Why Arsenal's Biggest Weakness Was Exposed Against Porto
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- čas přidán 21. 02. 2024
- Arsenal face an uphill struggle in their Champions League knockout after a bruising 0-1 defeat to Porto. But after dishing out consecutive hammerings to West Ham and Burnley in the Premier League, what suddenly went wrong for Arteta's men in Portugal? Adam Clery picks through the game and finds their old Achilles heel has returned.
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I think people forget porto against inter (the finalists) last year recorded an xg value of 3.52 over the course of the 2 legs, and inter recorded 2.08xg. Everyone making fun of arsenal needs to realise this porto team is the real deal in the champions league and were very unlucky to not make the semis last year.
Thanks for giving us the respect we deserve man.
First decent Arsenal fan I see around here...
It doesn’t help your case that your fans were saying you’d dogwalk Porto only to be bossed, though I agree with your points.
@@muudi2009 Exactly. The build up for this game was full of trash talk against Porto. It aged well though...
I don't think people are forgetting that, I just think that Porto have a horrible record against English teams & a horrible record in the last 16 (2nd only to Arsenal) so naturally Arsenal were considered favourites to progress.
@@Idontknoww576 yeah watching that inter/Porto leg had me absolutely shocked you didn't convert those chances, that being said I still believe we will beat you at the Emirates though time will tell!
We must not forget the way Porto lost against Barcelona. They were much superior in both games and lost due to details and mistakes from their own team. Porto was the only team that beat Chelsea the year they won the Champions League. The best Portuguese team and one of the teams with the most presence in the champions. FORÇA PORTO 💙🤍
Much superior in both games and only lose to individuals mistakes??
U can't be serious brother
How u gonna be superior in both games and lose both?
Unless u could've drew one!?
@@psychoced437 did u saw the games?
@@Sergio_Machado they were only superior in the 1st match imo but a barca defensive masterclass and Porto mistakes couldn't allow them to get the win second leg was even in the first 30 minutes or so before barca got a head of steam and started attacking more relentlessly and started taking the game by the horns but tbf Porto were still always in the game
@@crisis_za6491 Opinions are like assholes. Everyone has one. 😁🤣
with sergio conceicao porto was eliminated from the champions league for this teams
Liverpool - finalist
juventus - finalist
liverpool - winner
chelsea - winner
inter - finalist
this to say porto might be eliminated early but its always to the one team reaching the final or winning the competition. this should speak volumes
and at home porto was the only team that didnt lost vs City and the only team that beat chelsea when they won respectively
Against Chelsea in quarter finals 2020, Porto was defeated and Chelsea got the final, Liverpool 2019 same. Last year with Inter also the same thing. The club which defeats Porto, will play the final.
Not only these last three years, it happens a lot!
Sometimes, we Porto fans even laugh about it. The team that manages to beat Porto out of UCL, usualy gets to the final. And of those "Porto beaters" that get to the final, they win it most of the times.
Porto has a tradition of being knocked out by the champion 😅
@@heldersilva6672 bodes well for us if we manage the win 😅
I think the same. Porto Will win this game and the next game they Will lose against city/Madrid/Inter and you know
The 2020 final was between Bayern and PSG
Stop lying
@@psychoced437 you're right, it was in 2021
We also need to remember that Arsenal have a terrible record in Portugal and Porto have a terrible record in England. Varela for Porto was incredible and they stuck to their task well. Overshadowed by the constant falling over and so on though.
Indeed. Couple of things that summed up the night was Rice getting booked literally in the 1st minute, and the referee stopping the game for the 1001st time after one of the Porto players stood on his own goalkeepers foot!
Varela is a baller
They did knock out Man United at Old Trafford. Not as bad as Arsenal record in Portugal i guess.
They also beat Chelsea in London.
Rice also did enough to see red post-yellow...@@Amberle73
This is honestly one of my favorite channels on CZcams now. If you pumped out one of these videos for every match in Europe I would watch it!! So much tactical knowledge in every video!
