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I thought Bellerin had a fantastic game last night. If you want to know just how good an athlete he is, watch how deep in the second half he makes a 40 m sprint on the overlap, then from the resulting corner a 70 m recovery max effort sprint to defend the counter attack.
Xhaka unbalances our team. If you can't trust the deep lying playmaker to receive the ball from Cech, it forces Ozil to drop so deep and vacate the areas where he can be dangerous.
We can't complain that any of our big games haven't been entertaining this season.
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Final Klopp team talk before kick off: Watch out for their number 29. When he gets the ball, press him hard and fast and we'll win the ball in dangerous areas.
Seen some speculation that Coquelin might play tonight (if fit). I'd be worried if he does as we can expect an aggressive high Klopp press & both he & Xhaka are too easily pressed.
What a feeling, when Ainsley Maitland-Niles scores his first goal at home tonight, and the entire stadium shouts out “CONSERVATIVE!” after his name.
Xhaka has a big responsibility in this new Arsenal formation. A piece on his role as the chief sitter for @premierleague - premierleague.com/news/570188
Wenger could line up in 3 or 4 completely different ways and I wouldn't be surprised at all but if I had to take a wild stab in the darkI'd say he'll stick with last week's 4-4-2 but with Monreal at LB and AMN in midfield.
Wenger is so stale and predictable that nobody has a clue what formation we'll play tomorrow or who he'll pick.
The safe option is to stick with 3-4-3 with, say, Jack & Xhaka in central midfield. A riskier option is 4-3-3 with Jack, Xhaka & AMN in midfield. The biggest gamble would be to play 4-2-3-1 with Xhaka/AMN behind 4 forwards.
Interesting to note that in successful big games this season (Spurs & Chelsea) their 3-4-3 systems mirrored ours & Wenger allowed 1v1 match ups all over the pitch. Liverpool play 4 at the back.
Maitland-Niles is a potential solution. He has the pace & defensive 1v1 ability but also much better technical security on the ball than Coq. But it’s a huge ask at his age to play centrally in such a big game.
Does Wenger play a conservative pair in central midfield & let the front 3 fend for themselves? Or does he revert to a back four? If so, how do we remedy our old problem of being too open to counter attacks?
Now Ramsey is injured, can we still play a back three and still provide enough goal threat from only our front three players? Jack, for example, cannot get up & down the pitch in the same way.
It took him a while to learn when to go & when to stay (remember Anfield in Aug?) But once he learned the system he’s been in his best form and he’s made the whole team function at its best.
Ramsey’s phenomenal athleticism in midfield mitigated the problem. He could be an anchor in front of the defence but he also has the aerobic fitness to join in as the fourth attacker too.
Koscielny, Mustafi & Monreal give us good security against quick forwards running at us. But at the cost of removing a forward from the other end of the pitch. Only 3 forwards instead of 4 in a 4-2-3-1
Wenger’s remedy was to replace the quick defensively minded midfield player with an extra mobile defender instead. Hence the switch to three at the back.
Santi’s ability on the ball compensated for Coq’s technical insecurity. When Santi was injured, we could no longer afford Coq’s limited passing. He didn’t fit into any other midfield combination so we became vulnerable again to counter attacks again.
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