Stevie Nicholl
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
He could still run past people.
He could still score these goals and make these assists.
But now, and there's nothing worse for a footballer when you realise...
You're losing things, and you're not quite sure why.
But it affects every single thing you do.
So now when he's given it away, it's just chipping away at his confidence as well.
That confidence looks as though it's shot.
Because any time he gets into any sort of position where he used to pick the top corner out,
Can't get anywhere close anymore.
This was the perfect away performance.
To go away, and we all laugh and go, well, Leeds is a tough place to go, but the atmosphere is what makes it tough, never mind just the opposition.
But from the very get-go, this game was dominated by Arsenal.
I think there was a little ten-minute spell at the start of the second half because he brought on Okafor and Calvert-Lewin, so he tried to make it a bit of a fight.
But you've got Gabriel and Saliba, you're not going to win a fight either.
And so this was 100% the perfect away performance from Arsenal.
And I think, by the way, one of the biggest things for Arteta, they scored two goals in open play.
Because they haven't done that for, what, two or three games in the Premier League?
You've got to stick three up front.
It really isn't rocket science.