Matt Liberti

As long as they don't sack the show's writers, I have no doubt the next star they cast will give us plenty of laughs.

Champions badges would make it very interesting.

The Martinelli- Gyökeres pair might actually work for the first time against them.

They would get cooked with that stubborn high line. I really hope Arsenal gets to play against it. I'd still bet on top 4, but I've watched Newcastle get completely outclassed by City too much recently to think they'd be a lock.

They must need a centre forward. Or is that only the logic when Arsenal does it?

Kinsky playing the Maria Sofia role.

Can we get a Conor Gallagher cam for the rest of this game? I can't even imagine what he is thinking sitting on the bench right now.

Damn Arsenal! Why do they keep doing this?

The second half of this game has been awful. Thanks, Arteta.

And turns out Frank wasn't the problem.

Following his true captain's lead

Oh Sp*rs 🤭

Question for anyone who sees this: if Arsenal are awful to watch, which team in the Premier League plays appealing football?

I love watching Newcastle games at home because of the energy and lack of control, but they definitely don't play "pretty" football. Who does?

I really appreciate this continuing since these are the only Gyökeres measures I care at all about. I can completely ignore what he lacks in every other area if this production approaches expectations, but it's hard to ignore those deficiencies when this chart is well-below the lines.

Is he suspended for their match against City now?

I really hope Saka has already talked to Nwaneri about getting through penalty misses. This is a ridiculous learning year for the latter.

I wonder if he removed his fingernails after last season.

He was excellent today, and even better inside after Calafiori came on.

I'm glad you used that game for the comparison and not today's at Brighton. I might just ignore the numbers from today for a while so that I can forget about that game. I like being lucky sometimes.

The Forest brings some sunshine, sometimes

And Ødegaard's. They both make such a difference to this team and my blood pressure.

This has been the dumbest game of the season so far. What a weird first ten minutes.

Very similar. Fortunately, City share every vulnerability Arsenal have, and more, and have a more demanding run in starting with Newcastle away this weekend. City also bought two players in January who have saved them so far but have never played a full run in in Europe. I'm not worried about City.

Yes. Any draw from 0-2 ahead is a bad draw. Had it looked like the Forest draw, it would have been less bad.

They're too busy holding Everton hostage and making them score set-piece goals.

I prefer to engage with the stuff that you and your site put out anyways, so thank you for providing actual good, thoughtful analysis.

I have always hated this system in US sports. Just get the damn calls right, and use video to correct them if they're wrong. Set a time limit on waiting to review. Anything over 30 seconds, send the on-field official to the screen or play on. If you can't find an error in 30 seconds, it's not clear.

And Wolves is a 1-2 win as well if Gabriel and Raya don't collide with each other, or of Calafiori clears the line. It would be nice if all games were blowouts like Leeds twice and recently against Sunderland, but some will be nailbiters with good Raya saves to keep the lead.

I'm surprised waking up this morning to so many people disappointed in Arsenal's performance. I don't think they looked great, but Chelsea, unlike Sp*rs, has some great players who didn't create anything against Arsenal. I get people wanting Arsenal to crush everyone, but it's not my expectation.

Watching Lily Yohannes is what I would imagine watching Carlos Valderamma was like back in the early '90s. Maybe I say this because of the hair, but I hope I say it because of how artistic it looks while she also physically dominates. She just made a (clean) scissor tackle look elegant.