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Arsenal 3:2 Manchester United

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    Keep Scott McTominay as far from the pitch as possible, ta
     
    Lets see what happens.

    United have spoil us since the restart of the season.

    Yes! tonight was an almighty kick in the balls, but that might light the fire again for Sunday as its a MUST win game for United now.

    p.s Please no Antony in the starting line-up (use him as a sub for a few games)
     
    Week rest for Arsenal after a stroll against Tottenham up against United who had two tough games and without the suspended Casemiro to be honest I'll be surprised if United get better than a draw out of this game.
     
    It is hopeless. Arsenal will win easily, we are without Casemiro and they had a week's rest.

    I'd play Martinez in Casemiro's place and have Shaw (cd) and Malacia (lb) come in.
     
    kidbob said:
    Yep they are having that season where everything falls into place perfectly. Brighton missed their best players against them too. However they have also been very good this year too.
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    Played Palace first game of the season when they hadn't had a pre-season together. Managed to avoid facing City for over half the season. About to face Everton at Goodison when they're on the verge of mutiny.

    They have of course been good but it certainly helps to get these little wins when it's a team who are historically as mentally fragile as Arsenal are.
     
    Big psychological shift having lost Casemiro and dropping points right at the end.

    Arsenal will go into the game feeling as though they can take us out of the equation.
     
    Lets beat these cnuts
     
    De Gea
    AWB - Varane - Shaw - Malacia
    Martinez
    Eriksen - Fred
    Fernandes - Rashford - Garnacho

    Feck it. Don't want to see Antony or McTominay start. 2-1 Arse unfortunately.
     
    Likely going to be

    De Gea
    AWB Varane Martinez Shaw
    Mctominay Fred
    Bruno Eriksen Rashford
    Martial​

    Maybe Malacia over Martinez, but I'd rather Martinez.
     
    If we get the first goal they are are red card waiting to happen.
     
    I don't want to see McT, I hope ETH comes out with a surprise line-up. Shaw move to CB, Martinez to CDM, Fred and Eriksen in midfield. Garnacho to start, Rashford in the middle. I still undecided if Antony or Bruno plays on the right as both are shit on the right. Antony looks a 80 million flop to me, he probably value at 35 million now.
     
    Either Martinez makes his debut in midfield or all three of McTominay, Eriksen and Fred. You basically need all three to make up for each others deficiencies
     
    Casemiro or not I don't fear Arsenal. Make it a scrap in the midfield, make sure you track the midfield runners and exploit their high line.

    We'll win this
     
    I think we'll win. Today we got beaten up physically, that shouldn't happen against Arsenal.
     
    Red_Aaron said:
    Casemiro or not I don't fear Arsenal. Make it a scrap in the midfield, make sure you track the midfield runners and exploit their high line.

    We'll win this
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    But that's the whole point - we only have one player who can track midfield runners and now he can't play. The others are like a sieve, and Arsenal's attacking midfielders are there strongest asset.
     
    Mcking said:
    Likely going to be

    De Gea
    AWB Varane Martinez Shaw
    Mctominay Fred
    Bruno Eriksen Rashford
    Martial​

    Maybe Malacia over Martinez, but I'd rather Martinez.
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    Yeah, I would agree with this. There are definitely some concerns over this line-up, but not sure there are better alternatives. I don't buy the whole Martinez in midfield option. He hasn't played a game there yet, so why start in our most important game of the season. You could argue for Rashford up top with Garnacho on instead of Martial, but I feel Rashford has a better shot a hurting them from wide.

    Let's stick Fred on Ødegaard. I feel he will be able to mark him well. Hope we can hurt them on the break.
     
    De Gea
    AWB - Varane - Shaw - Malacia
    Martinez - Eriksen - Fred
    Pellistri - Wout - Rashford
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    Erik: “Last time we beat Arsenal without Casemiro. Now we need to do that again.”
     
    CM10 said:
    Yet another huge slice of fortune for Arsenal as our best player gets suspended for this game. Last game before the card threshold gets reset and in a game that was sandwiched in last minute, it's the perfect storm for them.
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    You had a huge slice of luck with Partey being missing for the game at OT so this seems about fair to me.
     
    I've seen some Arsenal games and first 20 min they really go for teams at home. Given their passing accuracy and efficiency in front of goal, the game could be over for us in the first half.
     
    Mogget said:
    You had a huge slice of luck with Partey being missing for the game at OT so this seems about fair to me.
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    You had a huge slice of luck with him not missing the whole season, to be fair.
     
    Unfortunately I think it'll be a comfortable win for Arsenal. No Casemiro, poor 2nd half performance vs Palace even with him, them having a whole week to rest and them being pretty good team this days.

    I think only dilemmas will be who starts in Casemiro's position: McTominay or perhaps Martinez. Or if ten Hag chooses to go with back 3.

    I'm not sure EtH will be willing to try Martinez at DM as he hasn't played there this season.

    Walters_19_MuFc said:
    De Gea
    Wan-Bissaka Varane Martinez Shaw
    McTominay
    Bruno Eriksen Fred Garnacho
    Rashford​
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    My team as well. There's some pace in it which would give us a chance as Arsenal should be dominant for large parts of the game.
     
    Arsenal have had every break go their way this season. It's absolutely mental how much keeps going their way. We've even played City twice before they have played them once. Now Casemiro is out for us.

    When it's your year it's your year.
     
    As ten hag said we beat them without casemiro already. It's a good and in form arsenal team, not barca 2011. Id start garnacho though. Think if martial is fit, garnacho martial rashford would be a great outlet if we're a bit more cautious in middle without casemiro
     
    Without Casemiro we may as well try something crazy, Guardiola style. No hope if we just try to stick McTominay in. Martinez or Shaw to start DM, but Ten Hag might have something even more left field in mind.
     
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58% 42%
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