How Mikel Arteta REBUILT A CRUMBLING Arsenal.

evidence [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] from the invincibles to the insufferables when mikholator rejoined Arsenal in December 2019. the club were in their lowest point since well before the Inception of the Premier League but fast forward to today in the club are in the strongest position for two decades however it wasn't exactly a smooth and easy ride in fact there was a moment in time where if you asked a large majority of Arsenal fans if they'd like the Spaniard to depart the answer would have been a resounding yes from embarrassing losses to Man City to even more embarrassing losses to Man City fans of the Emirates had to go through it all however now it finally looks like they're out the other side this is the incredible story of micheloteta's Arsenal rebuild before I even start to cover Mikhail arteta it's important for me to give context in a state of Arsenal when he took over having been at the club for 22 years arsene Wenger finally departed in 2018 being replaced by unai Emery who would have a decent first season at the club however saw bottles in both the Prem and Europa League final costume Champions League football for the third season in a row in the following summer though they spent big most notably being a 72 million pound deal for Nicholas Pepe who was just coming off an incredible season for Leland which is called 22 times and assisted another 11. this signing though is the first example I can speak about which covers what exactly went wrong for unai Emery which is simply poor planning in Squad building having seen the departures of Walcott Sanchez Chamberlain even a wobe in recent Seasons Arsenal had a severe lack of depth in wide areas not only up front but also at the back West sad Classics and kirintini were Arsenal's only real fullbacks able to push up and hold wit for a Winger that likes to cut in and of course this was particularly an issue for Arsenal's new 72 million pound man as neither of them were on his side of the pitch as well as this unai Emmy Rose to success as a counter-attacking manager using the wings devastatingly and attacking phases however at Arsenal the expectation is to dominate possession making unai Emery's life a whole lot harder you see possession-based football takes a long time to implement not only in a group of players but also in a manager and back in 2019 Arsenal had neither the squad or the staff to play in this style when playing out from the back Granite Jack was off in the deepest midfielder Force to sit behind the bullies as progressed up the pitch however this simply isn't his game Jacka isn't able to act as a busquets-esque buildup hub for Arsenal and even more devastatingly he wasn't good enough defensively to play the deepest role in Midfield meaning that if the ball was turned over and opposition teams could counter them there was essentially no cover in front of the defense to stop them from being picked apart in fact the whole defensive unit was subpar with various mistake Prime players that led to Arsenal conceding goal after goal and as I mentioned earlier a lack of whip up top had made it harder for them to score them as well by having said lack of whip it allowed opposition defenses to stay more Compact and Mesa urz was the only player with the ability to play passes which could unlock the fences however due to a mix of his lack of defensive work and off-field issues the German was rarely ever selected by unai Emery to put it simply Arsenal had a poor Squad which struggled to both attack and defend as well as a toxic dressing room something never more obvious than in an iconic 2-2 draw against Crystal Palace in October 2019 having gone too no up and also seeing a last-minute winner disallowed by VAR you may think that Arsenal's issues were primarily in defense in this game however when you look a little bit deeper you can see each of these incidents can via Corners in an open player Arsenal far from dangerous lining up in a 4-4-2 throughout pretty much the entirety of the match Nicholas Pepe and Danny sebias played in more Central areas leaving space out wide that Arsenal failed to really take advantage of and at times they even struggled to get the ball past the halfway line with granite jacquer being the man to drop deeper to collecting however was unable to really progress play with any enthusiasm this would of course leave Crystal Palace to stay Compact and aim to hit Arsenal in transition which is seen through both goals as a penalty created from a longboard as a heart and a deadly counter-attack in which Jack was fairly easily bypassed perfectly encapsulated the problems with this Arsenal team oh yeah and there was also that incident unsurprisingly then unai Emery would be sacked a few weeks later with the team down in 10th by the time Mikhail arteta took over the 20th of December which is where we saw the first phase of arteta's rebuild when the Spaniard walked through the door Arsenal went in free fall conceding goal after golden struggling to put them in the other net and so before he could even think about instilling his ideal style of play he had to first stop the rots his initial job was to make Arsenal more compact often utilizing a five at the back system against the best teams as well as bringing lacazette back into the side and pushing aubameyang to the wing as the Frenchman had far better back to goal playing could make the side of far more cohesive units and despite a summer Rock start where Arsenal G6 of arteta's first eight games it seemed as if he'd made progress going into March after three consecutive wins in the league however then came a worldwide lockdown halting all football and after an embarrassing loss to Man City and then an even more embarrassing one to Brighton which saw Matteo gwendozi pretty much banished from the side Arsenal found their stride once again eventually finishing eighth but more importantly seeing an impressive run to the FA Cup Final where they'd face up against Chelsea having already knocked arteto's former side Man City out in the semis [Music] it's absolutely Christensen just leave us and catcher off the ball but it's all over having beaten Chelsea in the FA Cup Final Arsenal had not only qualified for Europe but also allowed themselves a NetSpend of around 50 million pounds in the summer bringing in Cedric and William for depth but more notably Gabrielle and Thomas parte who allowed arteta to begin the process of transforming this currently pragmatic counter-attacking side into a more proactive possession dominant one Thomas party not only covered large spaces better than Jacka but he also had the ability to act as a hub in Builder