Quote from: MAAManda on Today at 03:03:25 AM

Quote from: vennali on Today at 02:37:53 AM

How does a team like Arsenal, not even get a shot on target? That's very surprising. Arsenal had the major share of possession but couldn't get even a single shot on goal. While Porto were considerably efficient in the attempts they did get. Porto had more shots, and shorts on target even though they saw the ball, less time than Arsenal. If Porto can achieve similar performance and shut Arsenal's offence down, they'll go through to the next round.

They just dominated the game without having good enough chances to shoot, that's the reason why they didn't have even 1 shot on goal out of the 7 shot attempts they had. Otavio played an important role in Arsenal's failure to create good opportunities, you can see how he performed in the match, he even got the highest rating and MVP in this match.

The result of this match didn't really surprise me because Porto played at home, there was still the second leg remaining and the match would take place at the Emirates, the only thing Arsenal had to think about was how they would break down Porto's defense if they still wanted to progress to the next round.

In the first leg of the Porto vs Arsenal match, Arsenal did master the ball but that did not mean dominating the game. If you keep the ball in your area, back and forth from right to left, back to the goalkeeper, you control the ball. However, no shot to the goal is a silly thing done by Arsenal. Arsenal need to improve the front lines to be more effective in attack, this must be immediately improved if they want to win the match in the second leg and qualify for the next round.

In this fight when viewed from the game this result is fair enough for Porto who came with plans and got three points at home. Arsenal did not guarantee a draw let alone victory, because Arsenal played a very negative game. There is no ambition, there is no substitute for managers, only one change of players. Porto knows they have to try harder to bring something to London to play and I still think Arsenal will turn things around at the Emirates Stadium.