***City v Arsenal Official Match Thread***

[branny]

If you watch the goal from Haarland, in the build up Gabriel is pushing and pulling him all over the place.Good that he is so strong to hold him off

There's some unbelievable comments on the BBC HYS from deluded gooner fans that Haaland's goal should have been lookad at by VAR and disallowed cos he was pulling Gabriel's shirt...this one is a fine example:
"Like Haaland pulling Gabriel’s shirt when he scored?"
He was put right by a Boro fan who pointed out Haaland was trying to escape Gabriel's initial shirt-grabbing.

They're having a proper meltdown. There's plenty whinging about the shirt pulling on the second goal however if Taylor's not going to give Haaland a free kick when Gabriel is trying to swap shirts, he's not going to penalise a bit of 50/50 shirt pulling in the box.
The coming together of Khusanov and Havertz is a red as well apparently and the best one of the lot is some melt claiming that O'Reilly handled the Gabriel header which hit the post. It's been a most entertaining day in social media land.

[Bluemoon4610]

If you watch the goal from Haarland, in the build up Gabriel is pushing and pulling him all over the place.Good that he is so strong to hold him off

There's some unbelievable comments on the BBC HYS from deluded gooner fans that Haaland's goal should have been lookad at by VAR and disallowed cos he was pulling Gabriel's shirt...this one is a fine example:
"Like Haaland pulling Gabriel’s shirt when he scored?"
He was put right by a Boro fan who pointed out Haaland was trying to escape Gabriel's initial shirt-grabbing.

They're having a proper meltdown. There's plenty whinging about the shirt pulling on the second goal however if Taylor's not going to give Haaland a free kick when Gabriel is trying to swap shirts, he's not going to penalise a bit of 50/50 shirt pulling in the box.
The coming together of Khusanov and Havertz is a red as well apparently and the best one of the lot is some melt claiming that O'Reilly handled the Gabriel header which hit the post. It's been a most entertaining day in social media land.

Certainly has. I read all of them and could barely believe that anyone, even the most ardent gooner, could actually believe any of them. So O'Reilly's was handball, but not Gabriel's from Cherki's shot that deflected onto the post. Haaland's shirt pull was a foul, but not Gabriel's constant holding of Haaland, even when the ball was nowhere near them. And don't get me started on the Khusanov red claim! Absolute wankers, the lot of them. A reflection of the team they support, in effect.

[Mase]

I'm going to have to stop digging out Sav. Just watched a video where he ran across the pitch from where the subs were warming up to where Haaland was celebrating.

[nottsblue]

If you watch the goal from Haarland, in the build up Gabriel is pushing and pulling him all over the place.Good that he is so strong to hold him off

There's some unbelievable comments on the BBC HYS from deluded gooner fans that Haaland's goal should have been lookad at by VAR and disallowed cos he was pulling Gabriel's shirt...this one is a fine example:
"Like Haaland pulling Gabriel’s shirt when he scored?"
He was put right by a Boro fan who pointed out Haaland was trying to escape Gabriel's initial shirt-grabbing.

They're having a proper meltdown. There's plenty whinging about the shirt pulling on the second goal however if Taylor's not going to give Haaland a free kick when Gabriel is trying to swap shirts, he's not going to penalise a bit of 50/50 shirt pulling in the box.
The coming together of Khusanov and Havertz is a red as well apparently and the best one of the lot is some melt claiming that O'Reilly handled the Gabriel header which hit the post. It's been a most entertaining day in social media land.

Certainly has. I read all of them and could barely believe that anyone, even the most ardent gooner, could actually believe any of them. So O'Reilly's was handball, but not Gabriel's from Cherki's shot that deflected onto the post. Haaland's shirt pull was a foul, but not Gabriel's constant holding of Haaland, even when the ball was nowhere near them. And don't get me started on the Khusanov red claim! Absolute wankers, the lot of them. A reflection of the team they support, in effect.

https://youtube.com/shorts/o2yNewXV6PQ? ... q_lc4P52vr

Nicky Butt bang on the money

[CBEM]

Arsenal and Arteta have banked this up, they've been anti football from the first whistle and now they are getting stick from all quarters, nobody but the ardent Tarquin wants Arsenal to win anything.

[stupot]

Arsenal and Arteta have banked this up, they've been anti football from the first whistle and now they are getting stick from all quarters, nobody but the ardent Tarquin wants Arsenal to win anything.

And Wayne Rooney

[CBEM]

And Wayne Rooney

[Sparklehorse]

I'm going to have to stop digging out Sav. Just watched a video where he ran across the pitch from where the subs were warming up to where Haaland was celebrating.

That’s more running than he did when he was on the pitch !