Football Season 2010/2011 - Page 102

superbiatch · 06-03-2011, 19:32

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Originally Posted by iadom

That said they should have been playing against ten men after Carraghers vicious assault on Nani

I have to agree it was a bad one, i didn't realise til i saw it at half time and deserved a red. I don't think nani's antics afterwards helped. If he'd just stayed down without jumping back up, running after the ref and then throwing himself on the floor Jamie might have got the red we'll never know now.

iadom · 06-03-2011, 19:34

TBH there are many times that I would like to kick Nani myself.

Shadow Demon UK · 06-03-2011, 19:35

Liverpool won and deserved it, but how Carragher stayed on the pitch is anyones guess. Here is a picture of what he did to Nani, i wonder if he will get crucified as Rooney did last week, because looking at the evidence he would certainly deserve it.

superbiatch · 06-03-2011, 19:36

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Originally Posted by iadom

TBH there are many times that I would like to kick Nani myself.

I know it was more frustration having just handed us the second goal but I think some of his team mates were embarassed

Julian · 08-03-2011, 18:02

With all the talk of referee decisions...

This one takes the biscuit

**Damien** · 08-03-2011, 19:21

Come on Arsenal!!

DocDutch · 08-03-2011, 21:25

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Originally Posted by Damien

Come on Arsenal!!

hope we are going to do it...but doubt it considering we have the ref against anything thats not Latin based language speaking.

van Persie sent off for a silly reason which in any other game wouldn't have been punished.
Szczesny injured

dont know how bad....

Arthurgray50@blu · 08-03-2011, 21:52

Arsenal are out - BUT to me the silliest sending off of Van Persie, beggars belief.

**Damien** · 08-03-2011, 21:55

Well look like Wenger got in a fight with him so that bodes well. Least it's Europe!

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Oh good. Van Persie is digging the hole bigger...

iadom · 08-03-2011, 21:57

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

Arsenal are out - BUT to me the silliest sending off of Van Persie, beggars belief.

The second card was a travesty but it was his own stupid fault he got the first one.

Shadow Demon UK · 08-03-2011, 22:11

It was an awful decision but the way the game was going i don't think it had any bearing on the end result. Barca were by far the better team over the two legs.

Hom3r · 08-03-2011, 22:23

Ashley Cole would have shot his

danielf · 08-03-2011, 22:27

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Originally Posted by Shadow Demon UK

It was an awful decision but the way the game was going i don't think it had any bearing on the end result. Barca were by far the better team over the two legs.

Agreed. I can't help think that Arsenal were a bit too negative though. They should have at least tried to take the game to Barca more. They hardly managed to come out of their half in the first half. Barca might have punished them for it, but they did so now as well.

Niles Crane · 09-03-2011, 18:18

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Originally Posted by Shadow Demon UK

It was an awful decision but the way the game was going i don't think it had any bearing on the end result. Barca were by far the better team over the two legs.

Erm, no, the exact opposite is true. We had just forced a corner and got an equaliser out of it, we were on our way through to the next round. RVP was sent off because he shot at goal when he was one on one with the keeper - it was offside of course but we were creating. That period was the only time we really looked like we could actually get a result.

Arsenal were merely 1 goal away from going through, yet having a player sent off (a striker no less) didn't have any bearing? What rubbish. They were a whisker away; just because Barcelona dominated play doesn't mean they walked it as the Barca/Inter 2nd leg last season exemplifies.

It's funny. Had Bendtner managed to score from his chance (by the way, just imagine RVP on the end of that instead) then Wenger would be hailed a hero and tactical genius, as Mourinho was last season. Arsenal were a miss control away from the next round and avoiding the wrath of hypocritical media and fans.

Why didn't Wenger just play defensively? That's why they lost!
Why did Wenger play defensively? That's why they lost!

**Damien** · 09-03-2011, 19:42

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Originally Posted by Niles Crane

Erm, no, the exact opposite is true. We had just forced a corner and got an equaliser out of it, we were on our way through to the next round. RVP was sent off because he shot at goal when he was one on one with the keeper - it was offside of course but we were creating. That period was the only time we really looked like we could actually get a result.

Maybe. However it's hard to feel cheated when Barcelona were so dominant throughout. If we had preserved that lead then it would have felt like a smash and grab. I would have taken that but I don't feel anything other than Barcelona deserved to go though.

Let's remember they had a blatant penalty turned down and a goal incorrectly ruled offside in the first leg.

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It's funny. Had Bendtner managed to score from his chance (by the way, just imagine RVP on the end of that instead) then Wenger would be hailed a hero and tactical genius, as Mourinho was last season. Arsenal were a miss control away from the next round and avoiding the wrath of hypocritical media and fans.

Such is Football. You are often a kick away from glory or defeat. A teams performance is coloured by the result. At the end he didn't score. We mustered 0 shots.

However it's pretty clear that we played defensively and didn't keep them out. Inter did, what's more Inter were calmer when they did it and Barcelona didn't look like scoring whereas they did last night.

We were beaten by the vastly better side. A failure to accept that could lead us to spoil the rest of a still promising season.