God damn this man's videos are so good. I usually find these style videos from other creators kinda boring, but Adam explains things so well always making them interesting and engaging.
Makes me believe that i've been watching all these games heavily intoxicated and half asleep (some games I have been)
The Porto manager and his team really did their homework on this one Arteta wasn't prepared. However, I think we'll try and play more direct football and set up differently at the Emirates and we'll go through.
We're gonna need Partey for that midblock
@@NphiniT yes partey we need him for those split passes . Rice likes to play safe way too much . And jorginho can’t do the tackling of rice
You're incredibly naive
@@itsTricksyGG When I said we would win, I meant I think we'll win. I'm not certain.
However, that does still mean I think we'll win. Everybody is being reactionary and saying we're terrible, although we've dismantled a tough West Ham side and outplayed a top of the prem Liverpool side fair and square. Arteta has found ways to beat our central access problem that Porto capitalised on in a few creative ways like Odegaard dropping deep. We are capable of winning this despite the tie now being an up in the air 50/50. It's not naive, it's how things are. We've proved we can recover from poor performances and we have more quality and are at home.
@@Delusionaryvisionary_407 yes but you make it seem as if our club can ha dle pressure when nothings really changed since arteta joined, arrogant, terrible man management, can't work with players who aren't 1 dimensional and nice boy attitude.
We have 2 wingers which are more than capable of running in behind. Take advantage of the high line ffs
We've nobody to play a decent through ball. Everybody is too afraid of losing it, no bravery in possession at all. Odegaard could do it but plays far too safely too often. Jorginho could have, if he was given more time on the pitch.
This. Also White was making tons of good runs for balls to not be played over the top. Arsenal’s cb’s have the quality to make that pass but are coached not to.
guess who we have? Partey and Zinchenko... Guess where they are? Injured...@@silverheart7964
No bravery at all and it drives me crazy. I get so jealous when I watch Liverpool. They'll play through any kind of block. Maybe we just don't have the right attacking players to do that yet and Arteta is being cautious
@@silverheart7964 Vieira was the guy for last night, best atriker of a ball at the club, clean connection on long balls and switches. Odegaard doesn't do that enough.
i wonder if teams coaching staff watch videos like these for a outsiders perspective, i didn’t understand much about football being from australia but this channel and tifo irl helped heaps
Believe me the club already has lots of well paid analysts and numbers people who would have watched and analysed this game.
💯
Yeah the club analysts would have already known this, hell Arteta probably already does just from watching the match.
If I find out my coaching staff i pay hundreds of thousands of dollers per coach is giving me youtube video data I would give them the blood eagle the second I found out.
It is usually what you see on YT analysis is the tip of the iceberg of what actually the job is(no matter the job).
The analysis was very good, but having said that Arsenal were very poor last night, there were a lot of misplaced passes, a lack of movement and mis-control of the ball. On top of that the intensity was down and the obvious way round this defence is over the top or play up to Havertz which wasn’t attempted.
And I think that's where the penny dropped. There was low intensity and willingness to outrun Porto. More than anything, I think we played very well but we were fatigued. Newcastle will do just about the same thing tomorrow and I hope we have it in the tank to nick it... Must also add that game changing options from the bench was very scarce against Porto.
I saw all these opportunities to play simple passes to advances the ball forward but Rice won’t do it and it frustrates the heck out of me. These are not dangerous passes but they are needed to loosen up mid or low block defenses. Fans can wish to get rid of Partey all they want but finding somebody that does what he can do won’t be easy.
Zubimendi or Douglas Luiz can do what Partey does
This is why I love watching Fourfourtwo. Thanks a lot for breaking arsenal's games down this patiently. You make me wanna watch your breakdown even when Arsenal loses. You are way better than many of these online tacticos. Thank you very much.
This was a great video! thank you
The player we missed the most yesterday, was Jesus.. who could receive the ball in the midfield and could dribble past 4 to score or assist a Saka or a Martinelli or a Odegaard.
You need ball carriers to play through this type of block. Rosicky or Wilshere types. So the player that was missed in this game and will continue to be missed all season is Jurrien Timber.
