Mikel Arteta made some changes to his Arsenal lineup versus Liverpool in order to inspire his squad to victory after they had lost their previous two games. Jorginho’s return to central midfield was one notable change.
Mikel Arteta must have believed the Italian international’s leadership, experience, and composure would be useful to his team after a poor performance against Fulham, and he was correct.
Jorginho played in midfield alongside Declan Rice and Martin Odegaard, with Kai Havertz up top. Arsenal were dominant in the first half, and the ex-Chelsea man was definitely influential in Arsenal’s build-up play. The 32-year-old took command of Arsenal’s midfield, freeing up Rice. He completed three key passes, won seven of nine duels, and made four successful tackles; he rarely has a terrible game.
Even with his influence on the game, Arteta ended up subbing him out. I don’t know about you, but I thought he should have played the entire 90 minutes; subbing him off yesterday killed Arsenal’s midfield and key passes.
There have been rumors of Arsenal pursuing Everton’s all-round midfielder, Amadou Onana, if that move goes through well and good. If not, Jorginho should not be dropped from Arteta’s starting lineup; if not a new recruit like Onana, he may be the midfielder to get Arsenal back on track until Partey returns.
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32 year old???? should be in al ettifaq midfield not arsenals
Saliba,Odegaard and Rice also did put in a solid display but will never be enough to go against their boss.
Jorginho only does well when we are dominating possession and he’s “free”. The moment he’s under pressure or we are defending a counter attack he is a complete liability IMO
Correct. And he passes back FAR to much.
Had Arsenal only made the two signing of the Ciaedeo kid and Rice, things could have been completely different
BIg FAT Lie!!!
Jorginho was no bright spark!!! Lie!!!!!
Arteta lost this game! Not the players!
Arteta is fond of disappointing the team at this stage of the season.
He started to kill the game by removing Nelson for Martinelli, it made no difference.
Even the blind knows that Arsenal is bound to conceded with Jorginho on the pitch!
So why not remove him for Eddie and drop Havertz into midfield.
Havertz did nothing wrong! He is not the only person who missed gilt edge chances!
Arsenal actually needs not just a striker(sic) but 2 very strong wingers who can lead the line upfront naturally comfortably.
Not just any how striker! Arsenal need 2 more Jesus-mould strikers.
Anyone who understands Artetaball will see that it takes a driver kind of player to lead the line.
Artetaball requires basically 2 kind of outfield players; drivers and occupiers.
It is sad to see that the squad is really short on these 2 fronts.
Drivers – Saka, Jesus, Eddie, Martinelli, Nelson, Odegaard, Zinny, Timbre.
Occupiers – Saliba, Magalhaes, Kiwior, Tomiyasu, White, Partey, Rice, Havertz.
All other guys do not add anything special to the squad, they are clear-cut tactical misfits! Name them!
I said it from day one of Vieira, Trossard, and Jorginho, that they will be the reason Arteta will be sacked!
Because they will always be hit and miss! Anytime, any day!
Arsenal look very solid both defensively and offensively when they are humble and level-headed.
Nothing is wrong with Arsenal’s attack, if you are not scoring you should be disciplined enough not to be conceding.
Arteta should stop feeling arrogant and be humble enough to keep his team’s defensive shape and mentality going when the goals are not coming.
No need to start panicking and gambling with substitutions.
Arsenal look very solid both defensively and offensively when they are humble and level-headed.
The lineups against Fulham and Liverpool were not bad at all. I strongly agree with Arteta, he got them right. The challenges were only in the substitutions and player instructions.
Arteta should buy Onana from Everton and Chalobah from Chelsea, then give Jakub Kiwior more game time, and also promote Lino Sousa from the Academy.
Lino Sousa from the Arsenal Academy is a world talent for his age. He stands at 186cm with exceptional technique. He is a natural defender who can completely hold his own both as CB and DM. He is left-footed, very speedy and has the great engine to play box-to-box both as SB and CM. This guy can fill the Xhaka role greatly.
Jakub Kiwior should be trusted more to play anywhere across the central midfield and defence. He is so so underrated and underutilized.
Vieira, Trossard, Jorginho, Elneny, Cedric, and Smith Rowe should all be let go.
The nonsense experience that Arteta is looking for by keeping deadwoods and tactical misfits are the reasons for the teams decline.
Smith Rowe is not defensive enough to play in the 8 in the current Arteta system, and he is even not a natural winger. He can’t play on the wings for Arsenal at the moment. Arteta football favors widemen who can naturally fill in as wingbacks in a back5, back4 or even a back6 system, to play as his wing forwards. This is why Jesus, Nelson, Saka, and Martinelli are very crucial. Marquinhos should be called back from loan.
If Havertz with all his talents of size and technique will not evolve his defensive game ethics as an 8, and be able to play cover as a 6 and sideback, then he too has to either leave or start to sit on the bench till he learns his Arsenal-Arteta trade well enough to deserve minutes on the pitch.
Arteta wasn’t playing and that’s not a lie!