Today’s game didn’t start well for me – I couldn’t get connected to a live stream and trying to follow effectively on Arsenal Player without audio is a waste of time. Unfortunately it didn’t end well for either myself or Arsenal, though it could’ve been worse. Three times during the game we were down to 10 men: Koscielny, Ozil and Oxlade-Chamberlain with the match eventually finishing in a 1-1 draw.
Arsenal didn’t seem to realise the importance to us in winning it.
This is such an important game to win for Arsenal.
— Isaac Gallows (@23__Football) August 31, 2014
First injury: Laurent Koscielny eventually managed to walk into the tunnel and come back wearing a rather large bandage around his head before being subbed shortly after the opening goal.
Another day, another Arsenal injury. — Sam (@samuelJayC) August 31, 2014
Alexis scores his first Premier League goal for Arsenal! Two goals in two games. Let’s hope he keeps the up good work.
Goal Arsenal, Alexis 0-1 (20) – http://t.co/rsP4EFTiuT
— arseblog (@arseblog) August 31, 2014
Oh dear! Just when it was all going so well for Arsenal, Leicester manage to equalise after a measly four minutes.
Ulloa actually scored against Arsenal on his debut for Brighton back in Jan 2013. #justsoyouknow
— Shaun (@arshaunwenger) August 31, 2014
A fan quite rightly questions why Koscielny was allowed to restart at all. I wonder whether Leicester would’ve scored the equaliser had Arsenal had a few more minutes to adjust their play.
0.0% chance that Koscielny should have even returned for @Arsenal. #EPL still a work in progress with their TBI protocol. #LCFCvAFC
— Taylor Twellman (@TaylorTwellman) August 31, 2014
The score at half-time stood at 1-1. Unfortunately Rambo’s efforts didn’t come to fruition.
Aaron Ramsey created 4 chances in the first half – more than any other player #AFC #Arsenal — EPL Stat Man (@EPLStatman) August 31, 2014
Lukas Podolski came on for Yaya Sanogo. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain came on for Santi Cazorla. Yet again Joel Campbell remained on the bench! #FreeJoelCampbell
I have a lot of faith in Campbell. He needs a run in Arsenal’s starting XI so people can see why he shouldn’t be on the bench.
— Gerry (@HdzGerry) August 31, 2014
Second injury: Mesut Özil. There were quite a few tweets about the second occurrence of Arsenal being down to 10 men, many of them were not fit for publishing!
Arsenal down to 10 men currently. Ozil off injured and not looking good.
— gunnerblog (@gunnerblog) August 31, 2014
Third injury: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Hobbled!
The Ox looks injured now! Oh dear!
— Gordon (@Arsenal_Supremo) August 31, 2014
Fans from across the pond summed up the game perfectly:
This is embarrassing. — Arsenal Kentucky (@Arsenal_KY) August 31, 2014
That wasn't a point won, it was 2 points dropped. Wasted opportunity today. #arsenal #LCFCvAFC
— MPLS/STP Gooners (@MSPGooners) August 31, 2014
And finally, this sums up the frustration each and every one of us feels, whether it be related to this game, lack of activity in the transfer window to sign a top striker, centre back or midfielder (you name it, everyone thinks we need a replacement somewhere) or just life as an Arsenal fan in itself.
Whatever happens between now and the end of the window, an Arsenal fan, somewhere, is going to spontaneously combust
— Will Benn (@WengerBoy1) August 31, 2014