
The Big Tactical Premier League Season Preview - Part One
The Athletic FC Tactics Podcast
Riah to Arsenal
David Riah has been a better shot stopper than Aaron Ramsdale over the last couple of seasons, particularly last season. I think he overperformed his expected goals conceded by 5.5. But also as I alluded to Riah mixed his game up quite a lot with his distribution so we saw a lot of long passes last season. So it opens up a different avenue of attack for Arsenal. It kind of reminds me of when Pep Guardiola came into Man City actually and got rid of Joe Hart almost instantly.
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