Call it unlucky or whatever, the facts are we have dominated most of our games this season with far
more attempts on goal, yet we have drawn some of those games.
But despite his two goals, Smalling and Evans looked very shaky at the back which contributed to Burnley racking up double figures in
attempts on goal in the first half.
Last night's win over Red Star Belgrade guaranteed Arsenal's progression to the next stage of the Europa League, but it was far from a walkover with the Serbians giving as good as they got and had the same amount
of attempts on goal as we did.
There were 38 minutes on the clock before Fener had even registered their
first attempt on goal as Van Persie got a slight touch on a Volkan Sen cross that goalkeeper Matheus had to turn away with his left hand.
The visitors had four
attempts on goal before Liverpool mustered one, home goalkeeper Loris Karius gathering deflected shots by Ibrahimovic and Marouane Fellaini and pushing away a Marcus Rashford cross.
Arsenal have finally registered their first
attempt on goal as the ball drops for Lacazette in the box, but his shot on the turn is tame and easily gathered by Forster.
In the 47th minute Spurs had their first clear
attempt on goal by Dembele which was high over the bar.
Meanwhile, a goal from Danny Welbeck was the difference between the two sides, and it was in fact the
only attempt on goal between both teams in a drab match.
You have to admit that just everyone had a good game today, with them having 30
attempts on goal between them, but Ozil was head and shoulders above everyone else with his creative skills.
At one point the TV commentary mentioned the unwelcome stat that Ramsey was the EPL player with the
most attempts on goal without scoring.
How does a manager explain the failure of over # 100 million worth of Arsenal talent to register one
decent attempt on goal in 90 minutes against a Chelsea side that conceded 3 against Everton?
Both Jack Wilshere and Olivier Giroud made
good attempts on goal, only to be denied by the superb Julio Cesar, who was undoubtedly QPR's best player on the day.
I love Xhaka's pacy ground passes against Basel, such fast and pacy ground passes from defense / midfield to attack would result in more
attempts on goal for Arsenal.
As the hour mark approached Arsenal had had just 2
attempts on goal whereas Spurs had had 10, and 3 of those were on target.
After that
terrible attempt on goal, Lallana in Pyjamas went on a superb attack, which some observers on the touchline described as «Barcelona-esque», and after a great shot on goal, the Greystar United keeper denied them.
Sanchez hit the cross-bar from the free - kick as Arsenal dominated the host with their
total attempt on goal.
I do not want to see a limping Arsenal tomorrow, we need to be rampant and play with spirit and purpose, we need to be aware of their Villa attacking threat, we need to be organised and stop letting our defence exposed to counters, we need to control the game and impose our tempo, we need to show class and convert our opportunities... no need having 20
attempts on goal if we can't score one.
Huddersfield mustered their first
real attempt on goal with 59 minutes gone when striker Laurent Depoitre turned Lascelles and drilled a low attempt just wide, and they started to come into the game as an attacking force.
spot on andy, @gunnercesc - i think no1s being critical of TV beacause he has been awesome this season and imo rosicky was awful on the post he never reacted... am saying nothing bout almunia but on sat i stated sund had 3 shots on target i was wrong they had 1... and scored.i mean no team who concedes at least 1 in every 3
attempts on their goal deserve to win a league
Embed from Getty Images Despite the Gunners making
countless attempts on goal, Arsene Wenger was left frustrated as his side failed to put a strike past the Tigers goalkeeper, who rightly won...
The Belgian's hold - up play was still rugged, but his attitude and goal - scoring instinct shone through, with 79
attempts on goal during the campaign.
The quick passing and off - the - ball movement took awhile to get going for the Oranje, but was nicely on display just past the 20 minute mark as van Persie controlled at the top of the box against a clutter of Danes and fed van der Vaart for a left
footed attempt on goal.
Liverpool were made to wait until the 21st minute for their first
meaningful attempt on goal, as Christian Benteke's near - post flick was cleared off the line, although it looked to be drifting just wide.
Leeds United looked very shaky early on, as Ollie Watkins had a good
attempt on goal within the first two minutes after a cross was allowed to go into the box and no one picked up the young forward, only to see his header go wanting and Leeds had to make a hasty clearance.
While Arsenal have to be at our best and work really hard to break teams down, often needing to score a worldie, all they need is a few counter attacks or a couple
of attempts on goal.
Sunderland looked pretty good until Leeds made a
few attempts on goal, each of which were close but ultimately were wasted.
As Arsenal poured more men forward the evidence was there as they tested / made
more attempts on goal more than the hosts as they were limited by Arsenal's good defensive unit at the back.
«Benevento are among the teams that have had the
most attempts on goal, so we need to get back to being solid defensively.
Peacock - Farrell was the best Leeds player by a mile during the first half, as most of the rest of the team seemed unable to string a few passes together or even make a
decent attempt on goal.
The now Chelsea midfielder returned with eight goals last season and a shot accuracy of 63 % from his 52
attempts on goal last season.
The fact is that Arsenal should be scoring more goals, we have had 44
attempts on goal in our last two games and have only scored twice.
The second goal was no more than our performance had merited but on the stroke of half - time, and with their
first attempt on goal, Burnley were almost back in it only for Scott Arfield to drag his shot wide from a very good position after they caught us on the break.
Chelsea at home 29 % possession, 2
attempts on goal, 73 % pass success, 200 passes to United's 600 + and Souness says «that is what good sides do, they find a way to win».
Stat wise, we dominated them with 76 % possession and 14
attempts on goal to something like 6.
Brentford obliterated Blackpool in a 4 - 0 rout, yet it hasn't been the scoreline that has grabbed the headlines, but their whopping 42
attempts on goal.
Not
every attempt on goal can be stopped.