Set pieces is our 20 goal a season Striker 🔥 😂

the fact that you were able to pull this together so quickly after the match...just amazing. well done

Ben White, grabbing Vicario’s Glove😂😂😂. What a glorious pest.😂😂😂😂

I don’t think you can look at xg without looking at the gamestate. Arsenal looked super comfortable and probably too comfortable before Raya was complacent and made his mistake. Arsenal hadn’t conceded a goal away from home for 10+ hours before conceding 2 in 30 minutes. It was almost as if they thought there was no possible way they could concede 3 in 30 minutes after this run and it’s this attitude I feel almost cost a Arsenal. Luckily, this is a very cheap lesson that will have been learned. Never switch off in the Premier league

Those sweet sweet gunners giving Jim a special birthday win to annoy flav with next week

Jim getting battered by the bots 😂

A key point James missed to the reason for arsenals approach to this game is the context. Spurs have been resting for 15 days with no games and nothing but time to prepare for arsenal. Arsenal had 4 games in that time period with a lightly rotated side. Arteta knew it would be playing into Spurs hands if they played the way Flav wanted. Funny that…

I'm 15 minutes in and basically the point is, "they're tall and value set pieces." Saved you some time.

I think before the Raya error, Arsenal where in complete control, the Tottenham players looked like they had accepted defeat, Arsenal's attack looked their most dangerous at 0-3 up.

This is normally the time of the season where Arsenal would bottle it, but they actually look like they're getting stronger. So, have Arsenal bottled bottling it?

Arteta has more than 1 tactical approach & is more than happy to use what fits the bill. Unlike a certain other manager in North London.

Arteta joined Arsenal 5 seasons ago. It’s only in the past couple of seasons that they’ve found that next level up. It’s been a work in progress. Yet people are writing Postecoglou after one season. I think Arsenal made two clever tactical plays. Firstly, the corners, two goals from corners today and consistently looked dangerous from them. Secondly by staying narrow defensively and forcing Spurs to go wide and cross it in with no target man in the box. It was only when Richarlison came on second half, and Romero decided that he was bored of defending 😉 that Spurs were more threatening from attacks. I feel like Postecoglou tried to keep it as simple as possible this season. Focusing on mentality without going too in depth with tactics. He has actually said similar in interviews. I believe that next season the tactics will get more focus and then it won’t just be the same repeatedly. It’s a transitional first season for Spurs under Postecoglou. Arteta wasn’t that wow in his first season in the league. I’m a Spurs supporter and not as knee jerk as many. I feel like we played ok but made basic mistakes which undone any positive action. I think that Arsenal are a machine under Arteta and have been excellent this season but still have vulnerabilities. But with a couple of signings in the summer like a top left back like Robinson from Fulham and a top striker like Toney then that could really take Arsenal to a level further ahead. I hope not but it’s been a very good job by Arteta living up to his five year plan

The best team in the world has struck again, I love this fucking club 😭❤️🔥

Imagine if prem clubs are watching this video to stop arsenal set pieces 😂😂

Arsenal deserved to win, gifted them both of their goals, spurs 1st shot on target was our error.

There’s no secret mate just look at the corners corners corners

Tottenham didn’t take a single chance they created so they didn’t deserve to win. The set piece success is due to the combination of size and routines designed to take advantage of that height advantage.

Vicario might be slightly weak at set pieces but we do NOTHING to support him in that. He’s top class in everything else and the team let him down with our shite defending of corners

Man this is so refreshing to hear actual analysis

Arteta relied not only in the height of his defensive setup, but on Raya's ability to claim crosses. He is a big upgrade from Ramsdale in that department and I believe that is one of the reasons Arteta wanted him for so long. Sure, that mistake was abysmal, but otherwise he had a great performance. Accurate long balls to Havertz helped to burn time too when Spurs were cranking up the pressure. Solid GK and he has much room to improve.

So one thing that was pointed out to me (shoutout to Arsecast for this) that you mention is the size of Arsenal. I think Arteta in particular thought that was a need at the end of last season. Zinny just isn’t a big dude, and Xhaka was moving on, so he saw that as one place where the club could improve. I really do think the size of our squad (literally) has been a major factor in the burst of set piece goals. As for Vicario, as an Arsenal fan, I find him quite meh. Better than what they had in old Lloris, but I don’t think he has the ceiling to get them where they desire to be.

Height and physicality something we lacked for years Think you should do a video on your Manager and how good you lot have been since he has come .. very impressed by the style of play ..

love the vid brotherman

Hey James, love your vids I would love to hear your analysis about how Vincent Kompany has turned around Burnley’s form, bringing back the likes of Cullen and Muric back to the starting XI

Tottenham treated this game as a cup final... which probably lead to their downfall considering their history.

