As a gooner of nearly 50yrs, I gotta say, I love this stuff Alex does, I could listen to him rattle on about us all day

What a buy kiwior is turning out to be. Once we have timber and tomi back our depth in defense is going to be insane. Saliba, Gabriel, white, kiwi, zinny, tomi, timber. That’s 7 players who can be relied upon to start or come in off the bench, all interchangeable as well aside from zinny. None of them are even approaching 30 years old yet. If we get a decent striker or wide forward in the summer this team will be even stronger. Gone are the wenger days of our best prospects being sold to bigger clubs as soon as they show promise. Man I just love our club, our manager, and where we are headed. Exciting times, COYG ❤

Guyz we raised the foogen essstandards again against Porto it really feels like we have built the confidence to win it all this year let’s make this dream a reality

Every time our opponents kick a long ball I feel relieved. Because I know our men will 90% of the time get their heads.

I was confused how Saliba and Big G created such a strong partnership. Makes so much sense now knowing he speaks french as well.

Just want to say how happy I am for content like this. Years ago, you just had the broadcast on TV and some after match stuff which I like. But channels like this have on the one hand great quality and on the other it is still like a little community where you have the feeling you're in a pub with friends talking about football. So big thanks to all creator 🙏. God bless you! ;-)

"And without Cedric, for the most part" LMAO 😂! Touché.

Tomi and Partey getting back to full fitness for us in this part of the season rather than the last 2 season where we have them up until this point is something people are over looking .. they forget the quality and importance of these too we are looking to be well equipped for this final push!

kiwior, gabriel, saliba, white. if i see those 4 names in the team sheet, i know we will be ok every week

We didnt play well Tuesday but the mental strength we displayed was something we couldnt last season. This is down to the summer signings, Mikel, the coaching staff and experience gained.

Your way of presentation is just beautiful to watch. Kudos

As tempting as it is to concentrate on the league over the UCL or vice versa, I think the team is fully committed to just one thing - winning the next match. Doesn't matter if it's against Brighton or Bayern, it's about winning. It goes without saying that the effort the players put out on the pitch comes from trust in the coaches and manager. They are chasing back and cutting off lanes because they trust what's drawn on the board or iPad. They trust the training drills and practices. That is the true strength of this team - no one is shirking their duty in search for hero ball.

All seems pretty accurate. I am sure you, like I do, remember the palpable sense of unease in the way that we defended from about 2009 onwards. The crowd felt the players unease, and in turn The Emirates turned into a swirling vortex of stress and anxiety. Finally, Mikel has brought a sense of security and coordination back to our defending, and with the age profile of the guys we have that shouldn't change for awhile. I now just want us to draw Real Madrid in the QF's of the Chamoions League. My minimum expectations for Europe this year was to qualify from our group. We won it. Winning a Round of 16 tie and getting to the QF's was at the upper end of my expectations. Now I would like to see our young team, free of pressure now, go up against GIANTS and see where we are with our game.

Our press and compacted moving block in every part of the pitch, how we are likely to get second balls, the interchanges our attacking players frequently do with a highline midfield presence we have does show on our shots on target tally or our XG. The improvements in the mentality of the squad give our players the ability to support every movement and have the fluently to create triangles and square box nullifying the opponent’s touches hight the pitch. Arteta made the players to understand each other automatic positioning even without looking for the run one is make. We are blessed to see the team play some of the best football with the youngest squad in the league ❤❤❤❤

I walked past you outside East entrance just before the game. You were looking at your phone and nearly bumped into me. When you eye-pologised, I thought "I'm sure, I know him" assuming you sat near me. No no, it's the guy whose channel I watch every week. 😂

Absolutely fantastic. So important that situational structures are discussed because you have all of the details on Arsenal’s 4-4-2 high press. Congrats on a great video and the knowledge on display is incredible 🔥

been waiting for this knock since 9 days. Finally its here

So so good! Thank you for the video!!

I made a call at the start of the season that Kiwior could surprise us most this season. It's starting to turn our that way. He has been so consistent and we struggled more when he came off last night. I'm loving our back four and see no place for Timber right now.

Thanks per usual! amazing analysis!no nurd, just a very clever chap! looking good, up the arsenal!

I see tdk i click ❤

Thanks for your hard work. Great content for coaching! Cali Love

Let’s fogging go guys. No Rob Holding!

always like your video before even watching them, your mixture of wittiness humour and stats is genius, your like the aljazeera 'inside story" program

Love it love it love it. More please!

