Arsenal have won again, and it is an easy five-goal victory, who would have thought that the team that lost three consecutive games at the beginning of the season has now secured the fourth place in the Premier League. The biggest contributor is undoubtedly the young coach Arteta, who has been looked down upon, the rookie coach who is only 39 years old, and is now the most solid coach in the Premier League, Arsenal even plans to continue to bring him in in the winter transfer window, and next Summer will try to bring in fiorentina's talented center Vlahovic for 80 million euros.
Arteta's most successful is undoubtedly sticking to passing tactics and reusing young players, and Arsenal are now recreating the style and spectacle of beautiful football, transforming from a weak team to the fourth most goal-scoring team in the Premier League. At present, only Manchester City and Liverpool have 50 goals and Chelsea have 42 goals than Arsenal, who have scored 32 goals despite the continued downturn in the core Aubameyang and frequent absences.
And Manchester United, which has the most luxurious forward combination in the Premier League, has only scored 26 goals. Arteta's proudest thing should be the success of cultivating the four Little Swan combination, which currently plays 21 goals and 11 assists. Judging from the data, four talents contributing two pairs of data does not seem to be worth bragging about and proud of at all. But a closer look at the ages of these four players makes it inconceivable that Erdegaard is 23, Smith-Royce is 21, Martinelli is 20 and Saka is 20.
Among them, Erdegaard contributed 4 goals and 3 assists in 17 league appearances, Smith Rowe contributed 8 goals and 2 assists in 17 league appearances, Martinelli contributed 4 goals and 2 assists in 12 league appearances, and Saka contributed 5 goals and 4 assists in 19 league appearances. Together, the four account for 66% of Arsenal's total goals, making them Arsenal's strongest attacking combination. Looking at football, only Barca can match Arsenal in terms of using young players, but the statistics are certainly much worse than Arsenal's four-man combination.
The division of labour between the four on the pitch is very clear, with Erdegaard enjoying the first organisational ball and the highest freedom of movement on the pitch, so many of Arsenal's goals must have passed under his feet. Smith-Royce belongs to Arsenal's former king of insertion, his running ability should be the best, so he can often insert into the threat area to complete the score, more importantly, Smith-Roy has the privilege of continuous dribbling, his high-speed dribbling is Arsenal's counter-attack weapon.
Martinelli is more of an all-around tactic, and he is proficient in everything that the other three teammates can do. The most likable thing is that he likes to fight back, and the most important thing is that his physical fitness is very good, and he can support him to run all over the field, which is simply full of energy. And Saka is more like the real core, when he needs to break the game the most, he will always stand up, and his handling of the ball is quite a big general, which can be said to be the core of the four-person combination.
The presence of these four has made everyone completely forget about the poorly disciplined Aubameyang, who is looking for an opportunity to purge the captain. It is worth mentioning that Aubameyang has recently missed five games for Arsenal, and Arsenal have won all of them, namely 3 goals against Southampton and Leeds United, 2 goals to win the four opponents West Ham, 4 goals in the FA Cup to shake Sunderland and the just concluded 5 goals to beat Norwich. Arsenal without Aubameyang are running more smoothly and are significantly more efficient in attack.
The 33-year-old Aubameyang has one of the highest annual salaries in the Premier League, but has only scored eight goals this season and only scored four goals in the Premier League, which is more of a waste of great opportunities, otherwise Arsenal are already competing with Manchester City for the top spot. It is believed that if Aubameyang remains absent, Arsenal's performance can also remain at the top level, and can currently complete six consecutive wins in all competitions, scoring 19 goals and conceding 2 goals, and there are three clean sheets against opponents, the suspense of the Premier League for the fourth place may not be great, and the return to the Champions League next season can be expected.