Will Arsenal's big four be met with Waterloo? What is the dilemma that Arteta faces?

Arsenal are set to play Brighton on 9 April, and currently Arsenal are in the same number of points as North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur in 29 matches, but can only finish fifth because of their goal difference disadvantage.

And Arsenal not only faces competition from Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, West Ham United, Wolves, may become Arsenal's competitors, and in the last 9 rounds, Arsenal need to talk directly with 3 competitors: 34th round of home play Manchester United, 35 rounds of away west Ham United, 22 rounds of make-up matches, away to Tottenham, if you add Chelsea, which is currently ranked 3rd, Arsenal faces more difficulties!

Arsenal could face Waterloo

Arsenal's fault tolerance rate has dropped significantly since the 3-0 away loss to Crystal Palace on April 5, and arsenal will have to face a harsher reality: the team's absolute main left-back Tierney, who is expected to be reimbursed for the season, and right-back Kenyang Fuan will not return to the team until April 16.

Midfielder Thomas Partey also left the game injured against Crystal Palace and needed to be examined by the team doctor before the match against Brighton to determine if he had reached starting form.

Arsenal, which originally had only a 20-man roster, may not be able to make a 18-man roster before April 9, let alone a 20-man roster! That's one of the main conundrums for Arteta and Arsenal: some players have been sent away, who can replace them?

1. Will injuries ruin Arsenal's efforts this season?

How bad is Tierney's injury for Arsenal? In fact, you can refer to Arsenal's away game that was blown up by Crystal Palace 3:0,

Arsenal conceded a second goal

In the match against Crystal Palace, Arsenal's first two goals conceded were all related to Tavares (Tierney's substitute).

In the first goal, Tavares was pressed by the opponent's player's header and failed to break the siege; in the second goal, although Gabriel's scramble failed, Tavares, as a second barrier, completely unable to keep up with the rhythm of the opponent, led to the opponent being able to easily face Ramsdale.

Crystal Palace attacked the left side

From the image above, it can be determined that in the match against Arsenal, Crystal Palace's main attack direction is the left side, and 50% of the attack is from the left side, that is, the direction of Arsenal right defender Cedric.

But in the end, both goals were conceded because left-back Tavares, the 22-year-old, had not yet grown to the point where arsenal were the main player.

Another important injury number is midfielder Thomas, according to statistics, Thomas has made 23 appearances in the Premier League this season, Arsenal's winning percentage has remained at 65.2%, can average 1.8 goals per game, conceded 1.1 goals per game, and can average 2 league points per game.

In Thomas' eight games without appearances, Arsenal's winning percentage dropped to 33.3%, while averaging only 0.3 goals per game, conceding 1.5 goals per game and averaging only 1.2 points per game.

Arteta didn't have their replacements

What's even more frightening is that Tierney has noticed a knee problem a few weeks ago, but considering the situation of the team, he has always endured, but after returning from the national team, Tierney found that his knee injury was detected and it was impossible to continue to fool around.

Thomas, on the other hand, had recently converted to Islam, and this year he was going to spend his first Ramadan, and even if he could return before the match against Brighton, his condition might be in doubt.

From the summer window of 2021 to the winter window of 2022, Arsenal let go of more than a dozen people (including loans), but the team's important reinforcements are very few, if Fuan Jianyang can return, then Arsenal may also let Cedric play left-back, and now, Arteta can only endure and wait.

2. Goal difference may become a foreshadowing

As the premier league's main fourth-place team, Arsenal have only scored 44 goals in 29 league rounds, and although their defense has improved, they have conceded too many goals against front-row teams such as Liverpool, which also led to the team's goal difference not looking good.

Arsenal are currently four fewer than their city rivals Tottenham, which is a relatively scary number, because Arsenal not only score fewer goals than Tottenham, but also have more strong opponents and away games in the future!

Arsenal need forwards to score more goals

However, it should be noted that Arsenal's current players who have scored the most goals in the Premier League are Saka and Smith Ronaldo, who have scored 9 goals each, while Smith Ronaldo, who has high hopes from Arsenal fans, has failed to score in 5 games.

No matter how much Arsenal fans and executives appreciate Lacazette, they have to admit that Lacazette's function today is much higher than his job as a striker, scoring on goal.

This can also be determined by the data, this season, Lacazette has averaged 1.8 shots per game, second in the Arsenal team, behind Arsenal's right midfielder Saka, and he has currently completed 44 shots on goal, but only scored 4 goals in the Premier League, averaging 11 shots to score 1 goal, and in the league, the time required for each goal is as high as 407 minutes!

This is one of the dilemmas Arsenal have encountered, obviously the second most shots on goal, but the efficiency of the goal is pitifully low, although Lacazette has a very important pivot role, can give a lot of assists to his teammates, but when his goal count can not be improved, Arsenal can not find other stable scoring points!

Arsenal's goal difference is still at a disadvantage

And if they can't improve their goals, in such a fierce competition in the top four of the Premier League, Arsenal may be at a disadvantage in the final matchup because of the goal difference disadvantage.

But as with the problems mentioned earlier, Arsenal have let go of many players and focused on developing young people, but the vacancy left by Aubameyang is difficult to find someone to replace.

No matter how poorly Aubameyang performed at Arsenal, he scored 4 goals in 14 games at Arsenal, and the average number of 260 minutes per game was still higher than that of Lacazette, and after selling Aubameyang out, Arsenal also did not bring in new people, which may also lead to Arsenal's shortage of personnel now or in the future, and Lacazette will have to play more games!

Conclusion: All aspects of the problem can not be overcome, can only fight for a breath!

Whether it is personnel injuries or improving the number of goals scored, it is difficult for Arsenal to overcome now, and more problems can only be solved in the summer window.

In the last 9 games of the season, Arsenal have 5 away games and 4 opponents currently in the top 7, while Southampton and Newcastle are also difficult to play away, and the situation is certain.

Fans have witnessed Arsenal's growth

In a long season, Arsenal fans, see the growth of the team, this is a young and strong team, as long as Arsenal's young people, can hold their breath, rush to the end of the season, arsenal, long-term one-sided battle, there is still a great chance to win back the Champions League qualification.

If you talk about a little pragmatic, Talk ball Jun believes that Arsenal's winter window has no reinforcement behavior, and it is necessary to take some responsibility for Arsenal's current dilemma!