The defeat was just the fifth time in Arsenal's history that they had lost more than three goals in the Premier League's London derby, and the last time that had happened was also away to Crystal Palace (April 2017, 0-3).
Crystal Palace has always been a difficult bone for Arsenal, in fact, emery led the team to fight for four collapses that year also began with losing to Crystal Palace, I hope that this time do not give the reverse light...
Let's talk about the competition:
Overall, this is a complete defeat, two legs to play Crystal Palace Arsenal are not good, if not the home raqa equalizer, I am afraid it is also very ugly, so the manager twice fought Fa Arteta did not get a bargain, Vieira is really a very good coach.
It is true that the absence of some of the main players is a reason, but it is reasonable that the main players in the front court should not play like this, especially the Champions League level team can not be without one or two people to disarm, Arteta has to find a way to stabilize the situation, otherwise the efforts of the whole season will be wasted... It feels like the players are underprepared at the beginning, and I don't know if it is a light enemy or affected by the FIFA virus.
In the second half, it was indeed the first substitution of Tavares, which was really no way, this man could not be used, although the hurt of self-esteem and self-confidence could not be taken care of, Xhaka temporarily went to the left, on Martinelli to strengthen the attack, but in fact, the balance of the squad is still not good, the scene is stable, the unnecessary mistakes are also less, the front court relies on the numerical advantage to grasp the initiative (there are also the factors of the other side's active recycling), there are several opportunities (Erdegaard and Lowe should grasp it), but the problem is not fundamentally solved, the vitality and mental state of the whole team are very general.
And Xhaka's temporary cameo at left-back can, long-term normal tactics to take him back from midfield, who will replace him? Ernenni is mediocre, and Lokunga is not a peace of mind lord... It is impossible to have this kind of fighting formation and personnel in the second half.
This loss is also admitted, the key is that the remaining games are also worrying, and who dares to say that the main force will not continue to injure, and now only hope that Thomas will not have a big problem (Arteta has confirmed that Thomas is injured)... It's still too risky to let Niles go in the winter without buying people.
On the surface, the champions league initiative is still in their own hands (Tottenham Hotspur can actually be said to be in their hands, as long as the home... But in fact, the situation has never been so dangerous, afraid to let out this breath... Injuries are a problem, but to be honest, Arsenal have not had serious injuries this season in addition to Fu an Jianyang, it has been calculated, these psychological preparations should be there, the main force is well adjusted, but Arteta and Edu feel too confident to play the world with a set of main forces.
Now it is useless to complain, and after all, it is only a loss, I hope to stabilize it first! Don't mess around!
Arsenal officially said before the match that Tierney and Pepe missed the game due to knee injuries and illness respectively.
I thought Tierney was slightly injured, but I didn't expect it to be an injury that would have brought him to the end of the season...
As for Pepe, it is not clear what the disease is, nor do I know whether it is the new crown, in short, I hope he will recover soon.
Fuan Jianyang has the latest news here, the official website says that Fuan may resume full training after April 16, so he is likely to not be able to catch up with the matches against Manchester United and Chelsea...
Let's look at Tierney's case first.
The Scottish Sun exclusive news, after returning to Arsenal after the national team mission, Tierney has injury problems, he may need surgery, and for now the left-back may not only be unable to help Arsenal continue to compete for Champions League qualification this season, he may also miss Scotland's Semi-Final of the World Preliminary Tournament play-offs against Ukraine in June.
Tierney recently played 90 minutes in scotland's friendly against Poland and Austria, but the star was surprisingly absent from Arsenal's game against Crystal Palace, and Arteta revealed the bad news before the match.
The Gunners manager said: "Tierney came back from the national team and felt that the knee was wrong. There was some damage there and we'd like to learn more on Tuesday, but it doesn't look good. ”
In short, according to the current statement, Tierney's knee injury may need surgery, which means that he may have been reimbursed for the season, mainly because the season is only one and a half months left...
In fact, at that time, I had a lot of complaints about seeing Tierney play 90 minutes in a friendly match, and also let him play 90 minutes in two consecutive games, which was really unnecessary, although it is still uncertain whether Tierney's injury is related to the national team appearance, but it is estimated that eight or nine are not far from ten, and the FIFA virus is really worthy of the name...
The point is that Arsenal have no other options in this position – Tavares is not a choice at all – and if Tavares were allowed to start the rest of the season, Arsenal's fate would be essentially doomed.
Let's say you play at a centre-back three, or put Zakara in this position, it feels like you can only top it for a while, and who does Xhaka put in the midfield position? What's even more frightening is that if Thomas is also absent for a long time, then the midfield will be more vulnerable, and it is impossible for Xhaka and Thomas not to sit in the middle for the rest of the season, let Ernenni play double back with Lokunga...
