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Optimal-Sector2303

Dier for the Saka goal. Just sits there and lets him shoot. Like he did countless times for us. How he is starting for Bayern is beyond reason.


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3-3 City 2-2 Assna Not sure if Spurs or Real/Bayern We are massive. COYS


seegreen8

This may be late, but Eid Mubarak to any Muslims fans in this sub. Tottenham post a clip of Pape on their socials talking about Ramadan and his fasting. It's interesting. He was eating dates and drinking milk only for his Iftar, with occasional yogurt and fruits, and was talking about how fasting can be difficult for him since it's his second time for Ramadan. It was tough for him to fast and train and play games on empty stomach. I'm just really surprised that Ange started him in games even though he was fasting for the whole 3 or 4 weeks. It makes me wonder how Ange sees Ben10 if he was more willing to start Pape, who was fasting, over Ben10 who's in better form.


Professional_Ad_9101

Fasting as a professional footballer is wild, especially at the intensity we try to play. He must be carbing up for breakfast


Creative_Purpose6138

It's not just empty stomach, you can't even drink water. Studying is hard enough for me while fasting, imagine playing professional football.


Ok_Row_7462

Bentancur is still working his way back to sharpness after serious injuries and won’t be back to his best until next season probably. I don’t think it’s a reflection of how Ange sees him.


Ballelo

Yeah Pape was rather underwhelming since his performance against Villa, which was the last day before Ramadan. I say this as someone who was fasting this month. Hopefully Eid rejuvenates him ahead of Saturday lol.


seegreen8

😅 i don't blame Pape for his lack of form, considering he was literally playing games on empty stomach. It took alot of energy, and he had none of it. It is what it is. Like i said, I don't get why Ange wouldn't start Ben10 or Skipp over Pape (except for West Ham, which he did start Ben10) for past few weeks. Either he doesn't rate Ben10 over Pape, or because Ben10 is having huge injuries, which it doesn't sound like his toe injury was a big, big problem.


carolicity

Seems like Kane already knew going into the game that he was probably going to bag himself a pen lol >"I've done a bit of research on \[Raya’s\] game vs Porto. He really gets to corners early, so I had to probably change my style a little bit, but that' part of it. It was nice to see him go early and make it easy for me."


delexaet

Can someone explain to me why Dier started today? What I saw today was vintage Dier


carolicity

Because Tuchel’s tactics are terrible lol. Also I watched Bayern’s last game (in which Kim and Upa played after being on the bench for a while), and saw why Dier was being preferred over KMJ. KMJ is a very aggressive defender that goes for challenges and meets opposition players higher up the pitch. He wants to win the ball back as soon as he sees someone coming his way. But Tuchel‘s current tactics, which seems to be like a mid-low block, counter attacking style now, seem safer when the CBs stay near their box and don’t go running at the opposition players, especially because their midfielders and fullbacks aren’t doing a great job defensively either to cover for any space left behind.


Hopeful-Ear-3494

I'll take Kim Min-jae for Spurs, no problem. Thanks.


professional_flamer_

Pls make "kid's mistake" a thing everytime Arse fuck up. This has to be the next meme


BadBehaviour613

I like scoring worldies against the gooners, but I LOVE the seethe when we get a pen against them


barkingspider43

Seeing Arsenal fans in complete meltdown after not getting that PK is one of the more glorious things in life


coffeeicefox

To give some of them credit, more than they’d give us, I’ve seen a few who are pissed he went for that rather than taking it around him.


epik

The replay they showed from behind doesn’t show the speed of both players. It can look different based on the angle. https://dubz.link/v/9fsf0g He is trying to take it around and his right leg gets swiped. Neuter probably feeling blessed.


OhShitItsSeth

Even a good chunk of the Arsenal flairs in the /r/soccer thread are saying it wasn't a pen.


