FRUSTRATION ABOUNDED IN LAST NIGHT’S MATCH BETWEEN ARSENAL VS LIVERPOOL – WHERE A GOALLESS DRAW (AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ARSENAL TO MOVE 8 POINTS CLEAR AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE), SEEMED TO CREATE SOME MILD ANIMOSITY TOWARDS THE END OF THE GAME. LIVERPOOL MADE 513 PASSES, WITH AN 89% PASS ACCURACY, (HAD 53% POSSESSION), AND 7 SHOTS, BUT NO GOALS ON THIS OCCASION. ARSENAL MADE 433 PASSES, WITH A 90% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 3 CORNERS, AND 8 SHOTS WITH 4 ON-TARGET, BUT, AGAIN, NO GOALS. SO, BY THE END OF THE MATCH, WHEN CONOR BRADLEY WENT DOWN HOLDING HIS KNEE, GABRIEL MARTINELLI WAS NOT FEELING TOO COMPASSIONATE – (OBVIOUSLY THINKING HE WAS TIME-WASTING), AND TRIED TO PUSH HIM OFF THE PITCH! AND THEN THREW THE BALL AT HIM!
HE OBVIOUSLY LOST HIS SENSES FOR A MOMENT AND FORGOT WHERE HE WAS! THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF GENTLEMANLY BEHAVIOUR WHICH PEOPLE EXPECT FROM THE PREMIER LEAGUE! (OR ANY SPORTING COMPETITION ACTUALLY.) HE PROBABLY GOT THE HAIRDRYER TREATMENT FROM MIKEL ARTETA AFTERWARDS – THAT CAN’T HAVE BEEN NICE! 😒 NEXT TIME, PROBABLY BEST TO LEAVE IT TO THE REF TO DECIDE WHO’S TIME-WASTING. ONE THING’S FOR SURE MARTINELLI IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT HIS TEAM AND WINNING! AND WE WISH CONOR BRADLEY (WHO WAS STRETCHERED OFF) ALL THE VERY BEST FOR A SPEEDY RECOVERY!
PREMIER LEAGUE : ARSENAL VS LIVERPOOL – 08/01/2026
