Klopp was satisfied with the performance, their third successive victory, but admits they can still do better after dominating for most of the game - despite not putting
away the chances they created.
Iheanacho has an impressive scoring record for City coming on as a substitute and tucking
away chances created by de Bruyne and Silva against shell - shocked opponents.
Without a legitimate world - class forward since the days of Thierry Henry at the club, Higuain's addition would mean they have a reliable front man to put
away chances created by their influential attacking midfield players, such as Santi Cazorla and Theo Walcott.
Despite Arsenal's usual blistering start to the season, we have dropped away in the title race through our lack of goals, and us fans have (obviously) blamed our strikers like Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott for not putting
away the chances created, especially by our assist king Mesut Ozil.
Its up to our attackers and midfield to be a bit more clinical to put
away they chances they create.
Not exact matches
We
create chances so we just have to put them
away.
Yes, we get a bit carried
away with the idea that our all conquering, dynamic, intricate midfield
creates chances aplenty.
Barca were hoping for a penalty of their own moments later but the referee waved
away appeals for a foul by Alvaro Arbeloa on Cesc and it showed how the home side were becoming more frustrated at their inability to
create clear - cut
chances.
Over the summer the Merseyside club spent big to bring in the likes of Jordan Henderson, Charlie Adam and Stewart Downing, players who should help
create chances for the likes of Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll to put
away, however Liverpool have managed just 18 goals in 15 matches.
If our Striker's would have been putting
away half of the
chances, that were
created....
Having to score three goals is a tough task against any team, let alone in the champions league, in the last 16,
away from home, against the team with the best defensive record in the competition, on a narrow pitch with little space to
create chances...
Ozil was clear MOTM by some margin, he
created so many
chances, including clear cut
chances, in other he could have pick up 4 assists straight
away, 98 percent, passing accuracy, 54/55.
A goalkeeper in fine form to help West Brom to a 2 - 0 win
away to in - form Crystal Palace, who
created plenty of
chances but were denied time and time again.
Yes the Whole team played like Pants in the Monaco game but it WAS GIROUD that flopped up big time... Its all about scoring goals — he didn't put
away decent
chances (which was
created by who — the rest of the guys)..
Obviously we need people who know how to put
chance away but before that we need ones to
create chances in the first place.
Second half we again
created a great
chance that Giroud should've put
away.
3rd, i am not saying we will beat Barcelona, esp the way they are tearing teams apart, But if we defend the way we have in some big
away games then we have a
chance but they do what we cant and score bucket loads, though both teams
create alot so we need a scorer as they have 3 and Alexis looks outta form.
So Martinez wouldnt of challenged Giroud or put
away the same amount of
chances maybe more considering the
chances we
create and his goal record in portugal and champions league the last 3seasons?
Theo has not done anything, not
created any
chances, not held on to the ball, not dribbled, not really touched it except when he gave it
away for their first goal.
pretty please, its true stats don't lie but it could be manipulated to tell different stories, the simple fact and bottoml line is Ozil
created over 190
chances and ONLY 19 was put
away by our misfiring duo of Giroud and Walcott, and the fact he had half of the season to match and eclipse the assist record and failed says more about Giroud's and Walcott woeful woeful finishing abilities and nought whatsoever to do with Ozil, am can only do so much, what's next, blame him for number of goals we conceded?
I still feel we need a proper No. 9 to consistently put
away the
chances players like Cazorla and Ozil will
create.
We as the Arsenal need to do our part in becoming a place where the highest dreams of players are realized, even if we don't always win trophies, we need to at least always have a «Genuine» fighting
chance, Real Madrid went a number of seasons chasing La Decima, spent loads of cash, played second fiddle to Barca for a few seasons even but still players still dreamed of playing for them in that period, we as fans need to grow up too and stop bitching and whining especially about our players, we
create a toxic atmosphere for these guys when we do so and it doesn't help nobody, little wonder our players perform better
away than they do at home.
We lost the game firstly because we don't have a No. 9 who could put
away all the
chances that we
created.
