Arsenal v PSG

[Tuerto]

They got 31 points from league games where they scored 1 goal or less.

That's impressive in my opinion. Thing is, people seem to be talking this up as Arsenal just stopping teams from playing. That may well have been the tactic against PSG, but it can't be the tactic for the who;e season. Teams still need to have quality in and out of possession to do what they have this season, yet it comes across as they're a team full of robbie savage type players. People may not like something, it may go against how they think things should be done, but there has to be some credit thrown Asenals way. I fairness you did say that they're good at what they do. I can't stop. i;m watching re runs of Greece games from the 2004 Euro's........

[Wales-Bales]

Man City got 15 points by my quick calculations when they scored 1 or 0 goals, so Arsenal's defensive prowess gained them 16 points over Man City.

Correction: Arsenal actually got 29 points from low scoring games, so it's an advantage of 14 points over Man City.

Arsenal: 29
Sunderland: 23
Fulham: 21
Bournemouth: 20
Leeds United: 19
Liverpool: 19
Crystal Palace: 18
Aston Villa: 16
Everton: 16
Manchester City: 15
Manchester United: 15
Tottenham Hotspur: 14
Brentford: 13
Nottingham Forest: 12
Brighton & Hove Albion: 11
Newcastle United: 11
West Ham United: 10
Chelsea: 9
Wolverhampton Wanderers: 9
Burnley: 7

[Wales-Bales]

That's impressive in my opinion. Thing is, people seem to be talking this up as Arsenal just stopping teams from playing. That may well have been the tactic against PSG, but it can't be the tactic for the who;e season. Teams still need to have quality in and out of possession to do what they have this season, yet it comes across as they're a team full of robbie savage type players. People may not like something, it may go against how they think things should be done, but there has to be some credit thrown Asenals way. I fairness you did say that they're good at what they do. I can't stop. i;m watching re runs of Greece games from the 2004 Euro's........

It's an interesting stat because Leeds and Sunderland stayed up while Burnley, Wolves and West Ham went down. Chelsea also missed out on Europe, so gaining points from low scoring games is quite important in the grand scheme of things.

[splott parker]

They restricted us to just the Ferguson goal, it was enough though.