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A THREAD! 👇 2020/21 Premier League tactical analysis: Tottenham 2-0 Arsenal ⚪ #TOTARS 🔴

🔍 Tottenham set up in a 4-2-3-1 shape in possession; Steven Bergwijn, Giovani Lo Celso and Son Heung-min played as an attacking line of three behind Harry Kane (1/10)

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🔍 The hosts dropped into a 4-4-2 formation out of possession; Bergwijn and Son dropped wide of central midfielders Moussa Sissoko and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, and Lo Celso advanced to join Kane (2/10)

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🔍 Sissoko and Hojbjerg were responsible for picking up Arsenal’s wide players as they moved infield and covered the space in front of their centre-backs, leaving them to deal with crosses (3/10)

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🔍 The key threat for Spurs came on the counter; they knew Arsenal would push their full-backs high and therefore looked to transition into wide areas, where Son and Bergwijn made forward runs (4/10)

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🔍 The compact distance between their defensive and midfield lines in the second half meant that Spurs could defend their area but still free their full-backs and wide players to engage out wide (5/10)

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🔍 Arsenal set up in a 4-2-3-1 formation in possession; Willian, Alexandre Lacazette and Bukayo Saka supported Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (6/10)

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🔍 The visitors maintained the same shape out of possession; Thomas Partey and Granit Xhaka operated as a double defensive pivot behind their front four (7/10)

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🔍 Spurs’ forwards were happy to let Rob Holding and Gabriel Magalhães have the ball and instead screened passes into Xhaka and Partey, who tried to take up positions to generate three-on-twos (8/10)

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🔍 Arsenal were susceptible to the movement of Spurs’ players and often got drawn out of position – an issue when they looked to cover a player near the ball but left another in a more advanced position (9/10)

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🔍 Arsenal also tried to use contrasting movements between their full-backs and wide attackers, with Lacazette or Aubameyang on hand to provide a third-man option (10/10)

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