Following Arsenal’s 0-0 draw with Atalanta in their opening 2024-25 Champions League match, they faced considerable criticism. We heard remarks indicating that they didn’t play to win, implying they merely aimed for a draw. But don’t you think it’s preferable to secure a draw on the road rather than face a defeat?
Our Gunners will play Atalanta, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), Shakhtar Donetsk, Inter Milan, Sporting CP, AS Monaco, GNK Dinamo Zagreb, and Girona in this new league phase of the UCL.
In this series of matches, PSG was always going to be one of the most challenging opponents, and our Gunners ability to navigate through it was impressive.
On UCL Match Day 2, our Gunners delivered a statement performance against French giants PSG, beating them 2-0. As the Gunners remain unbeaten in Europe, Bayern, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, and PSG cannot make the same claim, as they all suffered defeats in their first away match. Arsenal currently holds 4 points after playing 2 matches in the Champions League.
Suddenly, Arsenal securing a point away against Atalanta in their first away match appears quite impressive. Only 6 games remain… Our Gunners’ goal is to collect as many points as possible in the shortest amount of time.
That said, that goalless draw against Atalanta, who convincingly defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 3-0 on Wednesday, could prove to be quite significant, even if it didn’t equate to a victory.
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Arsenal is reasonably placed at No 13 out of the 36 teams competing so outside of the straight qualifiers currently but well within the play-off group.
There’s quite a way to go yet so I wouldn’t read too much either way into the results from a couple of games. For example, I would be very surprised if the likes of Bayern, Real Madrid and probably Barcelona (all currently behind Arsenal) didn’t move up pretty quickly.
We don’t value what our team has done to have any significant meaning for now..but always giving credit to Bayern, Barcelona, Madrid even when they’ve done less against clubs they should be getting three point from….
I don’t really agree with that. It’s not a question of “significant meaning” – we’re only two games in. That’s the point.
I think we should avoid placing too much emphasis on the short-term and see where Arsenal and everyone else is after the round has been completed. That’s what will count in the end.