It's one-nil to the Arsenal for the second week running. Burnley did their usual lumping it into the penalty area and seeing what happens. They got too many corners, all of them dealt with well by our defense. Burnley outhustled us most of the game, picking up the second balls and most of the 50-50s. But the Gunners showed the most danger, I thought, and we could have gotten more than the great free kick from Odegaard. Aubameyang who looked off the pace. Pepe was impressive, and our mids did well. But Gabriel may have been the player of the game.
I was outraged by the penalty called on the field by Taylor, but fortunately it was VAR to the rescue. White's awful backpass was gotten to by Ramsdale just ahead of Tarkovsky, who of course made sure he tripped himself over our keeper. (I hate that.) We had a young lineup out there, with Auba playing grandpa at 32. There were definite signs of the offense coming together, but there were too many poor passes that squandered possession. All in all, a solid performance that deserved the three points. The Clarets did not do enough to merit anything.
Notts County also won 1-0, and they're at 15 points (out of a possible 21) and in third or fourth place in the National League/
USA women romped 9-0 over Paraguay in a friendly, with Carli Lloyd enjoying one of her last few games before retirement (she's 39) by scoring five goals.
DC United is hanging on to a playoff spot. They need more wins to make it official. Ola Kamara scored all three goals in a 3-0 win over Chicago this week. Kamara now leads MLS with 14 goals. He's a Norwegian international (born in Oslo of an immigrant father) who's had about nine clubs in maybe five countries in his 31 years.
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