This season, Arsenal have twice faced a desperate 0-2 deficit at half-time away from home. In the end, one was a 5-0 loss to Manchester City, and the other was a 3-0 loss to Crystal Palace in the early hours of this morning. In the critical stage of the battle for the fourth, Arteta was completely "pinched" by Vieira at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends tonight, and Crystal Palace used better confrontation to limit Thomas and Lacazette, so that Arsenal's offensive system worked very "jerky". Even though Arteta frantically piled up attacking players in the second half, he still failed to cash in on the goal, but was countered by Crystal Palace and scored another goal.
[Look at the layout, Vieira uses hardness to complete the limit]
Crystal Palace's recent home form has not been good, and into 2022, they have only scored 2 points in 5 games. The last time I won at home was with Norwich in December. Facing Arsenal this time, Vieira's layout is very targeted: upper hardness.
The key point of aiming is to force Arsenal's backcourt in the front, and then limit Thomas and Lacazette in individual confrontation. The specific effects are as follows:
1. Ramsdale's passing success rate in this game is only 76%, far lower than the 92% this season. Previously, when the backcourt was organized, Ramsdale's kind of free passing completely disappeared under pressure.
2. Thomas only succeeded twice in 9 confrontations and lost the ball 14 times in this game; Lacazette successfully fought 2 times in 7 confrontations and lost the ball 8 times. As the two middle road confrontation strong points of the team's operation, under the hardness of crystal palace, the performance of both of them is not up to standard.
3. Crystal Palace has had 11 more successful matches in this game than Arsenal. Meanwhile, the frontcourt Trident succeeded 22 times in 37 encounters. Crystal Palace's single look at the front trident can maximize the disruption of Arsenal's offensive and defensive balance at the back.
Once the effective operation of the ball cannot be guaranteed under the limit of confrontation, Arsenal's attacking end of the goal will be completely limited. The most direct embodiment of the belt is the invisibility of Edgo, the silence of Saka and Slo Ronaldo on the offensive end. In the first half, Arsenal didn't make their first shot until the 28th minute, with XG (expected goals) of just 0.19 in the first 45 minutes.
[Look at the adjustment, arteta's madness and Vieira's ease]
Arteta's adjustment was very aggressive, replacing Tavares with Martinelli at halftime. Subsequently, he replaced Cedric with Nketiah. No full-backs, form a high "2+1" in the case of Xhaka's retracement, and frantically pull away the offensive width of the front.
The effect is not nothing, Arsenal did create a threat.
However, Crystal Palace moved from the premise of the previous formation to the midfield area and compressed the three-line formation to 25 meters, directly replacing the super bus at the front of the penalty area. Arsenal want to break through the density defense, it is very difficult.
Vieira's on-the-spot adjustments were also targeted, replacing the starting center Matta and letting the veteran MacArthur appear, directly changing to 442. The increase in the number of midfielders can further block the middle road, while relying on full-backs and backs to assist in defending ribs and penalties. More crucially, Zaha, who came from the flank to the middle zone, began to use his advantage of the ball to make frequent impacts, and finally, in a 1-on-many counterattack, created a penalty opportunity.
The situation of the game has always been based on Vieira's "design".
[Looking at the future, Arsenal with advantages has hidden worries]
Losing a game is not the "end of the world", and in the sprint stages of recent seasons, the Premier League has frequently appeared "let four". This further shows that after more than half a season of attrition, everyone will overturn and make mistakes.
Moreover, Arsenal and Tottenham hotspur share the same points, there is still one less game.
Arsenal's concern is that their next fixtures are not going to be good. In the strong dialogue against Chelsea, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur at the same time, they play against the "no desire and no demand" mid-range team, only Brighton, Saints. While Tottenham have a strong dialogue with liverpool and Arsenal, the midstream opponents are Villa, Brighton, Brentford and Leicester City. Even if it is a relegation team, Tottenham Hotspur is the last 2 rounds against Burnley and Norwich, when, once the two teams are determined to be relegated, how much "desire" of their battle is left?
More critically, Arsenal have more injuries.
Tierney's pre-match injuries (or season reimbursements) and Tavarez's weakness further highlighted the plight of left-backs. Cedric has worked hard enough, but he is clearly weaker than Fuan Jianyang in terms of confrontation, protection and liberation of the right side of the attack. Thomas, who has the hard strength to fight in the midfield, has retired injured again, and the center Lacazette has a physical shortcoming, lacking two strong points in the middle to support the play of Saka and Odegao.
The system is due to the injury of key players, resulting in the difficulty of playing strong points, which is visible to the naked eye.
【Conclusion】
The Premier League is a "difficult to predict" league, a defeat is not the end, but it must be fully analyzed and rectified. After the national team match, Arsenal, who lost the run and confronted, were in bad shape in this game. In the post-match interview, Arteta confronted the team's problems, apologized to the fans, and further stated that "the opportunity is in his own hands".
"Bad at the ball", where will Arteta adjust?