Astonishing effort, really proud of Arsenal on the whole, deserved at least a draw. Frustrated Eze came off. Glaring weakness that Arteta/Berta have to be ruthless about it - our attackers are not good enough; we cannot come away from those chances with no goals 5 game shootout, let’s go #COYG 💪🏻🔴⚪️

Taking Eze off was an absolutely dreadful decision by Arteta I’m afraid

Breathless 1st half, both teams hammer and tongs. Arsenal need a bit more composure in midfield, some very heavy touches. Dare I say Dowman somewhere in the middle to provide that same level of close control and trickery as Cherki? Noni doesn’t look fit either, maybe Gabi RW #COYG 💪🏻🔴⚪️

Timber & Saka aside think that’s our best XI, excited to see it and hope we play with the passion, pace and dedication that the occasion demands. No wilting and bafflement like the Carabao, this is our time. Immortality beckons Arsenal, take it. Also fuck City tbh, for 115 reasons and more #COYG 💪🏻🔴⚪️

m.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yt_... How I feel about Arsenal today Time to stand up and dismember Man City #COYG 💪🏻🔴⚪️

Doing bedtime and saw the score was 2-1, that Athletic notification of ‘Spurs stunned by Brighton’ hit like crack and gave me the strength to carry on 😂 Thank god there’s no other football to worry about this weekend

Oh, never mind, Mitoma got the memo

Listen, I don’t think a single Arsenal fan liked Hürzeler before this weekend but seriously, stop ruining football for everyone. One last miracle please Danny Welbeck 🙏🏻

Arsenal much better 2nd half, Havertz & Jesus really added some ‘stickiness’ Brain fart moments from Hincapie & Trossard in the final stages but we did our job; Sporting refused to open up so we just controlled. CL semis and last PL team in the comp again is no mean feat Onto Sunday 💪🏻 #COYG 🔴⚪️

Araujo booked, surely a sign the momentum is with us now 😂

Think that was generally alright, just need some slightly sharper touches in build up and from our wingers. Sporting played through a little easily towards the end of the half, good time for the break. Eze looks to be cooking up something special though, got my eyes on him 👀 #COYG 🔥 💪🏻🔴⚪️

Wow this Sporting RW is a twat

No words, let’s just do it. #COYG 💪🏻🔴⚪️

Before the Carabao cup final City hadn’t beaten Arsenal since April 2023 It feels like a lot right now and our performances recently have been deeply concerning but we can do this. The team need to believe and so do we, next week defines our season, let’s just fucking do it #COYG 💪🏻🔴⚪️

Just watched Arteta’s post game; concerned by his answer re: not doing basic things which then stretched the pitch/made the game difficult to control If anything our inhibition in build up seeking safe passes and control was the problem; it invited unbearable pressure til we booted it or lost it

Only hope I have from today, City and other recent performances is they prompt tactical and personnel rethink from Arteta Don’t expect big change before end of the season but Arsenal are in need of something new and fast, or else we will be crawling over the line in the PL and CL seems impossible

Most circumspect, inept, lackadaisical horror show I’ve seen this season including the Carabao cup final Tactical model and build up wasn’t working. Arteta and Arsenal’s inability to change it is unforgivable. Forget handbrake on, we’re not starting the car in games at the moment, it’s disgraceful

This has been an embarrassment from start to finish. 15 minutes to save it

For me Havertz and Zubi off at halftime. Both lack the physicality at the moment to run through midfield and beat the press. We’re lucky to be level and the structure/personnel aren’t working in midfield at all. Big 2nd half needed #COYG 💪🏻🔴⚪️

Hoping it’s not a rescue mission for Eze and Dowman today but that starting XI lacks creativity Just win Arsenal, let’s fucking do it. #COYG 💪🏻🔴⚪️

Time to lean into the fact that this is the team Arsenal are, especially away from home If we’re going to start edging these tight margin games again after a blip then I’m all for it. It’s winning time in the season, no points for style. 1-0 away in a knockout tie is a great result 💪🏻 #COYG 🔴⚪️

Alarmed we’re here again so soon 😬 1 thing Arsenal have shown this season is resilience and responding to bad results People may vary on this; I’m upset about the cup exits because we aren’t in the habit of winning things. Statement performance needed tonight, time to stop being also-rans #COYG 💪🏻🔴⚪️

Struggling to articulate my frustration with Arsenal. Feels like the chickens are coming home to roost in terms of our quality, too many nearly men for big moments. Whilst he’s phenomenal, it’s damning that Dowman was our best player Need a reboot in the Summer, let’s slog on til then 😮‍💨 #COYG 🔴⚪️

I appreciate there is a ‘narrative’ onus on coverage and commentary but the ‘Southampton deserve this, they want it more’ etc simply has no basis in reality. They scored from a defensive error, we’ve been on top the entire game. That said, big 2nd half needed. Imperative we keep playing #COYG 💪🏻🔴⚪️

Intrigued (worried) by the absences but also excited by the lineup. Hope Odegaard, Dowman and White have some serious vibes down the right! #COYG 💪🏻🔴⚪️

That is a very clear red card for Buchanan. She has obviously kicked the goalkeeper in the stomach over the goal line. Forget the goal that’s violent conduct!

Lot of ‘only the Carabao cup’ and ‘referee was atrocious’ comments These things are both true but the manner in which Arsenal lost is so concerning. It’s a cup final at Wembley, no way the players had a ‘bigger fish to fry’ mentality. We were soundly beaten and showed no hint of fight or ability

This fan base deserved so much more than the utter dross Arsenal produced today, particularly in the 2nd half we showed absolutely nothing. I’m so disappointed for everyone who was there and everyone watching at home around the world.