As a lot of commenters have mentioned, despite us playing with nowhere near the fluidity and intent we've shown previously we've still managed to
create more
chances than by far and
away the majority of the league.
Even though he is a really good player, he does give the ball
away a lot of the times especially with when forcing ball to
create chances.
United
away, we had to rely on an own goal because we couldn't even
create a
chance.
he touched the ball more than any other player, completed more passes, played more key passes,
created the most
chances and was an inch
away from scoring.
The problem with Giroud is not the amount of goals he scores, it is those that he misses.We
create so many goal scoring opportunities but convert so few, and that is why we need a more clinical finisher.Against Monaco at home, Giroud missed FIVE glorious opportunities to score and cost us a spot in the quarters.Against Man utd
away, he missed 3 wonderful opportunities to win us the game.We need someone who can finish off the many
chances we
create, simple as that
Exactly the same game, we came out buzzing and
created so many
chances but could not put them
away..
As we have seen on the game with lesister a lot of balls not precise and being given
away cheaply, we
created a lot of
chances on the goal and most of them being missed because they were not a killer and on target, but the opponents team gets few
chances and converted to goal most of them.
For me he hasn't worked hard enough or done his due dillegance and taken advantage of the opportunities that his been awarded (he literally in the past 2 years is the only striker, who can walk straight into a starting line up) he sits in front of one of the best attacking line ups in the world and its not like
chances aren't being
created, he just can't put them
away....
«But we felt we put in some positive performances and
created chances, but you have to put them
away.
There's a reason why we
created so many
chances against Stoke, «Theo,» though he was not ruthless enough to put more than one
away, Giroud is no better at that either.
We
create a boat load of
chances and probably put
away 1/3 of them.
I've noticed since his injury were
creating much less CLEAR goal scoring
chances his pace and movement was sorely missed imo, this game was screaming out for walcott as the ST. Numerous times sanchez or alexis had the ball after beating a guy and looked up to see giroud making a run but not having the pace to break
away from the back 4.
Desperately need that again because we are still
creating the
chances but haven't got the quality to put them
away.
It might seem a bit odd to pick the Arsenal keeper as the Man of the Match in a game in which the Gunners» biggest disappointment was not making the most of the
chances we
created but if it had not been for the agility and ability of Petr Cech we could have come
away with nothing from the game.
It's even more upsetting because I think our
away support is one of the best in the league, I think that
creating a standing section might give true gunners a better
chance to go and support the team with lower priced tickets but tbh we need to voice these opinions at the club because for such a big stadium we produce such a quiet and unintimidating atmosphere
We have a lot of taken in midfield as well, so you would expect it to be Arsenal
creating the
chances, and hopefully pitting a few of them
away.
I hope we add a bit more quality in attack so that more out of the plethora of
chances he
creates are put
away.
They
created a number of scorable
chances which they never converted so I knew it was going to be a tuffy
away game.
To me, he is a luxury player who does well in a dominant team where there is enough talent to put
away all the
chances he
creates and enough talent to make up for his shortcomings when it comes defending.
They
created the vast majority of the
chances, kept the Serie A leader in goals absolutely silent and were just one moment or two
away from finding the back of the net.
Real Madrid's 3 - 0 is all built on its
away goals value, thus
creating a situation where Juventus have to score three goals of their own at the Santiago Bernabeu to even have a
chance.
Bacca, who was a scoring machine in his first Serie A season will look to garner space
created by Niang and Suso and put his
chances away in the clinical fashion he's known for.
The exciting thing is that we are
creating these
chances for him now and he will have days where he scores 3/5 and not 1/5 - Then we will start to blow teams
away.
Atletico initially looked like it would blow Eibar
away, as Simeone's men
created several early
chances after what was an imperious start.
The
away side put on an aggressive display since kick of as they
created several
chances before eventually taking the lead through Marco Reuss» effort on 32 minutes.
With Arsenal, Pato would simply flourish, as players like Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez and co. would
create enough
chances for the striker to tuck
away.
The issues for them are a lack of clinical finishing despite
creating chance after
chance in games, along with a defence which gives
away a lot of cheap, silly goals.