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https://spielverlagerung.de/2018/02/12/arsenal-steckt-fest/
Spielverlagerung rarely analyse Arsenal games anymore. There was a time when they did but after a couple of exasperated sounding articles, written a few years ago, which lamented our tactical problems, they just seemed to give up on us. That exasperation comes through in this article, particularly in the conclusion.
It's also very interesting how they credit Mkhitaryan with being the only player who made us look threatening, praising his tactical awareness.
Edit: They also noted that stupid thing our midfielders do when they charge from their line to press a CB, leaving a big gaping hole.
It's the most infuriating thing you can witness, sometimes when we play a pivot, BOTH our CM's push up and press the opposition CB's. Even some of the lesser teams have exploited the space we leave in midfield, but when we do against the bigger sides it's just unforgivable.
I like how every pre-season we seem to have a few games of organised pressing but as soon as the actual season starts it all just disappears and we're back to individual pressing in an extremely disorganised manner.