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, instrumental in the comeback because he just appears at the right place at the right time. Odegaard won possession seven times, had six shots and created five chances. There were shades of Antoine Griezmann’s new France role in Odegaard’s second-half performance.
That does not mean that Arsenal will not miss Jesus; he is a more complete forward than Nketiah. It also does not mean that the striker is not important in this team. But, if Saka and Martinelli pin back defenders and Odegaard and Xhaka have space and time to pick passes, Arsenal will create enough clear chances for enough different players that the absence of one centre forward need not cause everything else to fall apart.
That issue was exacerbated by Matty Cash also needing time off after the World Cup. Cash was deemed fit enough for the bench, but was not introduced despite Ashley Young struggling to cope with Andy Robertson’s overlapping runs. Young has performed way above expectation over the last 12 months, but he is still the second oldest outfield player at a Premier League club and full-back is a highly demanding role before you add Robertson to the mix.
. But the only way Bournemouth were likely to cause Chelsea problems is by sacrificing Moore and going for fluidity over physicality. This was proof that simply picking the target man against better teams is not always the right plan.Sometimes, success is built upon a very simple principle: use your greatest strength against your opponent’s biggest weakness.
But – and hear me out here – what if, rather than attempting again to find that striker solution, Brighton instead lean into the issue and make their attack fizz with such variety that they don’t need to use a striker at all? The lack of goals from the strikers only makes this approach more logical. Between them, Welbeck, Denis Undav, Evan Ferguson and Julio Enciso have played a combined 1,178 minutes in the Premier League this season and haven’t yet scored a goal between them. When Solly March, who hadn’t scored a league goal in over two years before Monday, is ahead of them, why not make fluidity your philosophy?has been a bit weird from the get-go.
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