Rice saves Arsenal but tame end direct display underlines the attacking problem
Score seven on Tuesday, is criticized for a lack of end product on Sunday. That is the way for Arsenal this week.
But their performance at Old Trafford was a perfect example of why the thrashing of PSV in the Champions League should not mask their needs to find a clinical no. 9 in the summer. It must be at the top of the priority list for incoming sports director Andrea Berta.
It was a similar story when they worked for a defeat of the Penalty Shootout against 10-player Man Utd in the FA Cup in January. Here they dominated the first half, but went in the back because there was no incision in the last third after their good build -up game brought them to the edge of the United Box (and because Ref Anthony Taylor could not accelerate 10 Yards!).
They continued to hit the door in the second half and while the beaten finish of Declan Rice finally broke through the Deep United Block, Arsenal Manchester will make it kicked because he has not removed from the game. They had a total of 17 shots, only six on goal and looked more on the side that had pulled empty spots against West Ham and Nottingham Forest in their previous Premier League matches.
Arsenal could easily have losing it, so were the chances for United – which had the larger XG – on total – on the other side.
Their supporters will hope that a solution will arrive in the summer – but they also need an answer in the short term to be more creative and more clinical around the frameworks to make a success of their Champions League campaign when they run against a defense, not as generous as PSVs.Peter Smith
Bruno delivers again for Man Utd
Bruno Fernandes may have benefited from the positioning of the wall of Arsenal, which was a garden further back than it should have been, but it still cost something special to score at that distance. Who is better than him to deliver? “We need more Brunos,” said head coach Ruben Amorim afterwards.
This has been a miserable season for Manchester United, but it would have been a lot worse without their captain. In recent weeks alone, he has made a series of essential contributions.
There was the free step goal to save a draw against Everton in Goodison Park. He then created all three goals that were the 3-2 victory over Ipswich. His goal against Fulham in the FA Cup was not enough to save his side, but his last attempt, curled home just before half -time in Old Trafford, earned a fighting image.
He will be saved the deceased chance by David Raya, who would have won it if it had defeated the Arsenal goalkeeper, but Manchester United would have left with nothing with nothing if it was not for his sparkle. He continues to deliver when needed. Nick Wright
Van de Ven Return offers hope
The biggest cheers of the Spurs -believers on another muddy home performance was not the equal goal of the Heung -min Son -it was when Micky van de Ven entered the field. He has not been seen in a Premier League match since December when he bumped into Chelsea. Boy, Spurs missed him.
The figures are for everyone to see how much the Dutchman influences this team. In the 29 games without him, the win rate of Spurs in the Premier League has fallen from 54 percent to 37 percent. They win 1.8 points per game with him and only 1.2 without him. During a long period of a season that could be the difference between mid-table and a European finish. That is why the home fans found their voices when he was stripped and ready to go.
Immediately there was a difference in traces, in the sense that they were more brave and pushed further at the pitch. The pace and power of Van de Ven is the insurance policy with which Spurs can play in this way. It is the foundation of how Ange Postecoglou wants to play the game.
The Spurs boss said: “You saw the drive he has and with a left foot text in the middle of the back it just changes the dimensions of how we play. So there are small things that I certainly think we can take with us from today and the rest of the season.” Lewis Jones. “
Iraola's urgent samples wiggle traces
Bournemouth is machine-like in their pressure without the ball. To see it up close in the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in full electricity was a pleasure. They just don't stop running. Spurs felt this heat of the game within 20 seconds when Cristian Romero was forced into an error and the visitors rarely took their foot off the gas. It's brave. It is bold.
And it is a playing style that teams really have trouble training. The 38 edition that led to a turnover from Bournemouth is a monstrous figure – the eighth highest produced by each team in a Premier League match this season. Justin Kluivert was the leader of the press, making 55 pressure with six of those who led to a turnover of possession.
What Anoni Iraola has to do now is create ruthlessness in this Bournemouth team, where their high-level performances deserve a higher points. This is now back-to-back games, in Brighton and Tottenham, where they left with fewer points than they earned. Lewis Jones
Palmer's struggles for the goal continue – but the playmaker still the key to the hope of Blues' Champions League
The heavily fought victory of Chelsea over relegation thing with Leicester City that lifted them back to the Champions League places was perhaps best summarized by the Vecht Display of Cole Palmer in the sun in southwestern London.
The Twinkle playmaker was not at his best, but as always was involved in everything that was good, the hosts at Stamford Bridge, almost winning the blues for a second minute of penalty, before he came close with a few early strikes that the home crowd stuck.
However, Palmer rejects a glorious opportunity to open the score from the spot halfway through the first half, the first time that the International of England had missed a Premier League penalty, because his top droogte stretched from the top flight to seven games and 683 minutes -all for the new three Lions Baas Tuchel.
Eyebrows were raised when Palmer was withdrawn from 17 minutes to go and the game was still in the balance, only for Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca to explain that his player had not trained in the last two days due to fever.
“Cole hadn't felt good, he had fever for the past 48 hours, but he said to me this morning:” I want to help this club get to the Champions League “and this shows how these players want it,” said the Italian after the game.
And it is that kind of Vechtgeest from both Palmer himself and the team that Chelsea could very well see their main goal of Champions League football this season securing. Rich Morgan
The same story for Leicester on Stamford Bridge
Apart from a tough victory against West Ham and the draw against Brighton who followed when Ruud van Nistelrooy first arrived at the club, Leicester has struggled since she said goodbye to Steve Cooper.
I have treated the foxes a few times this season and the same story seems to unravel in every fixture. Flashes of positive play and a degree of defensive resilience, but in the end it is always the same result.
Leicester simply does not have enough firepower to cause problems for teams at the top of the top. Losing 12 out of 15 games is a damn indication of their shortcomings, but it is goal -oriented, after having gone almost 600 minutes without finding the back of the net in the competition, that is the underlying problem at the club.
With Manchester United, Manchester City, Newcastle, Brighton and Liverpool as their next five games, which would be a discouraging task for each team, it feels like the fate of the foxes could be decided in April. Patrick Rowe
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