You can throw all the stats about how many clean sheets or how few
goals we conceded last season but I prefer to use my eyes when judging a player.
He was at fault for all
the goals we conceded last night, as well as most this season.
First of all, my comment about him being responsible for many of
the goals we conceded last season against those 3 top teams is true, because I did an in depth article about it and reviewed the replays extensively for each of of those goals — I always back my claims up with stats or fact.
Also, if you closely look at the replays of some of
the goals we conceded last season, at times he leaves a big space behind him, which is expertly exploited by our opponents.
While it can (and should) be argued that our boys did play more conservatively on defence to avoid any / all fouls (especially Michael Bradley in my opinion), going into Leg 2 with all our weapons is still an advantage, more so with the away
goals we conceded last night.
There's no chance of winning the title, conceding the kind of goals or the number of
goals we conceded last season.
Not exact matches
At
last summer's Women's World Cup, she played every minute of every game and
conceded only three
goals.
But Paul Lambert's team, who had
conceded 15
goals and scored none in their
last three games, were unable to hold on as Graham volleyed home after a late goalmouth scramble.
We did not sign an impact player in Perez (52
goals his entire career), the manager is the same, and even if Mustafi helps us imporve our defense,
last season we only
conceded one more
goal than the best defense in the league.
Arsenal
conceded 36
goals last season, 1 more than Man United and Tottenham, hence by your logic those teams also need to strengthen at the back, and have not done anything worth talking about so far.
In those games they've
conceded 11 in six games in the league and three
goals in two Champions League games, with their defence continuing to attract criticism dating back to
last season.
But one thing I've noticed is that they are
conceding way more
goals than
last year.
The Gunners have
conceded at least three
goals in four of their
last six first leg matches in the
last - 16 of the Champions League.
Last season Arsenal came close to becoming the best defense in the entire league with good defensive stats, but this good news was smashed by the
conceding 22 horrible
goals against the teams in the top five, 20 of those on away games to those same top teams (Chelsea, City, Liverpool, and Everton).
It is pretty amazing to consider that Arsenal have not
conceded a single first half
goal in the
last 14 Premier League games and only six from our
last 11 complete games, so it is clear that teams are finding it a real problem to cope with our fast starts.
There is so much talk about getting wingers and strikers that we are all forgetting our stats from
last season.It was not scoring
goals which was the problem (thanks to Alexis whom people have already started demonising for being ambitious) but its
conceding goals which is our problem.So shouldn't the club be more focussed on getting a CDM and a CB.
Also if you see our stats for
last 5 yr,
last year was when we scored more
goals but we also
conceded more
goals.
We
conceded two
goals last night but the defense has really improved this season.
New Wolves boss Stale Solbakken will be keen to tighten things at the back having seen his Molineux side
conceded 82
goals in Premier League action
last term, the highest total in the division.
Arsenal could not have picked a worse time to face Antonio Conte's side, who easily beat Swansea 5 - 0 two days ago while resting Eden Hazard, and who have only
conceded one
goal in their
last 5 League games as they moved up to be Man City's closest challengers, albeit 14 points behind Pep Guardiola's side.
«I have to say that in the
last three games we have
conceded eight
goals and this is a lot,» he said.
Conceding 12
goals in two trips to Stamford Bridge and the Etihad Stadium
last season have perhaps served as a lesson.
The
last time Napoli
conceded four serie A
goals at San Paolo was TWO AND A HALF YEAR AGO vs Lazio.
Our side come into the match with Sutton on a dreadful run of form, having lost three of our
last four in all competitions, having
conceded 10
goals in the mean time, and with the fans evidently turning on Arsene Wenger currently, the team may lack the support for Monday's encounter.
Anyukov would have been equally upset with the result as Zenit
conceded a 91st - minute
goal to Goncalves Oliveira to lose the first leg of the
last - 16 tie 1 - 0, after Domenico Criscito's late red card.
The Saints have won five of their
last six games and have not
conceded a single
goal during that run, climbing to sixth in the standings.
Have we resolved our issues from
last season (
conceding goals)?
«On that front, after we
conceded four
goals last week we have shown a great defensive performance.
Wenger and the Gunners will be expecting a spirited showing from Swansea in their first match under new manager Bob Bradley, but they are still on a terrible run of six Premier League games without a win and in none of those games have they kept a clean sheet,
conceding 12
goals while Arsenal have scored 14 in our
last five.
There was no repeat of the 2
last minute
goals conceded during the league match.
The Reds have struggled this term after pushing Manchester City all the way to the end
last season, and a major part of their problem has been
conceding late
goals.
The Rossoneri have enjoyed a resurgence in 2018 under Gennaro Gattuso, going 13 games unbeaten and they haven't
conceded a
goal in their
last 584 minutes of football.
Seconds later, the match would be over and Liverpool, as frenetic as ever in their penalty box in the 90th minute, had
conceded yet another costly
last - gasp
goal from the resultant throw - in.
For such an outstanding result against an AC Milan side that hadnt been beaten in 2018 and for not
conceding a single
goal in the
last several games....
«I correctly predicted that Arsenal would
concede four
goals last weekend and I expect their defensive frailties to be exposed again against the champions,» Rob explained.
However, Luis Enrique's side have dropped four points in their
last two matches by
conceding late
goals — first versus Valencia and then blowing a 2 - 0 lead to draw 2 - 2 at home to Deportivo
last weekend.
Interesting to note that Arsenal have already won as many games as they did
last year and scored more
goals... for all this talk of needing a striker if you look at the number of
goals we have
conceded that is where it has been lost!
We leaked 21
goals away to the top 7 teams
last season and you would think that this alleged chasm in class would have lead to something better when they played us at home — but none beat us and we
conceded just 2
goals in 6 matches.
The Potters have lost just one of their
last none EPL matches and have won the
last two without
conceding a
goal.
• United have won their
last five FA Cup ties at Old Trafford,
conceding just one
goal in the process.
But the most impressive stat is that England have won their
last four matches against Wales without
conceding a single
goal.
Look back at our heavy defeats
last season and you will see it was our fullbacks and most defensive midfielder that were too far out of position when we were
conceding goals
But I digress as usual... So this match could be a lot harder than Tottenham — as Leicester are the only unbeaten team left in the Premiership after Man City got beat
last week, but they are also
conceding goals in every game.
12 — Tottenham are unbeaten in their
last 12 home games at Wembley (W10 D2), scoring 32
goals and
conceding just six.
We also
conceded the least
goals from set pieces
last season with the leagues shortest and lightest team.
In all comps, they've
conceded 5
goals in their
last 12 games.
We
conceded the least amount of
goals last season without a WC keeper and were the strongest team in 2015.
Last night, while strolling to a 5 - 0 win over relegation favourites West Bromwich Albion, European Cup holders Manchester United set a new English record for the 1,032 minutes without
conceding a
goal.
The Hornets have also lost four Premier League matches this season by
goals conceded in the 90th minute or later, including their
last match against Huddersfield Town.
Also, Chelsea have looked unstoppable in recent times, they have won their
last 5 games without
conceding a
goal so it is really important that we match their run and stay on top of our game.