ARSENAL V LILLE – TOADY AT 3 PM ET ON PARAMOUNT+ IN THE USA
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One of my all-time Arsenal players, Olivier Giroud, returns to Emirates Stadium on Tuesday. This time as a player for the competition, Lille. Giroud scored 105 goals in 253 appearances for the Gunners.
| TOP 6 |
GP |
PTS |
GD |
| Swansea City |
9 |
20 |
+8 |
| Middlesbrough |
9 |
18 |
+5 |
| West Ham United |
9 |
16 |
+11 |
| Stoke City |
9 |
16 |
+2 |
| Wolves |
8 |
14 |
+4 |
| QPR |
9 |
14 |
+3 |
Odegaard – 4
Havertz – 3
Saka – 3
Dowman – 2
Calafiori – 2
Guimaraes – 2
Madueke – 1
Merino – 1
LIVE SCORES FROM THE PREMIER LEAGUE, ACROSS EUROPE AND AROUND THE WORLD
Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard on Man City’s punishment. “In terms of how I feel, I potentially could be affected if you like, I wouldn’t want individual players to give stuff back, that wouldn’t be right. But the club, they have to be stripped.”
Felix Zwayer will be the head referee for Arsenal v Lille. Robert Schroder will be the VAR.
Oct 18 – Nottingham Forest (A)
Oct 21 – Bayern Munich (A)
Oct 24 – Everton (H)
Oct 27 – Fleetwood Town (A)
Nov 1 – Liverpool (A)
William Saliba – Back
Christos Tzolis – Thigh
Martin Zubimendi – Ankle
Piero Hincapie – Ankle
Chloe Kelly – Hamstring
Selina Cerci – Knee
Maria Caldentey – Thigh
Daphne van Domselear – Knee
Michelle Agyemang – Knee
Katie Reid – Knee
Elisa De Almeida – Other
We’ve just lost 3-0 against a team which has reached Champions League’s form at exactly the right time.
‘Pool, City are out of our league, no need to lose too much sleep about it. We were 0-0 ‘til the moment when we were made to play without Luiz, Xhaka, Smith Rowe, Saka, and Tierney, i.e., probably our 5 best/most consistent performers since the season started; against in-form scorers, and painful as it is, I don’t see why it should come as a surprise that we crumbled eventually.
Tierney/Luiz won’t be available Thursday, so it might be a good idea to reverse to 3-4-3, as during our successful FA run of games last year, something like – with a few bold changes (Xhaka, Saka, …):
Leno
Chambers Holding Xhaka
Bellerin Partey Odegaard Saka
SmithRowe
Lacazette Aubameyang
But, I also think a 4-4-2 XI like the one below:
Leno
Bellerin Chambers Gabriel Saka
Partey
SmithRowe Xhaka
Odegaard
Lacazette Aubameyang…could do a very good job.
And lastly, it would be nice if twittos/so-called Arsenal “fans” could stop maligning our lads … but that’s only wishful thinking, I know that too.
But really that “Laca-Auba can’t play together” nonsense (or, to put it, otherwise, “in order to win more games/score more goals, we need to take out of the team one of our two best goal scorers”) is really exhausting. Having said that, I would have nothing against bringing Martinelli in, earlier in the games.
COYG