Arsène Wenger reverted to three at the back for Sunday’s draw at Southampton. The manager had selected a back four against BATE Borisov on Thursday, but stuck with the same system he’s used for the entirety of the Premier League campaign for our visit to St Mary’s. After the match, the manager discussed both systems, Alexis’ form and the Europa League draw. Here’s what he said: on being tempted to go back to four in defence… Yes, and we played a big part of the game with a four today, but away from home recently we’ve done quite well. We’ve won games, but BATE Borisov and Southampton are not of the same calibre, you have to consider that. You had a team on holiday who won...
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