Despite a few twists and turns late in the second half, Arsenal managed to secure a crucial win on the road. Arteta, who was on the sidelines, also breathed a long sigh of relief. For Arsenal, the win was crucial and could be a crucial win for the team to win the Premier League this season.
Tottenham played at home, and Arsenal took the initiative to show weakness and won with efficiency
In today's game, the Arsenal team, which has always emphasized the passing and control style of play, suddenly took the initiative to show weakness, gave up the pass control, and switched to defensive counterattack, the Arsenal team's possession rate was once as low as 28%, but it was far superior to the opponent in the quality of set-pieces and counterattacks. Of course, Tottenham's set-pieces also created a lot of threats to the Arsenal team, but luck today is on the side of the away team, in fact, in the second half of the game, Arsenal did relax too early, once fell into a comprehensive passivity, if Tottenham launched a general attack earlier, or luck is not so bad, today Tottenham can at least draw at home.
There is still room for improvement for Arsenal, but no collapse is progress
In today's game, Arsenal's two goals were due to the team's over-relaxation, especially the first goal was the result of the player's lax thinking and unforced mistakes. But the Arsenal team did not completely collapse after all, the team faced Tottenham's counterattack in the last moments, the defensive line was still very resilient, and the team was able to hold on to the end and win, which is a kind of improvement, and in terms of mentality, Arsenal has become a real strong team.
Judging from this game, the Arsenal team will probably not fall short at the last moment like last season, and I hope that this season, we can witness the rise of the Arsenal team together.