'DO WHAT'S NECESSARY!' ⏰ Sam Allardyce DEFENDS Arsenal's TIME WASTING Tactics Against Man City 😱🔥 

When Newcastle used dark arts to defeat Arsenal they got lauded for a great game plan, now Arsenal are being criticised with 10 men on the field, What are we suppose to do, open up and let City score 7 goals?

VERY disingenous of TalkSport to mention Arsenal are top of time-wasting table and not mention that the ball was in play in that 2nd half more than every other half of football played in the other 99 halves of football played this season - a whole 35 mins! But then, this is what the FA love - all the controversies that mean the entire football world is watching and commenting. Long live the controversies. Long live the FA.

Why are people acting like that 50minutes of a game is reflective of Arsenal's style of play all the time? 😂

Teams do these things all the time, have been for years - but suddenly it's a big talking point because Arsenal do it. Jesus Christ!

Sam saying saka was doubling up the whole game, mate he was subbed at half time 😂

These media outlets and their stupid biases of Arsenal! Everyone does time wasting, including City and when they do theirs, Halland would take the ball and protect it at the corner because of how huge he is. But, when Arsenal do it, all the bullies of players at city, they all spew garbage about how Arsenal time waste, while the media spread their narrative because of how afraid they're to criticise Pep and his minions! We know how the media 😅 are falling in love with city and father, Pep!

When Sam Allardyce is a fan of your style of football, then you know you're on the right track 😂

“Master of Dark Arts” - by Sam Alladyce. Available in paper back or e-book.

Oh no, bunch of cry babies who cant handle the fact that Arsenal have a backbone in big games now. They want to see us lose 3 or 4 nil, like we used to years ago. We've outscored every team in the league, bar man city, in the last two seasons. Maybe your lots teams should stop playing boring football and score more than us?

ball in play well above average if anyone bothers checking

Dark arts have Bright outcomes 😂💙

Well done Big Sam you have redeemed yourself and not followed the rattled sheepish hypocritical Arsenal haters 👍🏼👍🏼

When reporting on all things Arsenal is needed to bump up views and ratings. Respect to Sam Allardyce (and Pearce) for giving expert managerial views, unlike other online and tv pundits who barely have a managerial credit to their name.

Sam Allardyce endorses Arsenal...congratulations Arsenal fans 🤣

Now watch Arsenal fans cry and defend their club😂😂

The media misses the real headline "CITY CHOKED and failed to break down and defeat 10 men Arsenal, at home"

Bet the gravy guzzler was in his element watching that at the weekend. Dinosaur football 🦖🦕

According to Opta, the game was in play for 35 minutes of the second half. The highest so far this season. So I don’t know where this time wasting narrative is coming from.

Played over 100 mins with 10 men! But when it was Jose at Chelsea doing it every game, it was great! 1st 5 games.. 3 of the hardest away games = unbeaten! We could be looking at invincibles mark 2. City playes diving on the ground screeming at little touch, crowding the ref! Defending is a big part of the game. Just ask Jose!

For YEARS, Arsenal not tough enough and have no backbone, for a couple of seasons now are very tough to beat, have grown a backbone and are BATTERED for it! Very, very, VERY strange indeed, you would nearly think there was an AGENDA against them, WOULDN’ T YOU!? 🤨

What a joke football discussion has become of late. 🤣 You'd think that many football fans/pundits had just woken from a coma for 20+ years and only just started seeing players going down with "cramp" which may or may not be genuine... or *shock horror* a goalkeeper taking that extra 5-10 seconds to delay a goalkick... or a player getting in an opposing goalkeeper face to distract him during a corner. Why is it NOW such a big surprise?

It can’t be just a coincidence that Rodri, Ake and de Bruyne have serious injuries having not had a proper rest over the summer???

Big Sam coming through to support Arsenal, just tells you this is ridiculous

You are including a sample where Arsenal had 90 minutes or even 100 minutes with 10 men.

Oh weve rattled everyone 😂😂😂😂😂 just imagine when we win the league again. Peope will consider taking theid own lives at this rate

Old Jeff coming with his nonsense about time wasting only to throw his hands up and down when he found out the ball was in play more than any other game this season, over 35 minutes of 2nd half playtime... Haha Jeff 😂😂😂

They should rename talksports as shitsports...this sort tactics are done by each and ever team over the years and when suddenly Arsenal did that has become a nationwide topic...it suggests people are jobless

Didn’t time waste did we. Ball was in play the most it’s been this season.

When Arsenal go top of the league there is no catching them.m this time.

Is Madrid not in Europe?

What’s annoying is that a lot of Arsenal scummers are denying that they’re the PL’s version of Athletico Madrid. Everyone sees how you play, so just own it and move forward. Why is this so hard?

Haters be hatin’

Please 3 games in 6 days in the middle of an injury crises. Ask them cheats how their hearings are going. Ask the PGMOL to stop taking payoffs from Abu Dhabi.

▪︎Arsenal Dark Arts so obvious ▪︎Trossard dives on Silva from Behind ▪︎Targeting players to injure ▪︎Journalists questioning PL hows this legal ▪︎Media - nothings illigal,its clever?😂

This guy in white forever anti Arsenal, why????? Be neutral chief

Excuseme, what time wasting?

Typical talk sport trying to make another agenda against arsenal so they have something to talk about. Arsenal the only team that waste time and do dark arts load of baloney .

I love these idiots hating on arsenal 😊 just keep crying

A goalkeeper with cramp......F..k orrrf....

