Chapter 1: How did Arsenal equalize against West Ham?
And Arsenal have equalised. It's Martinelli with his first Premier League goal.
Chapter 2: What impact did Martinelli's first Premier League goal have?
Aubameyang. And now Pepe who want to get it onto his left foot and do that. That's what the Arsenal fans have been waiting for from their record signing. Here's Pepe again. And it's three. The Gunners have found some ammunition. And their fans will feel about time too.
Priceless for Arsenal, ending a run of nine without a victory. Most notably, they've scored with all three shots on target tonight, although their xG is more than twice as high as West Ham's. They did have fewer touches in the opposition box, 64% of possession from Arsenal tonight, the second highest figure they've had away from home this season.
Rafa Benitez is here with us on the Monday Night Football tonight and lots to come from him on his career, Liverpool, Newcastle and much, much more. But Rafa, when you're watching that game tonight and you see the turnaround at half-time, do you think that it's something tactical that's happened? Is it just a case of attitude? How do you see it?
I think they were lucky with the first goal, I would say that. And after they changed their attitude, they have more belief, more confidence, and they were attacking even more. But you were asking me about how to manage. I think both teams, they have to go back to the principles and then start defending well. And then you could see the problems of West Ham.
It's not that Arsenal was amazing in changing the pace of the game or something like that. It's just that they were making mistakes and then little by little, the quality of the Arsenal players made a difference. How did they get back in it then, Jamie?
Well, this is something that... On this show, in the first half, you look at things that you can use if the game's in the middle of half-time. We got a goal just beforehand. But I do think West Ham have got a big problem behind Mark Noble in that space. Dele Alli a few weeks ago caused huge problems there.
What Mark Noble does, and he's different to Declan Rice, is he's always looking to step out and press. And at times it leaves Declan Rice really isolated on his own. As I said, it was a big problem for him against Dele Alli. And you always see this space now. Now, it's really good football he played through at Arsenal. Delighted for the young lad scoring one of his early games for Arsenal.
It's really good. But, Rafa, is that a problem? We noticed that about the West Ham midfield when one really steps out.
Yeah, I agree with you 100%. So, for me, it's just the players they were going... One of them is going to press and the other one has to adjust the position. Always, you have to think that they are working as a couple. So he goes there, he has to follow. He cannot just stay there. So they didn't have this movement. And then little by little, they exposed the defender.
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Chapter 3: What tactical changes led to Arsenal's comeback?
He's left-footed, so you know that he's left-footed. So if you are straight in front of him, it's very easy for him to go this way. You have to be a little bit more in this way. So it's actually going deeper, a little, maybe... No, more on the right, on his right. More on his right. Then if you stay on his right, he has to go this way. It's left footed.
If you stay like that, it's very difficult and you will see the feet. It's very difficult to do this movement. So the first thing has to be like that. Not like that. So a little bit more diagonal. And in this left, then he has to go this way. It's the only way.
Well, that was the analysis we did, didn't we, last week, if you remember, on Mahrez. It's almost... I think that's a really good position for a left-back if the winger is right-footed and you're almost saying, well, OK, I don't want him to cross with his right foot, I'm going to give myself a yard head start. Can we forgive him because he's not long on the pitch?
No, no, it's Premier League, he's playing it. Pepe, you know what he does?
As I said last week, you've almost not become level, exactly what Rafa mentioned there, to force him down that side, it's not good enough, it's really poor at this level, but if you allow top players to do that, or certainly with the price tag of Pepe, we know how Danish has been coming from France, they're going to finish him there.
Go back, please. You see the movement of the feet, we were talking about the position, and when you see the replay, this one, So you see the movement of the feet. It's very difficult to change. You see, it's going this way instead of doing that like that. So it's a big difference. It's just to make the difference. We were talking about 45 degrees.
Well, just reiterate that point again because people might not be watching earlier about the 45 degrees of their knees. Yeah, if you are like that, it's more difficult for you to relax. If you are too down, it's even more difficult. So 45 degrees is just the one and then stay on your toes and then ready to move. I remember that, yeah. Not with his pace faster than the one this weekend.
Just on Pepe then, if you're the manager or the club has paid a lot of money for this guy, to see him score a goal like that, how much is it really for not just the player but for the actual club itself? Yeah, I think for everyone involved, because obviously they are expecting that he will make the difference. And as you say, they pay a big money and they will be waiting, hopefully.
And I think it's massive for them. And also he was involved in the other goals. Could this then change his career? Could he kick on from here? Yeah, I think he will play with more confidence for sure, but this situation for me is two, three games. After two, three games, if you don't change, you don't do something more, then you lose the confidence quickly.
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