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    What do you think - Almunia comments





    Thu Mar 10 02:46am EST
    Manuel Almunia says Arsenal were too tired to run against Barca

    By Brooks Peck

    When Manuel Almunia entered Arsenal's failed attempt to hold off Barcelona on Tuesday, he put in a good performance despite allowing two goals and getting kicked in the head a few times. It seems the out of favor last man standing among Arsenal's goalkeepers didn't feel certain teammates helped him out much, though.

    From the Guardian:
    "Even at 3-1 we only needed one goal and you can't understand how there can be players that were walking," said Almunia who came on in the first half of the last-16 tie when Wojciech Szczesny dislocated his finger at the Camp Nou. "With a bit more effort we could have caused them damage at the end.

    "Barcelona bossed us and in the second half we had players that were not running. It seemed that everything was lost but you can score a goal at any moment.
    "So the only explanation I have is that we were so tired and the players couldn't give any more. And being down to 10 men, well, it was double the effort."
    Accusing your teammates of not trying in a Champions League match against Barcelona is rarely a good idea, especially when everyone else at your club is thoroughly convinced that the blame for the loss exclusively belongs to the referee. If only Arsenal had just one other healthy goalkeeper right now, Almunia would surely suffer some kind of consequences for that internal blame.
    "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
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    Said it to The Emperor: I was extremely disappointed in the efforts of Ashavin and Bendtner. They certainly had fresh legs and putting out the effort could have inspired the others to each make maximum use of the 'fumes in their tank'.

    We needed just 1 goal!
    "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

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    • #3
      How yuh waan beat Big Side with b1tch ball ?

      Yuh need fi tek shot pon goal fuss...

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Maudib View Post
        How yuh waan beat Big Side with b1tch ball ?

        Yuh need fi tek shot pon goal fuss...
        From Bacelona players...and they are on point, save trying to give the impression that we were not in with a chance. It is fact that the ref's unjust sending off of Van Persie was huge in their win.

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        Were outclassed in both legs of the tie,
        * Van Persie deserved to be sent off even before he got his marching orders.

        "If you look at the two games, the only thing that let us down was our ability to take our chances. Everything else was spectacular," said Xavi. "We dominated the first leg and the second leg. Arsenal hardly had a shot on goal in the second leg.

        "Van Persie could have been sent off before, for the incident [a foul on Dani Alves that saw the Arsenal man booked] in the first half.

        "The referee decided that it was Barcelona's ball; he kicks it out and the rule says that is a card. That helped us dominate the game even more, but we were practically the same when it was 11 against 11.

        "We stayed on the attack throughout. The truth is we dominated Arsenal - a team that normally want to have the ball and want to attack, but Barcelona did not let them. We were superior as much in the second leg as in the first game.

        "It surprised us a bit that they did not play with more joy, more attacking flair. They had a one-goal advantage and they set themselves up to protect that but, it did not work out for them. We dominated and we could have finished the game sooner.

        "The result is not really a real reflection of the tie over two legs - we dominated the first game as much as the second."

        Barcelona's former Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano joined in.
        "It would have been unjust if they went through without having a single shot on goal," he said. "We won 3-1, but it could have been four or five.
        "It seems Barca never win because of its football, its passes, its possession; no, it's always because of the referee."

        Barcelona's Sergio Busquets, who scored an own-goal after moving from midfield to play in central defence because injury and suspension ruled out Carles Puyol and Gerard Pique, also criticised Arsenal's approach.
        "If anything should disappoint them, it is not the ref but how little ambition they showed at the Nou Camp," he said.

        "That is the question they should be asking themselves - why did they come here only to defend when they're a team that likes to have the ball and play and attack?"


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