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Arsenal 0-1 Leicester City
- objective: Jamie Vardy (£ 10.0 million)
- Help: Cengiz Under (£ 5.9 million)
- Cousin: Kasper Schmeichel (£ 5.5 million) x3, Vardy x2, Christian Fuchs (£ 4.5 million) x1
A rather murky matter in the Emirates was resolved by a deceased Jamie Vardy (£ 10.0m) winner, a goal that saw Leicester City move to one spot from first place in the Premier League.
With Brendan Rodgers initially putting his team on a defenseless system of strikers and Arsenal battling for invention in the final third, the game appeared to be snaking toward an inevitable 0-0 before Vardy’s intervention.
Emulating the tactics that led to success at Etihad on Gameweek 3, Rodgers was asked about his “master plan” after the game:
I don’t know about the master plan, but it was the plan. It was the idea of denying space and keeping our lines tight, and then obviously playing through pressure, so yeah, it worked really well for us.
I thought we started the game well, the first five or ten minutes. We had good possession and then of course when you go out to play any high-level team you’re going to have to deal with the pressure.
Then in the second half our lines were even tighter, we were in a better starting position for our pressure, and then we enjoyed the ball much more and always looked like a threat.
DEFENSE CASE (ARSENAL)
It seems incongruous to start this piece talking about a bottom line that succumbed to defeat on Sunday and does not have a clean sheet since Gameweek 1 but, such is the brand of football that Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal are currently serving, their defensive assets of Fantasy are arguably more attractive than the ones ahead at the moment.
Despite facing Manchester City and Liverpool on the road, a West Ham United team that is scoring for fun and now fourth in Leicester, the Gunners have sent in just seven goals this season; only Aston Villa, who have played one game less, have conceded less. occasions.
Brighton is the only Premier League team at the time of writing that has allowed fewer shots in the box. per game this season in the meantime.
In the way of Thomas Partey (£ 5.0 million), Arsenal now also hope to have a top-class general midfielder who can add more protection to their bottom line.
While Rodgers will argue that his tactics worked perfectly Sunday, the Foxes hadn’t had a single shot within 25 yards of goal before Vardy’s opener in the 79th minute.
Arteta said of his team’s display after the game:
I am very satisfied with the first half, the way we press, the aggression that we show against a team that is very capable of breaking that pressure and creating chances against you. We were very effective against that, we were on top of the game, we restricted them to nothing, we had the right opportunities to attack a good space and create some chances.
An injury in the ball game. David Luiz (£ 5.5m) interrupted the Gunners at both ends of the field, but Arteta was unsure of the severity of the problem, saying:
I do not know. We lost some players in the last week. David had a muscle problem and was unable to continue; We will have to evaluate it in the next 48 hours.
Arsenal matches are mixed at best over the next month, but they rank at the top of our Season Ticker of Gameweeks 12-20 and their defenders, most of which in the Premium Member Analysis section, they are names to monitor from that point.
Wesley fofana (£ 5.0m), by the way, was excellent for visitors, as it was last week.
AUBA ALL GOOD
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£ 11.7 million) finally moved from the left flank on Sunday, and switched to the right.
Arteta’s aversion to playing the Gabon international in the center continues and the FPL premium midfielder once again had few sights on goal, with his header early and deflected from a Kieran tierney (5.4 million pounds) center was the only time he touched the ball in the Leicester area.
Aubameyang has now blanked out four Gameweeks in a row, the first time that has happened since moving to the Premier League.
The remembered Alexandre Lacazette (£ 8.4 million) had the best chances again, seeing an early header ruled offside before ruining his lines from another Tierney delivery close to goal.
With few goals from central midfield and rotation a huge possibility (aside from Aubameyang) later on, Arsenal’s attack seems unappealing at the moment, especially as matches remain dodgy.
VARDY RETURNS
Returning from a short break with a calf problem, Vardy emerged during the final half hour of yesterday’s game and continued his hot streak of form against the Gunners – this was his 11th goal in 12 meetings with the northern red half of London.
The veteran forward nodded Cengiz Under(£ 5.9m) after a magnificent pass that separated the defense from Youri Tielemans (£ 6.4m) had freed the Turkish winger from Arsenal’s defense.
Vardy was later denied a second goal when Bernd leno (£ 5.0 million) saved his effort one-on-one in injury time.
The forward’s six goals have come on the road this season (four from the penalty spot, of course) and Leeds is next for the Foxes, who have been more comfortable at halftime against Manchester City and Arsenal than in the front foot in his last two outings at King Power Stadium.
Vardy said of his return:
The manager and I spoke yesterday and that was always the plan because I am coming back from a little problem. You don’t want to be dumped directly, it’s about feeling your way back.
It was probably going to be the last 20 minutes or half an hour and that’s what happened, and luckily I came in and made an impact and we can take three points home.
Harvey barnes (£ 7.0 million) had started the game as an ‘out of position’ center forward in Rodgers’ forwardless setup, getting little joy from Arsenal’s backline before his retirement in the 74th minute.
Explaining your decision to skip Kelechi Iheanacho (£ 5.7 million), Rodgers says:
Iheanacho can hold the ball, but I didn’t feel like we needed that, so Harvey was there to stretch the game. The idea was always to cheer Jamie up. He and Cengo [Under] wine and Marc [Albrighton] he also made a valuable contribution.
Arsenal XI (4-3-3): Log; Bellerin, Luiz (Mustafi 49 ′), Gabriel, Tierney; Ceballos, Xhaka, Partey; Saka (Pepe 65 ′), Lacazette, Aubameyang.
Leicester City XI (3-4-3): Schmeichel; Fofana, Evans, Fuchs; Castagne, Tielemans, Mendy, Justin; Praet (Vardy 59 ′), Barnes (Under 74 ′), Maddison (Albrighton 81 ′).
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