Thought we were good but also thought Arsenal made us look better again. They were poor on the day, a lot of missed passes, Wellbeck non-existent and with 2 up top got outnumbered in the middle. They barely functioned in the first half, and even so when we woke them up a bit after Cou scored, they just went down the other end and nodded one in.
In saying that, we're definitely improving relative to what we have been earlier in the season - but we've a ways to go. Don't mind BR generally over egging the praise a bit after games to help player confidence, but saying we were better than in the brilliant 5-1 wholloping last season is far-fetched imo. Just need to reign that in a wee bit, or it gets empty.
Overall though, positive signs, BR and the lads look like they are getting some of their mojo back. Still a bit fragile, feels like wouldn't take much to derail things, so need to keep the tempo up and get decent results against Burnley and Swansea...
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