Why Didn't Gyokeres START?! (Adam & Belgium) | Arsenal 2-1 Leeds

BFTV, Belgium, Adam, big win in the end. I mean, Arsenal go back to the top of the league, but at one stage, especially that first half, Arsenal were flat. They were sloppy, giving the ball away. I mean, was you ever fearful when we went 1-0 down that this could be one of those days where we drop points again, like similar to Brighton? Well, before that, I'll say well done on the documentary. Well done. Thank you very much. Fantastic. I made my mother-in-law to watch it, you know, she's from Manchester, not Manchester in the UK though, Manchester in Jamaica, you know, and she was moved, and on top of that, now you've got a bit of challenges, because obviously, you've got to face 7% of Nigerians, isn't it, but you've got to check whether, are you going to be saying, Kedu, that's Igbo, or Kilonshire, you're over, you've got to check that one out, and you've got to, again, as I was telling you, you've got to go to Benin Republic and Togo, because you've got 17%, isn't it? go on a tour now yeah that's right you've got to do that that should be the next challenge you know i've been all right i've got one percent island i've been island so yeah well it was very educational and meaningful and well done well done well done yeah and guys if you're not watching please go on it's on youtube man fantastic man yeah fantastic come on boys yeah we born here it's to do with the heritage history and the roots so guys please well done coming back to the game yeah do you know what at one point it was from must win game to a must survive a heart attack yeah because I'm thinking what's happening what's happening you know and because there's so many players uncharacteristic I think someone said it earlier Declan Rice in the first half I was like who's that is that Declan Rice yeah but second half different player yeah different player simple because at that time when we considered our goal But he now realised that he's got to change the shape. And for me, please, I don't know what Jokers has done. But listen, this boy needs a chance. Give him a chance. Because, I mean, for me, I just thought I can't have it. Apart from that one chance. Listen, fair play to him. But it was no way. It's a mistake for you then, not starting Jokers from the start. Correct. Because that, again, that would have led him to sit back and try to defend. We would have stretched them out. And that's what, when Jokers came on, you could see the difference, you know, even people might not be saying, people might say, oh, he's not doing enough. But listen, with, I was just telling Yardman, I mean, earlier on, with Jokers, at least we won the league. I'm not saying that he was the main factor that we did win the league, but we can't have it, we never won the league. We never won the league. so for me Joao Pedro needs to be given a chance and we've got to make sure that Joao Pedro will play to his strength you know and listen when we consider that goal the way we fought back I love it I love it because they can see that listen he's going to be bad and I love the response so yeah great response but going back to that point that he's making there was that a mistake by Mikel Arteta today not to start Joao Pedro I mean in the international break he scored four goals in four games he scored two goals against Leeds last year why didn't he go with him from the start yeah I mean it's a good point I think he was brilliant for Sweden in the international break but I still don't think we're necessarily we're playing to his strengths I see him you know picking up the ball and trying to use his physicality and that's a lot better than what Evans did when he came on yeah no absolutely I mean you know if you're going on form if you're going on confidence he should have started him because obviously he scored some goals in the international break as you say and obviously it's a confidence game so you know you could argue that he should have started him from the start but i would echo belgium in the first half we were very very poor we're very slow very lethargic um and it took i think to the real firepower we've got our substitutes you know our bench is so strong it's probably the strongest bench in the league you know so obviously when you can rely on that bench you know you you're going to do well when you make substitutions and obviously the other team is tiring but I've got to say Leeds United fair play to them fair play to them their manager they came here they played a good game they really took us toe-to-toe and uh it was a really tough match and uh you know they showed ambition instead of sitting back and doing nothing we did allow them to do that because in first half with all our turnovers we did allow them and it came to the way I tried to set up the team because it came to for me it shouldn't have started that game you know it shouldn't have started that game or it should have come on as a sub but it started with him and it came to that stop we from switching them out so and that literally allowed Leeds United you know first half they have free shot on target I don't really understand the half past 12 thing because at the end of the day you know it's a time there's a kickoff time in the Premier League you've got to be up for it you've got to be ready for it and as you say some of those players didn't even play during the international break so you want to start fast and obviously that first half was I mean a bit of a snooze first, I don't think we had more than what one shot was it one shot, literally one shot in the first half, it's definitely not not what we want to see but I suppose on on the other side of it you know you're going to win games like that and if you're going to be champions again you've got to win games like that and get over the line, I mean it reminded me a lot of the game we played years ago against Swansea where they went one nil up and we turned it around in one two one, it was very similar sort of game um but back in the days of Coloccini and action, all those kind of guys but we we've got the job done and ultimately that's the main thing really, last thing I've been asking everyone what would your punishment be but you know what it's so funny our people might laugh now I don't want them to be relegated, I don't want them to be relegated why, I just want them listen come on, if they take City out I don't think that the league will be that competitive right well no seriously I want them no no wait wait I want them, there should be a situation whereby point deductions yeah it could be just for the next five years they will just be sitting like Chelsea doing now, what would be the point in having a medal if every year every year if they could be taking at least let's say 20 points off for the next five years how about you no it's got it i think it's got to be harsh it's got to be you know a big amount of points um and you know effective well they're saying 60 70 if they get deducted 60 points you'd have to think they'd be relegated unless they do another 100 point season so you've got to have 40 points to stay in the league but i think you know it should be a robust punishment for years and years of cheating how many points did Tottenham get last year oh 42 that means it's got to be at least a 90 point deduction yeah yeah but no i mean honestly yeah yeah yeah it's got to be tough it's got to be harsh um and uh you know you've got it you've got to punish that because it's going for years and years and years we all knew what they were doing and what really surprises me is there are still fans out there and management figures like Guardiola and Maresca standing by them i mean surely you just take it on the chin and you say do you know what we've got to receive the punishment now and we've got to see what what happens because you know there's there's nothing you know there's nothing really you can say it's 115 out of 115.