PSV VS Arsenal: The Gunners season is on the line in front of the Champions League connection – but can Mikel Arteta repair his attack? | Football news

In early February, Arsenal scored Manchester City 5-1 in the right statement about the intention to win. March, however, begins with a very different footer.

Ever since the big victory over Pep Guardiola, Gunners were thrown out of Carabao Cup, they lost their only attacker available due to the injury of the end of the season, and now the Premier League seems out of reach due to Liverpool Pufer of 13 points.

He leaves the Champions League in the last 16 tie with PSV Eindhoven as the last hope that he will save this season. But the team of Mikel Artete enters European stages in a sour mood.

A recent loss from West Ham, then a stall to Nottingham Forest, meant that Gunners failed to score in the Premier League games, for the first time after almost two years.

Two screens represented the second and three worst Gunners play for shootings in target percentages. “[Arsenal] They have become quite rigid, sometimes they have become quite tumultuous to watch, “Gary Neville said lately.

All Arsenal’s seven defeats came during 11 games when less than 28 percent of their shots are targets. In all competitions, they are undefeated when they go above that number.

The losses were a separate elimination of both domestic Cup competitions in January and all four of them so far in the Premier League and Champions League.

Since Arsenal’s attack has slid toward his worst standards in the season, Artete has trouble repairing. But the problem is that there is a little fiery strength at the disposal, after losing the first choice of three Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz and Gabriel Martinelli on the injury – plus Gabriel Jesus.

Saka’s absence is particularly significant given his ability to create great chances for artillery. The importance of the wing of England is not better to summarize the fact that it was only on the list that he was overwhelmed as a top European top creator of chances – despite not playing since December 21st.

But Arsenal’s injuries also led to holes that should be filled from somewhere. Their current confusion has closed the last few minutes at Nottingham Forest.

The midfielder Merino played 90 minutes in advance, the left Bek Oleksandr Zinchenko entered the middle of the field, and the other left defender in Kieran Tierney also appeared in the central areas after replacing another full back in Riccardo Calafiori-Koji during the first half inserted into the positions.

Arsenal’s latest influence in search of the winner on the city ground was the right Bek Ben White, as Creative Club Captain Martin Odegaard was replaced in the same minute.

Raheem Sterling – one of only three fit, recognize the Arsenal Front players – he only got 13 minutes from the bench, replacing Ethan Nwaneri – 17 -year -old, probably the most bridal spark of artillery in the last few weeks – for overloading.

Nupsift does not even cover it, but Arsenal and Arteta need to find a way. The only question is: how?

One area is added from the midfielder, which helped Arsenal last season. Declan Ricea’s appearance in shape helped Arsenal in sticky situations in running last season, and the midfielder scored three goals and five assists in running 11 games between March and May.

Signs that rice can affect questions at the upper end of the tone are positive. No Premier League player has created a greater chance than the transition of the year than England’s midfielder.

But the second character to which Arsenal could address is Odegaarard Captain, whose withdrawal late to Forest summarized the barren running in front of a goal of just one league goal and one league assist since the beginning of December.

Although Odegaard’s numbers this season are actually similar to his number after 19 league games last season – and this term interfered with injury and illness in critical times – Norwegian had Saka, Havertz and Co to help. It’s alone this season.

There is also a bonus set pieces as Arsenal’s main skill, but again their last goal for the setting came in the victory of the derby in northern London over the Spurs six weeks ago. Gunners have also seen that Aston Villa has been prevailing them in goals from the dead ball situations in recent weeks.

And there is an argument that Arsenal relies too much on its dead balls, driven by the coach of Piece Nicolas Joover. “I felt that there was an obsession with set-in-the-tops, which almost overcomes the whole game,” Neville claimed.

But at the moment, the Topmen are quite scraping the barrel for attacking the impact – that they have to use all the positive and forces they can get.

The other is positive that the rest of the team is outside the front three – in full strength. Gunners also have the best expected goals that have received a champions league record this season, after they have admitted only three times in Europe for the entire term.

“When you look at the teams that were very successful, the defensive record is critical, Artea said on Monday.” Then we showed the ability to score a lot of goals in the competition. This team still has a lot of resources for that. “

With Europe is the last chance for silver accessories this season, how many resources can these resources take them?