The number of speculative efforts you've got on here just to pad out the list. If bayindir had let most of those in you would be calling it a GK mistake.
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Cunha didn't catch hold of his shot after running through Arsenal from his own half, but that was a clear chance, and Mbeumo's volley, if it was a foot to the right, no keeper would be getting to. Arsenal get 3 points, that's all they care about, doesn't matter United were the better team.
aug 17, 2025, 7:56 pm • 1 0 • view
United statistically created 0 big chances to Arsenal’s 1 big chance throughout the entire game so I don’t know where you’re getting these “clear chances” from…
aug 18, 2025, 8:14 am • 1 0 • view
Also nice work not understanding the second picture you sent, as that backs up my point that United did nothing close to Arsenal’s goal, as shown by Arsenal commanding the area around the box 🤣 United could have been out there for the last 20 hours having speculative shots and it would still be 1-0
aug 18, 2025, 10:48 am • 0 0 • view
The only point I'm making is that United were the better team yesterday, dominated the game and didn't deserve to lose on the balance of play. This against the team that finished 2nd last year and spent £200 million this summer to push for the title. Which was promising.
aug 18, 2025, 11:00 am • 1 0 • view
Listing out Arsenal spending 200 million as of United didn't do the same made me chuckle, not gonna lie. What plucky underdogs for dominating without creating chances when the opposition attack was disjointed.
aug 18, 2025, 11:18 pm • 0 0 • view
On that I agree yeah. But listing off speculative shots and calling them “clear chances” is woefully incorrect. To be precise, United xG per shot yesterday was 0.069 which is exactly half of Arsenal’s who were extremely poor. If the game was 0-0 neither team could have any complaints with the result
aug 18, 2025, 11:04 am • 1 0 • view
Clear chance, big chances, it's all semantics. Calafiori's header from the goal had an xG of 0.6, which both skews averages and demonstrates that using your eyes still trumps using your Opta when it comes to judging the balance of play in football.
aug 18, 2025, 11:10 am • 0 0 • view
Look at it this way. When Arsenal dominated games but failed to score last szn they got pelters from rivals & pundits so expect the same for Utd. Last szn Utd had creativity issues & having 22 shots at a 0.069 average does not show that issue has been addressed. Lots to work on for Utd AND Arsenal
aug 18, 2025, 11:15 am • 0 0 • view
You also can’t re-litigate a lost game by saying take away Arsenal’s goal. It was 0.6xG because it was a big chance, which Utd statistically had 0 of. If you didn’t have the player that the game Flappy Bird was based on in goal maybe you don’t lose, but you did so you lost the game. Simple as really
aug 18, 2025, 11:18 am • 0 0 • view
I'm not relitigating, or saying take away the goal, although Saliba could have been pinged for obstructing Bayindir/pulling his arm, while also trying to rob the jersey off Mount's back. I just said United were better than Arsenal yesterday, and some Arsenal fans brains broke?
aug 18, 2025, 11:41 am • 0 0 • view
Im the kind of fan that hates watching my team not dominate the game, Utd were better than Arsenal in more phases. I also hate when we concede clear goalscoring opportunities, yesterday I didn't think any of Utd's chances were very high, Cunha tight angle I expect a keeper to save, the header same.
aug 18, 2025, 11:57 am • 1 0 • view
Nice stats; now show me the one for big (clear) chances. You know, the original point your were trying to make before pivoting to showing me two pictures that have literally zero to do with your original point
aug 18, 2025, 10:45 am • 0 0 • view
Which one, the penalty that wasn't given? The one that hit the post? The save from Cunha was world class so you can't mean that one. No keeper was getting to Dorgu's shot that hit the post. Mbeumo's header was a classic effort down into the turf, too close Raya but a clear cut chance.
aug 17, 2025, 7:53 pm • 0 0 • view
If you had held on to ETH, you'd have had the same result!
aug 18, 2025, 2:54 am • 0 0 • view
Ah but that's just it: football isn't all about results! If the result was all that mattered, nobody would waste time going the games, Sky wouldn't bother sending cameras to the games, and we'd all just wait for the final score to appear in a cell on a spreadsheet. O jogo bonito!
aug 18, 2025, 8:19 am • 0 0 • view