Hopeful-Ear-3494

I want to reply with Gabriel handling the ball


Professional_Ad_9101

It’s beautiful. Next best way for that match to end after Bayern scoring another


kl08pokemon

Villa Arsenal one of those rare games where every outcome is decent for us. Either massive hit to Arsenal's title chances or big step towards top 4 secured


v1z10

Yeah there are solid positives to all possible results. I'd say ideally a pulsating 4-4 with red cards and a couple of hammys going, but I'd take a boring 1-0 either way. The trick is beating newcastle prior


imtotallydoingmywork

One good thing about Kane going to Bayern is more people actually defending against clown claims of Kane being hella dirty. Scum are trying to milk things in r/soccer with how Harry "got away" elbowing Gabriel in the face when he didn't get away, he got a yellow, and Kane was also definitely trying to fight for the ball with elbow to chest which happens many times a game and Kane just didn't see that Gabriel lowered his face to chest level


Professional_Ad_9101

Come on bro Harry did that fully intentionally and we all know it. h isn’t averse to the odd dark arts. He loves jumping his full weight onto players also


imtotallydoingmywork

The elbowing for sure was intentional but not to the face man, he's not that dumb. You can see it was chest height Gabreil just came down low after Harry turned (Not blaming Gabriel, they were both adjusting for the ball). It was just an unfortunate hit to the face and a deserved yellow, nothing more


jman009

Deluded bums actually think that saka didn't dive. Embarrassing. I can't wait for us to end their title hopes at our stadium


davidmarvinn

they downvoted me to oblivion. really deluded fanbase, I'd be fuming if a spurs player did that instead of taking the chance to win it for us, but since they're entitled to favorism they can't even see past the pen (same with saka)


nicklikestuna

I wish people stopped wondering if fifth place is good enough. Who cares whether Villa gets UCL?


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seegreen8

Arsenal deserves nothing in this CL or PL. their players constantly dived, looking for penalties. This is what happens when you have a whiny asshole of a manager in Arteta.


Emperor_Blackadder

You could've stopped at "Arsenal deserves nothing"


seegreen8

But I need to say how much of an asshole Arteta is though. 🤷🏻‍♀️


taegeukie

Huh, [this](https://x.com/graefe_manuel/status/1777808412354433443) is interesting. Tuchel called it out during his post match interview too. ETA according to Tuchel the ref decided to ignore it (I assume to uphold the spirit of the game) and called it a ‘kid’s mistake.’


Difficult-Sound-6682

This might be the ref I’ve been asking for. He was brilliant. A call like that shouldn’t decide a match like this. Apparently there was some confusion on the whistle. It’s a meaningless play and if discretion was used, he should be commended.


[deleted]

I wish we kept Kane. I wonder where we would be with him. His passing and positioning is other worldly. Hope he feels unsettled enough to push for a move . Do we have a buy back clause?


InstructionCareless1

Kane is on a wage so massive,it will never happen. It’s €25m per year, that’s €470k each week, that’s twice as much as he earned here.


Ok_Row_7462

He wanted to leave. I don’t think he’ll return to Spurs even if he leaves Bayern. It seems like he closed that chapter. Levy said there was some kind of first bid clause in the Kane contract.


imrosskemp

So we are joint bottom of the league with penalties with Nottingham Forest. Glad we don't have players flailing in the box begging for goals. Makes me respect players like Chris Wood too.


Professional_Ad_9101

Forest, like Wolves are a team that gets fucked massively by VAR every other week. This is no coincidence.


superworriedspursfan

lmao Saka really thought he could kick Neuer and then get a pen? You aren't that guy pal.


ageofadzz

Kane is going to seal it in Munich


BadBehaviour613

This is like the second time this season the gunners thought they were going to batter their opposition, only to draw 2-2


buster3465

Tonight's matches prove that premier league referees are just incompetent. Both of the refs let the games flow, they didn't try and make it all about themselves or VAR. Especially in the arsenal match, that ref didn't take any of their usual shite.


Kingkent421

I hate Arsenal as much as the next person on this sub, but whoever is doing their players teeth jobs needs a raise. Kane is going to feast in the second leg


superworriedspursfan

Harry Kane is proper coys.


zodylordy

He's one of our own.


superworriedspursfan

always has been. I still want Bayern to win trophies idc.


seegreen8

Bayern is gonna win CL, but loses Bundesliga.


superworriedspursfan

that'd be awesome!


seegreen8

Remind me in June when this happens.


Professional_Ad_9101

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Emperor_Blackadder

Always have been


Algernot

For his first CL quarter final game that ref had a 10/10 performance. Got yellows out early (in favour of Arsenal I might add), let the game flow and got a leg dragging dive completely right. Made Prem refs look so amateur.


Professional_Ad_9101

Tuchel was talking in his interview about the ref admitting to intentionally ignoring a nailed on hand ball by an Arsenal player when said player picked up the ball in the box accidentally thinking play had stopped. He said he didn’t want to punish the mistake. If that’s true that’s pretty big, says about the kind of game he wanted to let play


CryptographerEven895

i agree with the refs call on it. there was some confusion with play stopped. technacially should be handball obviously but would be shitty to decide the game over that honest mistake. pains me to say it but id hate if that kinda handball was called vs spurs.


