Derbies are never easy to play, and the London derby is one of the hell levels of derbies, and whoever is playing away from home has to peel off the skin to win. However, in this round of the Premier League Arsenal's away game against the Hammers West Ham, it rarely played a one-sided score. Arsenal scored four goals in the first half to seal the victory early.
Maybe it tasted the sweetness of the last round of Liverpool, this time Tazige continued to discharge no striker, but the use of people is more bold, not only the front line directly discharged Saka, Trossard and Martinelli three wingers, the midfield is only arranged Rice a good defensive player, Odegaard and Havertz two major forward studs, purely from the point of view of employment, it is hard to believe that this is the Gunners away to the London Bowl.
However, Tazige's aggressive way of employing people has been richly rewarded, with the skillful cooperation of the players in the front court and the excellent use of footwork, it was less than half a time, and the opponent was given a 4-0 head start, and a large number of disappointed Hammer Gang fans even left the field before halftime.
If you want to ask why Arsenal's away derby is played so easily, it can only be said that the combination of a large number of wingers + forward midfielders is too powerful. First of all, the winger's speed, dribbling and passing advantages are more obvious than the centre-forward, and often a few tacit passes between Zacate and Rossad can easily tear apart West Ham's fragile defence.
In addition, although Arteta sent two midfielders, Odegaard and Kai Havertz, who came from midfield, even if they were slightly weaker defensively, did not mean that they were completely undefended. And this configuration just allows the team's largest new signings to appear on the stage, avoiding the waste of personnel. While stabilizing the defense, because all three of Arsenal's three MCs have good organization and passing ability, it is often seen that Arsenal can catch West Ham off guard by quick offensive and defensive conversions.
On the other hand, the presence of wingers and midfielders ensures that the team can have the best set-piece players on the field, as long as there are corners, they can rely on the excellent footwork of the players, as well as the two 190+ big Gabriel and Saliba in the backline, threatening the opponent's door with their headers. Two of Arsenal's four goals in this game were scored by the headers of the two central defenders.
After seeing such a good performance by the wingers, not only are the positions of Gabriel Jesus and Nketiah further precarious, but Tazigo is not even interested in bringing in any so-called high-level centre-forwards for the team. Arsenal's small-ball system and the pass-and-possession football that has been passed down from Arsene Wenger's era will remain an unshakable future.