Bukayo Saka when asked about the defensive work he is doing for Arsenal: “It’s good that you noticed that because the attackers are doing a lot of work for the clean sheets. But, of course, we have to do our job to help out the defenders, it’s not easy, as an attacking player, I want to be up the pitch and save my legs for the transition, but when I look at the results this season, we have a lot of clean sheets and it shows that it’s working.”
Ancelotti: "If I have Modric & Kroos I can't expect to press high. I'd be an idiot if I didn't counter with a forward like Vinicius, who has a motorcycle under his feet. I'll give you one last example: if I have Ronaldo, I work on how to get the ball to him often, not exhaust him with tracking back"
Martinelli gets a lot of flak but I wonder whether adjusting our approach in attack could make him more effective. This is a guy Klopp used to fawn over constantly, almost to the point of blatant tapping up.
I suspect Saka would have even more goals and assists with less defensive responsibility.
Even Henry would find it hard with the traffic we allow the opposition to build up at times.
Arteta needs to adjust and quickly.
