Even Man United beat us! by Shenel
Another game against another top rival produces yet another loss for Arsenal, and so I find myself saying ‘here we go again’.
This is how the pattern of play seems to be going for our club at the moment when it comes to playing against the top sides.
Going into the game you felt we could actually get something out of the match at Old Trafford, with our confidence high and United’s not so much. But oh how mistaken we were, and yet again it was Manchester United who came out on top.
It remains to be seen that had Ole Gunnar Solskjaer still been at the helm at the club would United have come away with all three points? Or would Arsenal have used United’s current state and vulnerability against them and come away with all three points or at least a draw, I think we would have, but we won’t ever know now will we?
And as much as I would like to say that the character and attitude of the team was positive and scoring two goals at Old Trafford is never really easy. It’s unfortunate that we never seem to be able to win against the top sides and that United, who were in complete turmoil only a few weeks ago, managed to get one over on us.
The case with Arsenal seems to be that one moment they take one step forward, and it’s positive and they’re winning and confidence is high, and the next they take three steps back when they lose to the top teams.
Have we become a team that only beats those below us and not above?
So far we’ve lost to Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool and Manchester United this season and yes there will be more tests to come where we can prove ourselves but given the performances we have shown in all of these games against the top sides and coming away with zero points at all times, I don’t feel very positive that we will get points out of them any time soon. Although I hope I am wrong and would loved to be proved wrong!!
This unfortunate loss to United though, just goes to show how far off the rebuild process we really are as a club!
Shenel Osman
@sh3n3l_
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