Trossard isn't a natural striker and arteta kept nketia in summer should have added a top striker least he could have at least shot a goal and hit target
Yeah thus game was Nketsiah game. Also trossard can dribble there4 he should change tactic and allow 2 players to be carriers. Porto gave definitely Jesus will be back but please He should play trossard just behind Jesus
great analysis, really good video
Recently came across your channel you do some really cool videos big upps
Omg amazing video. I’m looking to learn all these tactics and the way you display it is so fun and entertaining thank you
Really liked this video, very good analysis.
Great job on this analysis mate.
Love this channel! Subscribed bro!
Also… sorry about the Newcastle score 😂
At this level, you NEED your best team. A midfield block would be suicide having both Zinchenko/Partey in the line up because they demand the ball in these exact tight spaces, Jesus/Timber as well. None were available.
There is no shame in losing to a well disciplined and clinical Porto team. If even Jesus is available for this match, I’d expect Trossard to make way. I’ve always said the Havertz/Jesus combination is better than the Trossard/Havertz one for this reason. Jesus offers that type of Xfactor to unlock defences while Trossard is more clinical in the final 3rd. We needed the former in this match.
A great analysis!!!
The ref didn't allow premier league corner tactics. Every corner was a foul even when Porto just fell over
I noticed that the ref would not allow any form of contacts too; right from the first minute.
@@xcitingfootball this shoots our game in the foot as we're one of the best physical and duel winning teams within the rules in europe
@@JP-fc6hqlol in england you play has the king wants in europe you play has the game demands to be played, if you dont want so may fouls dont make so many fouls. Arsenal players have the weakest mental strenght
@@pedromartins9573 fool. Porto players falling to the floor crying out are hardly fools. They were physical duels inside the rules of the game or dives by Porto...
@@JP-fc6hqchora mais
That was so interesting and so accurate! Big Up!!!
importance of Zinchenko in such games
and thomas partey
@@dunkno69 and frank stapleton
If Zinchenko plays, Francisco Conceição will have a field day though 🤣
man, you do your stuff so good.
solid analysis..subscribed
The only thing you need to know is, playing against a portuguese team, specially Porto, you're not going to play fooball, you're going to war, so forget your neat tactics and million pound signings and just go beyond your best, or you're in for deception
As a Portuguese I appreciate this video a lot because it describes the philosophy of the defensive tactics that most teams in Liga Portugal often do against the big 3 (those being Porto, Benfica and Sporting). And with that in mind, Porto were very familiar with the type of play that Arsenal were going to do because they have been in that position before countless times in the Portuguese League. To give you an recent example, 2 weeks ago Porto lost to FC Arouca in the league 3-2 because of the same tactics that Porto used to win against Arsenal.
i think he should have played Jorginho, he'd atleast lower the risk of losing the ball in the mid block. And he has those incisive passes to break the lines
If we need control he is a MUST.
We need to drop Kai or Leo for Jorginho wich is a good choice because both players are great.
Great video!
*One thing I* love about Mikel is that he is a fast learner and I *believe* the return leg at the *Emirate Stadium* will be a very different experience for *Fc Porto* players and their fans.
We really missed *Jesus’s* presence in attack and his ability to create chaos in the final 3rd. Also we lacked the presence of a player like *Thomas Partey* to play risky passes through or over their mid-block which was how we beat Man city. Finally the lads were kind of overwhelmed by the stage and as a result they made silly mistakes and gave the ball a way so cheaply. This is why I know that it will be a different ball game when they visit us at home in a fews days time.
As an arsenal fan I think Porto played alright but also that we were just shite. Afraid to take risks, afraid to create, afraid to shoot just not very good and not the Arsenal we're used to seeing. Also didn't help that there was a foul every 2 mins
Bit of that, bit of missing at least one of Jesus/Zinchenko/Partey and bit of missing a referee with a backbone. Home leg will hopefully have at least some of these issues solved.
I loved the risks Arsenal took. Wich team made more fouls? I bet it was not Porto...
