Clearances

Pablo Mari

Being a centre-back also requires you to clear your lines when no pass is on, and Mari was certainly not afraid to do that at the weekend.


The 26-year-old made eight clearances versus the Irons, double the average he usually makes in games, which shows that the Gunners came under heavy pressure from their opponents at times.

David Tully

David Tully

David has worked as a football reporter for the last fifteen years. Having started as an intern at Snack Media, he then went on to become a freelancer, working on various different sites. At the start of 2023, he took up his current role as content writer for National World's Football News Network.