Muzi watching the tiger fight|Arsenal can't tell the big and small kings on the field! Can Havertz be willing to be a "wingman"?

Manchester City played a good job this morning, and as runners-up last season, Arsenal also need to be a big deal.

With Jesus at the start of the season, Arteta clearly had to make unexpected changes up front, and in pre-season, the Rice-Havertz-Odegaard midfield combination has proven to be of dubious strength, so Arteta still needs to have reservations in the official game.

Even against Nottingham Forest, who were relegated last season.

So in this game, as we said in the Community Shield, Kai Havertz playing centre-forward was just a stopgap measure.

In Jesus' absence, Kai Havertz was returned to midfield and the centre-forward position was given to Nketiah. Thomas and Rice came on at the same time, and the sacrifice was made by the guard line, which was directly cut off a position.

Of course, after all, it is at home against the weak team, Arsenal have the capital to put on such an inherently unbalanced formation, not to mention this is not the first time Arteta has acted like this.

So, the key is that the midfield is so well arranged, so how well does the attack play?

In the opening period, Arsenal took the lead at home, again through Saka side:

However, in positional warfare, there is not often this kind of space behind the back, so when taking the ball forward, Martinelli and Kavertz both obliquely insert the right rib:

The biggest impact on the offensive end of this set of Thomas playing right-back, starting entirely from the perspective of having the ball, is that Saka's outside is unmanned.

Although Ben White is present, from right-back at back four to right-back in three, Ben White's offensive responsibilities are bound to not be as great as conventional thinking, and if Saka does not have someone on the outside of the side, it will be difficult for him to send himself to the ribs alone from the position of pulling the edge:

Saka has become a very good attacker, but still needs the proper help of a full-back, just like this, to help him at least half or one person defensively intensify:

So in the opening stages, Arsenal had a mediocre performance.

On the left, the problem is more obvious. In this game, both Kai Havertz and Rice were active in this half of the fan, but Rice was not suitable for cutting forward in this kind of positional battle, and his technical ability did not reach this point:

Therefore, he is still better suited to provide a role in the advance phase rather than the offensive stage.

And there is also the problem that in the opening stages of the first half, Arsenal's intention was to play the left half more flexibly, including Martinelli's diagonal right rib and Rice coming to the left outside, which was all a manifestation of intention.

However, local play flexibility needs to be based on a good rapport between players, and Rice, Kavertz and Martinelli have clearly not yet reached this point, so it seems very dry:

Last season's Xhaka was clear that he was a feint, so he gave it to Martinelli as soon as he had a line, but Rice and Kai Havertz in the new season felt that they had more access to it, but let the left half play poorly.

In the end, Arsenal opened the bottle cap and built on returning to last season. In the 25th minute of this attack, Thomas came to the outside and sent Saka into the ribs:

A minute later, Martinelli made a breakthrough attempt from the outside on the left to give Nketiah a chance:

Saka's outside line has been trapped, Martinelli can break through on the left wing, these are Arsenal's basic offensive routines last season, although this season there are more new faces, but who should assist, who should feint, who is the protagonist, who is the supporting role, this responsibility and order still have to be established.

Like Saka's goal in the 32nd minute, it can still be seen as someone putting Saka in the ribs on the outside, but this shot is not something that anyone can score:

So after the players independently divided the big and small kings on the field, not only did they gain a two-goal lead, but Arsenal's attack was much smoother:

Not much changed in the second half as Cooper had obvious problems in both the starting XI and the adjustment phase on the Nottingham Forest side.

Brennan Johnson was good but not with Gibbs White's support, which is why they were completely left behind in the first half.

The good opportunity sent has not yet been seized, let alone say:

So, Nottingham Forest need real centre-forwards to unleash the speed of other players.

In the adjustment phase, he replaced Awonier much later, although he and Erlanga's appearance formed a combination effect, and he also used this to score from the side of the back three and pulled a goal back:

However, Arsenal did not make a mistake in the response, adding people at the back and working in front, which consumed the time at the end of the game and injury time.

So, Arsenal scored their first three points of the new season.

Cooper's mistakes in the starting and adjustment phases were a problem last season, and with Arsenal playing at home and with so many people in the midfield, the win is what it deserves.

But in addition to winning, there are some situations that Arteta needs to pay extra attention to before scoring goals.

The point of attention, in fact, is that tactically, Saka and Martinelli still need to be taken seriously, especially during Jesus' absence.

Saka's side may not be too big a problem, and then move back to the back four, Ben White plugs in and Saka needs to deal with things that should improve.

The main thing is Martinelli's side, regardless of his good or bad performance, stable or not, the striker is a striker after all, and his lethality to the opponent is not something that players such as Havertz and Rice can cope with by inserting the impact.

So under this tactical system, Martinelli still has to be the protagonist of the left half fan, then Havertz and Rice need to be wingmen, and the wingman should do what the wingman should do, rather than overstepping the line and squeezing Martinelli elsewhere.

Arteta may want to see a pass fit on this side, but at least before a tacit deal can be established, Martinelli's tactical position needs to be established.