02 Nov 2026 10:59:17
I hate it when player falls to the ground or act like they've been shot with the slightest touch and wasn't looking forward to seeing Gabriel do his stuff yesterday. He didn't let us down with a blow to the face that would knock out the best heavyweight boxers, only he didn't get touched in his face, just a push in his chest.
In my opinion a VAR review and a yellow for cheating.
Having said that we have Macca who drives me mad, a wonderful player but loves to dive around the place but yesterday he was outdone by Havertz who falls with every challenge, that boy was almost needing an ambulance every 10 minutes!
02 Nov 2026 11:14:45
Havertz is the worst. He even wanted to contest that drop ball after a head injury. Horrible horrible player.
02 Nov 2026 11:55:39
Sorry but I think Macca took the prize for the worst playacting yesterday. Utterly embarrassing.
{Ed025's Note - the sad thing is Mikey it was thoroughly expected mate..
02 Nov 2026 12:05:46
Arsenal are absolutely maddening to watch. I was fuming all game watching them dive and flop. Lewis-Skelly came on for Guimaraes and his first action was to dive to win a foul. I was raging!
I know people are talking about the Isak penalty, but Tzolis had two hands on Gakpo in the box as well. Whether force was being applied or not, two hands on an opposition's waist is a foul.
Ultimately, the referees are rewarding them for it. So they feel validated.
{Ed025's Note - then again FPF you could say Liverpool got away with a few as well mate..especially Trey who got very lucky with a couple of poor challenges, of course you are only looking at the Arsenal ones as is your want, i thought the ref was ok even though the Isac one was deffo a pen but feel it was more down to VAR than the actual referee, its hard to have sympathy for you though when you have a prick like Macca taking the piss out of the ref with his constant cheating and play acting..sometimes you reap what you sow..
02 Nov 2026 13:30:02
Ed025 - nobody is asking for sympathy from an Everton fan :)
{Ed025's Note - good because you are not getting any mate.. :)
03 Nov 2026 10:54:51
Ed25, No player is getting sent off in a big game after 4 minutes of play so let's put that to the side.
And had Nyoni gotten a yellow there, he wouldn't do that again because he knows he is on a yellow hence, that would not have happened either so again, let's put that in the bin.
And you saying the ref was okay is just lazy. The ref was awful for both teams and even Freddie Ljunberg said, he found his perf. esp. in the second half to be "very poor" while former ref chief Keith Hackett said he was so poor that he would have benched him as a ref for 2 weeks.
As for Macca, you won't find me supporting his antics and that's well known. But that does not remove from the fact that the whole Arsenal team engage to time-wasting, cheating, flopping to the ground whenever the oppo does as much as walk by them because they have been doing it for years under Arteta.
Therefore, it shows they practice these antics and have it down to a T which is disgraceful.
Multiple things can be correct at the same time.
{Ed025's Note - Arsenal are experts at the dark arts Oli we all know that and as i said Gabriel was the first one to do it in the game, i would not listen to people like Hackett though mate he was one of the worst ever..