I haven’t seen Arsenal lose so well in ages. Report + ratings.
OLYMPIAKOS 1 ARSENAL 0
I WATCHED this game on a TV on mute in a largely disinterested pub. In some ways it’s an interesting way to watch the match because you can only go on what you think, instead of being influenced by whatever prejudices the commentators or those around you may have.
So what did I think? Pretty decent overall apart from the finishing. In fact very decent given we were away to a side chasing Champions League knockout stage qualification and backed by fanatical support. Very, very decent in fact when you consider we had two players making their first team debuts. In defence!
Our early work was good but characterised by an inability to create clear goal scoring chances. Our later work was even better but characterised by our inability to take clear goal scoring chances. Even right at the end, Olympiakos were thankful to having a man on the line to clear Ramsey’s effort.
It’s hard to go into too great a tactical analysis in games like this because the players you want to judge are not playing next to the players you would want to judge them with. Either way, this was very decent and player ratings are below.
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