Didn't Liverpool in their last title season get a large percentage of their opening goals from set-pieces...? Also, Porto - Arsenal, the ball was in play for a paltry 50 minutes. Porto repeatedly stopped the game with persistent fouling and game=break time-wasting. The Ref was weak.
Still it worked
And Arsenal took almost 2 minutos in every set piece
You guys literally had no penetration, only control of the ball, you're not man city, and if this wasn't an ultra tactical era of football, you'd still be in the Europa League
Arsenal are in the mud
@@pedromartins9573 Because Porto players kept going down in the box because of a little gust of wind and the ref kept having words
Your analysis is spot on 👈
Simple but brilliant analysis... love it - thanks for the education and dare-I-admit... entertainment
omg the end of this video made me subscribe, amazing
i love u for been a football analyst
I honestly think it had a lot to do with the refereeing. The match was stopped so often and for things we thrive on - recovery tackles, tussling on corners. We couldn’t gain momentum and the constant stoppages stifled our potency from corners and build up. It was a classic champion’s league humbling. A lot of our strengths don’t translate well in Europe, given the style of play. We have to play smarter and hopefully home advantage works in our favor
Great analysis 👏
Your videos are so good
Excellent thank u
Nice one, cheers
Very good take.
You missed the part where they nullified Arsenal’s pressing ability to win the ball back by falling over at the slightest bit of contact which stopped us winning the ball back high up the pitch (even in their own box sometimes) on multiple occasions. They also fell to the floor at every single corner which nullified our ability to gain any advantage from a set piece. Can’t score from a corner if the referee blows for a foul every single time we have a corner. The game was shocking to watch because one team came to play and the other team set up to just stop any football being played.
Average delusional brit
A nice insight..
Jesus would’ve been good in trying to open up Porto’s solid mid block defence
It was moses that parted the seas
Trossard isn't a natural striker and arteta kept nketia in summer should have added a top striker least he could have at least shot a goal and hit target
I am a Porto supporter and I think players like Jorginho, Partey, Jesus and Zinchenko ( would help you a lot offensively but defensively I think he would screw you and Francisco Conceição would kill him) would help you a lot, I was happy when I saw your lineup and I saw Jorginho on the bench
@@adrianoroto we will for sure play Jorginho at the emirates especially after his performance against Newcastle. Definitely didn’t expect Porto to be this tough defensively though before the game🤝
Great video
Francescinha are so good... but its naptime after.
I was hoping for the name of the meal in the comments cause I couldn't make out the spelling, thanks. looks tasty
Francesinha. It means little french girl. It celebrates the resistance to the invasion of Porto by Napoleon's armies.
Im familiar with the meaning.
Brilliant analysis
Finally someone said it. I was convinced Arsenal were just going for the set pieces, no players committing forward. Just controlling the game to take it to the second leg yet of-course the tactics blew on their faces with that late goal. Impressive analysis!
Finally someone that seen exactly what i did, the thing that irritated ne was the fact that it wasnt the furst tone arteta and arsenal has seen the mid block. Man city and liverpool have used the same tactics against us before and weve adjusted and adapted. The fact that arteta kept the 4-3-3 is delusional. Jorginho shouldve been subbed in earlier and dropped back for creation and rice shouldve gotten pushed up. Havertz shoukdbe stayed up top and arteta shouldve made a formation change second half. This game was a real test to both the players and arteta, and they failed miserably, towards the end it looked like they didnt even care anymore. The only ither thing ill add is hiw corrupt the refs were for porto we had 23 fouls to there 10 they could foul all they wanted but as soon as we played physical we get called for every tiny little thing its a CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TOURNAMENT NOT A FRIENDLY WTF ARE U CALLING?!?
How do you win against team that fall over little physical contact? 😅
That's a brilliant spot on the playing for set-pieces thing, I sort of noticed it as well but not as blatantly
Yes 8+ corners that were totally shit 👍🏽
Excellent, as always! Although I hope Arsenal beat your side on Saturday, Adam, esp after THAT goal in the earlier game…if you know what I mean! 😅
I actually think Porto will do us at the Emirates aswell.
