Arsenal kick off their 2024/5 Champions League game away at Atalanta and this is the side that Mikel Arteta has chosen to go with.
🔴 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠𝙉𝙀𝙒𝙎 ⚪️
🧤 Raya between the sticks
🔙 Rice returns
©️ Jesus skippers the sideLet’s start as we mean to go on, Gunners ✊
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) September 19, 2024
Arsenal will be aiming for a strong start in their Champions League campaign, with a win or, at the very least, a draw in Italy. What they cannot afford is to leave empty-handed.
This season’s Champions League follows a league format, meaning there will be no return leg at the Emirates, so the Gunners must secure something from this match.
Atalanta will not be an easy opponent. They are the reigning Europa League champions and, despite a mixed start to their domestic season, come into this game on the back of a home win over Fiorentina.
Arsenal, meanwhile, are fresh off a victory against Tottenham, which puts them in a good position to replicate that success in Italy.
Let us know in the comments below what you think of Arteta’s team selection and your predictions for the final score.
2 nil to the Gunners
COYG
Arteta no go kill Bukayo for us
After limping out last match
Lol !
Arteta no dey gree for anybody 🤣🤣🤣
I swear down.
The guy nah better engine.
Onwards and Upwards.
COYG
He’s a freak of nature our Saka, the talent and the physical resilience. Gets knocked down and just gets up again! Lucky us.
Arteta na strong kpomo
2 – 0 win for Arsenal club
0-1, Arsenal win.
Betting Partey gets injured! He should have been rested.
By the way Admins, my posts are still going missing.
Frustrating GB ,just saw your reply to me on another article ,it makes it hard to go back and forth which I like ,usually getting heated 😂.
I can post a comment and it might appear in the morning ,oh well ,they have had plenty of People saying the same thing .
I’ll come back when it’s sorted
Merino and Odegaard are out and you wanted Partey rested for a difficult away tie against the Europa League winners? Now is not the time. It’s the start of the season too with 1 game a week until now. The time will be the 2 games after City if you need to drop starters for rest. We can only hope we do an early job and players can be rested through subs that way for Sunday.
Good line-up
COYG
Let’s go! Wish it was an easier tie away but you play what is in front of you. Just hope we can get rest into players ahead of City, wishful thinking probably but one can hope
At least we have calafiori back for tonight but we still need the others especially in midfield.
We have Trossard on the pitch, as well as on the bench.
I thought we sold nketia
Jesus is doing a good impression
Without Odegaard we don’t have any Creativity
Jesus is adding no value to this club.He should be sold to Saudi Arabia
This game is screaming out for nwaneri! I don’t think they could handle his pace, skill and energy in the midfield!! Hope he gets on in the second half.
Based on ?
Based on wishful thinking
Nwaneri in this highly tactical game
Go ask Wirtz & Szaboslai if one should be doing such nonsense
Based on his potential.
Yes, his potential. The same reason the likes of Foden, Palmer and Rico Lewis came through the ranks at City.
I think it’s time Arteta starts looking at some of these youngsters to solve our midfield creativity problem in the absence of Odegaard.
Not as if we’ll sign a cover for Odegaard before the end of the season anyway.
And when was the last time a youngster came through the ranks at Arsenal by the way?
Im sorry, I cant stand Jesus.
And Partey is probably 50 years old
Jezz, what has Partey done wrong
He’s having a great game
Wassup
HE is slow, lost 2 passes, and we have no midfield.
And Rice lost about 3 passes
Wassup
Partey doing great in that midfield
We still can’t deal with the press…
Jesus is not match fit; it’s about gaining the minutes for him really. I think it’s going deliberately slow in the first half. Managing the crowd is what’s going on. You can’t trail in such a match or give opportunities for the crowd to fire up, in such an atmosphere. So far, players look calm and composed, that’s the key point. It will pick up in the next half.
Seems we don’t know how to play to our attacking strength without Odegaard (that is the right wing)
We’re not bringing Saka into the game & there isn’t any sorts of creativity going on
Silly from Partey. Too slow and easily beaten.
Raya saving penalties like a”BOSS”…👏🏾
Super Raya to the rescue again! What a fricking save. Got goosebumps really.
David fingers Raya! Another in the long line of not Arsenal quality poor signing jibes stepping up.
To be clear the hated on (by a certain section) Arsenal signings in order were Gabriel, White, Odegaard and Raya. Lol
Missed Havertz too would have been perfect if I could of timed that mistake with a goal.
Arsenal are just not playing well at all
And the changes are coming exactly as I would have wished them
Never doubt el jefe. Well done David Raya.
We can all agree MArtinelli has regressed .
True
Really hope he comes good but it is fascinating he was the one player arteta outers were using originally when he played esr over him as an example of Artetas incompetence. If they got their way we’d we have no Gabriel, White, Odegaard, havertz or raya but Martinelli would be the main man. Worth noting as well when those types who set their stall on Saliba everyone agreed with them just that he needed time. Mad this history and the revisionism of the prominent commentators is fascinating.
Poor performance
Apart from back 5 no ones had a decent game
True
Atlantic have made us look average tbh. Credit to them. But our game has looked off too. Poor passing and not dealing with thier press too well. Again, credit to Atalata. Maybe we have one eye on the weekend game?
Atalanta. Damn predictive text!
@GunnerRay
It’s all about the press. We always look average against teams who press us….Just saying
Atalanta knocked out Liverpool over 2 legs not just at home before winning the Europa league. No mugs.
@Angus
I know they’re no mugs. But we were warned about their pressing game and didn’t do anything to counter it. Just saying…
Awful
Boring
City will murder us if we play like that
At least George Graham had wrighty up front
We can’t keep playing the same side 2 x a week
If we draw 0-0 with Cith that is a result, did you watch City v Inter? 0-0 and City were lucky. Are you fan or a provocateur?
It seemed like an energy saving game for the Sunday game in all fairness. I wasn’t sleepy at the start of the game but dear god I’m yawning now.
Indeed. Let’s hope we get the result Sunday.
I doubt
The reduction in creativity is obvious
Wasn’t Jesus looking sharp during preseason ?
So the 2 weeks knock has made him match unfit
Just like that Lacazette’s long drought period, Martinelli is now the last person we wanna on the end of any attack move or through-pass
So annoying
Jesus been out longer than. 2 weeks. Weird comment and why? Strange.
He missed just our 2nd match and 3rd match
I still think opponents shoot at us more often without Partey
And the defense is more jittery without him
Yes, he’s not as sharp as he used to be but i think he shields the defense better than anyone else atm as we seem more composed and organized and controlled at the back with him
Jesus been out longer than. 2 weeks. Weird comment and why?