Arsenal may lose to Man City in the title race. But not in such a shameful way. After all, this is still just a “nursery” nothing more and nothing less.English Premier League schedule 2022/2023English Premier League Rankings 2022/2023
Arsenal have led the Premier League table for most of the season and seem to have ended their thirst for titles after 19 years. But in the end, the Gunners fans still… will have to wait.
In the 36th round of the Premier League 2022/23, Arsenal will play at home to welcome Brighton with the goal of winning all 3 points.
In the previous match, Man City “made” Everton with a 3-0 victory and came close to the championship. The gap between the two teams has been increased to 4 points and the Gunners have no choice but to win.
Mikel Arteta’s players have shown determination from the first minute. They rushed to attack like a hurricane and created countless opportunities as usual. But on the day when the legs were “like lead” because of psychological pressure, the finishing phases lacked the necessary accuracy.
Arsenal lost weakly to Brighton and almost surrendered in the championship race
If in the previous matches, the Odegaard, Saka or Trossard always got the ball to the “right address”, then in the last match, they had only 2 shots on target out of a total of 14 shots.
Looking at Brighton, they launched 12 shots but half (6 times) the ball hit the target. The effectiveness is evident: Arsenal have no goals while Brighton have three.
It should also be added that Arsenal lost the “heart of the people” in this match when they lost completely in ball control (41% compared to Brighton’s 59%), expected goal index (0.76). vs 1.71), shots on target (2 vs 6) or total passes (359 vs 528).
The defeat to 0-3 against Brighton showed that Arsenal had completely surrendered to Man City in the championship race. They collapsed against a team that just last week lost to Everton 1-5.
Coach Arteta and his students will still be just “great runners-up”
In the last 7 matches in the Premier League, Arsenal only won 2, the rest drew 3, lost 2. Since April, Arsenal has begun to slide after a series of 7 consecutive wins. They still have good games and full of effort, but that is not enough.
It is true that compared to themselves, Arsenal have made progress this season. Many of the Gunners’ pillars have changed with brilliant performance such as the trio of Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli in attack, Granit Xhaka and Thomas Partey in the midfield or the duo of central defenders William Saliba – Gabriel Magalhaes in the front line. player.
Rookies like Gabriel Jesus, Oleksandr Zinchenko or Leandro Trossard also quickly integrated and proved their worth.
But those steps are still not enough to help Arsenal really transform and step to the top. They still lacked consistency and class in the last moments and ended up being just “the great runner-up”.
And it is not known if Arsenal can win the title in the future or not if they are “short of breath before the finish line” as they are now. Because the best opportunity this season has been missed by them, because of their deep-rooted incompetence, because strong opponents will roar back next season…
