Some of the goals we have conceded come from the left side when Monreal was on the pitch were a result of Iwobi leaving him exposed as a result of his inexperience.
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!
Where is the sense in making our second best of not best keeper go on loan, ospina a backup to cech is spoil wrong, the number
of goals we have conceded with ospina in between the sticks is alarming, and still wenger allows him to stay and sends out Martinez, how can anyone think ospina is better than Martinez, only someone daft would think so.........
It's been awful this season & the amount of goals we've conceded is embarrassing.
An incredible 36 %
of the goals we have conceded this season have stemmed from headers, the highest ratio in the division.
Two - thirds
of the goals they have conceded away from home have come in the second half of matches.
61 %
of the goals they have conceded away from home have been in the second half of matches.
71 % of their away games have gone over 2.5 goals this season and 60 % of their away goals have cropped up in the second half of matches and 70 %
of the goals they have conceded on the road have all been in the second half of games.
67 %
of the goals they have conceded on their travels have been in the second half of matches.
Palace have been leading at half time just once at home this season and 72 %
of the goals they have conceded at Selhurst Park have been in the first half of matches.
64 %
of the goals they have conceded on the road have been in the second half of matches.
This means that these sides are generally giving up a higher quality of chances than expected when looking at the amount
of goals they have conceded.
Of the goals they have conceded this season away from home, 60 % of them have been after the halftime break and they have scored over two - thirds of their away goals after half time as well.
67 % of the goals that United have scored at home this season have been in the second half of matches, while 80 %
of the goals they have conceded have been in the first half.
Not exact matches
Dunn
concedes that the low conversion rates and high bounce rate are problematic but says that makes sense, given that the
goal of the start - up's website
has been to tell the Bonobos story.
Rather than
conceding that the higher expressions
of religion transcend the form and the imagery
of religion itself, it
would be wiser to note that such expressions
of religion are fufillments
of a universal religious
goal.
Spurs
have only
conceded like 5
goals the whole season... whoever plays upfront needs to be at the very top
of their game... Sanchez is the man.
referring decisions also go in our favour, for instance that dortmund
goal sanogo scored was clearly offside, these things are apart
of football, GREAT teams overcome these obstacles, GREAT teams do not crumble with 3 or 4
goal leads, GREAT teams do not
concede 3 +
goals in 40 mins REGULARLY, GREAT teams average more than one tackle every 90 mins, GREAT teams don't need more 7 clear cut chances to score, united
have academy players in defence, in fact our defensive players are 15x better but VAN GAAL will get a result, united
have had an injury list just as long if not longer than ours but VAN GAAL will get a result, united
have just gone through a managerial shift but VAN GAAL will get a result, so why on earth are united in the title race and not arsenal?
Wenger was asked today about our lack
of solidity at the back, which
has been highlighted by our recent games against Man United and Southampton when we
conceded early
goals and then tried to come back.
At this stage
of the season Man City
have won more games,
conceded fewer
goals, and scored nearly twice as many
goals as Arsenal did during our best ever season under Wenger.
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.
With two wins in two games to start the La Liga campaign and four
goals scored with none
conceded, things are going to plan on the pitch even if there
have been plenty
of distractions off it.
The only thing I
would miss about AW is the sight
of him struggling with his coat and complaining to the fourth Official whenever we
concede a
goal.
We can't sacrifice the club's ambitions and wellbeing on the altar
of a player's personal glory, it's the business end
of the competition and Cech
has the experience
of having won it, Ospina
conceded three
goals [home and away] against PSG, the only opposition on the level
of those we'll be meeting from now on, three
goals against in the knockout stages is bordering on disastrous as we all know how tight these affairs are.
The first leg was actually a disgraceful performance and I blame the players and Wenger for that awful show: the players because, as professionals, they should
have been able to control their emotion once they
conceded the first
goal and not throw curssion to the wind in porsuit
of equalizer.
Both sides
have scored a remarkably similar tally over those games, but City
have conceded an average
of one more
goal per game.
The worry
has to be that our next game however is a trip to Stamford Bridge, where we
have conceded 10
goals without reply in recent years, and we now
have to go there and target all three points, otherwise any hopes
of winning that illustrious fourth Premier League title will be gone for another season.
Back 3 Formation is good and it is giving good defensive shape for us... We are looking more assured on defensive side
of our game... Being attacking is always good but you
have to make sure that you are not
conceding goal because as far as you are not
conceding a
goal, you are not loosing game....
Since Mathieu Flamini took over from Arteta as our cover for Coquelin, the Gunners
have not lost a game, winning three
of the four and only
conceding two
goals, which is even better when you remebre that three
of them were away from home and Arsenal were under serious pressure.
No sooner
had we gone in front then we were pegged back again,
conceding another
goal from a set - piece just a minute later, Steve Archibald continuing his annoying trait
of scoring in derby matches.
Since the rise
of Coq we
have not
conceded more than 2
goals in any game except the ridiculous Monaco match and
have looked securer at the back consistently.
The only concerns for me were that AC Milan
had too many opportunities within our penalty area (Ospina could
have conceded a penalty) and Welbeck, although hard working, loses it in front
of goal.
We
had to
concede the second
goal before Wenger could act on what I projected even before the end
of the first half, bring in Coquelin to block the middle and Walcott then use his pace...... simple!
I
have to say that we
had such a poor reaction after going ahead, when we should
have been looking to bury Everton rather than dropping off, but that
has been symptomatic
of a lot
of our games this season — why, I'm not sure, as we always
concede goals and then
have to go on the offensive anyway.
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.
But we
would give the likes
of Szczesny how many chances as ours FIRST TEAM keeper and even now we are debating between selling him (4/5 season as number 1 keeper where he
has made countless unforced errors leading to
goals conceded) or Ospina (who
has been with us ONE season and put in a decent shift good enough to be Cech backup in my view)
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.
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.
I think alto
of people need to
have a look back at the game yes we should never
have conceded 3
goals to stoke but the ref was poor they should definitely
have had at least 2 players sent off Adam should
have gone and crouch wasn't jumping for balls he was continuously climbing players we were being pulled and shoved by numerous stoke players but poor chambers gets the softest red card ever..........
Man United
have conceded 10
goals in seven Premier League games and the loss
of veteran defender Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand
has definitely been a factor and youngsters Paddy McNair and Tyler Blackett
have been thrown in at the deep end to say the least.
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.
As a result, it
would surely require a player to head out first to make space for Werner, but
having spent so heavily on their attack, it's only logical that they address their issues at the other end
of the pitch given that they possess the worst defensive record
of the top seven Premier League sides this season
having conceded 36
goals in 27 games.
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.
Despite Guardiola's worries over his side's defence, they seem to be coping pretty well so far, as City currently
have the joint best defence in the whole
of the Premier League, with the Spaniard's side only
conceding 11
goals in just 16 games so far.
One
of those «same mistakes» that Barton is likely to be referring to is in defence, as Liverpool still haven't managed to establish themselves as a consistent defensively - sound side,
conceding 18
goals in 13 league games, which is the worst record
of the top seven sides.
If you look at the
goals we
have conceded since the start
of the season, [most
of them] are headers in our box.
And speaking
of the tournament in South America, Ospina
has conceded just a single
goal in his three group games and there was nothing he could do about that bullet header.
Liverpool are yet to
concede a
goal in this campaign but they
have hardly been impressive at the other end
of the pitch.
ac milan
have been unbeaten in 2018 and not
conceded a
goal in what 600 minutes
of football credit where its due we played very well today