In the focus match of the fifth round of the Premier League last night, Arsenal tied Manchester City 1-1 with Martinelli's last-minute goal. After the game, Zhan Jun commented on Arsenal's lineup.
Zhan Jun:
In the 5th round of the Premier League, Arsenal and Manchester City scored 1-1. This game is very interesting, especially the competition between the two head coaches in the second half of the game, which can be described as one foot higher and one foot higher. Or the other hand, the demon is one foot higher and one foot higher.
The home team Arsenal fell behind 8 minutes into the first half, so they were chasing hard throughout the game. Facing the increasingly conservative Manchester City, they kept replacing attacking players.
In terms of formation, Arsenal changed from 433 to 4141 at the beginning, and then in the second half, he simply changed to double midfielders, and the formation was also adjusted to 424. With the opponent shrinking his defense line, Arsenal's formation finally became an extremely 325, and 5 offensive players were piled up in the frontcourt, and finally, it was Martineli, a divine soldier from heaven, to equalize the score.
was able to grab this point, and Arsenal's comments were the same as last round, relying on their advantage in lineup depth to show it again. During the game, we also mentioned that Arsenal has two sets of offensive combinations on the bench. In this game, facing the opponent's bus and iron barricade for so long, Arsenal cannot get a better opportunity in front of the goal, which is also related to the lack of creative captain Odegao.
But it doesn't matter, Eze can play the role of Odgao. It is Eze who came from the bench and has a connection with another magical substitute Martinelli. He grabbed a point for Arsenal in the 93rd minute. Arteta also became the first head coach in the Premier League to lead the team against Guardiola for five consecutive times and still remain unbeaten.
This summer window, Arsenal's investment was as high as 250 million pounds. Such investment has greatly strengthened the team's healthy competition. Just look at it, Martinelli was originally the absolute main force, but there was a danger of leaving the team in the lower window.
With the arrival of Eze, Trosad's recent performance has been so outstanding, so Martinelli has become the third choice for this candidate. This sense of crisis forces Martial's internal strength to explode with the strongest combat power.
On the right side, although Maduaike has not scored or assisted yet, he has become a trustworthy explosion point for Arsenal on the right side. So in the healthy competition between Maduaike and Saka on the right, we also hope to see Saka show its peak state, otherwise his starting position would probably be snatched away by Maduaike.
I believe that even if it is a third-line battle next, Arsenal can remain in the multi-line championship ranks with the advantages of resilience and lineup depth reflected in this game.