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Aston Villa v Arsenal review – Gunners fire and Ozil and Welbeck steal the show!

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Well it was a much better start from Arsenal. As expected, Aston Villa started with a high tempo and tried to put us under serious pressure, which paid such dividends for Borussia Dortmund in the week. But the Arsenal players did not crumble under it this time and managed to pass and play our way around it. The introduction of Cazorla certainly made a difference and Ozil was looking better, but Aaron Ramsey looked like the player of two seasons ago rather than the superstar of last season. It was a frantic first 15, though, and Arsene Wenger must have been glad to see his team stand up to it. And then Rambo had a great chance from a

Borussia Dortmund vs Arsenal: Post-Match Report

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Arsenal faced Borussia Dortmund after a good outing against Manchester City. A very weak Arsenal showed that the team is in need of desperate help defensively (our fellow writer Scott spoke about the defensive crisis ) and lost the game 2-0 against a very strong Dortmund team led by Ciro Immobile and Aubameyang. After the break, the ULTRA SPECIAL MATCH REPORT!!!!! Sorry, just trying to cheer you up.   The game was overall one-sided. Arsenal started the game out by losing the ball…a lot…and yeah I literally mean they couldn’t chain up five passes at a time. Would’ve been a  miracle if they did. The clearest chance came from a Ramsey pass to Welbeck. And I swear, in that moment I saw myself celebrating being the smartest son of a gun by starting him in my Fantasy League. Well guess what? When United fans tell you his finishing should be rated -2, they are not joking. Don’t get me wrong, I loved the signing, but come on Danny that pass was a beauty! Since we are