We need to be a bit smarter when we're duelling for the ball. Atletico Madrid are falling to the ground easily and European refs fall for minimal contact. They're able to relieve pressure too easily because we're too eager. And now they've got a free kick from a promising position because of what I've just spoke about. We're playing into their hands now...
Zubimendi put in a great cross from the half space and Martinelli gets his header totally wrong. That's so poor I'm sorry.
HT. 0-0. We've been the better team and should be winning. But yet again, from open play, we keep fluffing our lines. It's frustrating seeing us do this so often. Either we take too long to get a shot off, the quality of the shot is poor, the final pass doesn't have the right weight on it or we're snatching at chances. Seriously, what the hell does Arteta teach our attack? Martinelli should have 2 goals tonight but he didn't time his run properly for the 1st chance when he had acres of space and then gets his technique for the header completely wrong for the 2nd chance. Can we please be more decisive and clinical in the second half?
Game should be out of sight. We've really screwed up in the final 3rd. Gyokeres and Martinelli have been poor for different reasons. Martinelli with his finishing and Gyokeres because he seems clueless when it comes to being in the right place.
Julian Alvarez hits the bar after we get caught passing the ball out the back in a cumbersome manner. And now Lewis Skelly naively gives away a foul when the Atletico player was going nowhere.
Gabriel! Great inswinging free-kick from Rice and Gabriel times his run well to head past Oblak. We're never escaping the allegations lol.
Wow, fast response from Atletico. They could have equalised quickly after we scored and have now got 2 corners in the space of a minute. Need to tighten up here and remain focused.
4-0! Gyokeres with a brace. What a ball in by Rice, lovely header across the face of goal by Gabriel and Gyokeres taps it home from close range for his 2nd. Wow, we've completely blitzed them in 15 minutes. What a moment!
