The 2019-20 season ended well for Arsenal, which is why the 2020-21 campaign promised a lot for Gunners fans after winning the FA Cup, however the team immersed in a crisis that currently causes the London team to be listed as “A relegation team.”
Arsenal is located in the fifteenth place in the general table, with just 14 points, four units of cushion compared to the red zone of the descent, in which Fulham is located, with 10 units.
Arsenal started the season with two consecutive wins. For the fourth date the balance was very positive with three victories and one defeat and from the fifth date the ship sank, since from that moment on it adds one victory, seven defeats and two draws. How can a team that at the beginning of the season was a candidate for Champions League positions fall in such a short time? Here we will try to explain the reasons.
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Administrative changes
Since the departure of Arsene Wenger Arsenal has carried out four administrative reorganizations, the last of which was the departure of the football director, the Spaniard Raúl Sanllehi, who now works in the Barcelona offices.
Sanllehi left Arsenal in August and since then Mikel Arteta, the current helmsman of the Gunners, now have more control, but also more task as he is responsible for directing other departments of the club, along with his assistant, Edu. In this way, we can realize that Arsenal have been in instability since 2018.
The lesions
To the poor results, which have been reflected in the loss of confidence of the squad, we must add the casualties due to injury and even positive coronavirus. For the first half of the season, Arsenal has had up to ocho players who missed at least one game through injury.
These are the players who have been injured at some point in the current season, according to the data de transfermakt: Sead Kolasinac (knee and coronavirus), Calum Chambers (cruciate ligament), Shkodran Mustafi (knee injury), Pablo Marí (ankle injury), David Luiz (thigh) Emile Smith Rowe (shoulder) and Gabriel Martinelli (knee injury).
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Most of these players did not make it to the preseason and little by little they have joined the first team.
Mikel Arteta and the ‘Guardiolismo?
When things don’t go well in a team, the first head to roll is that of the coach and in the case of Mikel Arteta they already ask for his position. Between injuries, coronavirus infections and tactical issues, the helmsman has rarely repeated an 11.
Is this or is it the ‘Guardiolismo’ collapses? Arteta is a disciple of Pep, who has suffered in the Premier League since last season, after staying away from Liverpool and is eighth this season.
“I was with him for many years and I know his incredible quality as a human being and especially as a coach, how he gets involved in everything. It is only a matter of time and you will be fine. PFor me they will make a big mistake if they are thinking of firing him “, Guardiola defended him, according to Four Four Two.
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Arsenal is missing a goal … a lot of goal
From matchday 8 to 14, Arsenal only scored three goals, which speaks of a serious offensive problem, which is aggravated by the lower zone, which in only three games has left the rival at zero.
Lacazette y Aubameyang They are the team’s top scorers this season, with three goals each and to find them in the ranking you have to go beyond the first 30.
Mohamed Salah, atacante del Liverpool, registra 13 goles after matchday 14, this means that the Egyptian has scored one more goal than all of Arsenal In the season.
Do you miss Mesut Ozil?
In relation to the scoring production we have the absent Mesut Ozil, who was not registered for the current season, so if Arsenal wants to activate it they will have to wait for the winter marking.
How important is Ozil for Arsenal? Much more than they think, since Arteta does not have a player who produces so much in the attack. The Teuton has a record of 2.4 scoring chances per game.
Current Arsenal’s best averages are at the feet of Pepé and Ceballos, who register 1.6 times every 90 minutes.
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The Arsenal economy
If Arsenal wants to avoid relegation and start competing it should go to the winter market, although the club’s financial situation is not favorable. It should be remembered that the club had to say goodbye to its pet, although Ozil came to its rescue by adopting the Gunnersaurus salary.
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Perhaps Ozil can also save the Arsenal crisis from the field.
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