Alex, this one deserves an award! Tops!

was waiting on your next drop like my life depends on it......simply the best

Another great video bro

That intro was beautiful, i cracked out. That was so unexpected 🤣

You are raisin the foogen esstandards on your analysis. You're greatly increasing my enjoyment of the game

We're not winning the PL. We still have to go to Man City, Spurs, and MU.

never really dived into the deeper parts of our game although ive always known they were there, I usually never comment on anything but as a fellow nerd this is actually one of the sickest videos ive ever seen regarding the tactical side of our game, aswell as one of the best football related videos in general, especially at 7:47 and 8:53. Ty to youtube for putting this on my reccomended and ty to you for making this masterpiece 🙏🙏

"Saliba is a big, strong boy" This had me HOWLING🤣

You can say we are thinking of our defence whenever we attack and we also think of our attack when defending

If you always watch our matches and you will know that his analysis are always on point. This guy is nerd and actually knows football.

Good analysis. I agree.

Good analysis 👍

Lets gooo 🎉🎉

I am not sure about if Arsenal has the bench to sustain both the premier league and Championship league challenge. The Achilles heel of Arsenal is insufficient top class wingers. When either Martinelli or Saka is out, it seems like Arsenal attack is weaken substantially (see Brentford and Porto when Martinelli was not available). For Premier league, Arsenal has the toughest schedule out of the 3 and there is no more room for slip up. I guess at least 8 to 10 wins out of the remaining fixtures. The crucial period will be April as there are 6 games Arsenal needs to get through (4 league games including one away fixture against Man City and 2 tough CL games). Unless Arsenal pass through this period say getting through CL quarter finals, winning against Man city and do not draw or loss more than one of the April league fixture, then Arsenal can start talking about achieving the double. If I were Arteta, I probably would prioritize the league rather than the Championship league.

I'm glad you mentioned Saka and Martinelli's defensive contributions! Some players *cough* Antony *cough* justify their place in a team solely because of their "ability to track back", but Saka and Martinelli can do both the offensive and defensive work. They are rarely credited with the latter.

I think the UCL will be out of our reach this season, though I can definitely hope. Arteta seems to do much better when playing teams the 2nd time around. The first time he encounters a team, sometimes it seems like our strategy for that game doesnt seem to work out (think Sean Dyche's Everton late last season, Postecoglou's Tottenham early this season, Klopps Liverpool in the 2 games before our home PL game, Man City late last season when they destroyed our man2man press). But once Arteta's understands their system, he seems to be able to make the small tweaks to our game that beats them after. Basically, he gets better over time. The UCL is him encountering alot of teams we've not played against before under Arteta. Its very possible some of them will figure us out before we do them. Porto already kinda did it when employing their midblock. But with more experience, Arteta will likely get better at figuring them out over time. Who knows, the 2 leg structure of the UCL may be enough.

I am just happy, arsenal are in this conversation at all. Being a fan of arsenal over a decade, this is the first time we are taken seriously. I hope this continues.

Smart haircut! Haircuts were the talk during interviews with Sake, Rice and Micha Richard’s on CBS! Was a funny interview

I love it when a true fan(s) talking abous us using the term we rather than them..simply love the sense of belonging,sense of family. Gunners4ever. ❤

You jinxed it man. You jinxed it for your content.

Part 3 being the in possession to out of possession transition. I leave it to the reader to decide what part 4 will be

I think its also underrated how much the press has improved with Odegaard + Jesus up top. Remember how Arsenal looked out of posession in 2020.

Ah dear lord, I would love us to win the UCL. Never won it for a club our size, its criminal. But then I look at the other teams left and all I can do is sigh. If giving up the league was guaranteed to give us the UCL, then so be it.

This leaving the ball to the weak is a volleyball strategy used in football 😮

There are times during the last few years of Wenger where I thought our method of getting the ball back was to concede a goal. We were so soft. Love the current Arsenal.

Would love some analysis on the Porto game. How they evaded us pressing is was unbelievable. I believe they forced us to only commit 2 to the press , they went high and afforded their CBs and keeper time on the ball taking off pressure. Was so impressed. Or was it a case of Arsenal backing off bit?

That intro was simply perfect! The duality of the Arsenal fanbase is something that needs to be studied, lol

Attackers are told to curve their runs when pressing to cover the passing line. That's why every club does it, even at semi professional level. You're right about targeting players but that will be done by the shape.

Not everyone is nerdy like us about Super Mikel's tactics but my god how does this man only have 59k followers??!?

Alex and Adam Clery are really worth watching. Their analysis of Arsenal’s play is exceptional. Oh yes, I should have also mentioned Shaka Hislop, Steve Nicol and Craig Burley…geez, how could I have missed them out?

The gunners forever this James w from Uganda

The whole video I was thinking what is jewels and read that Dooel 😂 in the last minute slide.

