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Martin Odegaard and Mikel Arteta (Picture by Ryan Pierse, Julian Finney/Getty Pictures)
Whereas it’s nonetheless a bit early to be making any agency predictions about this season’s Premier League title race, it’s most likely truthful to say that Arsenal shall be kicking themselves for a missed alternative yesterday.
The Gunners may solely handle a 1-1 draw away to Fulham, with set items but once more coming to their rescue as William Saliba tapped in from Kai Havertz’s knock-down from a nook.
Bukayo Saka then had a late purpose dominated out for offside, however on the whole we simply haven’t seen Mikel Arteta’s facet trying that harmful in assault, with gamers like Gabriel Martinelli, Gabriel Jesus and Leandro Trossard all under par for a while now.
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Arsenal have a proud historical past of enjoying fashionable and attack-minded soccer, with Arsene Wenger placing collectively among the most entertaining groups in Premier League historical past throughout his time in cost.
Arsenal don’t look inventive sufficient underneath Mikel Arteta, and the stats show it…
This Arsenal facet, nevertheless, is sort of completely different, with Arteta making the north Londoners right into a extra tall and bodily group who’re extra resolute than quite a lot of Wenger’s groups, however much less pleasing on the attention.
This stat under from James Benge reasonably sums up Arsenal’s issues in video games like yesterday’s…
Arsenal have created an open play anticipated purpose in considered one of their final eight Premier League matches. Throughout the season as a complete it is three of 15. They rank thirteenth within the Premier League for open play xG.
— James Benge (@jamesbenge) December 8, 2024
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It might be that Arsenal can deal with this within the switch market, however it is going to be troublesome to seek out actual high quality simply accessible in the course of the season, so it would imply ready till subsequent summer time.
AFC actually need to win a serious trophy quickly, although, after coming so shut within the final two seasons, and with Manchester Metropolis lastly struggling a big dip this time period, which might be unlikely to final that lengthy.
This can be a large alternative for Arsenal, however they seem to have gone backwards in some methods underneath Arteta, who arguably hasn’t put sufficient emphasis on a great attacking gameplan.
Bukayo Saka in motion for Arsenal in opposition to Fulham (Picture by Ryan Pierse/Getty Pictures)
The Spanish tactician has clearly completed a very good job with Arsenal total, however followers shall be involved that gamers like Martinelli, Jesus and Trossard have gone backwards underneath his steering, whereas there doesn’t appear to be a lot sophistication to the play aside from to provide it to Odegaard or Saka and hope for one of the best.
Arsenal want one other game-changer on this group, or they want Arteta to provide his present attacking gamers a bit extra freedom to precise themselves, with crosses into the field and targets from set items merely not sufficient for a group with ambitions of successful the title.
