Premier League 2025-26

[mrdeeds]

Only he doesn't. He's already on the pitch. He moves about an inch.

He still moves. He is already on pitch, he makes sure he's on it more.

Each to their own I suppose, but that's a crazy take if you watch it back imo.

As I said just after 94 mins on clip Bradley moves. Martinelli is looking at him and draws ref attention to it and points to sideline.

But what he done was a dirty cowardly act with the throwing ball at him and the pushing an injured player. And play was never gonna restart with where Bradley was originally.

[Milltown Row2]

So anymore chat about the actual game of football?

Liverpool be more than happy and Arsenal never lost..

6 points clear at Easter wouldn't be enough for Arsenal so still all to play for..

Hoping villa's form improves, they'd need to strengthen and keep everyone fit

[trueblue1234]

Only he doesn't. He's already on the pitch. He moves about an inch.

He still moves. He is already on pitch, he makes sure he's on it more.

Each to their own I suppose, but that's a crazy take if you watch it back imo.

As I said just after 94 mins on clip Bradley moves. Martinelli is looking at him and draws ref attention to it and points to sideline.

But what he done was a dirty cowardly act with the throwing ball at him and the pushing an injured player. And play was never gonna restart with where Bradley was originally.

Of course he moved. He looked like he was in agony. But you seem to be the only one implying he moved, while in considerable stress, to get another inch onto the pitch. As I said, crazy in my view when you watch the full clip.

[Armagh18]

I see Martinelli has apologised and say's he's messaged Bradley. Looks a nasty one, speedy recovery to the chap

[Blowitupref]

From journalist Jonathan Liew.



Long periods of this game were played at literal walking pace. In a game with this many good footballers it was a truly boring contest.

Long periods of deliberately sterile football liverpools second-half possession was 67%, which produced five shots, all by Dominik Szoboszlai, all from distance, all off target. Arsenal, for their part, failed to produce a single shot from the 43rd to the 90th minute as Liverpool rondo-ed their way through the second period, a strange spectacle.

Was anyone in this stadium actually enjoying themselves?

Of course, atmosphere at most of the big Premier League stadiums is not purely an Arsenal problem, and an ambient discontent is not purely Arsenal's cross to bear. But only one club are sitting top of the league, not that you would know it to listen to them.

They groaned when Myles Lewis-Skelly took too long over a throw. They groaned at Declan Rice for misplacing a pass. They even groaned at Gabriel Martinelli when he brilliantly escaped two Liverpool players on the left wing and then overcooked his through-ball out of play. And the Emirates Groan is a real and visceral thing: an expression not just of disappointment but a kind of disgust, the encrusted revulsion of 22 barren years.

What must it be like as an Arsenal player to play in front of these people right now? To be responsible for this surgical, slow-burning excellence, 14 wins out of 16 at home in all competitions, and to be met with this wall of growling and grizzling, the sound of 60,000 people having really bad sex? And look, I'm not a footballer and I don't know for sure. But maybe ... it doesn't help?

But of course they can do nothing about the real root cause: the years of festering angst and Big Feelings, the ingrained disquiet of a fanbase that has been burned by hope so many times before.
Arsenal are six points clear. They have got players coming back from injury. Manchester City have drawn three in a row and Aston Villa, lol, give me a break. Things are good. Things are fine. And in a way the whole Arteta project – the patient buildup, the cold accumulation, the refusal to run like headless chickens to placate the gallery – feels like the ultimate trust exercise.
We will play with control and purpose. We will calmly work the ball into these dangerous areas. We will do it again and again. This is how we're going to score, this is how we're going to win, and this is how we're going to make you love us. Up close, it can feel calculating and bloodless. In truth, it's the ultimate act of faith.

[Look-Up!]

The game was played in extremely difficult conditions in fairness.

[mrdeeds]

The game was played in extremely difficult conditions in fairness.

Plus huge issues around transport.

[Milltown Row2]

The game was played in extremely difficult conditions in fairness.

Plus huge issues around transport.

On the pitch?

The game was crap, Liverpool while having plenty of possession in the second half to Arsenals more possession in the first half means nothing.. Liverpool had not one shot on target, Arsenal had 3 up on till the madness at the end, one yellow card in the game, that tells you plenty too.

Both scared to lose and that showed when it finished 0-0

If Arsenal win the league by a point they will be happy with that point on a boring bad transport day in London

[trueblue1234]

Liverpool played with no out and out striker. I would happily have taken a point before the game. Controlled the second half imo all be it lacking the cutting edge. Defence was good.

[mrdeeds]

The game was played in extremely difficult conditions in fairness.

Plus huge issues around transport.

On the pitch?

The game was crap, Liverpool while having plenty of possession in the second half to Arsenals more possession in the first half means nothing.. Liverpool had not one shot on target, Arsenal had 3 up on till the madness at the end, one yellow card in the game, that tells you plenty too.

Both scared to lose and that showed when it finished 0-0

If Arsenal win the league by a point they will be happy with that point on a boring bad transport day in London

Response to article about how quiet crowd was.

[Armamike]

Liverpool basically defended on the ball in the second half rather than off it in the first.  Arsenal were not going to get many goal opportunities if they didn't have the ball, which was the case most of the second half.  To  get a point at the Emirates with no strikers and against the league leaders it worked well.  Really hope the sterile possession game is ditched once we see a few strikers back.

[GTP]

Two top 6 teams drawing is hardly a surprise, probably does Arsenal more good as it decreases the chance of Liverpool dragging themselves back into the title race.
The game was absolute dross.
Martinelli was wrong but it was hardly Keane on Haaland.
At 20 seconds into that clip Martinelli throws Bradley off the pitch, Bradley then rolls back on. It is possible that both were indulging in varying degrees of being a dick. With Martinelli clearly winning.
A journalist commenting that Arsenal have won 14 of 16 games at home whilst saying that the crowd doesn't help them seems a bit illogical.

[Look-Up!]

Bit of a league break now and then basically 2 more games until the transfer window essentially closes.

Arsenal away to Forest and home to Utd.
City away to Utd and home to Wolves.

Both clubs be hoping Utd do them a favour. Arsenal will be happy enough to still have a 6 point break going into Feb but it will be very interesting to see what City do in the transfer window. Plenty of games starting to build up in other competitions that might have an effect on the injury fronts.

[Captain Obvious]

The game was played in extremely difficult conditions in fairness.

Plus huge issues around transport.

No excuse lads for what was a muck match. The two managers mainly responsible for setting their teams up the way they did.

A far cry from the time the two clubs that had a load of flair players with character that even neutrals would pay good money to watch. And one can't blame Arsenal match going fans for groaning at a sport that has become too risk averse.

[Puckoon]

Game was shite, Martinelli was well out of line - but owned it very quickly with an apology. A good point never the less.

Why is Moyes up in arms about Keane's red card? You can't go pulling a lads hair, this is not NFL.