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Match Day Thread Arsenal vs Leeds United - Matchday Thread

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  1. BrunelGunner

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    Venue: Emirates Stadium
    KO time: 14:00 GMT
    Date: Sunday 8th May 2022

    Overall Record

    Wins: 50
    Losses: 41
    Draws: 33

    Last six meetings

    Leeds United 1-4 Arsenal
    Arsenal 2-0 Leeds United (League Cup)
    Arsenal 4-2 Leeds United
    Leeds United 0-0 Arsenal
    Arsenal 1-0 Leeds United (FA Cup)
    Arsenal 1-0 Leeds United (FA Cup)

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    Aside from Partey and Tierney as long-term absentees, it seems like everyone else is available. Ben White is in contention to start again.

    This is a huge game for us and, considering Leeds are fighting for their lives, means we need to be razor sharp for this match. Not sure what their injury situation is like.

    In any case, we can't be putting in performances like we did against Brighton and Palace especially.

    Need to put this lot to the sword if we're desperate for top-4.
     
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    Have to say defensively Leeds look one of the poorest sides I’ve seen in the premier league.

    hopefully it means we can at least score a couple even if they bang one in.
     
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    Should be a good game for the neutral and hopefully for us... both teams need a WIN! That should work in our favour as I can't see Leeds parking the bus.
     
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    How's everyone feeling?

    My nerves are through the roof. And we've still got a good few hours yet before kick-off <laugh>

    Please don't let us down today, Arsenal.
     
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    I'm feelin ya! Today is the biggest MUST WIN for me, I do not want to go to Spuds needing to win or even a rely on a draw tbf, after seeing last nights match you can tell Spurs have the appetite. COYG!!
     
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    Cedric at left-back. White still not fit enough to start.

    Aside from that, a decent enough team and one that is absolutely good enough to win.
     
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    2-0. HT.

    As comfortable as we could have hoped for, especially with the sending off.

    Leeds have been awful. Surprised at how defensive and unnecessarily aggressive they’ve been, particularly given their precarious situation.

    We’ve dominated proceedings and had all the chances - just need to make sure we continue to exert control and hopefully boost our GD.
     
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    FT. 2-1.

    How the hell did we make that so difficult? We got too complacent and took our foot of the gas when we should have looked to get our GD up.

    We missed so many chances.

    And the defending for their goal <doh> awful.

    But we won and we have a 4 point gap going into the NLD.

    My heart FFS..
     
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    Fair play to Eddie and Odegaard who were by far and away our best players
     
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    Massive three points that in the context of the remaining games

    We go into the NLD with a four point lead over Spurs and a draw there should be enough to see us into the top 4

    A win would be amazing, securing top 4 and denying it to the spuds on their own ground.
     
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    near the end of first half said to the Mrs , who couldn't give a **** tbh , that you were treating it as an exhibition game instead of playing real "football" and using them as GD fodder . Once they scored from my pov you panicked and were all over the place .
     
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    We need to learn to finish teams off. Martinelli had two golden opportunities to make it three and Odergaard could have done the same.

    Against a better side, we would have been punished today

    But 3 points is great however you get them. And we go into the NLD with a four point lead over Spurs.
     
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    Kinda weird Nketiah doesn't seem interested in signing a new contract. If he's asking for a guaranteed starting place next Season .. he isn't going to get that.
     
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    Well that was an effort! Based on our 2nd half performance we better buck up our ideas for Thursday. Tomiyasu seemed a bit of the pace since coming back from injury, loved seeing his aggressive forward runs pre injury, hope he comes good for the NL Derby!
     
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    Meh, at the moment we seem to play to the level of the opposition and do just enough. You wouldn't watch us yesterday and think that's a team who would beat West ham and Chelsea away. But we still did those things. We rarely smash crap teams and we rarely get smashed by good teams these days. Every game is just quite close. Thursday will probably be the same. Praying not to lose as then surely it will be within reach.

    Just don't play into their counter attacking hands or Son will tear us apart.
     
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