Personally I think champions league is a bit ambitious even at this stage. Think we should just focus on trying to win the league now and not have a repeat of last season. Then onto the next season when we can consider trying to win different comps. I will say this though if we did win both champions league and the premier league this year, we would have done the treble including the community shield.

I actually thought Porto did a pretty good job of playing through our press at the Emirates, certainly compared to other teams we've played in recent weeks. I was trying to work out how they were doing it, but the usual Odegaard/Havertz leading the press from the front didn't seem to work as effectively as it has done recently and they were often able to find the spare man in midfield. Luckily they weren't that interested in committing too many bodies forward. One of the reasons why I don't fancy Atleti in the next round - they will employ similar tactics, but arguably with better players.

It all caved in last year when Willy Saliba got a bad back. It will happen, tall dude, long spine, no surprises there. But how vital they are. Entire team can go forward when Saliba and Gabby Magalhaes have them covered. If they stay fit we’re going to win stuff this year.

We always defend in a 4-4-2, but fans call it 4-3-3 because it's shown in the graphic pre-game.

ARSENAL IS READY... FOR EVERY TEAMS... THEY ARE READY TO WIN IT ALL...WE SUPPORT ARTETA AND THE CLUB AND THE PLAYERS...UP GUNNERS FROM YANKORI FAMILY NIGERIA 🇳🇬🇳🇬

anyone noticed the difference in intensity and quality of pressing with and without Martinelli on the pitch?

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I see a lot of Marcelo Bielsa influence on Arteta. He is adjusting the pressing and out of the ball structure based on the opposition just like Bielsa.

Keep doing your thing, BOSS!!

The good thing is Arteta changed the goal keeper and Gabriel had less mistakes this season..he looks better than Saliba this season

Alex explaining stats are good to Different Knock viewers is peak humor.

Depending if we will not get injuries then yes we can win it all ❤Arsenal ❤

Kiwior was a monster defensively before he was taken off for Zinny as well last night.

based on the general odds available, the bookies think we have about a 4% chance of doing the double

Saliba and Gabriel are the new Walsh and Ambrose.

Let’s relax…..please let’s calm down!

Alex did you watch the match at the stadium? Or you didn't bother to take the 3hr one-way journey?

God, please no. Let's not jinx the team. Please no. One game at a time.

Hi Alex 👋, I hope all is good 👋 👍 😊 😀 ☺️ 🙏. Interesting video 📹 about Arsenal squad tactics to win 🏆 a match. COYG to thrash Manchester City God willing. Have a good day Alex 😂. Arsenal rocks 🏆 🙏 🤲 🪨 🎸 😀.

absolutely loved the sarcasm win the PL or get him sacked HAhaha

If Arteta can make subs earlier then we would win more games he needs to improve on that because Jesus should have played more minutes he was more suited to the game than Haverts in false 9 the game didn't need to go to pens honestly Haverts is good don't get me wrong Haverts was good when he was playing alongside Odegard later.

Wild that we've done this without the powerhouse that is Cedric.

Missed the Crufts run! WTF! Need to get up to speed with this. Unfortunately though, I’m sure Michael ‘betting guru’ Owen isn’t already over this. 😂

DOOEL!!!!

0:21 if you know you know

Unnecessary Cedric dig 😂😂

This is partly why a lazy retort such as "you only beat City by a deflection" or whatever, irks me so much. No. It was thousands of individual and collective actions, tactics, intensity and desire against one of the best teams ever assembled, throughout the entire game that allowed us to be in a position to win it. For example reducing a team with an average of over 2, to under 0.4 Aaah , the irony of their use of the word deflection 😉 Now we have to try and beat them again...at their gaff 😬 Probably get them in QF's as well 😅

Win nowt as usual

brilliant tactical matchup, anyone disregarding porto are casual's, they're a very tidy & structured team, a formidable opponent, we just scraped past them but onwards & upwards.

You're the worst channel that I subscribe to!! I love the videos, but you have a way of getting me hyped as a fan and despite myself I keep allowing myself to get hyped... You're breaking my heart man! For real though keep this going. Love what you're going here

There's also something more basic with Arteta and defending. He expects every player to be very active in defending. ESR didn't track back for Willock's goal. We haven't seen ESR since. I reckon ESR gets sold this summer.

I miss you before the confidence it’s less different knocky and more vibes

Man if Partey can just reach full fitness.

All Hail the Almighty Algorithm 🔥☯️

I miss the knocking

Dooel vs duel

We need luck

Why don’t we have this level of analysis on Sky? I am paying 20 quid per month for zero analysis on tv

Lucky 6

Saliba?

We are on squeaky bum time can Arsenal survive it?

Will be lucky to win the EPL 😅 Champions league furthest is semis

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