Arsenal 1-1 Como: Baturina levels it

Arsenal need to stop getting dragged into this end to end nonsense because thats exactly what Como want and if they keep leaving gaps in midfield then Baturina and the lads are going to keep having little looks at goal and making it awkward, the best teams slow it down and squeeze the pitch and right now Arsenal are just letting it become a bit of a mess
 
Nah I do not think this is some disaster for Arsenal, one goal does not suddenly mean they have lost control of the whole match and people are overreacting because the equaliser came at a bad time, they still need to stay calm and just get back to their patterns
 
I do not get the pile on here because Como have earned that moment and people are acting like Arsenal should be allowed to just turn up and walk it, which is nonsense, they still have to deal with the ball, keep their shape and actually stop a side with nothing to lose from having a go, and if anything this is why football is so good because the so called smaller side gets one big chance and suddenly everyone starts panicking like the world has ended, fair play to Como for taking it and fair play to Baturina for the finish because you can only play what is in front of you and right now Arsenal need to sort themselves out instead of moaning about it
 
Arsenal have probably had more control overall, but control without compactness can disappear very quickly. Como have shown enough in transition to make that dangerous, so this now becomes a test of how Arsenal reset rather than whether they can still play well.
 
The key issue is how quickly Arsenal recover the ball after losing it. If they are slow to counterpress, Como can keep turning those little breaks into chances, and that is how a game that should be settled becomes frustrating very fast.
 
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