Eze's Time To Shine! (Curtis & Jesse) | Bayern Munich 2-2 Arsenal

Hi, welcome to AFTV. I've got Curtis and I've got Jesse with me after a 2-2 draw against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena. Happy with the result? It's a point gained. To be fair, we know it's a difficult ground to go to. And also, we know the kind of attacking quality, you know, the talent they've got in Bayern Munich. I was a bit concerned going there, but I thought, you know, we kind of matched them. And obviously, moments of brilliance, obviously, from Eze getting, obviously, the opener. And obviously, Rice showing, like, you know, why he should be our captain. Because, you know, he grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck. and for me it was a bit disappointing with Odegaard I thought that I didn't really see a captain's performance from him and it was dropping quite deep and for me I want my central attacking midfielder, my captain to be impacting in the final third so obviously there's things to work on but it's a better performance than what we've seen the last few games so definitely a better performance than what we've seen in the last few days even though we didn't win the game which I keep saying to people it's weird, we win games and our fans are disappointed and then we draw games but they're happy so it's like is there something wrong with that is that the wrong way to look at things or not I feel like it is a difficult place to go to at the Allianz Arena but a point was deserved because we knew what kind of team Bayern Munich was going to come up with obviously yeah it was a strong point because obviously in games you don't win all the time there can be difficult games coming throughout the season but I feel like yeah the point was well deserved for us yeah the point was well deserved for us for some players that stepped up you mentioned Eze I'll quickly just touch on Eze Did he need that for his confidence and himself, do you think? Yeah, I feel like that goal from Eze was quality. He came in, literally got the goal that we needed. But I know he was still like in left wing We've seen him cutting inside and all that. He's still developing the left wing and all that. He still needs some time to adjust it. But obviously, Eze will still be a key part that we need. Does he have a right to be, it's hard to say, not frustrated, but like you said, he's got to adjust that position. It's not his natural position. I think he's better in that 10 position, but now he's got an opportunity, now that it's obviously, sadly, that Saka's out. Are you saying to Eze, now we want to see something? Is this now a time for him to really have an opportunity to stake a claim to be that main left winger? Even with Solis out, he kind of needs to make it his own, right? I feel like in training sessions, they need to keep training Eze with the left winger. Obviously, the left winger is about taking on players, crossing the ball in and all that. I know he's not the best of, like, crossing with his left foot and all that. But we know what kind of left winger he is, like cutting inside and all that. I feel like we just adjust it with him. There's still more to bring out with him. Despite he's a number 10, I'm still someone to try out with him with the left winger, so it's still a lot for him to adjust it. Curtis, I'm going to give you the final words. What's going on? Arsenal are a good team. I know that sounds mad me saying that as an Arsenal fan and a host, yeah, but like, lost to Brighton, then we played Leeds. Tight game, beat them. Forest was a tight game. Bayern Munich at the Allianz. I know we didn't win, but we were there and we were giving them problems, even they got players out, so do we. Are we good? Are we a very good team or not? We are a good team defensively, strong in midfield, but I feel like sometimes we're not ruthless or clinical enough in the final third. Obviously, like I say, we want, you know, central attacking midfielder being more impactful. We need to, obviously, you know, our force to be taking more chances as well, but also, we need to stop trying to walk the ball in. Take more shots outside the box. Play more, like, you know, risky passes. play players in and through and I think, you know, especially with Eze, I think if you give him an opportunity running games, Because for me, his best position is a left attacking eight. I think he's more suited to a left attacking eight than a number 10. Obviously, he's going to occupy a left wing spot. But as long as we've got our left back playing as a kind of left wing back and allowing Eze to that freedom within the middle, I think he certainly can develop in that position. So, obviously, he's got a good competition there with Madueke. Obviously, with Osaka, he's probably going to be out for some time. We'll have to see how we adapt. But for me, Dalma needs to get minutes. Not just against Fleetwood Town and Carabao Cup. We need to be seeing him integrated more into the squad. lovely way to finish thank you boys thank you very much