I mean, yes, we didn’t attack much, but we had the best chances of the game throughout and our attacks were fluid, we just ran at them and sent long balls more than passing cuz they weren’t good in the air
There were a number of times when Arsenal blocked a shot or intercepted a pass deep in the defensive third and either just booted the ball long, or gave away possession cheaply while trying to play out.
At the end, especially in extra time, that was definitely the case. And, it’s true that they didn’t manage many real attacks. OTOH Arsenal couldn’t break out of that horseshoe either. The XG graphs suggest that even though they weren’t getting a lot of high quality chances, they were getting enough low quality chances continuously throughout the game that a breakthrough eventually was expected. Meanwhile, Havertz scored on an extremely low XG chance. That was Arsenal’s only shot on target all game. There was also one miss, and 5 blocked shots. That’s it for 120 minutes, and includes the attempts from set pieces too.
I mean, yes, we didn’t attack much, but we had the best chances of the game throughout and our attacks were fluid, we just ran at them and sent long balls more than passing cuz they weren’t good in the air
Yeah, there were some fast breaks, but apparently “PSG had 75.3% possession, the highest by a side in the Champions League final since records began.”
There were a number of times when Arsenal blocked a shot or intercepted a pass deep in the defensive third and either just booted the ball long, or gave away possession cheaply while trying to play out.
I dunno. Stats are stats, felt like we were attacking more and with more threat than them watching the game
I watched a different game, the one I watched matched those stats.
Yeah, agree to disagree. I felt like they were basically horseshoe of dooming us lol
At the end, especially in extra time, that was definitely the case. And, it’s true that they didn’t manage many real attacks. OTOH Arsenal couldn’t break out of that horseshoe either. The XG graphs suggest that even though they weren’t getting a lot of high quality chances, they were getting enough low quality chances continuously throughout the game that a breakthrough eventually was expected. Meanwhile, Havertz scored on an extremely low XG chance. That was Arsenal’s only shot on target all game. There was also one miss, and 5 blocked shots. That’s it for 120 minutes, and includes the attempts from set pieces too.
120 minutes and 1 shot on target is pretty poor.