Very unimpressed by Pepe so far. I’ve been keeping an eye on him cause I felt like he was really exciting player to watch but so far I see a one trick pony with no end product. How long are arsenal fans going to be okay with him trying to curl left footers into the bottom corner and having them go just wide of into row Z?
Like Universe said so far he has looking more Politano than world beater.
Arsenal's set pieces were a fucking disgrace. Not even exaggerating, they made our set pieces look like works of art. They were so bad that even as a complete neutral watching the game, it was infuriating.
- At one point in the first half, Arsenal got a free kick in a decent position, left side of the pitch maybe 35m away from goal. Good angle and a good chance to cross into the box. All of a sudden, fucken Pepe of all people walks up to take the free kick and I'm like wtf is this cunt doing. Completely over-hits the cross like a spastic and sends the ball straight out of bounds.
- Arsenal get another free kick, this time right in the middle of the park, about 30m out from goal. David Luiz lines up and I'm thinking he's going for one of his trademark long-distance free kicks, cool. At the last second, fucking Xhaka steps up (100% garbage player btw) and tries some bullshit sneaky hooked cross to the right wing and sends the ball directly out.
- Towards the end of the match, Arsenal got a few corners, and EVERY SINGLE TIME time they send the ball in low, looking for a near post flick on. Every single time, the ball is easily defended.
- Absolute last action of the game, that Willock retard gets a free kick in a GREAT area, close to the corner flag with just 20 seconds remaining. Sokratis, Luiz, all the Arsenal defenders come up to attack, there are 7 Arsenal players in the box. Ceballos steps over the free kick and I'm thinking at least Ceballos is a technically strong player. What does he do? He takes some bullshit, weak as fuck, waist-height free kick that doesn't even reach the 6 yard box area. It's easily cleared by the first man and the ref blows for full time, ensuring that an absolute trash game ends with a moment of absolute trash.