RUS arsenal
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I think that in the modern game it is no longer the sole responsibility of the FB to defend his flank nor can any FB out there do it on his own. It is a team effort with significant help from the winger. If the winger is not helping properly then even WC FB won't be able to control his flank on his own. Monreal may not have had his best game today but he is far from a "weak link."Our weak link is Monreal and teams are exploiting it. Against Liverpool, Chelsea and today Swansea it's quite clear that managers are telling their teams to attack down our left as Monreal is quite poor at marking. We need to sort this out.
What teams are able to exploit is the fact that Iwobi is still young and doesn't fulfill his defensive duties all the time.