Brilliant team performance and a worthy 3 points.
Credit to Arteta. He got it spot on today with cool team management for the whole game.
Ramsdale - 10 - What else can you give him. That's as near perfect performance as you will see. Distribution fantastic. Brill saves and a worldy to top it off. What a difference a top keeper makes.
Tomi - 7 - A very good first half attacking & defending. 2nd half he was basically defending but did well again.
White - 7 - Did well again. One or two surges. And kept Vardy quite. Gave away a couple of soft free kicks which Ramsdale saved him with his wonder save.
Gabriel - 9 - Would have been MOTM any other day but for Ramsdales performance.
Was immense today plus he scored.
Tavares - 7 - Once again added so much pace up and down the line. Defended well. Will be hard for Tierney to get back in.
Lokonga - 7 - Once again the lad impresses. Seems to hit it off with Partey.
Partey - 8 - Thought he was great today. Hopefully he will get a run without injuries now.
Saka -7- Up and down the pitch defending and attacking. Grafted well.
Smith Rowe - 8 - Always looks knackered before he starts. lol.
But ran and ran today. And a goal for him.
Lacazette - 8 - Always available. Works so hard off the ball. Helped in ESR goal.
Aubameyang - 8 - A leader again. Worked his socks off today attacking and defending. Looks a different player. Would have scored if not for Schmeichel good save.
Odegaard -6- Worked when he came off the bench but didn't influence anything.
Other Subs N/A - They was only used to wind clock down and break up play.
"When we had to suffer the team is a lion because they suffer together." 4 July 2020 at Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arteta on his team's first away victory at a club above them in the Premiership since September 2015 at Leicester.
What a bargain when we bought him instead of Royal or one of those overpriced Englishmen.
Look like Edu and Arteta had rebuild our Back-5; a solid foundation from which they can start to rebuild the Midfield and Attack in January and July next year.
"To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.โ Saint Thomas Aquinas
Merlion96 https://www.planetfootball.com/videos/watch-arsenals-takehiro-tomiyasu-pulls-off-superb-sliding-interception/
What a bargain when we bought him instead of Royal or one of those overpriced Englishmen.
Look like Edu and Arteta had rebuild our Back-5; a solid foundation from which they can start to rebuild the Midfield and Attack in January and July next year.
That was great defensive work from Tomiyasu. Tracking the run of Vardy, reading the intention of Maddison and stretching to cut off the thru ball to Vardy. If not, Vardy would have been thru on goal.
Gunnersingh1 I didn't think Partey or Smith Rowe were that good TBH.
Partey gave the ball away too often and Smith Rowe messed up a few counter attacks.
Smith Rowe really has to work on his final pass . He's missing many opportunitys to play players through on goal.
He didn't seem to reverse the ball at all, which is strange for a 10. Odegaard is good at all the things ESR lent don't well but i seems to be struggling with the pace of the game.
Gunnersingh1 I didn't think Partey or Smith Rowe were that good TBH.
Partey gave the ball away too often and Smith Rowe messed up a few counter attacks.
Smith Rowe really has to work on his final pass . He's missing many opportunitys to play players through on goal.
He didn't seem to reverse the ball at all, which is strange for a 10. Odegaard is good at all the things ESR lent don't well but i seems to be struggling with the pace of the game.
Most players have the vision when they're Smith Rowe's age. If he wants to take his game to the next level he has to be able to make that pass to Tavares or the one to Laca in the first half.
Every great number 10 I can think of could play the reverse pass.
ESR has improved this season over last. Arseblog did a great analysis of the win over Leicester and provided the following improvements in ESR's game:
SMITH ROWE ADDS END PRODUCT (extracted from article written by Scott Willis on October 31, 2021)
3 โ Goals in the Premier League for Emile Smith Rowe, more than he had all of last season (2)
14 โ Shots in the Premier League for Emile Smith Rowe, more than he had all of last season (13)
14 โ Passes in the penalty area from open play in the Premier League for Emile Smith Rowe, tied for the same amount he had last season.
1.6 โ Key passes per 90, higher than the 1.5 he averaged per 90 last season
3.3 โ Progressive passes per 90, higher than the 2.6 he averaged last season
21 โ Successful dribbles in the Premier League for Emile Smith Rowe, more than he had all of last season (7). While upping his success rate from 24% to 78%.
7.5 โ Progressive Carries per 90, higher than the 4.9 he averaged per 90 last season
Stats won't tell you that he's failing to make that final pass. I can think of a number of occasions that he has failed to play someone in this season.
Don't get me wrong I think he's improving but we need him to improve that final pass if he wants to play as a 10 long term.
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