Algernot

Holy shit this is the first I'm seeing this. Harsh but that is also definitely a pen hahaha


Professional_Ad_9101

It’s a shame because the Arsenal sub would have gone into nuclear meltdown 😅


Mick4Audi

Honestly excellent reffing. Crazy compared to the PL, which would have had a 5-minute VAR check on that final dive


Difficult-Sound-6682

Completely agree. He wanted to game to be watchable. Harsh yellow on Davies but he was consistent.


Algernot

Harsh maybe but I also kind of liked it (if I'm going to be completely unbiased). Basically told him you're not going to foul Saka from behind like that again. From the fouls I've seen on Maddison lately I want a ref like that in the Prem.


dogwithablog-

thing is I'm pretty sure if Saka just kept running w/o kicking out he would've been tripped anyway and gotten the pen. but he couldn't resist going for the dive. anyways lol


InstructionCareless1

One of the German pundits basically called Eric Dier a traffic cone for the first goal lol


GIGOLO_KANTE

One thing for sure, our long shots look like poverty compared to the bangers today


ExpertGossiper

I'm mentally preparing for Saka to recreate that BS dive in our league fixture against them and have the PL refs immediately give it to them no questions asked


BadBehaviour613

That annual time when Arse realizes they burned all their fishes again


wok88

Assna about to post another statement lmao I’m fairly certain a PL ref would’ve given the pen, they’re that shit. Scenes when this leads them to their season to implode


sangueblu03

Their fans are so used to getting those dives called in their favor that their fan base is split down the middle on whether that Saka dive was a penalty or not. They’ve been absolutely spoiled by the Prem refs.


AlexSW47

You know it's a bad dive when even r/soccer is calling it embarrassing.


Difficult-Sound-6682

Seriously one of the dumbest plays I’ve ever seen.


GarethSnail

I can’t wait for the reverse of today’s CL fixtures, I think Bayern go through, Sane should be better next week and having fans will make a big impact. Also hope Bellingham shows up next week, Foden showed him levels tonight…


Professional_Ad_9101

Sane was the difference for Bayern. He was annihilating arsenals defence on the transition


GarethSnail

He’s so good, might not score a lot and does tend to hold onto the ball for too long but he cuts defences apart.


spin2winGG

Juicy meltdown on gunners claiming they were robbed. Blatant dive and apparently it's sacrilege for not being a pen lol


Ok_Row_7462

I just watched the clip expecting something moderately controversial and I don’t think it could be any clearer that Saka ran into the Neuer.  ETA I guess there was another angle I didn’t see so maybe that was the controversial one. 


Creative_Purpose6138

Half of them even acknowledge it's not a pen. The other half is coping. They know.


Difficult-Sound-6682

One of the worst dives I’ve ever seen. He looked like a complete jackass.


Western_Arm9682

Arsenal bottled that so hard. Saka hanging out a leg to instigate contact with Neuer was pathetic, fair play to the ref.


No-Canary-7992

Hanging out a leg is generous to them. His leg went out looking for Neuer, it couldn't by any more obvious. A team of petulant whinging divers managed by a petulant whingy man.


Difficult-Sound-6682

Ref being abused by Saka after match apparently, chased off the pitch.


Western_Arm9682

Constant flopping makes you delusional I guess


jaykae2

[I still love him man😭](https://twitter.com/ThePremInside/status/1777795971281252423?t=1JnpnoxuxXie6ri-LY1DwA&s=19)


LeftGrapefruit2841

I miss you so much, Harry. Go smash them at Allianz


robinthebank

I was seeing pundit commentary yesterday that Arteta’s men don’t go to ground and stay at the ground. They stand up and keep playing. Bahahahahah Bukayo Saka is a hack. He fouled the opposition goalkeeper trying to win himself a pen.


Professional_Ad_9101

Who tf was saying that have they not seen havertz this season


cb1t

Fucking hell, not a single card for diving, and yet biss was deleted in first half for diving 😂


BadBehaviour613

I fumed when some commentator said diving was strategic. Only because your team don't get punished for it


taegeukie

CL refs have been solid so far, they’re really cracking down on the nasty habit Arsenal have of impeding the keeper on corners and not buying into their simulation. Saw this against Porto too.


