I'm as disappointed as the next red, but I'm not as convinced that we sat back purely by choice. Arsenal pushed us into it. The intensity of their game was astounding at times, passing the ball around so quickly it was hard for us to keep up. Whenever they didn't have to defend, they were a good side. When their center-backs had to do something... well, that's another story.
All in all, I consider it an improvement from our previous showings against big teams. We started the game brightly and got our goal, instead of starting poorly, conceding and then chasing the game.
One thing is for sure though, our midfield was way too open. Speed tears our midfield apart, as does physicality. We need an answer to both these problems.
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