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Post by Everton News. on Oct 24, 2015 4:07:00 GMT
Roberto Martinez: Everton must overcome Arsenal hoodoo Spaniard left baffled by his side's long-term failure to win in North London
Roberto Martinez, Everton’s manager, says his club must overcome a psychological barrier to defeat Arsenal on their own turf. The Merseysiders’ have never won at The Emirates Stadium, and their wait for an away win over the Gunners stretches to the 1995/96 season. Bogey club: Everton have not won at Arsenal since 1995/96 Martinez was able to guide Wigan to victories in North London, but is bewildered as to why his current club has had to wait so long. “I don’t know. I’ve been thinking the same and it’s difficult to give a straight answer,” said Martinez. “Obviously, two years ago we were very good there and deserved to win the game but ended up drawing 1-1 and you’re thinking about something a bit further than just the game itself in terms of the psychological edge you might need to go to places like Old Trafford and the Emirates and believe that you can win. "On Saturday we have to react to our performance last weekend. We cannot just afford to be facing Arsenal and that could narrow things down in terms of not carrying that baggage of not being able to win there for a long time. “We are facing an Arsenal team that I watched against Bayern and I don’t think it’s a coincidence that they won. They were very worthy of the win. They are a very complete team at the moment and I think this will be as big a challenge as we will face all season.” About time: Bryan Oviedo scored to give Everton a long overdue win at Old Trafford Arsenal’s is not the only tough venue Everton have toiled. A similar barren run at Old Trafford ended two years ago. “I think we are overcoming that,” said Martinez. “There are landmarks that you need to achieve – winning at Old Trafford and doing the double over United is one; winning against Arsenal at the Emirates or at Anfield would clearly be other ones. You’ve got significant psychological barriers if you want that as a team you need to test yourselves against and those are landmarks that we are quite open about trying to reach.”
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Post by evertontillidie on Oct 24, 2015 13:33:36 GMT
If we give the ball away cheaply today it will cost us so I'd like to see us play players who aren't going to do that and I also think playing Mirallas will give us much needed pace.
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Post by Avinalaff on Oct 24, 2015 15:50:11 GMT
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Post by jimmy on Oct 24, 2015 15:57:03 GMT
Why play a right winger on the left when Mirallas is on the bench ready to play?
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Post by Avinalaff on Oct 24, 2015 16:02:04 GMT
Does anybody really think we will win tomorrow? No.
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