A few comments on the Arsenal performance versus Manchester City… #ARSMCI👇🏽
The story unravels much like the New Year’s Day game back in 2022, where Arsenal had a superb first half against champions City but eventually mistakes and errors led to a comprehensive City win
Arsenal with much support from the Emirates managed to provide a hostile game state against the City XI, jeering at Ederson goal kicks, being combative in duels, making noise during fouls - this helped Arsenal to keep pushing
Feb 4, 2023 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
A few comments on the Arsenal performance vs Everton… #AFC#EFC 👇🏽
- Dyche beefed up his midfield by playing three physically strong ball winners in Gueye, Onana and Doucoure. Those three matched up against Xhaka, Partey and Ødegaard was no contest on winning second balls
- Dyche instructed Pickford to exclusively hit long balls from goal kicks, which completely removed Arsenal’s ability to press from the front and allowed those three ball-winners get second balls to control midfield