With three centre-backs, Saka can play on the left wing, but this has a big impact on the attack, after all, Lovey and Martinelli can't cut inside on the right, Pepe is a nerve knife, and now is the most important period, there is no room for mistakes.
Or Fuan Jianyang can make a comeback in time, so that Cedric can top the left side, in short, it is a hair and the whole body, Tierney's sudden injury suddenly disrupts the deployment, not to mention Thomas, this can not think of the consequences... Arsenal's recent performance is inseparable from Thomas's excellent form, if there is a problem in the midfield position, Erdegao will be greatly affected, then the possibility of complete paralysis of attack and defense is not nothing...
Tavarez has started for Arsenal in the past two times:
He was substituted in the 34th minute against Nottingham Forest and replaced at half-time against Crystal Palace.
And both times it wasn't because he was injured or a teammate was injured, it was really the kind that fans and coaches couldn't look at...
Since being educated in last year's game against Liverpool, it feels like Tavarez suddenly fell from the clouds, and straight into the ground, the performance is also plummeting, usually we don't blame only one player for losing, but Tavarez's disastrous performance in the first half directly led to Arsenal's fall behind, and the two goals conceded are basically directly related to him.
And not to mention conceding goals, Tavares almost didn't see a comfortable handling of the ball in the first half, his dribbling and pass timing really didn't look like a top-league player, and you could clearly feel that his rhythm and consciousness were not on the same line as others.
I believe he also wants to play well, the key is that the level is not enough, and now how to criticize Tavares is useless, what to do next? It's really time to test Arteta, and the shortcomings of the thin squad are revealed when it matters most...
Arteta was in the post-match press conference and we looked at what the Arsenal boss had to say.
Was tonight a bad night?
Yes, especially in the first half, but first of all congratulations to Crystal Palace for winning the game and their performance, we didn't participate in the game at all, especially the first half.
We were a step slower on almost every ball, very soft on one-on-one, we didn't win control for ourselves, and when we had a hard time getting a little better, we handled the ball very sloppily, plus we conceded two bad balls, which was generally unacceptable.
I think we need to raise our hands to apologize and then regroup and tomorrow is another day and a new opportunity to prepare for the next game against Brighton.
Is Arsenal's poor performance in this game related to the pressure to compete for four?
No, because this stress has been going on for 7-8 weeks. We've been talking about the top four and the lads have been doing really well and getting the results. Today we didn't play well, it was as simple as that, the team was inferior in every aspect of the game, especially the first half, and when we tried to make changes in the second half, we did, and created 3-4 chances, but we didn't score to get the score back, so we didn't get the chance to pull back the game.
Let's talk about Arsenal's squad depth:
That's the lineup we have, and we just have these guys. We lost Tierney before the game, and now we lose Thomas, and that's it.
With these players, we'll continue to work as hard as we did at the beginning of the season, but we didn't have a huge squad from the start, so we can't make excuses.
Today we have to reflect on ourselves, and I was the first to do so, because we were far from good enough.
Has Tierney been reimbursed for the season?
He'll go to the experts tomorrow (Tuesday) and then we'll learn more about injuries.
However, from Tierney's feelings and the results of the scans, we are not optimistic, and we have to wait and see what the situation is.
Why did you decide to replace Tavares?
Today was mostly for tactical reasons, about how I wanted to attack against Crystal Palace and how to better control the game from that position.
We wanted to add another attacking midfielder and let Lowe go to that position, and that was the only reason.
I'm sorry that something like this happened to Tavares again, but we have to do it.
What was Thomas's injury?
I don't know, but he felt that there was something wrong with his previous injuries, so it was worrying.
Tottenham are now overtaking Arsenal in the standings, what do you think?
We still have one game in hand and we know a lot of things can happen with nine rounds left in the league.
We still have to go head-to-head, we have to play a lot of key games, we have to focus on ourselves, and today our problem is not Tottenham, it's our own performance in the first half and the team.
That's a press conference.
Needless to say in this game, in short, the whole team is not in shape, the two main full-backs are not there, Raqqa, Thomas and Erdegaard are all sleepwalking, and there is a time bomb on the defense, and it is true that crystal palace cannot be played.
Of course, it would have been possible to stick to a point without a state, but two easy goals lost such hopes... So Tavares' position is very important, and this one breakthrough is enough for all opponents to take advantage of.
Now only pray that Thomas can come back in the short term, nothing else, if Thomas and Tierney are reimbursed for the season, it can only see if Arteta can turn the stone into gold, because it is not enough to count the manpower with the finger...
