If Arsenal can't beat Chelsea today, they might as well call it a season and rest up for the Europa League next year.
Gabriel deserved a card for being a total dumbass and keeping that situation going on and on and on. Costa deserved a red for the two-handed shove on Koscielny during play, and if he'd gotten it the rest of the situation would have never occurred.blueline said:Gabriel didn't do a single thing that deserved a card. Costa deserved at least one red, maybe two.
Terras said:Gabriel deserved a card for being a total dumbass and keeping that situation going on and on and on. Costa deserved a red for the two-handed shove on Koscielny during play, and if he'd gotten it the rest of the situation would have never occurred.
There is something to be said for keeping your cool under pressure, and if you're escalating an already hot situation, receiving a card isn't out of the question. I didn't see the supposed heel flick, but totally separate from that I'm ok with a yellow.blueline said:
No he didn't. Gabriel basically just backed into Costa while Costa also stepped into him. Also, it wasn't even a second yellow; it was a straight red.
DLew On Roids said:Now that they're losing, someone at Arsenal may as well do the league a favor and give Costa the Luke Shaw treatment.
But it's not physical play..it's cheap heal clips, kicks behind the play, hands to the face, two hand shoves...all with intention of trying to draw a reaction (all while also falling over, flopping and diving at the least bit of contact). How he doesn't get sent off for any of this is beyond me.Seven Costanza said:Costa is the fucking best.
Love the commentators decrying the soft yellows and the decline of the physical game. While simultaneously decrying the play of Diego Costa.
If only Liverpool could get players like him.Cellar-Door said:VICTOR MOSES GOAL!
Winston Reid.NickEsasky said:How has City not scored a second?
Well Part of it is style of play. This is a really good countering team, that can get a bit sloppy in possession, and the FB can be exploited on the counter.coremiller said:West Ham have now beaten Arsenal, Liverpool, and Man City away, while losing to Leicester and Bournemouth at home. Try making sense of that.
City played down the wings a lot but their final ball was usually awful. Navas in particular was brutal with his crossing.
Well, there were several years when that wasn't possible, thanks to City being in the second or third division.Cellar-Door said:Edit- 4th time a team has beaten City, Arsenal and Liverpool away in the same season. '96 Everton, '05 Man. U. and '06 Chelsea are the other 3.