Do we have more quality than the likes of Crystal Palace? Arteta was so cautious, he played Willian as a false 9 
Having a system in place and focusing on the opposition works well at times but becoming too fixated on it hinders our attacking play and forces us to feed off scraps. Arteta needs to find that balance and not just solely focus on our opposition. Like Arsène Wenger used to do, it’s better to give freedom to the attackers at times as that’s how they’ll be able to express their creativeness. With 10 minutes to go and us chasing a goal, I noticed that Lacazette was constantly dropping deep in midfield rather than playing on the last defender.
They were large periods of that City game when we could have tested the likes of Ake, Ruben Dias, Cancelo etc a lot more. Rodri, Ake, Dias and Cancelo were all on yellow cards too but we didn’t provide enough of a threat to give them something to worry about.
Last edited: Oct 18, 2020