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🔍 Arsenal won their 14th FA Cup on Saturday when they beat Frank Lampard's Chelsea. Our professional coaches analyse the tactical patterns from the game

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🔍 Arsenal were organised into a 3-4-3 formation during the periods they had possession; Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette and Nicolas Pépé formed their front three (1/8)

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🔍 While they defended that 3-4-3 became a 5-4-1; Ainsley Maitland-Niles adopted an unfamiliar position as their-left back when that was the case (2/8)

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🔍 From the right Pépé and Héctor Bellerín dropped into deeper positions to test the desire of Chelsea’s defenders to follow them, potentially stretching that defence (3/8)

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🔍 Dani Ceballos also withdrew from midfield to between Arsenal’s central defenders to create a line of three when they were attempting to build from defence (4/8)

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🔍 Chelsea were also organised into an in-possession 3-4-3; Reece James, Mateo Kovacic, Jorginho and Marcos Alonso formed their midfield (5/8)

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🔍 They defended with a 5-2-3; when they did so, Mason Mount, Christian Pulisic and Olivier Giroud formed their front three (6/8)

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🔍 Chelsea’s positioning offered significant variety; there were occasions when James and Alonso drifted inside, and Pulisic and Mount rotated with them to move into wide positions (7/8)

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🔍 That Pulisic was encouraged to operate in a central position contributed to the threat he posed, because of the increased options and freedom it offered him (8/8)

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