I put that loss down to our team not being able to
put the ball in the back of the net when it's on a plate for them.
Not exact matches
After that Arsenal still looked lively but they got lucky
when Brighton
put the
ball in the
back of the
net but the striker was inches offside.
Jack Wilshere, who just played for an hour
when Arsenal faced Man City last weekend, has been giving his verdict on the season on Arsenal.com and he is quite clear that our problem was
putting the
ball in the
back of the
net.
You can
put the
ball in the
back of the
net 100x
in training but
when it's
in a game situation there's obviously the potential to over-think it.
It is not just the Arsenal centre forward Olivier Giroud that is responsible for
putting the
ball in the
back of the
net for the Gunners,
of course, and the stats show you that the France international is actually doing his job very well this season
when it comes to converting chances.
Arsenal took on Middlesbrough on Monday night football at Riverside stadium and it turned out to be a very competitive game where Arsenal took the lead just before half time thanks to Alexis Sanchez goal
in 42nd minute but Middlesbrough hit
back just after the half time
when Alvaro Negredo
put the
ball in the
back of the
net to make it 1 - 1 on the night.
Inter
put one more
in the
back of the
net in the 90th minute
when Brozovic
netting a
ball placed nicely by Mauro Icardi.
Though Liverpool failed to take their chances
in first half but after the break game opened up
when Milner found Firmino inside the box with a far post cross and Brazilian
put the
ball in the
back of the
net to make it 1 - 0.
It's just so much fun battling for the
ball with your buddies and seeing their sulking faces
when you
put it
in the
back of the
net that anyone can enjoy it.