David Hytner was at the Emirates. Here’s his take! Thanks for reading this MBM, and enjoy what’s left of the weekend.
Liam Rosenior’s turn to speak to Sky. “It’s been the same story for the last three games … in the ascendency in all three games … honestly … we’re together, because what I never do is start pointing the finger … but it is clear what we need to improve … it’s not our football … not our attacking play … we need to make sure we are ruthless in both boxes … to concede two goals from corners and get another red card … that has been the story of our season … the story of the last few games … Arsenal are probably the best team in the world at set plays … if you think we’ve not worked on set plays all week … you’d be crazy not to … the second one was the one that’s disappointing … we have to be stronger … better mentality … we gave a free kick away … then a corner … when we’re in control of the game … there is a lot of good that we do … we need to solve that before we go to Aston Villa … I thought the pain of [dropping points against Leeds and Burnley] would have switched us on today … and it hasn’t … that’s been the most frustrating thing … the set-up tactically was very good … Arsenal didn’t cause any problems other than set plays … we didn’t stand up in the moments we needed to … there’s been a lot of talk about holding and how you mark in the box … I haven’t seen many referees give anything.”
