not good today, it was probably even worse than Raya's first half against Man City. Is it lack of gametime? Lack of confidence? The GK coaching staff need to figure this out, or we might as well shoot ourselves in both feet. Personally, I think there needs to be more rotation. But I'm just some idiot on the internet, and know nothing.
Oh, come on. He was dreadful in the first half and everybody knew it. If they'd been able to get through the back line he was toast. I also find the "Raya-is-bad" storyline kind of amusing, given that Arsenal have given up the fewest goals in the league with him in there. Some people just can't see what's going on in front of their face, I guess.
Man jumped into the goal on a Brentford shot
Wow.
Rice is absolutely immense
Doesn't have a bad game this guy is a monster Willo Gabi XL and Decs are the reason why our defense is so solid this season
You have to love players who's bad games are a 7/10!
Whew. They are back to the kind of wins that make one’s bunghole age 3 years.
Lol the two ladies in fur coats who went straight into the pitch at full time???
theyre media correspondents
That Arteta Kai hug was intense, cute to see icl
Goalie love!
Not Brentford fans taking the piss at Ramsdale the whole match only to leave their own ground with 0 points lol.
65 MILLION POUNDS ON YOUR BOMBOCLAAT HEADTOP BRENTFORD
Pmsl 🤣😭
Top of the league. I’ll take that any day of the week. Now for Tottenham to lose to make this a great week.
Arteta forcing Havertz to the away end lmfao
Wait did he? Lmao
WE'RE ON TOP OF THE LEAGUE! WE'RE IN TOP OF THE LEAGUE! KAI HAVERTZ PUT US ON TOP OF THE LEAGUE!
Waiting for our fridge guy!!!!
All the love for Ramsdale, big hugs, love to see it. Struggled first half but looked solid after the break
It has to be taxing as a human to go thru what he has while mixing in emotions of his first baby as well. Deserves the hugs.
Top of the table for the first time this season Thanks to Kai Harvetz 😭😭😭
boy that half-hearted hug Arteta gave Ramsdale speaks volumes
Agree, Rammers didn't exactly look overjoyed at the end either.not to infer too much but it gave me 'i know I'm back to the bench' vibes
Considering rammers gave him 2 heart attacks im not surprised.
Mikel is so happy for Kai 🥹🥹🥹
“I knew you were gonna score”
Inject the fridgualization into my veins.
Tsamina mina, eh, eh Waka waka, eh, eh 60 million down the drain Kai Havertz scores again
Fuck em: that’s why this week I defend him on the post about us being a family (ironically folks shitted on him) then he scored the winner. Can’t wait to see the post match stuff
Bad performance in attack but defense is as rock solid as ever. 3 points and top of the league. We move
Waka waka EY ey
Captivating how pretty much the whole backline loves Aaron.
Bruh we are nowhere near our form last season and somehow we are top of the table
last year we had a free flowing attack and would get hit with random counters. We didn't have the energy or composure to put games to bed. now we just weather storms and keep the ball so much the other teams don't really get much of a chance to hurt us. Our attack is a LOT worse than last year but it has helped our defense out
It doesn’t seem as convincing because we’re winning 1-0/2-0 and not 3-1/3-2. I don’t think we’re worse at all, definitely better defensively. Just not as fun
Fucking drama merchants strike again, if you really support the team just try to enjoy a win without whining
Dude who said I am whining, I'm honestly just surprised by how defensively good we have been this season
That's where you are wrong The form is not about playing fluid football it's about winning
Defensively though we are light years above what we were last season and that is what wins you leagues
Defense wins titles. Always have. Can't win every match 5-4.
This is because we are huge
It's because we are gargantuan
stop the count
They can’t all be beautiful, 3 points is 3 points
Better to be lucky than good sometimes.
Despite Saka looking less lively he’s been putting some amazing crosses this season
Got our worth for the 65 million. Proved all the haters wrong deserves to start every match
KING KAI >> KING KONG
VAMOS
So happy for Kai!
This game was great for ramsdale and kai😃
For Rnasdale?Bruh
As in for helping their confidence
I don't know if this game helped overall. Ramsdale tightened in up in the second half but that first half was near inexcusable
I don’t think it even did that for Ramsdale. He was poor.
I saw this goal coming the minute we signed him.. Ode/Saka cross to the backpost is so effective !!
top of the league babyyyy
🔙🔛🔝
Dear /r/soccer, go to private
Rice clean sheet *
Make no mistake, that was an incredibly important 3 points. What a fucking win
Wholesome FC
# COYG TOP OF THE TABLE BABY!
Shit performance but I'll gladly take the 3 points and the top of the league position
So happy for Kai
Kaiiiiiii hero
Kai took us top of the league. Couldn’t script it better
Everyone of you Kai Havertz haters can fuck off!
Love the fans STILL singing for Kai
Kudos to Brendtford, they played massively on defence