The season is approaching and Arsenal’s pre-season is over. I’ve already had a look at how the team set up without the ball over the course of pre-season (you can read that here) but the approach on the ball has also been noticeably different to under Arsene Wenger. In recent years under the old boss, Arsenal became incredibly susceptible to pressing. Wenger’s own comments at times suggested he was ok with the gamble of drawing teams upfield and leaving a disproportionate number of players forward as it allowed Arsenal to draw teams out. However, it became clearer that Arsenal couldn’t cope with that and – in away matches in particular – the Gunners badly struggled against...
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