FT: Arsenal 2-0 Everton.
Konsa and Gabriel both score. Clean sheet, three points, level with City.
Everton offered nothing. This is what happens when you come to the Emirates and sit deep.
Only TWO defenders have 3+ assists in the Premier League this season:
Ben White and Joško Gvardiol.
White is quietly putting up elite numbers while half the league still sleeps on him.
I’m worried about Martín Zubimendi’s long-term future at Arsenal.
Arteta keeps saying he deserves more minutes, yet he still barely plays. That doesn’t end well.
Piero Hincapié, Martin Zubimendi and Max Dowman all spotted with the team this morning.
Hincapié and Zubimendi available is fine. Dowman being there already tells you the wide areas are a problem.
Relying on a 16-year-old this early in the season is not depth. It’s a gap.
Early kick-off away at Villa today.
Man City are not surviving that. Villa Park early on a Saturday is a trap, and this City side haven’t looked fully convincing on the road.
Hincapie is available again today for Everton.
Small boost on the defensive side, but it doesn’t change the bigger problem out wide.
Saka’s absence is the one that will be felt most over the next few weeks.
I trust Madueke to step up. Max Dowman too.
Letting Martinelli go was a mistake.
With Saka set for a spell out and Tzolis still working his way back, the wide options look thinner than they needed to.
Arsenal are set to make a move for RB Leipzig winger Antonio Nusa in January.
Leipzig are open to a sale at the right price.
With Saka out for weeks and the wide areas already stretched, this is the kind of addition that actually makes sense.
Bukayo Saka is set to be out for at least 6 weeks, with some reports putting it between 6 and 8.
That’s a significant spell without him, especially with the wide areas already stretched. How Arteta manages the minutes and options in that period will matter.
Arteta on Saka: Another MRI this afternoon. Quite a lot of fluid in the area so it’s been hard to judge the extent.
More scans and specialist opinions still needed. We’ll know more tomorrow.
This doesn’t sound good 💔
Rice rescues another point in Munich after a MOTM performance and still gets treated like a normal midfielder by some.
Man is elite. Stop the agenda and respect greatness.
Pedro Neto’s entire Premier League career:
187 appearances → 23 goals + 32 assists = 55 G/A
Took him eight seasons across Wolves and Chelsea to get one more contribution than Declan Rice
Saka’s quad doesn’t look good. Arteta already sounded worried.
Tzolis still out too. Wide areas suddenly look thin.
I still don’t understand why we didn’t replace Trossard and Martinelli.