Luck and misfortune

I always feel that tight games, have an element of luck in them. So many what if's. How many times have we seen a red card given for a shoulder in the face. Remember Viera? Our goal, which was disallowed; hitting the post; but our defensive errors were unforgivable. I hope the team have learned from this match.

I fear however that defence will still be a problem for Arsenal. How many clean sheets have we had this season? And stray passing when playing tick-a-tac football. Some of the stuff that Arsenal produce at close quarters is brilliant. When it comes off it's amazing; but a slight misjudgement can prove fatal, when the opposition get the ball and steam up to our end; and it often happens.

I don't think losing by one goal is a tragedy - but it wasn't bad luck that lost us the game. It was bad defending. I hope the video of the mistakes is shown over and over again to our players. Because we could have won and should have had a draw, on the balance of play.

All credit to Dortmund however. Their defensive weakness, about which I heard and read, was a myth. Oh: and we really need Walcott imo.