Really impressed with Xhaka's passing. Whether it's long, along the floor, short and simple, he's got great vision and accuracy.
They are growing in confidence and putting our defence under more pressure the longer we don't don't kill the game off!
2-0 job done. First half was incredible. 2nd half professional. Their keeper taking one in the goolies near the end ....ooof
The PSG game at home is going to decide who finishes top in this group. If we play like we did tonight, then we can beat them and take top spot.
Another very good performance. Made easy work of a decent team. Walcott is hitting form again and hopefully he can continue it injury free.
It was great to see how fluid our front 5 were today, interchanging positions, pinging the ball around quickly and incisively. The pace of our passing and movement was great to watch. Really good performance all round with Xhaka and Mustafi making a difference in terms of solidity and winning the ball back, but also in terms of the speed we move the ball forward. Brilliant to watch and hopefully we continue with more of the same. There's something I really like about the collection of players we have at the moment, maybe it's that the squad seems more balanced?
One of our main issues for many seasons got addressed by added signings of Xhaka, Elneny etc. We have very good overall squad depth in all positions, as we've seen with Coqs's injury, we haven't lost any momentum which would have been a major issue at the beginning of last season. This usually has a knock on effect with our attacking players, who don't have adequate cover at the back. As long as we maintain our defensive solidity at the back, I can only see our forward players growing in confidence and express the full extent of their potential.
Iwobi is turning out to be another Bellerin. The guy is soo composed, superb first touch, can run with the ball at pace and can pick a pass. If he adds goals to his game he'll be a Top class player.