“Even a chameleon has a default colour and Emery appeared to have one in mind when he arrived at the club. Over the course of the season it escaped him. The boss will need to be able to define Arsenal’s style early on in 2019/20 if he is to earn the chance to stay on and deliver the project he has spoken about.” Admittedly, opening an article by quoting yourself isn’t necessarily a good look, but my summary at the end of 2019/20 seems an appropriate place to start when looking back on the opening couple of months of the new season. Generally speaking, a few things are true when looking at how Arsenal approached games so far in 2019/20: Arsenal don’t tend to press high Arsenal...
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