Arsenal struggling a bit lately, the injuries are piling up a bit too. They really should have beaten Man Utd in normal time, considering Utd have had 10 men for a while now.
We go into extra time with both teams chasing a winner.
Honestly the injuries among the Arsenal players have really had a negative impact on Arsenal's performance lately and that have equally exposed Arsenal's lack of strong squad depth. Today, Jorginho have also exhibited another injury attack which I felt could also affect Arsenal's opportunity to win this game at penalty shootouts. I didn't expect Jorginho to be out because he's a good penalty taker. Although I have faith in other players currently in the pitch but Arsenal is at danger right now.
Arsenal lost the match on a 3 to 5 goal defeat against Manchester United. They had all the opportunities to win this game in the second half as they were 10 men over 11 but it was evident that Arsenal wasn't ready to win especially as they were missing goal opportunities back to back.
Before the penalties, Arsenal had 12 corners but none of this materialized a goal. I expected Arteta to have cautioned the team based on their frequent use of the right wing and the under utilization of their left wing but that did not happen. I also expected Arteta to have cautioned the players for their header game as they seemed to lack confidence in penetrating the 18 yard box with one-two passes but everything was a mess.
Let me say kudos to Amorim for securing this great chance for the club to move higher and for him to have build the confidence in the Man U players. I sincerely gave them the onions to have succeeded in winning this game even when there was an absence of Dalot at the 61st minute of the second half, they held Arsenal to their bear maintaining the 1-1 game.