Sample size, 4 games, jokers

Arteta = Spanish Tony Pulis. 🇪🇸🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕 Long ball and set piece goals. 😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴

10 men against city away and you lot can’t understand why they were time wasting? 🫠😒

Yeah because arsenal have had two games with red cards 45 mins each

Hilarious seeing the haters rattled 😂😂😂😂😂

It was 12 v 10 at the Etihad what did people expect Arsenal to do. Let them cry all they want😂😂😂

Oooh I wonder why. Something to do with playing 2 of the 5 games with being a man down for an entire half while being ahead. Makes perfect sense 🤷🏻‍♂️

I am amazed as to the hate thrown out at Arsenal, L.O.L I've been watching football for 15years and EVERYONE does it, it's not something new invented by Arsenal, its always the team holding on to the lead that will slow down the game. I've seen it over and over. GET OVER IT. No one talking about city and their antics, Haalands big head, disrespecting Arteta after the game, getting away with throwing the ball at Gabriel, Silvas post match moaning, ALL THAT IS APPARENTLY FINE, let's hate Arsenal , the only team who's players get cards apparently for kicking the ball away while the others get away with it. The reason Arsenal play the way they play is because of the injustice of biased refs , so it's 10 vs 12, SO CRY MORE

Reminded me of the old United Arsenal games when there was real needle between the players!

Mou did it and still he was the spesial one, Fergie did it and still the best manager vs Pep, Ancelotti doing it and still they say the best manager and suddenly Arsenal doing it and is a big problem 😂😂

What is lost in this conversation is also that city had an extra day of rest and played at home in the CL, while Arsenal travel away to Italy the day after. Less rest, playing down a man, away from home, a goal up, and people complain about taking longer on goal kicks? Like what team wouldn't. The game itself was top 5 this season in terms of length. The 2nd half had the ball in play for the longest time in a half this season. Might by worth asking how City was able to score in the 8th minute of injury time, which is a good deal longer than the average injury time in a game this season (a half which until the end featured no goals). Instead of forcing the players and coaches to be interviewed by the press, be more interesting to hear answers from Michael Oliver on why he is showing match to match inconsistency (pool last week vs forest), to even consistencies within the same game...

I just cant believe this a topic when the team was playing with 10MEN AWAY FROM HOME every club does including City.

Why was there so much extra time at the end of the 2nd half... ?

Arsenal will definitely win a trophy this season.... "The time wasting cup "

So Opta has refuted what every man as his dog wanted to bash Arsenal about...so to combate that its "well, stats can be manipulated to fit...." I paraphrase but still lol!

Tell dem unc sam 💪💪

"The ball was in play for 35 minutes, the most of any game this season, you can make statistics mean whatever you want can't you" Yes Jeff and you can suggest a factual statistic that directly contradicts your entire narrative is just made up nonsense but it doesn't make it any less true. Clown 😂

The ball was in play more in any other game in the first half. He still added nine minutes. Make sense of that? Oliver is in City's pocket.

City have taken the most time over goal kicks so far this season 😮

Why because his football was based on awful football

This aged well... Turns out all those damn players are actually injured...

I love it arsenal are doing things right now everyone is talking about arsenal we become i very tough to beat we have to side to our games now the hard way and the easy way pl teams deal with it

Think u r pretty unbalanced with not referencing that the 2nd half had more time in play

Time wasting in football is universal

BALL IN PLAY STATS TOTALLY DESTROYS THIS PROPAGANDA 😂

Lets see what Leicester do at the Emirates at the weekend and see if it evens gets a mention😂😂😂 Salty tears and im loving being relevant again😂😂

What world are we living in? Have we travelled to an alternate reality? Allardyce DEFENDING Arsenal!!?

Arsenal should of won and Sam is right

Players would only get hurt in the penalty area, or an injured player would attempt to slide their way into the area, so I don’t think this would work Stuart.

If Sam Allardyce is defending Arsenal, you'd better believe we're in the right! He's always hated Arsenal.

City never should have gotten 9 extra minutes. Sure Arsenal wasted a record number of seconds during stoppages, but there were so few stoppages that it didnt add up to that much. Check the opta stats that dont fit your agenda too, the ball was in play longer in that second half than in any other second half this season. Also if the cramps were so fake, then why did the players have to be taken off. Oh I dont know maybe its because we played 3 away games this week and many of the players havent played this many minutes in a long time.

Have i woken up in a parallel universe... Big Sam praising Arsenal's dark arts, 'master of defending' and 'doing whatever it takes to get a result' Cry some more Arsenal haters!! I love it

You guys are so dumb pulling out stats from 5 games and making it a big deal given that we have played only 3 games with complete squad and have played 2 full halves with a man down,you lot don't have anything interesting to discuss for real.

Of the first 5 games, Arsenal had tough home games against Wolves and Brighton, 45mins with 10men because of a ridiculous red card. And 3 tough away games against Villa, Totty and City, another 45mins with 10men because of another ridiculous red card. Not to mention, tough away game to Atalanta in CL and losing Odegaard and Merino to injury list that also contained Zinchenko and Tomiyasu. And still unbeaten this season. What a foolish way to interpret statistics.

Big Sam! 😃

Funny that. Arsenal tactics being plauded by big Sam hahahahahahahahaha 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 quality.

The same people are crying about Arsenal taking quick kick during the game against Man City

Imagine waffling all that then admitting at the end the ball was in play way longer than average as your closing statement 🤡

Yeah nobody’s talking about Man City’s manager kicking the chair .. violent conduct! Disgusting behaviour… I wonder how many people could do the exact same thing in there workplace & get away with it … where was var… hmmm strange.. vary strange indeed..

I cannot understand the media and Jeff Sterling having a go at a team playing 10 against 12 men away from home as the top club team of the world. Unbelievable the two faced side of the media and the anti Arsenal agenda

For the amount of money Arteta spent you expect proactive football there is not one single world class player in that squad