Kieran Gibbs
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
What would I want Saka to do here?
One of the best wide players in Europe.
This is a big theme of what Arsenal have been doing recently.
They've come inside to areas where Manchester United were strong and look how difficult it is to create any opportunities.
It is tippy-tappy, it is pedestrian, it is not getting the best out of Bukayo Saka and there was just, look at this,
Now, if I'm Victor Xocarez, or Gabriel Jesus, or any other striker, I'm going to Mika Lateta and the coaching staff and say, look, you brought me in to score goals.
We have Nani Madweki, we have Martinelli, we have Trossard, we have Bukaya Saka, we have players...
that can put good quality into the box if they're the best at set pieces and they are that means they've got players that can whip in good balls but when you have seven percent of crosses from open play in a match that you've not had any luck trying to play through the midfield in the middle it hasn't worked
And yeah, you might say, well, they've got Harry Maguire, the big guy with the big, he'll head it away.
But if you can take it away from Maguire onto Lissandro Martinez, who's much smaller, you may have noticed, you can then go and attack it.