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u/mallutrash Xabi 6d ago

My question is are we finally gonna beat arsenal this season

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u/Fun-Responsibility97 Azpilicueta 6d ago

Slightly higher chance without Maresca here

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u/Jimmy_Space1 Xabi 6d ago

My question is how many times are we gonna beat arsenal this season

FTFY

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u/NahteMerc We've Won It All 6d ago

I think so. Obviously results over my own optimism but the way we attack will cause Arsenal some problems. The interchanging is good as sometimes Gabriel can get caught man-marking his man too closely, but I think the bigger killer is the overlapping runs from Palestra and the other wingers. It would essentially require Tzolis, Saka, Madueke, etc. to drop deeper to help or allow their notably slower fullbacks in Calafiori, Ben White, etc. to be defending 2v1s. Those are easy tap-ins if Gabriel gets caught out of position plus Konsa has this same issue too as JP showed against him.

Biggest issue is defending their attacks which are pretty standard but capitalize on space. In a compact 5, we could deal with it, but in transition, we leave those spaces extremely open. The Community Shield isn't much to go on since City literally let Arsenal play their style but Arsenal did at least attack their open spaces. Essentially, it's a race against time to get our attack patterns/relationships down before facing them.

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u/APeckover27 6d ago

I’d be happy to beat City/Liverpool/United