By 1970’s
Gooner
This time
Wenger set up Arsenal to defend a little deeper giving respect to Liverpool’s
fast forward players in Sturridge, Suarez and Sterling.
This meant
that through balls behind Arsenal’s defence for the on rushing speedsters was a
lot more difficult. It also meant that Liverpool were getting crowded out in front
of Arsenal’s back line.
Wenger made
another important decision and that was in team selection. One he doesn’t make
normally as he likes to have only one defensive central midfielder complimented
by a more creative one.
On this
occasion he went with two defensive players, Flamini who was magnificent and
Arteta who was solid. They sat deeper than normal and swept up in front of the
defence.
This change of
approach allowed Arsenal to play on the counter attack. The Ox was the one
detailed to sail down the right wing and he stretched Liverpool’s defence time
after time.
He scored
the first goal and set up the second by a delicious run behind the full back
and an intelligent cut back for the on rushing Podolski who looked sharp until
his mistake for the penalty.
What was
also impressive was the fighting spirit that was evident throughout the team.
They set a high tempo and were full of running both on and off the ball not
letting the Liverpool players any moment to themselves.
More
importantly they wanted to win and get the revenge they felt they deserved.
Yaya Sanogo
had in my opinion an excellent game. I was taken aback as I had watched him in
the summer play for the France U 21’s and he looked a bit sluggish and
ponderous.
He was a
revelation tonight! He was getting most of the headers from long balls just
like Giroud does. He was also able to accept the ball and pass it to a team
mate. The Liverpool defenders often had to foul him as they couldn’t out muscle
him when they went up for the high balls together.
He created
the first goal by chesting the ball down inside the box and hitting it goal
wards. It would have gone in had it not hit a defender rebounding to the Ox to
score.
Is this the
reason that Wenger was so reluctant to sign another forward in the recent
window?
Or is he
waiting for RVP?
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3 comments:
He won the match, credit to him. However, the point about tactics is a little questionable when Flamini was suspended for the loss at Anfield and was available for this match. One could say it was tactics, but one could also say it was about player availability.
Wenger doesnt normaly play flamini and arteta together. He should play them in the big games
Whether if it is a tactics or an availability of the player its still part of the game.
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