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Renée Slegers backs Arsenal Women’s high press after Villa goal before Liverpool trip
Renée Slegers isn't backing away from Arsenal Women's high press before Sunday's trip to Liverpool, and she's right not to. It did cost them the opening goal against Aston Villa, when Arsenal overcommitted to it and Chastity Grant scored. That came on 25 minutes of a 1-1 draw at the Emirates on 1 November, and… Continue reading
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Arteta calls Arsenal’s style critics a very small minority and promises to go for it in Munich
Arsenal face Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena tonight, and Mikel Arteta has turned the trip into a reply to anyone who finds his side dull. He called those critics a "very small minority" but still promised Arsenal would "confront that and go for it" in Munich. David Raya's answer comes in two wordings, because… Continue reading
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Raya save and Bruno’s first Arsenal goal settle it at Sunderland
Sunderland 0-2 Arsenal, and the game turned in 121 seconds. Enzo Le Fée had a penalty in the second half after Ezri Konsa and Dan Ballard grappled under a long throw. David Raya went the right way and turned it onto the post. Two minutes later Bruno Guimarães took a pass from Declan Rice twenty-five… Continue reading
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Tzolis and the diagonal: how Arsenal’s £34m winger has changed the shape
Nobody was thrilled with Christos Tzolis as the sum total of the summer's attacking business. Three games in, he's changed how Arsenal move the ball. The Did You Notice piece on The Athletic argues the £34m signing from Club Brugge has unlocked the switch of play — the long diagonal to the far side, a… Continue reading