Rice – Guimaraes – Odegaard.
That’s the best midfield in the league and top 3 best midfield in the world.
There’s nothing you want in that midfield that’s not there.
Defensive security ✅
Ball progression ✅
Creativity ✅
Press resistance ✅
Physicality ✅
Control ✅
Final-third quality ✅
Pressing ✅
Technical ability ✅
Three midfielders with completely different strengths who fit together perfectly.
Goodluck winning the midfield battle against that.
Arsenal will trash Brighton home and away, win one and draw one against brentford and Bournemouth, but we can still win all home and away if arteta locks in and we have low injury.
Tears I even forgot that the Brighton manager cussed Arsenal and said they don’t play good football last season & now he just slapped them.
Fair enough man.
I’ve wanted to see Rice, Guimarães and Ødegaard together in midfield. We finally get it against Brighton. Rice gives us the security, Guimarães brings the aggression and progression, while Ødegaard connects everything in the final third. Brighton don’t stand a chance.
20.6% - Among goalkeepers that have conceded 100+ goals in the Premier League, only Hans Segers (22% - 36/164) has conceded a higher proportion from outside the penalty area than David Raya (20.6% - 33/160).
Range.
“We have the best defence in the league”
“If you have the ball you're the victim, if you give us the ball you're still the victim”
“No Saliba, no problem”
“Raya would have saved the Titanic”