🚨 Kostoulas on Brighton’s approach against Arsenal:
“All week the manager kept telling us how difficult Arsenal are to break down. He showed us the numbers, the defensive structure, how little they concede.
At one point I remember thinking, ‘Okay, so why are we trying to go through all of that?’
We spoke about it. If the space opens outside the box, shoot. Don’t take another touch because you’re looking for the perfect chance. Against Arsenal, sometimes the perfect chance disappears while you’re looking for it.
Pascal understood it immediately. He gets the ball outside the box and scores. Then later I get mine and I’m thinking exactly the same thing.
We didn’t need to go inside the penalty area and start negotiating with Gabriel, Konsa, Rice and everybody else. That sounded like a very long afternoon.
If the goal is behind the defence but you can shoot from in front of the defence, then shoot from there.
It sounds stupid when I explain it like that, but we scored twice, so maybe don’t tell the manager I said that.”
Brighton can press Arsenal so high because there are no runners in this team.
Not even on the bench.
This is what happens when you leave spots open and don’t add profiles to the team.
Martinelli could’ve feasted in this game.
Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur have lost the same amount of top flight matches at their current home stadiums.
50 defeats each.
Arsenal moved into the Emirates Stadium in 2006.
Tottenham moved into their new stadium in 2019.
13 years difference… 😂😂😂😂😂