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Lover of Arsenal and the beautiful game. Former coach. Arteta enjoyer. Bergkamp, Overmars, Pires, Reyes, Hleb, Ozil, Cazorla, Saka, and Odegaard stan.
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Just saw this, and subsequently tore it down, on the way home. The genius had started writing 'DER' on the back before realising their mistake. Really shows the level of intelligence at play. Disgusting.

Yet another appearance on the @arsenalaura10.bsky.social podcast for me talking about PSG and Bournemouth. Check it out and tell me what you think.

Really don't want Inter in the final if we make it that far, I think we'd have a much better chance against Barca.

After reflecting on the game I'm actually quietly confident we still go through. Am I deluded...?

This is... surprising. We need better finishers.

Speaking of fine margins; if Partey is on the pitch that first goal doesn't happen and the entire game is completely different.

Better team wins on the night. We're lucky it wasn't 4 or 5. We're still in it.

If you needed further convincing Odegaard isn't good enough just watch this game back. I don't like saying it, but it's the harsh truth.

Champions league semi-finals are down to fine margins. Our big chances fell to Martinelli and Trossard, two players who I wouldn't expect to be starting for us next season, who both missed. That's the difference.

Throw Nwaneri on for Trossard and put Merino up top with Nwaneri and Ode CAM. We need to try something.

Odegaard, Martinelli, Trossard all invisible in the 2nd half. We don't look like scoring if I'm being honest.

Timber injured. Potentially bad news for the second leg.

Ref randomly stopping the game for an off the ball non-head injury. Obviously.

Dembele injured. May be good news for the next leg.

Saka still not moving right at all. Looks like he's playing at 50%. Still a threat however which just shows how good he is.

PSG with really good game management, slowed things right down after the disallowed goal and killed the atmosphere and any sort of momentum we might have had.

Goal ruled out.

Even if this is ruled out it changes the momentum at least.

Pretty sure he's off.

VAR...

MERINALDINHOOOOOOO YESSSS

First 30 minutes a masterclass in beating a high press by PSG. Our players were terrified to press because of the speed in behind. Things looking up a little now but 1 mistake and we concede again. We have to score next.

Referee killing the game. Zero consistency whatsoever.

This is definitely more like the referring we're used to.

That goal is exactly why we're going to struggle in this game without Partey.

They have a clear tactic to break our press. It pays off immediately. This is going to be really really tough now.

Feeling a big 2-0 win tonight. #COYG

I stress eat so much before / during Arsenal games. As an aside, I strongly recommend the new Buffalo Chicken pizza from Fireaway.

I am so so so nervous about tomorrow. I still think we win fairly comfortably as long as we don't concede early.

Congratulations to Liverpool. I'm glad a football team won the league, not a oil-backed money-laundering machine. Enjoy it. Next year it's ours 😉

Excited to see who makes the FA Cup final. There's some other game on too but they've not really taken it into consideration with the scheduling.

The race for 17th is really hotting up.

It's not just Odegaard underperforming the second half of this season, it seems to be all CAMs. I definitely think tactics have changed to flood the center of the pitch with players in defence. It makes our winger and striker purchases so important in summer.

Has Raya been smoking crack? He's lost all hand-eye coordination.

Eddie Nketiah takes out the Palace keeper, foul for Palace. May have made sense 2 years ago...

As much as it's nice to have a throwaway game before a Champions League semi-final we are playing at such a low standard tonight. Need to shake this off before next Tuesday.

It was good to have a chance go test out Rice Merino Odegaard today, although I'm quite sure PSG will put up a little more fight than that. If I were Arteta I'd still be fuming at Partey. That could cost us a place in the final.

Has no one told the referees Liverpool have won the league already? They don't have to disallow opponents goals for no reason anymore. It's over. It's done. The David Coote PGMOL 2025 Trophy is all theirs.

Some huge 'end of season' vibes from this game.

Mikel Merino a 10/10 signing btw.

Arsenal's beautiful play leading up to the 2nd goal. (X/@SkySportsPL)

I think if we get past PSG we beat Barca. I'm not so sure about Inter though, completely different animal. I'd have zero confidence going into that match.

It wasn't even a competition.

This is not like the 5-1s I'm used to in the Champions League knock-out stages... Arteta has changed our lives.