They definitely counted the first as a goal from a corner - that was what the commentators said anyway. Second is surely still counted as a goal from a corner, I would think? I guess I could try finding the stats but I prefer not to.

It was a mistake to sit so deep with 10-15 to go

We are good at keeping the ball and it's a form of defence.

We are a good front-foot team but poor on the back foot.

Let's hope we kick on now that we have lower-ranked teams coming up.

Bottom line is we would all have taken what we've been given at the end of last season. Just two awful finales.

In only two games though, Liverpool are immense all over the pitch and we were never ever in with a shout against them, countless times we escaped from a certain goal in normal play and then last night Arsenal's first was brilliantly converted after an equally brilliant save and that second had luck written all over it although Arsenal at home and in the form they've been in are sure able enough to put us under horrible horrible pressure in the dying moments when needing just the one goal to gain a point, if it had been against a team much less able then yes I'd agree we need to sort ourselves out, but we don't ..do we really.

There's actually only been one game where we scored all our goals in the second half after Ayew had been removed and that was against Leicester.
Did you miss his assist last night for our first goal or do you just write to suit your agenda against him?
Against Brighton we concede just minutes after he's removed from the pitch!
Against Spurs we score two goals with him on the pitch and one when he wasn't.
Same again against West Ham when Gallagher got both and then Declan Rice had to floor Ayew in injury time after he beat him with skill and pace down the right wing and had Rice not brought him down he would've been completely free on goal for a shot or pass which could've won us the game.

We have scored nine goals out of the total of ten so far this season during the second half, six of them being with Ayew on the pitch!

Please stop hating him.

Edited by Tickled pink (19 Oct 2021 8.01pm)

Had the Tierney effort 5 minutes from the end gone in, rather than hit the bar, and the game petered out to a 2-2 draw, would people be less unhappy? Fine margins, we played really well, as we are week after week - tighten up on corners / 2nd phase and better game management in the last 10, and results will improve.

The fact that we almost came away with 3 points because we outplayed and outwitted them for the majority of the match, says so much, versus our approach last season. Our points are "earned" through good tactics, improved playmaking, committment, and a midfield firing on all cylinders, plus a "poacher" up front. And all of that last night without Wilf or Eze! Of course, we have some gaps and learning to do, but if you look at how much better even Wardy and Mitchell are playing the last few games, it speaks volumes to the coaching and the game plan.