1 more thing. Playing Kepa ahead of Raya encapsulates the hubristic mind game nonsense Arteta engages in when facing Pep Arsenal & Arteta are not in the position of Pep & City; our 1st final in 6 years, we have won nothing. Play your best GK, fuck around when you’ve won it all, it cost us dearly

Just drove home from the game.. struggling to articulate how poor that was. Atmosphere and support at Wembley could not have been better to start and it felt like a really special day was in the offing. Somehow after a bright start Arsenal contrived to be the most insipid form of themselves… (1)

Today is my first time going to an Arsenal cup final, have had a delightful feeling of excited nausea from the moment I woke up! We have all the tools to make this a day to remember at Wembley. I don’t think it’s pivotal, but winning would elevate us and realistically just fuck City tbh #COYG 💪🏻🔴⚪️

Funny how Liverpool, Chelsea, Villa, Utd etc. are all so much better at football and aren’t destroying the game like Arsenal, yet they keep losing. Weird Hope we absolutely annihilate football tomorrow against City! Can’t wait to be there at Wembley, warmed up with the women’s game today 💪🏻 #COYG 🔴⚪️

Hope to see this in person 3x more this season 🤞

Think that went as well as it possibly could have; comfortable win, rarely out of 2nd gear especially after the Rice goal, no yellows, no injuries Wasn’t a vintage night but sprinkled with enough quality to get the job done. Eze’s goal deserving of a bigger game, hope he’s saving them up #COYG 💪🏻 🔴⚪️

The managers view of the Max Dowman goal…. (Credit yOgi_g_rides) #Arsenal #AFC #Gunners #EPL #PremierLeague

Wow, what a 5 hours in the title race. Thank you West Ham 🔨, thank you agent Mavropanos for your service, thank you Arsenal, thank you Max Dowman. Get the fuck in, we’re by far the greatest team the world has ever seen #COYG 💪🏻🔴⚪️ #quadson

Have a strong feeling tonight will be an ‘I was there’ moment for Dowman’s first goal. Unbelievable player and talent Best thing about the euphoria is Arsenal deserved it, played with so much intent & fluidity. Fun to watch, 100% focussed and not winning would have felt an injustice #COYG 💪🏻🔴⚪️

Encouraged by the line up, pumped for the game, hopeful we get it done, always supporting 100%. Let’s make the gap 10 points. #COYG 💪🏻🔴⚪️

Listen, I’m an Arsenal fan and I want us to win everything possible this season However, I am pleased that the stodgy ‘Premier League way’ of playing has been really tested in the UCL last 16 so far and hope it prompts change in player/style priorities for PL teams going forward, Arsenal included

Got away with that, draw away in Europe isn’t a bad result but Arsenal living on a knife edge recently; normally precedes a bad loss Can’t understand why we play in this zero tempo static way so much and dislike Timber as the overload inside, he’s not got the end product. Need some 🔥 #COYG 🔴⚪️

All I can say to Wrexham fans is - if you make it to the prem next season welcome to the nightmarish hellscape that is VAR. Never celebrate goals and wait for the dreaded VAR review screen to decide your fate You gave Chelski All Stars a hell of a game, deserved to win, they’re the worst.

I disagree with that decision, he barely flicks his shin pad as he’s bringing his foot down, he’s not studs up. It’s certainly an ‘orange’ tackle for speed but when the ref gives that as a yellow I really don’t think that’s clear and obvious. VAR ruining a good game as usual, unlucky Wrexham

Well it was scrappy but job done. Only take home I have from that game comes in the form of two words: Max Dowman 🤯 🔥 Being the best player on the pitch at his age in a team of established players, many trying to make their own claim for the 1st XI is nothing short of phenomenal #quadson #COYG 🔴⚪️

Arsenal seem to be playing a… 325 today? 415? 406? It’s gonna be fun 😂 amazing to see Dowman start too, hope he has a stunner! #COYG 🔴⚪️

🎵 Everybody Hurz 🎵 at the Emirates next season please. It’s funny how Brighton aka the only team who play football are 13th and going nowhere, whilst enemies of football Arsenal are challenging on four fronts and have scored the most goals in the prem this season. I believe the term is ‘cry more’ 😂

Arsenal were a lot better after the changes. Havertz + Calafiori were reassuring in possession, hope they get back to full fitness and are a big part of the rest of the season, huge win And obviously I’ve always loved Forest. That last sequence at the end no idea how City didn’t score 💪🏻 #coyg 🔴⚪️

Tough away game so far, chances at a premium and Arsenal are lacking a lot in terms of presence up top and playing through the press Hope Arteta has something up his sleeve to change things because this feels like a game with a heartbreaking end. Need some attacking threat #Focus #COYG 💪🏻🔴⚪️

@arsenalfc.bsky.social I don’t think you sent an email re: the purchase window for Season Ticket holders for the Leverkusen game. Only noticed it was live when I was looking on my account today.

Arsenal season ticket holders don’t know if I missed the email but Leverkusen home leg reserved tickets are live til Friday 1pm, make sure you buy yours if you’re not in the full cup scheme! #quadson #COYG 💪🏻 🔴⚪️

Nothing about the end of the game was enjoyable, number of relieved sighs coming out the ground is noticeable 😂 Somehow sucked into a high wire act against 10 men when it felt we needed to horseshoe it to death. That said, it’s a win, it’s 3 points against Chelsea. It’s 9 games to go #COYG 🔴⚪️