29 Sep 2020 13:45:24
I think I heard Arteta say we must be cleverer and know when it’s right to play out from the back, maybe a communication error and the players thought they had to do it all the time?


1.) 29 Sep 2020
29 Sep 2020 14:05:39
May be he forgot to tell them at halftime as he couldn’t communicate during the match as the crowd was so noisy.


2.) 29 Sep 2020
29 Sep 2020 18:30:05
@oxfordshire, I think Arteta meant, to be clever to read the game when to high press from the front and when to sit back in zones and not about the playing out from back as he gave the example of VVD’s long balls to Mo Salah.
For example if AMN had not pressed, the move for their first goal would not have started.


3.) 29 Sep 2020
29 Sep 2020 20:26:08
Surely anyone could see it was suicide passing around at the back. Every pass got more uncomfortable but they still did it. Stupid tactic and stubborn management.