Nice analysis man.👍

What great thing about arsenal is flexibility they have added so much to their attacking prowess they can play possession game and when needed and also high press when needed their compact low block defending also means they can play good counter attacking football if martinelli improves his decision making and football iq a bit more they will be complete football team in europe

One thing I noticed yesterday was that when a Tottenham midfielder carried the ball forward into the final third (generally Hojberg in the first half and Bissouma in the second), Odegaard and Havertz stayed either side of the player, with neither engaging them. It seemed like a conscious effort for them to get in the way either side of that player. Am I reading too much into it, or was that a specific tactic?

Incredibly good neutral content

Not sure if it’s the influence of your friendship with Flav but this analysis fell a bit short. Basically boiled down to “Arsenal parked the bus and had tall players.” I was hoping for more insight into the game’s tactics.

I agree to a certain degree with your assessment, but IDK why we didn't get to impose ourselves in that reverse fixture against Bayern. Generally toothless against them at set piece, considering all the opportunities.

Happy birthday!! 🎉

What are the software/websites that you use for the tactics board and drawings.

Arsenal deserved to win this game imo

A formidable defence, brilliant set pieces, constant pressing, frightening pace and superb technical ability from the likes of Odegaard. Arteta has turned us around completely.

I love how you’ve already posted a video with this title before 😂 Arteta is constantly evolving and taking this Arsenal team to the next level over and over again. Next season they’ll continue to get even better - I’m really not sure where the ceiling will be!

Shoutout to JLAs amazing analysis. Best in the business by far

He played deliberately narrow so that maddison wouldn't get on the ball and Tottenham would be forced to play down the wing and put crosses in arteta banked on us stopping the crosses but conceding corners or not stopping cross and dealing with the ball in the box. He trusted we would win those ariel duels everytime and that we would dominated them on or attacking set pieces or on the counter attack. It was near perfect if we hadn't conceded x2 individual errors

This isnt your Nan's "Sweet sweet gunners". This is a more mature and seasoned Arsenal team that is full of young players with huge experience for their age. We are using the lessons of the past to push us forward.

Saka's first touch from Havertz cross was Real Madrid level. World class.. IF Saka becomes consistent, he can reach that level. Yes, defender was out of position, but most attackers can't control such a pass without allowing recovery time. Saka controlled that ball like a Brazilian.

We did to them what teams used to do to us...well played Arteta and coaching staff

The fact is we went to the toilet bowl for one reason and that was to take the 3pts home with us. That’s exactly what we done. Spurs fans and skippy with a beard can cry about refs and whatever all they want but that won’t change the fact we got exactly what we wanted. A 10 year old that has watched 1 spurs game can tell you that their GK is useless at corners

Top 3 teams for inswinging corners have Basque managers. I'd like a whole video on that now please 😂

Can see Flav crying from here.

As an arsenal fan i hope ange stays as a tottenham manager forever. He is ego is too big for him to ever go back on his principles of playing a high-line which means whenever teams just sit back and counter against them they get battered.

Chris Sutton using your 1 outswinging corner stat on Monday Night Club - does he use James to prepare?

I think this game just highlights Arsenal years into a project and spurs just starting one, Ange having to try to use existing players to do things they aren’t good at, but I also think spurs should be hopeful if Ange stays around

loved the analysis of the game, think you missed the quality of the second goal, inch perfect pass from havertz and a killer touch, run, cut inside and finish from bukayo

The comment on the 2nd goal took me out. This is when he knew 🤣🤣

Used to enjoy your videos because they had a good range of subject matter. Now you've become like sky, obsessed with the same 6 clubs and only focus on them.

Arsenal is meh. They dont even stack up to a weak Bayern team. This shows the quality of the EPL.

I kept asking myself at HT how are we 3 up here? Far from vintage and the Raya mistake doesn't help, but a win's a win at this stage of the season. Hopefully City can drop a couple of points but seems unlikely in all honesty

Jim, when do we start to question Ange long term due to his insistence on not using a *proper* set piece coach?

Spurs fan here. Never deserve to win a game when you defend that badly

Think if Raya doesn't make that silly mistake, the game never ends as close as it did. After that the crowd got back into it and the momentum swung. I thought Arsenal were squeezing the life out of the game very well until the Raya mistake, they were slowing the game down and starting to get on the ball more and control the game like they typically do. At the end of the day 3 points is 3 points and that's what matters right now.

Why do you think we didn’t go man to man Jim? Zonal marking just seems ridiculous when we do it

Flav not fancy joining you for this one?

No mention of man of the match Kai havertz?

This episode should be called Size Matters

ben white obstructing Vicario both set piece goals. Champions league VAR able to squash it, premier league still lagging behind unfortunately for spurs. This game was never Arsenal's to win, just defend: Spurs went out wide too much, never would have scored from a cross, could have tried all night. Probably needed CM's making deep diagonal runs through the middle, move their CB's around. Especially considering Arsenal play highest line in the league. Could have been carnage. Opportunity missed for Spurs.

The way Arsenal set up Spurs' best players were completely taken out of the game. Son and Maddison had absolutely nothing down the middle.