similarly to Gabriel who is far more confident on the ball than many other members of the Arsenal Squad things didn't exactly start very well for the Gunners though where after 14 games they were down in 15th as artesa saw his job on the line going into a huge class against Chelsea their Emirates youngster Emil Smith throw was given a chance when gone to shine playing a huge role in not only a 3-1 win but also a fantastic second half of the Season which saw the Gunners rise up to eighth in the table however having failed to win a cup competition it meant that ass would miss out on European football for the first time since 1996. at the time this was was seen as a massive underachievement however over the course of the campaign Michael artes secretly laid the foundation for a season of development for the Gunners over the season he offloaded well over 1 million pounds a week in wages freeing up room for a pretty sizable spend in the summer but even more importantly they'd taken the first steps in building a competent positional play side that could battle against even the best and over the next summer arteta also took arguably the biggest step in creating a squad that could play his way with Nuno Tavares sambi laconga and Ben White all coming in before an opening day Clash against newly promoted Brentford it was a relatively Simple Start to the season where surely nothing could go wrong okay Brentford were far better than anyone expected they could get going in their next game at least well to be fair Chelsea were champions of Europe with a new 100 million pound man up top so who was up next oh no three games three losses the arteta out slogan could be seen everywhere however nonetheless the board continued to back their manager most importantly in the transfer window where they had a busy August Martin odegard was signed on a permanent having been online at the Emirates for the second half of the previous campaign on the same day as Aaron ramsdale joined the club and keep her confident with the ball at his feet which would allow Arsenal to be better and build up play a week later in takahiro tomiyasu was also signed to replace Hector bellerin who also departed on Deadline day and was a much stronger option for both right back and Center half not only providing cover for two positions but also allowing arteta more freedom to play around with his left back taking a look at the Tactical side of things these signings allowed arteta to play a much more attacking in possession dominant style however they were also able to use counter-attacking principles in different game situations particularly against better opposition Arsenal would initially line up in this 4-2-3-1 however in possession we quickly saw oh the god push up as lacazette acted more false nine with both players acting as facilitators for runs in behind from Saka and martinello Emma Smith throw and as the season progressed we slowly saw jacka's role evolved from being in a double pivot to pushing higher up the pitch and even Thomas parte's Soul defense in midfielder where if Kieran Tierney often holding the whip him an Arsenal could start pressing in the attacking third when the ball was lost in defensive phases Arsenal aimed to stay Compact and utilize the improved passing in the back line to spray balls up the pitch for Saka Martine to latch onto and having been bottom of the league after just three games we then saw Arsenal as high as fourth with only two games remaining before a mix of injuries mistakes and so on led to a now Infamous bottle eventually finishing in fifth place going into the last campaign over the summer Jesus and zinchenko Arsenal's two notable signings however the return of William Saliba from a third loan spell almost acted as the most important one as we saw this Arsenal side transform massively Ben White was shifted out to right back however rarely actually found himself there as in possession he'd inverted to a more defensive role with zinchenko pushing up alongside Thomas party Midfield allowing Granite jacket to continue his Evolution further forward as Arsenal found themselves in a 3-2-5 shape for the majority of each game Martinelli and Saka were also in much wider positions as Gabriel Jesus's movement and mobility in the front line was a natural upgrade on the recently departed lacazette as Arsenal started to stretch defenses apart and rip teams to shreds 12 wins from their opening 14 games saw the gun is Five Points clear going into the World Cup break continuing that form of two wins in the truck before a tense spell of New Castle Spurs and man united which was set to test the resolve of this side and I think it's fair to say that they passed a flying colors the Gunners would then see a rocky spell of three straight games without a win though as injuries caused huge issues to this side before a must-win match at Villa Park where the Gunners would see The Return of unai Emery and after 90 minutes the game was leveled however an incredible georginio striking last minute counter left ex-keeper Emmy Martinez with egg on his face starting an incredible run featuring its fair share of iconic moments as the Gunners would win seven on the bounce before a trip to anfield having been tuned up early on they let it slip eventually drawing the game repeating the exact same story a week later at the London Stadium and after a 3-3 draw against Southampton and the tide was in City's hands before a huge clash of the ETI had Arsenal would never be able to recover top spot losing 4-1 before a three new defeat of Brighton and a one-nil lost to Nottingham Forest sealed their fate with a game to go and sure many people would describe what happened as a huge bottle from arteta's side however they did have to deal with an uncommon amount of injuries and with a lack of squad death from one or two elite players missing from their starting lineup it's almost a miracle that they found themselves top in the first place which brings us to this summer at the time of writing Kai Havas has been announced With Yuri and Timber and Declan rice to all but done deals as Arsenal accepts ago one step further and hit that 90-point Mark of true title can tenders and given that over the last couple Seasons our Tetra has seen his team over performing before injuries cause issues that he's then learned from don't be surprised if we see the gun is ending City's three-year spellers Premier League champions look it's impossible to know what will happen in the future but what we do know is that micheloteta has brought fight and determination back to the gunners foreign

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Length: 12min 6sec (726 seconds)

Published: Thu Jul 06 2023