#41: The Ghost of Moyes

On a mild Monday night in Croydon, Arsenal came out 1-0 winners against Crystal Palace with a performance that brought out the David Moyes influence in both Mikel Arteta and Declan Rice. Manas, Seb & Towells discuss our standout performers, how the tactics shifted over the course of the game, and why Arteta loves going to a 5-4-0 block after we get a red card.

Timestamps:

Intro: 0:00

Game overview & notable lineup choices: 0:40

Tactics before the red: 15:54

Tactics after the red: 32:24

How Zinchenko's return may change things: 37:02

Other takeaways from the game: 40:52

Fulham preview: 44:37

Outro: 48:25

Here's the Billy Carpenter article Towells mentioned - we really recommend you check him out: https://billycarpenter.substack.com/p/forest-for-the-trees

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