Manberg
Predator
Arteta plays a 3-4-3 with no creativity from midfield or in the forward line. He’s playing our world class pacey/poacher striker on the LW to accommodate Nketiah and Willian. That alone should raise some serious question marks.
When we attack we can’t put chances on a plate for Auba. So the ball comes to him in area’s where he’s got no options and has to come up with something himself. It’s kind of a miracle that he scored as much as he has in such a system. Willian can’t create for him. Pepe can’t either. I believe Saka and Tierney are out best creators in the final third.
Every game against decent opposition(nearly all PL teams) will be tight unless something changes.
The system’s actually designed to get the best out of Auba. The false 9 (whether it’s Willian or Laca), the underlapping runs from the lwb (Saka or amn) and the overlapping runs from the left centre back (Tierney) are designed to drag players out of position in order to make the space for Auba. Auba is the star player he is expected to make use of that space.