Thought Holding was fantastic. Helps to have Kos back there but when he did get burnt he recovered quickly. Also thought Jack looked good as well. Very direct and not a guy who wants to move side to side. Mesut's obviously a deity.
Watch the replay, Clatenberg had his hands behind his back before there was any contact from Bellerin.
Hard to really bash Coquelin overall, our forwards were the problem. So much possession and didn't even test Schmeichel.
Yeah coq played well after xhaka came off, especially on a yellow. Don't know how anybody can say differently. Also, think the reason he was left on instead of xhaka is because he's better suited to defend against their pacy counterattack. Coq did his job.
Holding looked good, but was also helped by Kos who played his ass off. I'll give Holding the season before i make any guesses on his future. Chambers sucks but he also had some good games to begin with.
at least when özil came on we went from not creating any chances to creating chances and squandering them #progress
We cant have a player in midfield whos only job is to defend (he did that well to be fair). He doesnt have to be a playmaker or anything but he is beyond awful on the ball we should have a better player in that role.
@SamWallaceTel: LCFC fans to Arsenal 'Jamie Vardy, Jamie Vardy, Jamie Vardy thinks you're s*** 'Riyad Mahrez, Riyad Mahrez, Riyad Mahrez thinks you're s***' :(
Holding played a little too well for my tastes. Sorry Shkodran, enjoy training by yourself for the next ten days. It might have been good.
im not too big of a fan of partnering him and xhaka to start (I'd obviously rather have coq come on as a sub to close out a game) but when he's playing dm and not being relied upon to being a b2b, like he was before xhaka came out, i think he's decent in what we ask of him.
what a cunt Chris Wheatley @ChrisWheatley_ 46s47 seconds ago Wenger: "No-one speaks about Holding's performance today. You should be happy because he's English. Maybe it's because he doesn't cost £55m"
takuma asano has a little work permit niggle Simon Collings @sr_collings Wenger confirms Takuma Asano has not got work permit. Will be loaned to Germany or France. Simon Collings @sr_collings Wenger on why Asano hasn't got work permit - "because he didn't cost £50m".