This Was The Litmus Test & I'm Disappointed! (Stricto) | Bayern Munich 2-2 Arsenal

Hi, welcome to AFTV. I've got Strikto with me after a 2-2 draw against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena. All right, Strikto, I asked you this as we're leaving. I want to get it on camera now. Before we ended the match, I said, we drew tonight and I feel more, I don't want to say proud, but I feel more happy. And yeah, it is proud of the team tonight than what I've seen us when we play in the Premier League. But we win those games. We didn't win tonight, but the feeling feels... more warm tonight than it does when I watch them in the Premier League. Is that a problem? Is that something that you... Do you share that feeling or is that not the case? The feeling feels what? Like you feel proud of the team. You feel more enthusiastic, more happy watching a performance like that than what you see in the Premier League. But remember, there's two different results. Normally, we're winning games in the Premier League. Tonight, we drew. But I still, for some reason, feel there's a feeling of, I want to see this more. Yeah, I think... To be fair, we'll give credit to both teams, give credit to both managers. Vincent Kompany, excellent manager. Again, another manager similar to Arteta in his managerial career, managing a big club. You know, he went from Burnley straight into Bayern Munich. Arteta just went straight to Arsenal. So they have similar... Came from Pep as well, both of them, school of Pep. Came from Pep, the Man City connection, whatever. But I feel like... Teams set up differently against us. And this was literally the litmus test. Yeah. He was waiting for this game to say, let's see where we're really at. Right. And we went toe-to-toe with them. We got the first goal. I thought in the first half we were so in control. Usually we have all these possessions with no real substance. But I thought tonight, it was substance. Today I'm seeing Odegaard literally... Doing something I rarely I see him do it but he rarely does it. That ball to Eze doesn't do it enough. But then again if we're talking about our team set up against us in the Premier League you won't really see that. No space. There's no space. But in Europe there's no way Bayern Munich in front of their fans are going to be low block champions of their ******* country. No chance. So but we got to see Arsenal actually play decent football. Are you not entertained? This is different from the game yesterday PSG Barcelona. This was two Grown-up teams. Two grown-up teams going against each other. You barely saw mistakes in this game, yeah. It was a bit of a chess game. Excellent pass from Harry Kane, took out Timber. Excellent pass from Yocarez, took out Bayern's whole defence. Put Kane through and put Rice in, yeah. So, listen, I'm actually disappointed, bro. If I'm being honest with you, I thought we could have gone for the win. I honestly thought we could have gone for the win. And I know people are going to be like, you know, we saw that super chat saying, oh, Arsenal fans, I'm grateful. No, I think there comes a point where you have to realise we're not top four Arsenal anymore. No. That whole, oh, please, sir, can we have some more? Please, please. Like, that begging Arsenal's dead, bro. Yeah, yeah. This is Creme de la Creme Arsenal now. We won it all. Top table stuff. This is top table stuff. Like, if you look at, like, in Europe, honestly, hands on my heart, there's only one team better than Arsenal. That's PSG. If you're talking about top tier, it's PSG. Do you really believe that? The reason why I ask you that is because what you're saying, it sounds right, but we've seen us this season. We haven't been our brilliant best. Even though, listen, I'm not taking away from Arsenal. They've been great, but we're not great. We've been getting the results, but we're not our brilliant best. That talk, you're right. As an Arsenal fan, red tinted glasses, we are top table, but I watch it and think we're not actually... Fully clicked yet. So, it's hard to say that even when you said about teams sitting back, Brighton didn't sit back against us. They just smoked us. They actually came for us. So like, I'm trying to debunk little things. I just think tonight just felt, it was the litmus test tonight, but it felt so, it felt different. I don't know why. If you go to the Brighton game, you can literally, that's one game out of, that game is so discounted. Because it's just the one game. I can give you 20 other games where other teams have sat back. But, This game, this game today, yes, we haven't clicked. But then that tells you something, that we're not clicking and we're going away to Europe, one of Europe's best teams, and putting up a performance where I'm disappointed in. Yeah, fair. Do you get what I'm saying? So, like, I think we got... So you think Bayern was there for the taking today? 100%. A hundred percent. 100%. I think we have this PS, PS, PST, PST, PTSD, PTSD, there you go. PSG is taking over my mind. I think we have this PST, what's it? PlayStation 5, PS5. PTSD. It's TV, it's webinar. That's a disease, man. You better get it checked out. So... Oh, yeah, PTSD. English is my second language, by the way. Go ahead, listen. PTSD. Bro, we have this PTSD when you see certain teams and you instantly feel, oh, that's 5-1. Oh, that night they did this to us. And you actually forget, actually, man for man, we can beat these guys man for man. I think what we also saw today is Raya against the king of goalkeepers, Manuel Neuer. And Raya also looking like a king. Do you get what I'm trying to say? Like, in Manuel Neuer's backyard, he's also wearing a crown that no one can shift off his head. Do you get what I'm trying to say? So, I think we've got to realise as Arsenal fans, like, That old Arsenal is dead. I realised it, like, I think last season. No, no, no, it was the Madrid game. Yeah. I think that's when I realised it. I was like, bro, I've sat at this game absolutely shitting my pants because I'm looking at Mbappe. I'm looking at Vini. I'm looking at Bellingham. All these names, but they're just ******* names. What about my Rice? What about my Merino? What about my big ******* Gabi? These guys have equally built up a reputation and a name that should be respected, if not feared. That's where we're at with Arsenal, bro. That's where we're at. That's where we're at. Top table. Bro, we are, if you look at that top tier of Europe, yeah? We are top of the bottom top tier, if that makes sense. So, like, if PSG are like A+, we are A. It's true. That's what it is. Who was in the final last year? It's PSG, then it's us. Lost by penalties, but whatever, we lost. All right, cool. But that's how I see it. So I think I do feel justified to be disappointed. No Arsenal fan should really think, oh, 2-2 is a fair result, which it is. But when I think back in the game, and I think we controlled the midfield, we was controlling this, really kept getting quiet. Barma Dweki going to sleep, but that pass, Kane's got it in his locker all day long. He drops in, does the quarterback thing, ball in. Scored a penalty as well. That penalty as well. We need to talk, bro. I don't know what's more predictable. Harry Kane penalty against Arsenal or death, bro. Well, I like, it's, it's. It's get to the point now where it's like every game against Arsenal, he has a penalty. It's ridiculous. It's ridiculous. Like, I don't quite, you just can't defend against. Him getting a penalty every game. I didn't see the replay very much. It was a handball. Who handballed it? Timber. He's sliding. He's crazy. By the way, listen. We'll go again undefeated. The run still carries I'm proud of the boys. I'm proud of the team. I'm proud of my manager. Another substitution that he's made that has come in and scored again. You know, hopefully also Saka. Hopefully Saka can come back. Hopefully it's not nothing crazy, but even if it is, we're good. We've got a spot. That's what I'm saying. My boy.