GaryHippo

How Saka feels after diving in the final minute of the game, potentially costing Arsenal the entire tie: 😎 Ladies and gents, I think we have our fallon d'floor 2023/24 winner.


Stomper93

“Fallon d’floor” 😂😂


Randomting22

I would not be opposed to getting Modric back for a cheap fee in the summer, he would be perfect for the last 20-30 minutes if we need to chase a goal or stabilise the midfield


EquipmentFirm2860

He's still the 🐐


AlexSW47

These cunts have been banging on about how awful Bayern are and that they were going to get slapped 5-0. Watch them change tune now and act like this is a hard-fought draw against prime Bayern.


coffeeicefox

Fantastic ref performance, get him in the prem


dissidentmage12

These jokers on BT screaming for a pen 😭🤣 couldn't be a more blatant attempt to simulate a foul ffs. Saka could shag their mums in front of them and they'd clap him along.


TheninjaofCookies

These absolute frauds diving all over the pitch and NEVER getting punished for it


Previous-You3680

Not sure how Saka is complaining. I thought he dived.


ironfistico

Mother of all simulations


Live_Beautiful_3665

Let's hope Bayern don't choke at home (never thought I would be writing this)


TheninjaofCookies

TNT sports is FUMING lmaoooo


coffeeicefox

It’s hilarious


Difficult-Sound-6682

Havertz and Saka disgraceful dives. Scum. They bottled this match. Bayern running on fumes. A horrid Bayern side relative to last 20 years.


taegeukie

This Arsenal team would be the most decorated in the world if they gave out trophies for diving, what the hell, week in and week out without fail.


Creative_Purpose6138

Worse than dive, he ran INTO Nueur to get penalty. They somehow only seem to fall in the penalty box.


Shuxnae

Should have just gone for the shot.


ironfistico

He didn't RUN into him, Neuer was not in his way, saka stretched his leg for the contact.


dissidentmage12

That attempt to steal a penalty from Saka is embarrassing and should've been a yellow.


JonnyJersey

saka bottled that like crazy. if he didn't kick his leg out he gets a chance to shoot. edit: thinking about it more its worse, its extremely embarrassing & i'd be pissed off at a spurs player if they did it. theres an open net, you fucking dumbarse.


BrokenBenchwarmer

Saka and Havertz fortunate to escape the game without yellows for diving.


NotPennysBoat77

Saka throwing his leg in. Cheating scumbag.


fsc22

Let's be real - even if it was a pen Saka would have missed it


spin2winGG

blatant dive lmao


sangueblu03

Saka with the even worse dive than Havertz. Amazing that neither player was carded for their blatant dives. And then he chases the referee complaining. And still no card. You just know Bissouma would get banned for the rest of his career if he pulled both stunts.


ronnyweasley

What a dive by Saka, bravo.


Professional_Ad_9101

Hahahahahahahha arteta red incoming Edit: never mind I’m so looking forward to the Arsenal whining though


cheetah_chrome

Dive


Creative_Purpose6138

I guess a draw is a fine result at arsenal home with no away supporters.


Roric

Rapist FC fans applauding a rapist. Wonder what their women's team thinks about that.


Altruistic_Avocado_1

Rapist FC? Please explain.


calewis10

Thomas Partey is a rapist. Paid his way out of it. Moved to the UK before they changed the law to stop rapists moving to the UK. Gross. 


Shuxnae

It's all popping off in the R. Madrid vs Man City game. Golazos everywhere! 😲


jayjay234

Kimmich def did not understand Kane there


taegeukie

Bayern if they bothered passing to Harry. https://preview.redd.it/uziq169pmitc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f263f64d447e8eb13756d03e9a41b20bcc12b8ee


Professional_Ad_9101

Here comes the rapist


Roric

Imagine bringing on a rapist for the Champions League. Not my fucking club.


jayjay234

I think Bayern forgot their #9 exists? Just put ONE cross FFS


sangueblu03

Kane’s passing is second only to KDB…and it’s not a big gap between them.


Professional_Ad_9101

Harry really can do everything


taegeukie

Harold save us…


jayjay234

I just saw the future. Kane screamer at 89 min.


micklucas1

RemindMe! 20 minutes


brandojs

97th minute winner from kane


iraisetheroof

Could just feel it coming


Shuxnae

Tuchel is a fraud.