Maybe a bit of an afterthought, but this season's squad is too thin even if it is a one-line battle, I also said before, Arteta and Edu can handle it any way, as long as they can make the team qualify for the Champions League, otherwise they will be responsible, now look at the cleaning of Oba, rent niles, the decision not to introduce reinforcements in the winter is still slightly sloppy, when the wind and water do not feel, once the problem may be fatal...
But in fact, the initiative is still in their own hands, so don't panic first, you are afraid that you have no confidence internally, and you will win the next game against Brighton!
Flores, who was named to Arsenal's first-team matchday squad for the first time, said in the morning: Unfortunate results, but loved the atmosphere and experience of last night, COYG
While Arsenal have suffered a heavy blow and Gun fans are completely overwhelmed, for a youngster who has just started his career, sitting on the bench in the first team for the first time is certainly an unforgettable experience, congratulations flores, maybe he still has a chance to make his first team debut this season...
Arsenal's loan youngster Ossetutu scored a crucial goal in the 96th minute to help Rotherham equalise before they won the Johns Bowl by beating Sutton United 4-2 in extra time.
Congratulations to Tutu, but he is 23 years old and is still on loan in League One, so it can only be said that it will be difficult to stay at Arsenal in the future, but still bless Tutu!
Former Arsenal boss Emery recently gave an exclusive interview to The Athletic UK, where he talked about some of his previous experiences coaching the Gunners.
Emery said: "Some people always talk about my press conference, and my English pronunciation is obviously not perfect, but that is English. Regarding 'Good ebening', I have a very heavy B, which is true when we speak Spanish, but it doesn't bother me, I like it.
Usually I give a 20-minute speech, the players can understand what I mean, language is not a barrier for me in the UK. I myself played under John Toshack as a player (Welshman, then coaching Real Sociedad), his Spain was never standard and he had his own accent, but we all took it as a fun thing to do and it was important that we all understood what he meant.
When I was coaching Arsenal, that stage was difficult for any coach in office, it was difficult for some players who were important but no longer important to understand that, and it was difficult for fans to understand the fact that we needed a change.
Some changes are urgently needed, and I started the process of change, the first season was very good, we almost qualified for the Champions League, but we also participated in the Europa League final, all the energy of that team was spent on the way to the final, we ended up losing badly.
I went with 5 captains in my first year in charge and there were a lot of changes and it took a lot of patience, it wasn't an easy process, but the fans didn't have patience. Arsenal were actually happy with me when I was sacked, but the fans called for a change, so they had to change managers.
I've known for a long time that no matter who takes over after Wenger, it's hard for people to understand that some change is necessary, Arteta is doing a good job at the moment, he's continuing the work I started, and he has the patience of the fans and the Gunners fans have no patience for me, but I understand that. ”
The timing of this interview is really timely...
Emery is still angry about his failure at Arsenal, and I think there are a few things he says well, but some places still don't recognize the reality.
First of all, about the accent, in fact, everyone is just ridiculing it, from my personal experience and feelings, foreigners actually do not care about your accent and pronunciation standards are not standard (but many Chinese people themselves will be very concerned, and will point out), just like you see a foreigner speaking Chinese, he if the word is round of course good, but if there is an accent, it does not matter, will we mind? Actually everyone in London has it, and if you want to talk about accents, the accents of some Eastern European countries and India are needless to say...
The meaning of language lies in communication, can understand the line, unless it is a special industry, unfortunately Emery belongs to a special industry, his problem is not that the pronunciation is not standard, it is difficult to clearly express his meaning. Emery himself said the players could understand him, but I don't think they could understand 100%, and to be honest, translating his press conference was one of my most painful experiences, and I really often don't understand what he means... As a coach, this is a real problem.
Speaking of patience, in fact, Emery blames the fans for having patience with Arteta and not having patience with him, first of all, Arsenal fans began to be patient with Emery, and the top management was also very supportive of him (to correct Gundoz, abandon the No. 10, to release Ramsey for free, etc., to deprive Xhaka of the captain's armband, etc., these are all supported), but then the team's performance is too poor, and there is a bottom line for patience... Second, gun fans actually have no patience for Arteta, according to the requirements of gun fans, Arteta should be fired last summer, but the top brass withstood the pressure, so this is not a problem for fans. The fans were never patient, and the same was true for Wenger.
In addition, Emery's handling of the dressing room is really difficult to say, which is one of the biggest problems with his coaching giants.
But Emery is right about one thing, that is, replacing Wenger is not an easy job, there are many places that need to be changed, everything has to start from scratch, he is just a scapegoat, and even whoever succeeds Wenger is difficult to bring Arsenal back on track at once, look at Manchester United, Liverpool is also up and down for nearly 10 years to have today.
Now Arteta is also under pressure, but his position should be safe, even if the worst result does not qualify for the Champions League, I think it is no problem to qualify for the Europa League this season, as long as there is a European competition, he can continue to stay next season.