Morning all. I watched Adrian Clarke's ever-excellent ‘The Breakdown' via the official site yesterday as he went back over the 0-0 draw with the Mugsmashers. One stat, or fact, stood out: Arsenal gave the ball away 20 times in our own half, with every single starting outfield player guilty at some point during the match. There was no breakdown (sorry) of when these turnovers happened but I guess most of them were in the first period when Liverpool took advantage and would have scored but for the saves of Petr Cech and some last ditch defending from Francis Coquelin in particular. For a team that's usually so comfortable on the ball that's a remarkable statistic. Individual and...
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