It can be understood how high Mikel Arteta has raised the standard at Arsenal, when a minimum victory over MU at Old Trafford can still make them criticized in style and dissected to every detail.
For a long time, Arsenal will do everything to get a victory at Old Trafford. This is only the third time they have done that in the last 19 matches in the Premier League. “Now I entered the dressing room, we won and the players were still not satisfied,” Arteta said in the press conference after the match. “It is a good signal”.
During the match, Arteta was not completely satisfied. Although Arsenal defended sure to alkaline MU, but in the attack, they wasted. Not that the Gunners miss the opportunity to shot deliciously, instead, they have not been able to create finishing situations. In fact, Arsenal's finish is only half MU (9 compared to 22). The problem lies before.
“There are 7, 8 situations when the ball is completely open to deploy, we were able to rush and face the goalkeeper,” Arteta lamented. “But then we lost the ball and the match turned into a basketball game.”
Especially in the first half, this is a rare open match for Arsenal of Arteta. And maybe this is what we will see more: Arteta realizes that it is necessary to adapt to the ability to run directly from the new Viktor Gyokeres. That may mean to accept a more state -of -the -art style.
If so, Arsenal still has a lot of work to do. They could not transform the ball to score. That makes Gyoker