Fed up of watching a disjointed team in big games
Fair on the Porto assessment but fed up of watching a disjointed team that n big games lmaooo we’ve not lost to a big 6 team all year we just beat Liverpool
Partey is usually most effective against teams that set up like Porto. I hope he'll be back before the second leg
@@NphiniT i hope but if we’re relying on that guys fitness then we’re already doomed
@@ikw2828 True though
@@ikw2828 Yeah but for what? We still arent attacking enough. Constantly low/mid blocks doing the same thing. Not enough strength, speed and skill in the team rn. Everyone praising odeegard but he needed to take players on... they'd of fouled him and instant free kick to us but he'd play it back constantly... meant to be the guy who unlocks teams
i think you hit the nail on the head at times when we come up against these mid to low blcokes it looks as if we arent trying to play thru it. Far to much recyclying and i get the control aspect but at some point you need to take risk whether it be a pass between the lines or taking on your man i just didnt see any urgency to play thru porto. We looked happy playing around and like you said playing for set pieces which we got nothing from.
I’m keen to see how it will work with a much wider pitch at Arsenal
I totally agree with your analysis, although in the early stages I felt that the Arsenal players seemed a bit nervous. One thing Arsenal may hope for is that Porto go to London paranoid over their recent history in England and engage in a low block to defend their lead for 90 mins. Arsenal looked terribly average in Portugal trying to penetrate that mid-block.
😂😂 Loved this, let’s see how the Newcastle fixture goes
Newcastle are the English Porto.
@@alzer6467 That’s exactly my thinking ehoch means that Arsenal must use a different approach. Start Jorginho, rest either Trossard or Havertz (Trossard for me). GJ9 whom everybody had started slaffing off after huge wins is still useful and I rhink is needed in this game
Lol Newcastle got ran ragged 😂😂😂. English porto my foot!
@@alzer6467 well damn bro, riddle me this “WHO PUT THE BALL IN THE GEORDIES NET ??” 😂😂😂🤣🤣
@@mrakram4life almost half the team 😂.... Thankfully arsenal finishing wasn't great. Could've been 6-1
Arsenal's biggest weakness? Not realising Porto come to foul and dive, therefore disrupting the game. They're the 'most fouled' team in Portugal, have had the most yellow cards given to the opposing team and have accrued the second highest number of yellow cards themselves.
not just that, Porto completely outplay Arteta's Arsenal throughout the whole game. Tbh, that scoreline could've gone so much worse for Arsenal
@@johnlau6749 They didn't control the game at one point. What were you watching you spud 😂
@@johnlau6749 You didn't watch the match did you?
@@nietzschean3138 can u just stop ur bullshit? 😡😡😡Arsenal are shit throughout the whole game. I mean 0 shot on target at all from Arsenal throughout the whole game!!!! ffs😡😡😡
@@johnlau6749 You didn't watch did you spud?
I’m portuguese, Porto fan, subscribed after the Francesinha reference! 😃
I'm neither a fan of Porto nor of Arsenal but I have this feeling Porto are going to win again.
Porto have a good history with the Champions League and they're going to fight hard for the title.
Also, Porto's confidence will be on high after defeating Benfica 5-0 which is crazy.
Arsenal are growing better as a team but they lack confidence when it comes to European competitions.
Also, Francesinhas are amazing, so glad you mentioned them and thank you for the Fado at the end, very nice touch!
Very good annalysis
We should be pretty familiar to the Midblock. Isn’t that what we used to beat Liverpool a couple weeks back?
Can you kindly mention current premier league teams using the mid block possession tactic
Great review of the game,, win or lose I’m happy Porto adavanced from the group stage, this win was a bonus, we don’t have the funds like arsenal to invest in better quality players, Saka by itself is worth around 120 million is almost more then all porto players together. Good luck to Arsenal , our mission is complete regardless the second leg result.
I think you dont know FC Porto won 7 international titles. 2x champions league, 2x world champion, 2 europa league and 1 European super cup. We dont have your money but we are fighters and we know about the game
If you were playing in the premier league you would struggle to make top 6 never mind top 4 . Therefore you would not qualify for any international competition.
