We should have won. End of. Outplayed them in the first half and the fucking Klingon should have had two.
We played well as a team, but Jenko really worries me. He makes alot of unforced errors when defending. Going forward he looks pretty good and has a bit of pace and a decent final ball but defending he gets caught reacting too often, he doesn't anticipate or try and channel the oppo into where he wants them. At one point he turned his back flat on and the oppo player just dropped the shoulder and came inside, leaving Jenko for dead. Schoolboy error. But he's young and learning and because he is a Gooner from a Gooner family I really hope he makes it at The Arsenal.
The zonal marking worries me. And it (along with Mannone) was responsible for their goal. I've always been a believer in touch tight (oo-er matron
) man to man (steady HashKads!
) marking.
Pod's work rate is incredible and he really has a first class touch. Cazorla too is immense. Delighted for Kos, he fought for everything and deserved his goal. Great player.
One thing that struck me was Mancini showing what a good manager does. We bossed the midfield in the first half so what does he do? He takes off the weakest player at half time and brings on a stronger player to shore it up. A TACTICAL change??!!! WTF??!!
Wenger would NEVER do this.
Still most of us would have settled for the away point. But it's a bit dissapointing not to have won.