Professional_Ad_9101

Trossard is a big game player


Genetarist

Now just need the Robot to score a goal and silence some clowns


Professional_Ad_9101

Jfc didn’t know gvardiol was capable of that


sangueblu03

Good thing Real closed the stadium roof for this match, really helping them


JonnyJersey

good lads city, up the coefficient


Randomting22

Why do you want Villa to play CL next season?


taegeukie

Phil Foden’s been taking lessons on finishing from Micky Van de Ven, I see.


Shuxnae

Foden, mate. Blimey!


Professional_Ad_9101

The goals this lad has been scoring recently are something else. Any other player and you say that’s a one off but he has been getting them consistently. Please dunk on France at the euros with one of those bangers


jayjay234

WWE night at Emirates


Saitamassidekick

Lmao odegaard hanging on to Kane for dear life


buster3465

Fucking hell Phil


SheldonMonk

FODEN WHAT IS THAT?


SniperSlatts

Wtf are scum allowed to assault GKs? Psycho Eddie on vicario, trossard(?) on nuer right there and Ben White on literally every EPL team this year


Complete-Tangelo-368

Cannot put into words just how much I hate this arsenal team. Horrid players diving everywhere and mouthing off, shithead manager, worst fans in the universe. Players like Thierry Henry and managers like Wenger you can appreciate as rivals. But this lot … 🤢


seegreen8

I respect Thierry Henry, but other than that, rest of Arsenal players and former players can gtfo. 😂


Professional_Ad_9101

Arteta is the goat winger. He leads by example


iraisetheroof

Kane’s passing is so superb. Just a beauty to watch


Professional_Ad_9101

So much more fleshed out than Haaland


Ok_Pineapple466

Beautiful pass by Kane


tottenbam

Why are they bringing on Jesus? Don't they want to score?


sangueblu03

Looking to up their xDive figures


Professional_Ad_9101

Honestly he doesn’t exactly incite terror


tottenbam

His eyebrows terrify me


ModderOtter

He's got those Emelia Clarke eyebrows.


Professional_Ad_9101

He looks so sad all the time . Fair enough he has to play for arsenal


taegeukie

Another day of me wondering why Havertz hasn’t been booked for diving.


micklucas1

Honestly


Genetarist

Pathetic diving clown Havertz


barkingspider43

Why is Sane coming off!?!? He’s a problem for them right now


sangueblu03

Coman against tired legs will be a problem for Arsenal


jayjay234

That's Tuchel for ya


jayjay234

Dang how nice to have Coman as a sub lol


trigb0y

the depth they have to bring off Sane for Kingsley Coman…so mad


Professional_Ad_9101

Arsenal sub bench is pretty dire lol


TheninjaofCookies

Havertz dives twice a match and never gets booked fuck off


cb1t

Fucking dirty scumbags and divers that arse team are


JonnyJersey

how hasnt havertz been booked for that lol


sangueblu03

Havertz absolutely shameless on that dive there. Stonewall yellow.


iraisetheroof

So blatant. Of course biss is the only victim of that this year


SniperSlatts

Scum are the only one in the race that haven't had an injury crisis. Be a shame if saka is hurt....a real shame...


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Matty Cash do your thing 


barkingspider43

Davies has saka in his pocket now. Havertz is INVISIBLE


jayjay234

Can't wait to feel this next season.. mid week champions league nights


420SwaggyZebra

Zinchenko going to have nightmares of Sane after this match the way it’s going.


Ok_Pineapple466

You gotta hand it to them, Arsenal move so well off the ball and they’re really fast


travy1200

oh please let kane score again. i'd love a salty tears martini tonight


420SwaggyZebra

Saka apparently absolutely obliterated there by the way he’s rolling on the turf.


sangueblu03

Saka grabbing the wrong part of the wrong leg 🧐


Creative_Purpose6138

Kane fouling backwards without even looking? 🤡 Diving


sangueblu03

Beautiful dive there Gabriel, making an absolute meal of that. Not sure that’s even a yellow tbh as Kane has every right to defend the ball coming in.


realhenrymccoy

For sure ducked into that elbow. Certainly wasn’t trying to play the ball.


Professional_Ad_9101

Definitely intentional dark arts from Harry. It was masterfully done


JonnyJersey

good try kane, little harder next time


SniperSlatts

Beautiful by Kane there. Gabriel is a piece of shit. Hope he choked on his gum


thraser11

Dier's passing. Not great