Post Match report for the Arsenal game - Sunday, 23rd May 2021
PREMIER LEAGUE 20/21: Arsenal V Brighton - 23/5/21, P38.
* * * * * ALBION FINISH AMONG LOWER ORDER AGAIN * * * * *
RESULT: 2-0 . (h-t 0-0) . . . . SHAPE: 4-3-3 . . . . KIT: yellow shirts.
VENUE: the Emirates, London N5 - nineteenth away match and final fixture of 38.
PRE-MATCH: it had been progress of a sort this season as contemplated by Brighton fans when they settled in front of screens or speakers to take in our last contest.
There was hope for the future, a new day dawning, go-to mentality and anticipated abandonment of better the devil you know.
WEATHER: cool, odd showers . . . . . GATE: 10k home support only . Sunday 4pm.
GRAHAM POTTER talked of the club establishing as a top ten outfit. That is the dream of Tony Bloom which maybe next term could begin to appear in reality.
It is a results driven business, a numbers game with speculate to accumulate ethos, so over time laws of diminishing returns shall also apply to those regularly below required medians.
TEAM . . . . . . . 26 Sanchez
. 3 White, 4 Webster, 5 Dunk, 33 Burn
. . . 13 Gross, 8 Bissouma, 15 Moder
. 16 Jahanbakhsh, 10 Mac Allister, 11 Trossard
BENCH: 23 Steele, 61 McGill, 6 Karbownik, 17 Alzate, 22 Tau, 25 Caicedo, 29 Zeqiri.
14 Lallana (46), 7 Connolly (46), 17 Alzate (66).
GOALS: 1-0 - 49 . a run down the flank and direct centre resulted in a chance to be put in the BHA net.
2-0 - 60 . a simple pass between retreating centre backs offered another opportunity to Gunners goal-scorer.
INCIDENTS: 6 - hosts wide . 8 - locals counter . 26 - Sanchez saves . 30 - gunners net o/s . 32 - Sanchez holds . 34 - Moder effort . 38 - Sanchez palms . 44 - hosts hit bar . 51 - Connolly wide . 53 - home pen shout . 66 - Moder effort . 68 - hosts miss . 73 - locals hit the bar . 85 - spasmodic visitors offensives . 91 - very late home effort.
YELLOWS: none.
SUBS: 46 - Lallana & Connolly for Jahanbakhsh & Trossard . 66 - Alzate for Mac Allister.
TIMELINE: an open start from both sides set up with attacking intent, highlighted what was at stake for each club.
Ebb & flow prevailed with hosts easily superior possession and miles ahead on attempts.
The half ended with the home outfit bossing things while the away unit made errors across two thirds of the pitch.
Potter made two changes post interval, introducing a recognised striker.
But Seagulls soon fell behind and things were now more challenging.
And not too much later it was virtually all over around the hour mark.
So Potter switched shape to 541.
It all petered out tamely in a below par performance overall, on what became a less than average away day.
FUNDAMENTALS: poss 54%-46%, on target 5-1, off target 11-4, corners 11-3,
fouls 10-8, yellows 0-0, subs 3-3, shape 4231-4312 . . . . . . gd-6 pt41 po16
SEASON REVIEW: another bottom six placing which suggests this division is about as tough as it gets.
Our club is in a period of evolution, rather than further staggered stages of revolution which have gotten us so far.
Go over to Stats Plus tab for quarterly breakdown of numbers gained and Archive scroll for Prem Targets recorded.
Compare and contrast with previous unforgiving Prem campaigns.
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