I don't know the name of your league but I could not name one club apart from benfica and sporting
@@Christian-tn5wo If Porto have your money...and you have our money you dont win nothing. With no money we won 7 international tiitles...and Arsenal? You to win something you must buy players from abord.
At least half European champions man city are home grown walker ,stones , grealish, Lewis, palmer ,foden etc...
Where would bayern Munich be without Kane? Real Madrid without Bellingham well I would put man city , arsenal and inter as favourites without Bellingham....and probably with him also.
Walker would have him in his pocket just like mbappe
I'm not sure the mid block was the main issue Arsenal faced. In an interview with Rice after the game he mentions how to ball just seemed to be moving way faster than they were expecting, hence why the players were misplacing passes and struggling to control it. The issue was were weren't able to play our game because they literally couldn't control the ball
Hey how do you think they will break the middle block
They will break it through a triangular formation or box like one in the middle field
Nice analysis. On many occasion the Porto tactics is that they are just simpily putting six players to stuck in the middle disallowing Arsenal from making any progressive pass. Arteta should have taken in like ESR or Vieria to increase the creativity and strengthen the combination play.
dont consider ESR, too much injurys in every season
we lost in the last minute. This tactic wasn't the reason it was just unlucky
It was if u add score u wouldn’t have lost
Really good football content
Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Arsenal employ a mid-block against City when they beat them toward the start of the season ? I seem to remember Arsenal refusing to press Silva (playing in the six) or the centre backs when they were on the ball then just piling in when the ball went into midfield.
That's city's kryptonite 1st employed against them by Lyon in the CL! Loaded Mid block with technical midfielders & super fast wingers
@@knothyselfknotruthCity were missing Doku,Grealish,Rodri and De Bruyne . It was a nice victory for Arsenal but let’s not forget that that was nowhere near the top version of City
@@karmaascendant3936 No Martinelli, no Saka. We started Nketiah up front, ffs. Not exactly our first 11 either, chief.
😂😂@@karmaascendant3936
Arsenal needed more one touch passing. The ol give and go.
I had a sneaky suspicion this video was gonna secretly be about Newcastle.
I don't think there are necessarily any major tactical changes that need to be made rather than attitude.
When I look at Arteta's masterplan he wants a backline that can make progressive passes at speed that can break down lowblocks and bypass phases of play.
Zinchenko, Timber, Saliba, Partey and to cap it all off Raya. Not just ball carriers and overlappers. This isn't to blame the team or scapegoat anyone in particular rather the solution is there, when 5 defensive players can all make good passes it opens the game up.
The attitude adjustment I would like to see from Arsenal is to be okay with losing the ball earlier on. Porto were okay with conceding the ball and playing deep. So IMHO, give them the ball more often. Play through the middle a couple of times even if you lose the ball, spring the trap so to speak and then counter-press and get the ball back. Ask questions, and bring the fight to them. Get the ball in the middle and then try a through ball a couple of times, mix it up. Even if it's unsuccessful they will now be more mindful of it especially if you start creating unpredictability. However, Arsenal just see the middle is blocked out and go wide. Also, I would have liked to have seen more shots at range especially earlier on in the game. Arsenal lacks the passing speed of City in these situations, even though City weren't very successful against Chelsea you saw the speed with which they moved the ball to open Chelsea up.
Surely the antidote to this is just having a player who can play passes over the top behind the defence
Yeah right, Pepe still run as if he had 29 years old, and Otavio is another fast defender. Porto was prepared for all of that
I am a Porto Fan, not here to make fun. FC Porto has a tradition in the Champions League. Even when we are not making a decent season internally, usually our players play the Champions League games like they were the last. Also, I think our manager prepared the game really well.
What was the logic in doing away with the away goals rule? It removed any incentive for Arsenal to go for an away goal and made the game super dull.
Mate I don’t think arsenal purposely didn’t want to score it’s the ucl Porto were just good defensively
It was Porto who made the game dull as they were the ones who had the advantage of home soil and fans and still played like a relegation side.