Genuinely don’t think we (Spurs) played badly and didn’t deserve to be 3-0 down at half time. That said, that shows that Arsenal are different from last season and are much more able to get over the line in big games, last year I think they would have crumbled to 3-3.

ever since viera left, they never had a team, that could bully oposition physically, sort of british barcelona. not anymore. they are like bloody ice hokey team.

So you’re saying Arteta is the spanish Tony Pulis?

Please Arsenal, as a Liverpool fan, you HAVE TO WIN THE TITLE, not because I want you to win, but I want the PED Oil Rat Fraudsters to NOT win. It.

Why do people always concern about arsenal tactics and not Pep man city because he is full of knowledge than Arteta

We would not be having all this stats talk if Spurs had scored a last minute goal. Instead, Raya would have been the topic of discussion. Spurs were just unlucky considering the disallowed goal and the penalty saga. Man City will win the league regardless.

Personally I think spurs played the better game overall but lost it defensively where as arsenal won it defensively As a side note as a neutral I do think artetas brexit ball style against any decent opposition is becoming quite boring

London is ALL RED!!!

Wheres the flav vid?

yeah but james, in you combined title challengers starting 11, you only picked 1 arsenal player so how different are they actually?!🙄

its 17:12 for me. Bro is still in denial that Arsenal are made from the fabrics of Champions

The penalty gave tottenham more xg

So Arsenal put that game plan together in a day and spurs had 2 weeks?

Ok

I know Arsenal fans won’t like this but Havertz is the answer. Next season he will score 25 goals

Flav flav come out to play.....

Throughout the whole of the PL there needs to be more consistency with referees decisions, in countless other games it’s been given as a foul for obstruction for a player to be on the keeper like how White was on Vicario. The only consistent thing with that is that it’s not given as a foul to Spurs this season. I think a couple of the Arsenal players should’ve been booked but weren’t but that’s a bit more debatable. What we did wrong however I think was playing Hojbjerg and Bentancur instead of Biss and Sarr, Hojbjerg has misplaced too many passes in big games recently which are giving goals away and today he literally gift wrapped one, and Bentancur I think just didn’t have as much energy as Sarr did when he came on. My main thing though has to be consistency with VAR and the referees this season cos it’s proper lacking

after the final whistle i was fully expecting arteta to pul off that hairpiece to reveal that he is infact tony pulis

Ahh you forget this Arsenal team has played 4 times since Totteham last played, so taking a goal at Totteham would have been suicidal. But i must say your content creation technically has a whole lot of hard work into it.

I keep confusing you with James B of Arsenal Fan TV.

I sense that it's hard for you to give Arsenal credit...lol... Aside from the two gifted goals, I felt Arsenal was in control the entire game. The last 5-10 was stressful, but that's always the case in 1 goal games. There's just such a clear difference in quality, in coaching, in preparation, in roles...I mean, sneakily Arsenal have become THE premium team in the EPL (that's not state owned with 115 charges).

Bar a couple of individual errors arsenal were good value for the win ! , Ben white with the shithousery as per haha

Arsenal could score a lot more goals if Arteta and Edu could find someone with a long throw like Delap..

So set piece goals are cheap goals now 😂😂😂😂

Tony Pulis

Tottenham didn't deserve anything from the game 0 shots on target the 1st half and 2 the second half wich was the penalty and the raya mistake.

Own goal. A corner and a ball over top. But Arsenal were 2nd best across the pitch imho. They played a wise game knowing they had the lead... but a very fortunate win. Spurs look like they're brewing something... just need another season to settle

Easy answer......the correct team won

Of course Spurs didn't deserve to get anything out of this game. Raya giveaway and a penalty, but hardly created anything at all.

Ngl I can’t remember the last time a title challenger parked the bus at a 5th place team. Relegation style football

"PGMOL"

The performance was poor

RAYA IS MESSING UP BIG TIME.

Lets just fast forward to the end of the season when Man City lifts the PL trophy and talk about Arsenal as the same ol bottlers

I wouldn't say Tottenham deserved a win, but a draw felt like a very deserved outcome for both sides

I do believe this is good analysis but it does seem slightly biased. The first goal was an own goal, fundamentally a spurs mistake and it’s conveyed as the brilliance of arsenal. The second goal, lack lustre defence from Davis’s but conveyed as the brilliance of arsenal. In comparison - spurs first goal was “raya mistake” and not Romeo’s bravery to be up that high to win the ball and score. The minimal discussion on spurs hitting the post twice from set pieces is also strange. Of course the score line is the only real metric in how a team plays but I (as a bias spurs fan) do think it was much closer in overall play than some arsenal fans may wish to admit. 1st year in a projects vs 5th is pivotal in this game also.

Tottenham were unlucky not to get atleast a draw, based on general play, corners aside

Because they play low block and counter against worse sides? Because they have 4 shots all game and score from 3 of them? Because their plan is to go out and defend? Is it because the referee refuses to go over to the VAR screen when they might concede a penalty? Or, Jim, is it because they will hang on so much longer this time, before inevitably losing the league to City?

You don't get credit for scoring corners against spurs. We can't defend set pieces.