Arsenal vs Sevilla match report
Mikel Arteta and his Arsenal squad welcomed Sevilla to The Emirates on Tuesday night for what turned out to be a great match for the Arsenal squad. Coming away 2-0 winners and sitting pretty on top of the Group table on 9 points with a 4 point gap over RC Lens.
The game started out all Arsenal, dominating the possession and controlling the play from the get go. The game looked really open and Arsenal were looking to take advantage of that and were unlucky to not go in front in the first minute. Chances continued to come for Arsenal but for the first 20 minutes we didn’t look clinical enough.
But just before the half hour mark Arsenal got their breakthrough, Jorginho noticed a space for Saka to run into and made a pin-point perfect pass that Saka ran onto, beating the Sevilla defender and then squaring the ball into the centre of the box where Leandro Trossard was waiting to bury the ball past Sevilla’s keeper and put Arsenal 1-0 up with a well-deserved lead and well worked team goal.
The goal seemed to give Arsenal the confidence going forward and from that moment they looked to be in complete control of the game, locking down the midfield and staying in a solid structure that Sevilla couldn’t manage to break through. Going into half time 1-0 up and firmly in the driving seat for the second half.
The second half started a lot like the first and Arsenal dominated play and possession and looked to be the better team, Sevilla tried to lock down their defensive structure, but Arsenal looked too good and too quick to get caught out.
It didn’t take too long for Arsenal to extend their lead and in the 64th minute Martinelli made the most of a Zinchenko throw in and spotted the run of Saka, passing the ball through to him and he was off, beating the Sevilla defender for pace and then cutting back in the box and got the ball on his preferred left foot and buried the ball in the bottom left hand corner of the net, leaving the Sevilla keeper with no chance of saving it, putting Arsenal 2-0 up and well a truly in the driving seat.
The rest of the game wasn’t very eventful, both having our chances but Arsenal staying solid to keep Sevilla from getting one back. In extra time Saka was forced off due to another knock and had dealt with a lot of challenges and aggression throughout the game, Arsenal fans will be hoping its nothing serious, but it didn’t look great.
All in all, a great win for Arteta and Arsenal, and we are comfortable in the group, with 2 games left to go, we are in prime position to be going into the round of 16.
Did you enjoy watching that as much as I did, Gooners?
Daisy Mae
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A well deserved win, that will be good for our psyche.
Martinelli has so much to offer but he will never fulfil his potential on the left as he simply cannot cross accurately with his weaker foot.A switch with Saka could pay dividends and make them less predictable but I doubt if Arteta has the imagination to make such a change or try the young Brazilian as our central striker.
Yea I also think Matinelli should be tried as a CF one of this days… But if Jesus is fit it’s hard to do. I am also not sure of Matinelli positioning if put in front.
What did you expect the kid to do considering that there were no Bodies inside the area?
Agreed! Also have to point out that Sevilla had the box crammed with bodies. But, we need also need to get bodies into the box. Martinelli was providing plenty of service alright!
Grandad,
I also watched the game, Surely your analysis is to blame G. Mart and not a killer from Trossad and Kai? They knew Mart would cross, as he did countless time, non positioned themselves to score.
N/B, TROSSAD PLAYED VERY WELL AS FALSE 9
My comments are general from what I have seen of Martinelli since he arrived at Arsenal.I did not actually see the match last night so I am not in a position to assess the performance of any player.
Totally agree. Havertz really should’ve had a brace last night if he weren’t such a poor player. Didn’t make the necessary runs to meet Martinelli’s crosses and missed an easy header. I know what you mean tho Grandad, but this game was down to players in the middle not making themselves available, even with their late runs in from midfield. Nobody going to the far post on several occasions…
Martinelli was scary against Saville. BUT. Against Newcastle his passing stats were one of the worst in the team. If you analyse it, most were, blocked or crosses to nobody. It was the same against Saville, most of his crosses were blocked or to nobody. The kid has unbelievable talent but his end product is lacking. He must be a joy to play with but also frustrating. Tomi burst a gut twice to overlap him and Martinelli didn’t see him, or use him. You can let him get on with it by himself but his end product needs work.
A bit worried about the injury to Saka, hope he is fine, maybe he should have been subbed off earlier. That said, he should not start against Burnley and come on only if necessary. No point risking our best player.
Based on Zinchenko’s cameo in Odegaard’s position last night, I believe he can play that role or Xhaka’s better than any central midfielder at Arsenal. That’s because he’s been watching the games from the deep-midfield area as Xhaka did, hence a better understanding of the situations
If Rice, Tomiyasu and Havertz keep playing on the left side of the midfield, our right-sided players should make more long diagonal passes to their tall teammates
As for Burnley, their confidence must be very low. But we should approach the game cautiously, because Kompany used to work with Arteta for three years
Fine win, but we should have scored more…Jus sayin
I felt that. It was a conformable win, which is great, but so many opportunities came to nothing. Without Odegaard the attack is a lot weaker & that would have been a different story against a decent team, which Sevilla were not last night.
Awesome win 🙂
We should start Trossard more often
I’m glad that we are top of the table. Somehow I think if we do very well in CL, the momentum and confidence will flow into EPL. I’ve seen enough of Kai Havertz last night that he is gonna be a massive star for us. His silky smooth but powerful display is something similar as he excelled in Leverkusen. Chelsea destroyed him and Arteta will mould him into a mega star.
That makes two of us. His displays may be mostly disappointing at the moment just as he largely underwhelmed for 3 years at Chelsea, but you just can’t help but feel at times that there is a brilliant players in there.
He seemed more confident last night against Sevilla with some of his touches bar that timid header in the early minutes of the first half and he nearly scored a screamer later on. That would’ve been a fantastic goal had it gone in. I sincerely hope Arteta’s trust in him is justified soon.
… a brilliant player in there.
Let’s just hope that MA can find him and let him out then!!
I haven’t given up hope by any means… but it seems there always has to be a scapegoat at the club!!
I have been saying since last season Zinchenko should occupy Xhaka’s old role. I thought Kai did well. He should’ve done better with the early header but it was good to see him shooting occasionally. He will come good have no fear.