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The Athletic FC Tactics Podcast
The Arsenal XI
The tactical stuff was not really related to the scoring in general. Arsenal squandered at least two fairly good opportunities as well. The two biggest missed chances for Arsenal were missed by Eddie and Kettia. I just think Guardiola probably thought Diaz could handle him on his own, which is quite a rare thing to see really. Ache was playing almost like a left back, like a secondary left back up against Saka. And it meant Ruben Diaz was almost like a lone centre back, tracking those runs.
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