1' - Offside, Arsenal. Gabriel Jesus is caught offside.
4' - Attempt blocked. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus.
4' - Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Isak Hien.
6' - Attempt missed. Kai Havertz (Arsenal) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus.
8' - Foul by Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta).
8' - Jurriën Timber (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
12' - Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
12' - Foul by Éderson (Atalanta).
12' - 🟨 Éderson (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
13' - Attempt saved. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
14' - Attempt saved. Thomas Partey (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner.
14' - Foul by Davide Zappacosta (Atalanta).
14' - Jurriën Timber (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16' - Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Declan Rice.
16' - Attempt missed. Isak Hien (Atalanta) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Matteo Ruggeri with a cross following a corner.
18' - Attempt missed. Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus.
19' - Foul by Kai Havertz (Arsenal).
19' - Sead Kolasinac (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23' - Foul by Éderson (Atalanta).
23' - Kai Havertz (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23' - Foul by Kai Havertz (Arsenal).
23' - Éderson (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
25' - Foul by William Saliba (Arsenal).
25' - Mateo Retegui (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
28' - Offside, Arsenal. Gabriel Jesus is caught offside.
30' - Attempt missed. Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Mateo Retegui.
41' - Offside, Arsenal. Gabriel Jesus is caught offside.
42' - Foul by Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal).
42' - Sead Kolasinac (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1' - Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
45'+1' - First Half ends, Atalanta 0, Arsenal 0.
45' - Second Half begins Atalanta 0, Arsenal 0.
47' - Foul by Kai Havertz (Arsenal).
47' - Éderson (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
48' - Penalty Atalanta. Éderson draws a foul in the penalty area.
48' - Penalty conceded by Thomas Partey (Arsenal) after a foul in the penalty area.
51' - 🥅❌️🧤 Penalty saved. Mateo Retegui (Atalanta) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
51' - Attempt saved. Mateo Retegui (Atalanta) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
51' - Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Declan Rice.
52' - Attempt blocked. Éderson (Atalanta) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
58' - 🔄 Substitution, Arsenal. Leandro Trossard replaces Gabriel Jesus.
58' - 🔄 Substitution, Arsenal. Jorginho replaces Thomas Partey.
60' - 🔄 Substitution, Atalanta. Juan Cuadrado replaces Charles De Ketelaere.
61' - Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Isak Hien.
62' - Foul by Jurriën Timber (Arsenal).
62' - Matteo Ruggeri (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
63' - Foul by Jorginho (Arsenal).
63' - Sead Kolasinac (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
65' - Foul by Ben White (Arsenal).
65' - Juan Cuadrado (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
67' - Attempt missed. Juan Cuadrado (Atalanta) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Éderson.
69' - Foul by Mateo Retegui (Atalanta).
69' - William Saliba (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74' - Attempt missed. Juan Cuadrado (Atalanta) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ademola Lookman.
75' - Attempt missed. Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Raheem Sterling with a through ball.
76' - Foul by Sead Kolasinac (Atalanta).
76' - Kai Havertz (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
87' - Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by William Saliba.
88' - Foul by Juan Cuadrado (Atalanta).
88' - Raheem Sterling (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
89' - 🔄 Substitution, Atalanta. Mario Pasalic replaces Matteo Ruggeri.
So my thoughts on Odegaard's absence are these: Havertz picks up his pressing/attacking duties and Jorginho picks up his outlet/facilitation duties. I wonder whether we can use Jesus and Havertz as our front two tomorrow; the former has a great record in Europe and will press like a monster. Plus, I desperately want to see Jesus hit anything close to his peak form, jinking and juking through the final third, and that seems to put him in a good position to do so.
So, kinda annoyingly, I thought I had compensated for the timezone difference. However, the Arsenal app had already given me the correct time for my timezone. I did not know that until just now. So, I missed the first half
It turns out that the EL winners are pretty good, and we're still missing Odegaard. As great as the win against Spurs was, Atalanta are definitely better.
Needed a bathroom break and come back to see we conceded a pen and then we save it, i should like, not watch football at this rate my heart is gonna burst
By now I assume the Twitter people assuming Atalanta would be a walk in the park are losing their minds. Granted, I'm biased given I played as them on FM for like what, 15 seasons?