Arsenal as an opponent intrigued Roberto De Zerbi, who labeled them the best and one of the few teams capable of denying them dominance.
Anyone who watched Arsenal beat Brighton 2-0 will agree that the Gunners were the better team by a mile.
Arsenal dominated the Seagulls from the first minute to the last. De Zerbi’s team failed to register a single shot in the first half. Arsenal were the team to silence the Seagulls’ assault in their last 49 games, while they were at their best in attack, registering 15 attempts in the first half.
The Gunners continued to attack in the second half, eventually scoring after missing chance after chance. Gabriel Jesus nodded in at the far post corner to break the deadlock, and Havertz later on in the game extended the lead with a clinical finish.
Arsenal were fantastic; they would have scored more but weren’t as clinical as they should have been, which rescued De Zerbi and his team from an embarrassing loss.
The Italian coach said this of the Gunners after the loss: “Arsenal played much better than us. They deserved to win the game. We suffered a lot. I think Arsenal are one of the best; maybe this season the best team in the Premier League. We are not used to suffering in this way. We are used to controlling the game.”
It’s encouraging to hear De Zerbi admit Arteta outwitted him. Numbers do not lie; Arsenal showed up versus Brighton. According to Whoscored, the Gunners had 26 shots (Brighton had 6 shots), 9 of which were on target (Brighton only had 1 on target), the Gunners completed 11 dribbles (Brighton only completed 4 dribbles), and Arsenal had 10 corners (Brighton only had 1 corner).
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It was a similar situation at Villa Park.
Though Arsenal lost the game, a Villa player admitted that they were made to “suffer” for 85 minutes.
Even against almighty City, Arsenal were the dominant team when the two met last at the Emirates.
This is a good testimony to how well Arsenal are going about their business this season.
I hope we begin to translate this domination into more goals because goals win you games.
Can’t wait for some of our injured players to start coming back to the pitch.
That’s what you get when you invade our space.
OT: What a game at the Bridge, always excited to see sandcastle falter. i can boldly announce that Poch Chelsea are one to take note of as from next season. There is something brewing there.
Newcastle were pretty much missing an entire team, and also lost Gordon to injury in that game.
Chelsea still look awful, and they need at least 5 experienced signings, despite already spending a billion in quick time.
Poch is more likely to be sacked before they do anything of note.
Really? I don’t think so but i hope you’re right.
Six words from Robert De Zerbi sums it all up, they are stronger than last season.