They time-wasted in 80th+ minute at 0:0 ffs. And let's not even mention the constant diving and rolling around at the slightest of touches.
"The away goal rule in the Champions League was removed after UEFA felt it was inappropriate ‘for an away goal to carry more weight than one scored at home.’"
And rightly so. Why would a lucky, undeserved deflection goal be worth 2 goals just because it was scored away?
What difference does it make where you play? Away goals rule was incredibly stupid, play the game to see who wins.
@@QlickyThe ref made it easier for them to play like that tbh. Rice got a yellow in the first minute. But that Porto no. 10 and other players got away with much worse.
@Qlicky Are u serious ? Let’s talk about how long u take to take a corner ! Especially in 1st half. You took so much time to do it. Those who say Porto played as a relegation side, do u watch football outside Prem ? Do u have an idea of the massive gap between both teams in terms of players and even budget ? Do u really think that Porto chances of winning would increase if they faced arsenal in a different manners ? Stop believing that there is only one way to play football. You can prefer one type for sure but don’t judge others way of playing as bad. At the end the goal of every one is winning and there are multiple ways of doing it
This was a game of inability to play in the middle, defenders and midfielders who found themselves in possession the most unwilling to play long balls and poor movement and occasional poor first touches from wingers. We lacked risk while porto where fairly disciplined in their game plan. I think even if Arteta has already experienced the mid block a few times since last year there was no tactic to challenge it and we got too bold with the lack of risks with the hope to challenge them at the Emirates.
The mid block worked really nice but it was nervous for me because one mistake in the back and the strategy could fall apart, Varela was the king of the match. I recognize my FC Porto team is a little bit poor, both in players and money, it as great difficulty especially to break low blocks.
That Porto goal though...
this is the tactic liverpul tried on at the emirates.. next leg arteta need to play jorginho and put havertz on top.. liverpul wasnt able to get the ball from jorginho and his behind the back pass is very good to release martinelli and saka.. mid block = liverpul @ emirates
Chelsea played same way with Jose for years against Wenger and guess who used to manage Porto? Porto jave always played the same way since jose left
Great video as always Adam, let's hope that Eddie has been watching ready for tomorrow!
When watching the game, i was thinking arteta should have 3 at the back and 5 in midfield because it looked to easy for Porto. They were just hustling Arsenal, sometimes it better letting the opposition have the ball and hustle them.
Arteta experienced a Mental Block
Newcastle needs to do the midblock against arsenal again
Home pressure will help the ref to stop falling for all the Porto falling (over)
Not every win or lose needs a tactical reason for that to happen.
Sometimes you aren’t in good moment despite everything is right.
Otherwise, we won’t finish from illustrating
It’s a game , luck is there as well as bad moments and many things other than just tactics
You know what? That makes absolute sense, they're deliberately going to set pieces because I've seen it happen especially the first few months of this season. They almost always play the ball wide, even when there's a one on one chance for Ødegaard and Jesus against a defender. And as an Arsenal fan it's just sooo annoying.
Where is adam monk !?
Bruh in set pieces they were like fouling each other and interrupting the play
cracking video Adam, let's hope Eddie's got a trick or two up his sleeve for this weekend, up the toon!!!
It's not their biggest weakness, of course after the lost you have to find or create some type of weakness to justify their lost. There was 36 fouls in the game. Porto uses fake fouls to win. And the referee fall for it.
Gabriel Jesus would have been the most potent weapon against Porto mid block
No weakness of arsenals was exposed at all they sat in and defended low block, broke up the rhythm of play and had a long distance lucky strike go in
Yeah 1 goal against Newcastle, that was out of play, offside and had 2 fouls in build-up. A disgrace :D
Wait for our return
I was shocked Jorginho did not start this game, he should be first name on the team sheets on away nights in europe
But Arteta loves Kai 😏
HAVERT Is Arteta's Pampered Prince...
@@mnickiel09 Facts 😂
Jorgino had an injury issue..