Was at the Arsenal game and I agree with that synopsis. I thought Reyes was shocking though & Senderos played very well for a rookie. Flamini puts himself about but is lacking in finesse. Both Pires and Fabregas made a difference I thought.
As always their set-pieces were terrible. If you want to waste time against Arsenal just give away a corner.
I was really impressed by Bayern's movement. You could see that they were a very cohesive unit whereas at times Arsenal were totally static and gave the man in possession, very often Vieira, no options. Pires excepted, they lack cunning out wide too.
Arsenal suffer from the lack of an orthodox forward and from a reluctance to shoot in favour of trying to find one pass too many.
I saw in the paper that Finnan was substituted. Injured or tactical?
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